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      Daniel Dubois to decide whether to have surgery on eye as promoter Frank Warren leaps to his defence after Joyce defeat

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      DANIEL DUBOIS faces the painful job of rebuilding both his eye socket and reputation after a host of British boxing stars accused him of quitting against Joe Joyce.
      The hottest prospect in the game was out-jabbed over ten rounds by the 35-year-old 2016 Olympic silver medal winner, until his left orbital bone broke and he suffered nerve damage to the wound.

      Daniel Dubois is considering eye surgery after his defeat by Joe Joyce on Saturday nightCredit: Richard Pelham – The Sun

      Frank Warren leaped to Dubois’ defence Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

      Specialists at the Moorfields eye hospital, where Dubois, 23, slept on Saturday night, will decide today whether he needs the same career-saving surgery that once kept Sheffield’s ex-world champ Kell Brook out for eight months.
      But the psychological scars might be even harder to mend than the shattered skull section.
      Fighting men like ringside pundits Carl Frampton and David Haye — as well as Chris Eubank Jr and Dillian Whyte — all accused him of bottling the first sticky situation of his now 15-1 career.
      But promoter Frank Warren leaped to his defence and said: “He has a fractured orbital socket.

      “The last punch he took caught a nerve and it shot through him. He could not focus and see and that was that. He would have had to be pulled out in the next round anyway. It is a horrible injury he got.”
      Peacock Gym boss Martin Bowers did everything he could to rouse his charge after things took a turn for the worst in the middle rounds.
      But not even his best Winston Churchill impressions — in the same Church House Westminster building the WWII PM announced the sinking of Nazi battleship Bismarck — could stop him from drowning under siege.
      Joyce is now ready for a civil war after warning heavyweight rivals Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua that only a world title will make up for his Olympic robbery.

      Joyce stopped Dubois in the tenthCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      The Juggernaut should have been launched into a mega-money pro career, like Audley Harrison and AJ, after the Rio Games but he got stuck with a controversial silver after France’s Tony Yoka won on a split decision.
      But Saturday night’s emphatic win secured the 6ft 6in Putney giant with the iron chin the British, Commonwealth and European titles and a jump up the rankings.
      The 12-0 KO artist with the penchant for painting and a fine art degree, insists he will not be satisfied until he has one of the four major belts currently shared by his fellow Brits and ex-sparring partners.
      He said: “There’s only a small circle of elite heavyweight fighters and I believe I’m in that circle — or I’m on the outside edging in.
      “If I win a world title next year I’m on my way in.
      “There’s some great fights and I can’t wait to be mixing it with the best.
      “This win makes up for the Olympics a little bit but the crown on the top will be a world title and to go down in history as a heavyweight champion.
      “Then I can go on from there.
      “Definitely winning the world title does the job for me — and securing my family’s future financially as well.”

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      Joe Joyce warns Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury that only world title will make up for 2016 Olympic robbery

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      JOE JOYCE has warned heavyweight rivals Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury that only a world title will make up for his 2016 Olympic robbery.
      The Juggernaut, 35, should have been launched into a mega-money pro career, like Audley Harrison and AJ enjoyed, after the Rio games but he got stuck with a controversial silver.

      Joe Joyce has his eyes on a world title after stopping Daniel Dubois in the tenth round on Saturday nightCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Saturday night’s emphatic win over new golden boy Daniel Dubois secured the 6ft 6in giant with the iron chin the British, Commonwealth and European titles and a jump up the rankings.
      But the 12-0 KO artist with the penchant for painting and a fine art degree, insists he will not be satisfied until he has one of the four major belts currently shared by his fellow Brits and former sparring partners.
      “There’s only a small circle of elite heavyweight fighters and I believe I’m in that circle or I’m on the outside edging in and if I win a world title next year I’m on my way in,” the modest man mountain said.
      “There’s some great fights and I can’t wait to be mixing it with the best.

      “This win makes up for the Olympics a little bit but the crown on the top will be a world title and to go down in history as a heavyweight champion. Then I can go on from there. 
      “Definitely winning the world title does the job for me and securing my family’s future financially as well.”
      Joyce’s family were at Church House, in Westminster at the weekend, bellowing instructions and celebrating the round-ten stoppage.
      But he admits Team JJ, especially mum Marvel, would prefer their hero stops using his freakishly strong chin as his first line of defence.

