His is not the only shocking result boxing needs to address though, writes Simon Smale. Fury added that he is still keen on facing fellow Briton Anthony Joshua, despite the former champion’s knockout defeat at the hands of Daniel Dubois in an IBF title fight last month. “Provided A.J. keeps winning, that fight will happen early next year,” Warren said.

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Australia’s Tim Tszyu has handpicked rugged Mexican warrior Carlos Ocampo for the toughest test of his career, as he defends his world title. The Problem Child’ Jake Paul and UFC icon Nate Diaz will finally meet in a highly anticipated grudge match. Bitter rivals Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr return to Manchester’s AO Arena in a high stakes rematch. Plus, Olympic medallist Frazer Clarke will step up against the highly experienced Dave Allen.

The pound-for-pound king Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed junior featherweight world title against San Antonio native Ramon Cardenas in Las Vegas. Matchroom Boxing returns to New York City in style, as IBF super lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins attempts to make a first defence of his crown against Australia’s George Kambosos Jr. A stacked fight card is headed to the Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York, with Edgar Berlanga returning to face the dangerous Hamzah Sheeraz.

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Warren, who is never shy about defending his fighters, described Fury’s game plan as “superb”. “I’ve been in boxing my whole life but I’ll always feel a little bit hard done by — not a little bit, a lot,” Fury, sporting a badly swollen right eye, said at the post-fight press conference. Jeff Fenech has been retrospectively awarded the WBC super featherweight belt he should have won in 1991 against Azumah Nelson.

In a battle of lightweight contenders, George Kambosos Jr. will seek to prove his elite-level status, while Maxi Hughes once again looks to overcome the odds when they clash at FireLake Arena in Oklahoma. Nikita Tszyu, with an unbeaten record, faces Jack Brubaker, seeking redemption after a past defeat to Tim Tszyu. Billed as the “Day of Reckoning” Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena will host a blockbuster card featuring Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Otto Wallin, Joseph Parker and Australian superstar Jai Opetaia.

Tyson Fury is at the centre of a huge world title rematch row and it all centres on a personal grooming move made by the Gypsy King. After Tyson Fury’s camp had a win over a “lucky charm”, the champ has fired back with a demand over the Brit’s personal habits. But for most observers, it simply wasn’t enough against a fighter who will surely go down as one of the greatest in history. “Frank Warren had me three or four rounds up and a lot of people had me up by at least two.”

It was the culmination of a trilogy between Tyson Fury and a hungry Deontay Wilder that spat out every possible in-ring narrative. Each round seemed to birth a new twist, both warriors tasting the canvas, with Fury narrowly escaping a fourth-round scare by the bell, and Wilder finding himself down for the count again. Fury’s weight is the heaviest of his career, a hefty 8.6 kgs heavier than the first fight, while Usyk’s weight is just over a kilogram up on their last bout. And throughout it all, Usyk retained the class that set him apart from a man that belittled and talked down to him throughout their battles — albeit as part of the necessary show of big-time boxing.

His promoter Frank Warren said the fighter plans a traditional Christmas at his home in Lancashire before he makes any decision on his future. Tyson Fury takes on Derek Chisora in an all-British WBC World Heavyweight Championship clash of the titans. The card will also feature a WBA World Heavyweight Championship fight as Daniel Dubois squares up against Kevin Lerena. After a short lived retirement boxing legend Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring against South Korean superstar DK Yoo in Seoul. The stakes are higher than ever as KSI accepts his hardest challenge to date by taking on undefeated pro boxer Joe Fournier at Ovo Arena Wembley in London. Katie Taylor has the chance to become a two-weight undisputed World Champion when she takes on undisputed Super-Lightweight World Champion Chantelle Cameron in a historic homecoming fight at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.

• Brace yourselves for an electrifying night featuring boxing legend Manny Pacquiao who steps into the RIZIN ring to face kickboxing sensation Rukiya Anpo.
• His is not the only shocking result boxing needs to address though, writes Simon Smale.
• Undefeated three-division world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis will defend his WBA Lightweight World Title against unbeaten top contender Frank “The Ghost” Martin.
• “Provided A.J. keeps winning, that fight will happen early next year,” Warren said.
• Nikita Tszyu, with an unbeaten record, faces Jack Brubaker, seeking redemption after a past defeat to Tim Tszyu.
• Yet the truth of the matter is that the fight was scored incredibly closely — and the unanimous numbers on the scorecards were something of a fluke.

Pound-for-pound great and Mexican superstar Canelo Álvarez will put his unified WBC, WBA and WBO Super Middleweight World Titles on the line against undefeated WBA No. 1-Ranked Mandatory Contender Edgar Berlanga. “The judges gave him a Christmas gift,” Fury, who arrived in the ring dressed as Santa Claus, told reporters some time after his thrilling unified heavyweight world title rematch against Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh. Your digital subscription includes access to content from all our websites in your region.Access unlimited content and the digital versions of our print editions – Today’s Paper. Those in the boxing world can appreciate his incredible career and consider him one of the best fighters on the usyk next fight planet.

Former unified world champion George Kambosos and Ukrainian boxing legend Vasiliy Lomachenko will clash for the vacant IBF lightweight world title at RAC Arena in Perth. There are so many examples where that has been proven to be true, dating back to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey beating French light heavyweight champ Georges Carpentier in 1921. Tyson Fury and his promoter were both unhappy with the judges’ scoring in his heavyweight world title defeat against Oleksandr Usyk. “Let’s talk facts. Anyone can get caught, as we’ve seen in a lot of these heavyweight fights, but this time I’m not going for a points decision.”