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Boxing latest news, comment and interviews

<p>Tyson Fury following his fight with Oleksandr Usyk</p>
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Fury announces retirement from boxing with cryptic message

‘The Gypsy King’ suffered a second consecutive loss to Oleksandr Usyk in December and is intent on hanging the gloves up despite talk of a mega fight with Anthony Joshua

<p>Artur Beterbiev (left) and Dmitry Bivol will run it back on 22 February</p>
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Bivol bucks trend with ‘postman’ joke at Beterbiev press conference

<p>Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn come face-to-face in 2022 before their fight was cancelled</p>
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Benn vs Eubank Jr details emerge with fight seemingly closer than ever

<p>Devin Haney during his overturned loss to Ryan Garcia in April 2024</p>
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Haney: ‘I want to prove to myself that Garcia took nothing out of me’

<p>Left to right: Oleksandr Usyk, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, and Terence Crawford</p>
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Who’s really the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world?

<p>Jai Opetaia finished David Nyika with a brutal left hook in round four</p>
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Opetaia scores vicious KO of Nyika as focus turns to Ramirez and Usyk

<p>Caroline Dubois was elevated from interim WBC champion to the official title holder</p>
steve bunce

As Taylor nears the end, one fighter can reign over women’s boxing

<p>Jai Opetaia after beating Jack Massey in October to stay undefeated</p>
alex pattle

Opetaia can bring the unlikely ‘unknown’ that Usyk needs

<p>The protagonists of boxing’s heavyweight division in 2024</p>
steve bunce

After sparkling 2024, heavyweight is glamour division again

<p>Joshua’s most recent fight saw him lose to Daniel Dubois </p>
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Joshua outlines priority for first fight in 2025

<p>Darren Till (second right) was due to box Tommy Fury (left) </p>
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Tommy Fury’s replacement named after withdrawal from Till bout

<p>Conor McGregor outside the High Court in Dublin with his fiancee Dee Devlin </p>
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McGregor adds more fuel to rumours of Logan Paul fight in India

In depth

<p>Anthony Joshua en route to knocking out Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley in 2017</p>
Boom!

What it’s really like to get punched by Anthony Joshua

<p>Jake Paul started off as a Vine and YouTube star – and has gone on to trade the Disney Channel for the boxing ring </p>
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The hidden side of Jake Paul

<p>Left to right: Frank Warren, Frank Smith, Eddie Hearn and Ben Shalom</p>
Hearn, Warren and more

‘Forget where you are on the poster’: How big fights get made

<p>John Ryder, pictured, and his coaches put Indy Sport’s Alex Pattle through his paces </p>
in the gym

Sweaty eyeballs, bruised hands and the worst smell ever – training with a pro boxer

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