      Joyce left Dubois with a broken eye socket and nerve damageCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      But, because the former athlete didn’t start boxing until 22, he knows he might have to rely on his wonder-whiskers a little longer.
      “I don’t feel much different than when I was 26,” he said. “It’s just one of them things you have to be smarter if you’re training.
      “If you’ve been training for so many years it is quite hard to stay motivated to keep doing the same thing but I love the sport and I’m constantly improving myself. 
      “I have my own style and I’ve been blessed with a good chin. I try not to rely on it. I want to improve my sweet science of boxing. 
      “I keep on aiming to improve my technique but it is hard as I started so late and I had ground to make up in the skills department. I do my best.”
      Oleksandr Usyk beat Joyce in the amateurs and is now mandatory challenger for AJ’s WBO title.
      The former undisputed cruiserweight king has refused to sit out and let AJ and Fury do a 2021 double-header for the undisputed crown.
      So Joyce can target a rematch with the Ukraine southpaw, if Joshua vacates the title to battle the Gypsy King.

      Joyce has Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in his sightsCredit: Reuters

      Putney boy Joyce is targeting world title fights against AJ and FuryCredit: PA
      “A Usyk rematch would be amazing for the world title,” the Putney man said.
      “We are both better fighters now, I’ve got better preparation now, I’ve had more rounds. I can land more shots, tire him out and take him out.
      “He’s quite a small heavyweight, but I rate him, he’s got skill. It’s hard to hit him, but with my team I reckon I could take him because I’m a more experienced fighter.
      “He’s put on some muscle, so he’s a little bit slower. I rate him because he’s got the brains and he’s got good footwork and head movement.
      “It would be a difficult fight, but one I want and one I could win.”
      The Dubois battle was postponed three times since April and some unnecessary needle was manufactured, leading to the 23-year-old insulting Joyce’s mum.
      But Joyce was magnanimous in victory and urged his rival to bounce back from the broken orbital bone and nerve damage his ramrod jab inflicted.
      He said: “It takes a lot to be a boxer and get in the ring. He was one of my GB team-mates. I forgive him for what he said. 
      “Maybe it was in the heat of the moment or he might have been told to say it, it was a bit disrespectful.
      “But I have respect for him and he can come again because he’s young.”

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      Watch distraught Dubois hugged by dad in touching secret footage as Joyce accuses him of quitting

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      DANIEL DUBOIS got a reassuring embrace from his dad as Joe Joyce joined those accusing his British heavyweight rival of ‘quitting’.
      Dubois Senior Dave hugged his devastated son behind the scenes after he took a knee in the tenth round and was counted out.

      Daniel Dubois has been criticised by big names in British boxing after taking the knee and being counted out against heavyweight rival Joe JoyceCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      But Olympic silver medallist Joyce, 35, who has won all his 12 pro fights, said:  “Yeah, he definitely quit, but it was good– I mean, it saved his eye.
      “His eye was busted up, I hear he broke the socket or something?
      “And he broke his heart. He’s young, he can come again.”    
      Dubois, 23, went to hospital straight after his shock loss amid fears of nerve damage or a broken eye bone.

      After standard neurological tests he was taken to eye specialist hospital Moorfields in East London.
      But Dubois’ closed eye failed to avert scathing verdicts from big names in the British boxing world.
      Fellow heavyweight Dillian Whyte even labelled him a ‘coward’.
      Ex-world title challenger Whyte posted on Instagram: “Man’s out here quitting in mid-fight.

      “They were saying they wanna fight me and they were gonna knock me out.
      “One thing with me, no quit, straight warrior. If I’m losing, I’m getting knocked out.”

      The full extent of Daniel Dubois’ eye injury can be seen as he was jabbed into submission by fellow Brit Joe Joyce for a shock defeatCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Joe Joyce was a heavy underdog but kept up his 100 per cent record since turning professional in 2017Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      And former world champ David Haye said: “I was very unhappy with the way he took a knee. I’d rather get knocked spark out.”
      And another former world champion, Carl Frampton, told BT Sport: “I think that we all like Dubois.
      “But if it’s someone we didn’t like we’d say he’s a quitter. I think he quit – I have to be brutally honest.
      “His eye was a mess, his eye was closed but I get dragged out of the ring. I wouldn’t take a knee and get pulled out.”

      Dubois himself promised to revive his long-term world title dream despite his first defeat in 16 fights.
      He said: “He caught me with another jab to the eye. I could hardly see out of it. I can’t explain it.
      “I’m a tough guy and I will come again.” 

