Battle for the Ages. Usyk and Dubois meet again

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Saturday, Wembley Stadium. A fight for the undisputed Heavyweight title. Is there a more tantalising prospect in sport?

On the night, the brilliant Ukrainian Oleksander Usyk, 23-0 (14ko) will seek to confirm his status as the King of the division and the master of his generation by defying the hard-charging Brit, Daniel Dubois, 22-2 (21ko).

An intriguing battle of styles is promised; the guile and precision of Usyk versus the brawn and aggression of the revitalised Dubois.

At 38-years-old, Usyk can no longer be regarded as being in his physical prime. However, his efficient style and life-long dedication to the sport coupled with faultless technical prowess are extending his currency and his reign.

For Dubois, once troubled by inertia, nerves and an apparent lack of certainty in how best to deploy his obvious gifts, he has now matured into an exciting, aggressive puncher – trading shots with opponents with the confidence of a man suddenly aware of his own power.

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July 17, 2025 0

Taylor and Serrano. The inevitable trilogy

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On Friday night, in one of boxing’s oldest and most storied colosseums, Madison Square Gardens, New York, Katie Taylor will meet Amanda Serrano for the third and probably final time. It is a venue dripping in history – from LaMotta versus Robinson, Louis and Marciano to Lewis and Holyfield and the fight of the century, Ali versus Frazier in 1971 – ‘The Garden’ has seen it all.

The trilogy bout between the two veterans is likely to confirm their own place alongside those illustrious pairings. Taylor and Serrano first boxed in 2022 in a fight widely considered one of the greatest contests in women’s boxing history at this same venue and their rematch in late 2024 was equally compelling and ferociously fought. A ferocity that made this trilogy bout inevitable and hotly anticipated.

Markets are available for those looking to profit from the action and the fight, promoted by Jake Paul’s MVP Promotions, will be freely available to Netflix subscribers.

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July 11, 2025 0

Can’t Fight Won’t Fight.

Jake Paul battles Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

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Speculating on outcomes for fights involving Jake Paul can feel like a type of betrayal. First to the sport he subverts with these pseudo-exhibition bouts and secondly, because his opponents often appear inhibited, inept or both and uniformly unable to punch the self-styled ‘Problem Child’ in the face.

This weekend, the 28-year-old with the huge social profile will again employ that notoriety to headline as a boxing attraction in Anaheim, California versus the rotting carcass of the former WBC Middleweight Champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Like his predecessors as Paul fall guys, Mike Tyson luminous among a parade of otherwise unknown stuntmen, Chavez has the usual impediments required to secure the lucrative pay day.

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