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What's more pressurised? Fighting an acclaimed rival champion in a world title unification, or proposing to your partner? Shakur Stevenson decided to do both on the same night. In April in his most high-profile contest to date, Stevenson defeated Oscar Valdez to add the WBC title to the WBO...

"You can't not say that Haney is the number one because he's the man who beat the man and beat Kambosos convincingly both times. However do I think he beats Lomachenko? No, I don't," Crolla said. "I think Haney's a very, very good fighter. I feel like he took Kambosos apart pretty well both...

Arum is convinced, especially with Lomachenko, Haney and Stevenson, that won't be an issue. "These are guys that want to fight. They're not looking to squeeze the last dollar out of their being champions, they want to fight and they want to establish themselves for posterity," Arum said. "At...

Edwards finished with a few more touches of style in his work but still in the last round he stood and slugged it out with Phillips. Edwards won 60-55, but the fight was closer and harder fought than that scoreline suggests.

He hurried to a car to start the 80-mile drive home to be with her. Shakiel Thompson put Robert Talarek under sustained pressure at the end of their contest. He had busted up his opponent but Talarek resolutely stayed on his feet and saw out the full six rounds, losing the decision 59-54...

Artingstall though was a clear 60-55 winner. Harvey Lambert, a talented former GB boxer from Hull, won his second pro bout in the first contest of the evening, handily outpointing Casey Brown 40-37 over four rounds. As soon as he left the ring he was told his wife had gone into labour and...

But the Olympian likes to apply pressure. Soon she was directing Buczynskyj along the ropes and unloading her hard, arrow-straight southpaw cross. He lead right hook was solid and Artingstall cracked it into Buczynskyj's body before whipping it into the head. Artingstall was landing the stern...

Simpson was surprised even to see him get up. "He just collapsed like a deckchair in front of me," he said. "The referee saved him there." The Barnsley prizefighter though has stepped into the limelight and made exactly the impression he wanted. Olympic bronze medallist Karriss Artingstall...

Neves had to spoil in the second, holding Simpson in clinches when he could. The action quietened and Simpson's arms began to look tired. But his punches rapidly recovered their zip in the third round. Simpson shook Neves, a spiteful uppercut striking through within a combination. He was...

The judges were split. Mark Lyson marked it 96-95 for Giles. But Bob Williams scored 97-93 and Michael Alexander 97-94 both for Gomez, enough for Gomez Jr to win the vacant title. Using Sky Sports' new interactive scorecard feature, viewers actually had it 97-96 in Giles' favour. "I did think...

As the bout progressed through its second half, that direct approach started to pay off for Gomez Jr. He was beginning to grind Giles down, slowing him and starting to hurt him, gradually getting on top. But he was leaving it late to try to overhaul the lead Giles had appeared to build up.

Estrada said: "This training camp was more mentally tough than it was physically. I showed it in the ring by sticking to my game plan and using my jab. "I always want to give an entertaining fight, but I knew that with an opponent like Tina, I had to use my jab because she is a short fighter...

The 30-year-old from east Los Angeles also picked spots where she would work on the inside, landing hard body shots before slipping aside to avoid any counters. Rupprecht tried to land her signature right hand and was successful at times, but not nearly enough to faze her opponent. All three...

The California native said after the fight: "It's always hard after a lay-off, but mentally, I had to go back to being my old self and start strong. "There came a point in my career where I got too comfortable. But this time, I started with that rhythm of being active with my punches throughout...

"I just couldn't get the last shot to drop him and get him out of there because he was very tough and very good with his hand defences." The champion did finish with a warning for any future opponents. "I will go in the ring and fight anyone," he said. "If they're watching this and they think...

If he had taken some heart from that effort, Okolie snuffed out any of the New Zealander's optimism in the next round. He slung a hard hook into the body and then cracked his right hook into Light's head, finding the mark and finding his range. He blasted the right fully in again, showing how...

But Okolie is a difficult man to fight. His long arms wrapped up Light when he stepped in and he used his size to lean his weight down on the shorter man. The jab pawed at Light but then all of sudden Okolie's right would flash over targeting the head but then, after the next jab, thud heavily...

Light had no choice but to try to burrow forward and get up close to Okolie on the inside. They grappled in clinches early on. But throughout Okolie was looking to hit. The right hand flew down and Light stepped back from it just in time. Still, Okolie launched his right at him in the second...

"Every fight from here on in is a super-fight," he added. "Most importantly he kept his belt in a fight he absolutely dominated from start to finish." Shalom will speak to rival London cruiserweight Riakporhe on Sunday. Riakporhe is a big puncher who is ready to challenge for world honours...

Shalom acknowledged against Light that Okolie "didn't get the statement that he'd have liked with the knockout, but he had him there three times, I would say, when he could have knocked him out". Light, however, was previously unbeaten and demonstrated highly-impressive punch resistance. "He's...