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      Joe Joyce’s mum says she hopes Dubois has ‘learnt his lesson’ after defeated star made quip about her sight in build-up

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      JOE JOYCE’S mum Marvel hopes Daniel Dubois has ‘learned his lesson’ after the defeated heavyweight made a joke about her sight in the build up to last night’s fight.
      Marvel is registered blind with just seven per cent vision and she hit back at Dubois in a jokey fashion after her son forced him to quit in the tenth round.

      Joe Joyce’s mum Marvel had a message for Daniel Dubois after her son beat him last night

      Dubois took a knee in the tenth with a shattered eye socket and nerve damageCredit: Richard Pelham – The Sun

      Dubois and Marvel had an awkward exchange in the fight build up when Marvel asked: “Daniel, if you get ill before the fight, are you going to pull out?”
      And seemingly rattled by the insinuation, Dubois replied: “No my dear. You know what, I’m going to do you a favour.
      “Because you can’t see your son after he’s been knocked out, you will be spared the heartache.”
      However, Marvel had the last laugh as her son claimed the British, Commonwealth and European titles which he will take onto the world heavyweight stage.

      Dubois took a knee in the tenth and it has since emerged he had a smashed eye socket and nerve damage.
      And speaking to iFL TV after the bout, Marvel said: “Hopefully he’s learned his lesson now and he has to respect his elders now.
      “And now he’s got his eye all busted up, he’ll know what it’s like not to see.
      “So anyway, message to you Daniel Dubois, you were flattened. Actually no, you quit.”

      Despite the jibe at the defeated 23-year-old, Marvel kept the mood light and showed her own good humour by laughing and adding: “I saw you quit…
      “Well actually, I didn’t really, but I will do when I watch it back on the TV with my binoculars.
      “Get well soon Daniel.”
      Dillian Whyte called Dubois a coward after the fight.
      And Carl Frampton said he will be ‘haunted’ and regret taking a knee.

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      Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr circus has made the veterans rich but leaves fans all the poorer after ghosts do battle

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      MIKE TYSON and Roy Jones Jr got back to their US homes late on Saturday fitter and richer for their efforts but we are all poorer for it.
      Under a cloud of thick cannabis smoke, following inter-fight raps and spliffs from Snoop Dogg and Whizz Khalifa, the event that was supposed to help inspire a new generation of young kids into boxing gyms huffed and puffed but blew nobody away.

      50-something legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr boosted their bank balances but weakened the reputation of boxing with their boutCredit: USA TODAY Sports

      Veterans Roy Jones Jr and Mike Tyson both seemed happy with the drawCredit: EPA

      Rapper Snoop Dogg provided some of the entertainment on a hazy, crazy night for boxing as Tyson and Jons Jr returned to the ringCredit: EPA

      Just hours earlier British boxing fans had watched 23-year-old lifetime boxer Daniel Dubois suffer a sickening eye injury in a 30-minute Westminster battle with brilliant Olympian Joe Joyce.
      And, a few minutes prior to the headline circus act, the pay-per-view buyers had to watch a former basketball player lay prostrate on the California ring twitching worryingly as medics scooped him off the canvas.
      Both contrasting examples highlighted why pitching two retired icons, with 105 years and countless injuries between them, into a confusing money-grab ‘fight’ was wrong.

      The BT Sport analysis team that worked overnight deserve credit for risking future paydays by slamming the three knockdowns YouTube prankster Jake Paul inflicted on Nate Robinson.

      British commentator Ronald Macintosh – a champion of the amateur code – had to plead with the US TV feed to stop zooming in on hapless Robinson lying battered and broken on the canvas in his first and hopefully only pro bout.
      There was no hiding or photoshopping the fact that all the hyper-edited promotional pics that had been plastered over the internet could not cover up the state of the two iconic combatants.
      Tyson’s tattooed face looked lost before the bell and Jones’ once lazer-fast body was soft and almost matronly.
      When the ‘action’ started, it resembled two long-lost uncles dancing together at a family wedding.

      Tyson had lost all of his timing and range but Jones could at least still showboat with trick potshots and a couple of rapid combinations.
      The lack of a crowd in the Staples Centre meant the heavy breathing – far more suited to other PPV channels available in the night’s darkest hours – howled through our laptops.
      The referee had to repeatedly ask the two fifty somethings to stop cuddling and start boxing.

      American sporting icons Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr went eight rounds in a bout unofficially called a draw by WBC judgesCredit: AP:Associated Press

      Roy Jones Jr, 51, hits back at 54-year-old Mike Tyson at Staples Center but the fight offered nothing to match modern boxers at their peakCredit: AP:Associated Press
      But anyone who idolised the two superstars in yesteryear found the gloved hugfest a welcome relief.
      The argument that raged over whether a sensational KO would be allowed was drowned out almost instantly by the sound of the wheezing lungs and OTT cornermen spouting Hollywood nonsense that would be even too sickly for the Rocky cutting room floor.
      For all the brilliant nights these two men gave the sport, nobody has the right to tell them when to quit.
      If the numbers tot up right then promoters and broadcasters will flog us this dead horse again very soon.

