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Preview Queensberry Brad Foster hopes to rise above his old foe in the rankings by beating Baluta, writes Matt Bozeat QUEENSBERRY promote at the York Hall on Friday night. BT Sport televises the show topped by a good-looking super-bantamweight 10-rounder between former British and Commonwealth champion Brad Foster and the dangerous Ionut Baluta. The Romanian

Opinion John Gichigi/Getty Images It’s the ‘four belt era’ allegedly, but there’s only one Amir Khan. Listen to the latest episode of the Opening Bell podcast BRITISH boxing royalty Amir Khan has announced his retirement after a thrilling and brilliant rollercoaster career with more highs than lows.  Meanwhile, the four sanctioning bodies – particularly the

Feature • Issue • Premium Nathan Stirk/Getty Images A tribute to the career of Amir Khan, a fighter who changed the face of British boxing, writes Elliot Worsell FOR those who still see the 17-year-old in Amir Khan’s face, his recent decision to retire from boxing will come as a pinch-me moment and perhaps even

News • Premium Brad Foster on coming back from his first defeat IT’S never easy rebounding from a first professional defeat, which is perhaps why so many boxers decide to schedule a so-called ‘easier’ fight on their return to the ring. For Walsall’s Brad Foster, however, this was never an option. Rather than book a

Amateur IBA The furore over the election of the IBA president is a grave warning that boxing will fail to be restored to the LA Olympics, writes John Dennen THERE have been so many warnings. That was stark when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended AIBA, the international governing body, from administering the boxing tournament

Feature Matthew Pover/Matchroom Boxing From a Kostya Tszyu lookalike boyfriend to silencing the haters, Ebanie Bridges tells her story I’VE GOT a black belt in Kenpo Karate and I did kickboxing and Muay Thai throughout my teens. In terms of boxing, I’d always been into it, but when I reached my teens, that’s when I

Amateur IBA GB hopes miss out in the World championship quarter-finals, while two Irish boxers are in the medals GB hopefuls missed out on medals when they lost in the women’s World championship quarter-finals of the women’s World championships on May 16. Tokyo Olympian Charley Davison chalked up two victories to reach the final eight

Issue • Premium • Reports Scott Rawsthorne/Unknown Boxers Denzel Bentley regained the British title after a scintillating scrap with Linus Udofia, writes Roy Kelly from ringside BATTERSEA is more than just a power station and dogs home, it has Denzel Bentley who regained the British middleweight championship in extraordinary fashion. For a man with a

Issue • News • Premium Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Ahead of projected July 23 rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, Anthony Joshua set to bring in some assistance for new coach Angel Fernandez, writes Declan Warrington ANTHONY JOSHUA is to appoint someone “old and experienced” to work alongside Angel Fernandez in preparation for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.

Issue • Opinion • Premium Lawrence Lustig/Boxxer In his own words Amir Khan explains why he has retired from boxing WHEN I was in training camp, I got injuries in training camp but I didn’t want to tell anyone about it because I didn’t want people to think, ‘Amir’s making excuses.’ I tore my rotator

Issue • News • Premium Lewis Storey/Getty Images After being confirmed as the WBO bantamweight belt-holder Paul Butler sets his sights on the division leader, writes Elliot Worsell LAST Wednesday Liverpool’s Paul Butler received some unexpected but welcome news. In bed at the time, he was woken by the screams of his girlfriend, who then

Opinion Lawrence Lustig The top 10 current British boxing pros born to former fighters 1. Tyson FuryPeter is the least decorated of the dads here (with a pro record of 8-4-1), but there is no disputing Tyson Fury’s accomplishments. As the world’s premier heavyweight, he has more than put his family name on the map.

Opinion Ed Mulholland/Matchroom After Canelo-Bivol, who do you think is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world? Stacey CopelandFormer Commonwealth championThis loss doesn’t detract from what Canelo has achieved in the sport and it was only Bivol’s 20th fight so there’s a long way to go if he’s to show dominance across different weight divisions.

Opinion Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions After losing to Dmitry Bivol, what should Canelo Alvarez’s next move be? Stacey CopelandFormer Commonwealth championIt’s hard to say what a fighter should do next, as it’s their career and depends on their motives and the legacy they want to leave; however, there are still lots of options for Canelo.

Issue • Premium • Preview JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP/Getty Images For different reasons, the pressure is on Tony Yoka, Sergey Kovalev and Gilberto Ramirez to show their worth, writes Matt Christie SHOULD Tyson Fury do the unexpected and keep his promise of retirement, he will leave an almighty hole at the top of the heavyweight division. The

Issue • News • Premium Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Jerry Forrest has given up his job to focus purely on boxing. The heavyweight tells Thomas Gerbasi it’s only a matter of time before he gets his rewards JERRY FORREST had already gotten a bitter taste of the inner workings of the fight game when he left a

Amateur Clive Wood/England Boxing Cindy Ngamba is fighting for even more than medals, writes John Dennen WINNING a medal at the World championships is important in itself. But for Cindy Ngamba it would have even more significance. She is in Istanbul at the World championships with the Fair Chance refugee team, supported and funded by

Issue • Premium • Preview Jermell Charlo and Brian Castaño tried to decide the world super-welterweight champion last year. Now a king must be crowned, writes John Dennen THEIR first encounter was a thriller. It was an excellent contest between the number one and number two at 154lbs. But, instead of deciding the world champion,