      But let’s never fall for the circus schtick again that ghosts of boxing greats can roll back 30 years or – as some of the most desperate bull**** merchants have pedaled –  mix it with the modern-day monsters like Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.
      Put these brilliant men and their peers, from any sport, in lengthy documentaries, spellbinding books, movies, theatres, TV studios and let us learn from their genius – we will buy it.
      But don’t put them in a boxing ring, with their tops off and hairlines retreating, and tell us we are watching anything other than an exhibition in cash grabbing – because we shouldn’t.

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      Boxing schedule: Upcoming dates, undercards, results as Tyson and Jones Jr DRAW, Joyce beats Dubois, Joshua vs Pulev

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      BOXING has taken its fair share of punishment this year – but the sport is set to finish 2020 with a bang as a raft of massive bouts are yet to come.
      Anthony Joshua takes on Kubrat Pulev in December, defending his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight world titles, while Mike Tyson is making a comeback to the ring against fellow legend Roy Jones Jr.

      Anthony Joshua was supposed to face Kubrat Pulev back in October 2017Credit: Reuters

      And if that wasn’t enough, arguably the biggest star in the sport Canelo Alvarez is in action just days before Christmas.
      Check out SunSport’s boxing schedule for the rest of 2020 below…
      Major fight dates
      November 28 – Los Angeles , California
      Mike Tyson DREW w/ Roy Jones Jr (8 rounds – heavyweight)
      Joe Joyce (C) def. Daniel Dubois KO 10 (12 rounds – heavyweight, British Commonwealth, European)
      December 5 – Arlington, Texas

      Errol Spence Jr (C) vs Danny Garcia (12 rounds – welterweight, WBC & IBF world titles)
      December 12 – London, England
      Anthony Joshua (C) vs Kubrat Pulev (12 rounds – heavyweight, WBA, WBO & IBF world titles)
      December 18 – Hollywood, Florida
      Gennadiy Golovkin (C) vs Kamil Szeremeta (12 rounds – middleweight IBF, IBO world titles)
      December 19 – San Antonio, Texas
      Canelo Alvarez vs Callum Smith (C) (12 rounds – super-middleweight, WBA & Ring Magazine titles)

      Daniel Dubois takes on Joe Joyce on November 28Credit: PA:Press Association
      Full boxing schedule 2020
      November 21 – London, England (Sky Sports)

      Conor Benn def. Sebastian Formella UD 10 (10 rounds – welterweight)
      Fabio Wardley def. Richard Lartey KO2 (10 rounds – heavyweight)
      Alen Babic def. Tom Little KO3 (8 rounds – heavyweight)
      Jez Smith def. Ben Ridings UD 6 (6 rounds – middleweight)
      Liam Davies def. Sean Cairns TKO6 (10 rounds – bantamweight)
      November 27 – Hollywood, Florida (DAZN UK beta)
      Daniel Jacobs def. Gabriel Rosado SD 12 (12 rounds – super-middleweight)
      Daniyar Yeleussinov def. Julius Indongo TKO2 (10 rounds – welterweight)
      Magomedrasul Majidov def. Sahret Delgado TKO3 (8 rounds – heavyweight)
      Emmanuel Tagoe def. Mason Menard MD 10 (10 rounds – lightweight)
      Nikita Ababiy def. Brandon Maddox UD 6 (6 rounds – middleweight)

      Daniel Jacobs takes on rival Gabe Rosado on November 27Credit: USA TODAY Sports
      November 26 – Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
      Panya Pradabsri def. Wanheng Menayothin UD12 (C) (12 rounds – strawweight, WBC world title)
      November 27 – Nantes, France
      Tony Yoka def. Christian Hammer UD 10 (12 rounds – heavyweight)
      November 27 – Culiacan, Mexico
      Julio Cesar Chavez Jr def. Nicolas Masseroni TKO4 (10 rounds – light heavyweight)
      November 28 – London, England (BT Sport)
      Joe Joyce (C) def. Daniel Dubois (C) KO10 (12 rounds – heavyweight, British, Commonwealth, European titles)
      Hamzah Sheeraz def. Guido Nicolas Pitto TKO10 (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
      Jack Catterall def. Abderrazak Houya UD10 (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
      David Adeleye def. Danny Whittaker TKO2 (6 rounds – heavyweight)
      Jack Massey def. Mohammad Ali Bayat Farid UD8 (8 rounds – cruiserweight)
      Joshua Frankham def. MJ Hall (4 rounds – super-welterweight)
      Louie Lynn def. Paul Holt (8 rounds – featherweight)
      Mitchell Barton def. Matt Gordon (4 rounds – heavyweight)
      November 28 – Los Angeles, California (BT Sport Box Office)
      Mike Tyson DREW w/ Roy Jones Jr (Exhibition, 8 rounds – heavyweight)
      Jake Paul def. Nate Robinson KO2 (6 rounds – cruiserweight)
      Badou Jake def. Blake McKernon (8 rounds – light-heavyweight)

      Mike Tyson returns to the ring on November 28 vs Roy Jones Jr Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      December 2 – Wakefield, England (Sky Sports)
      Jazza Dickens vs Ryan Walsh (10 rounds – featherweights, Golden Contract tournament final)
      Ricards Bolotniks vs Serge Michel (10 rounds – light-heavyweight, Golden Contract tournament final)
      December 3 – Hollywood, California
      Serhii Bohachuck vs Brandon Adams (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
      Brian Ceballo vs Larry Gomez (10 rounds – welterweight)
      Danielle Perkins vs Princess Hairston (6 rounds – heavyweight)
      December 4 – London, England (Sky Sports)
      Billy Joe Saunders (C) vs Martin Murray (12 rounds, super-middleweight, WBO world title)
      Kieron Conway vs. Kieran Smith (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
      James Tennyson vs Josh O’Reilly (12 rounds – lightweight)
      Zach Parker vs Cesar Nunez (12 rounds – super-middleweight)

      Billy Joe Saunders defends his WBO super-middleweight world title on December 4Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      December 5 – Arlington, Texas (Premier Sports)
      Errol Spence Jr (C) vs Danny Garcia (12 rounds – welterweight, WBC & IBF world titles)
      Sebastian Fundora vs Jorge Cota (12 rounds, super-welterweight)
      Josesito Lopez vs Francisco Santana (10 rounds – welterweight)
      Julio Ceja vs Eduardo Ramirez (12 rounds – featherweight)
      Kyrone Davis vs Juan Macias Montiel (10 rounds – middleweight)
      Miguel Flores vs Isaac Avelar (10 rounds – super-featherweight)
      Fernando Garcia vs Juan Tapia (8 rounds – featherweight)
      Frank Martin vs Donte Strayhorn (8 rounds – lightweight)
      Vito Mielnicki Jr vs Steven Pulluaim (6 rounds – welterweight)
      Burley Brooks vs Marco Delgado (6 rounds – super-middleweight)
      December 5 – London, England (BT Sport)
      Lyndon Arthur (C) vs Anthony Yarde (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, Commonwealth title)
      Willy Hutchinson vs Lennox Clarke (12 rounds – super-middleweight, vacant British & Commonwealth titles)

      Errol Spence holds the WBC and IBF world welterweight titles Credit: AP:Associated Press
      December 11 – Redditch, England (Channel 5)
      Sam Eggington vs. Ashley Theophane, 10 or 12 rounds, junior middleweights
      Kaisee Benjamin vs Ben Fields (10 rounds – welterweight)
      Stephen McKenna vs TBA (6 – rounds super-lightweight)
      Aaron McKenna vs TBA (6 – rounds super-welterweight)
      Michael Hennessy Jr vs Dale Arrowsmith (6 round – super-welterweight)
      Idris Virgo vs Kearon Thoma,( 4 rounds – middleweight)
      December 12 – London (Sky Sports Box Office)
      Anthony Joshua (C) vs Kubrat Pulev (12 rounds – heavyweight, WBA, WBO & IBF world titles)
      Krzysztof Glowacki vs Lawrence Okolie (12 rounds – cruiserweight, vacant WBO world title)
      Hughie Fury vs Mariusz Wach (10 rounds – heavyweight)
      Martin Bakole vs Sergey Kuzmin (10 rounds – heavyweight)
      Souleymane Cissokho vs Kieron Conway (10 rounds – super-welterweight)

      Anthony Joshua defends his titles against Kubrat Pulev on December 12Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      December 12 – Uncasville, Connecticut (Premier Sports)
      Chris Colbert (C) vs Jaime Arboleda (12 rounds – super-featherweight, WBA interim title)
      Matt Korobov vs Ronald Ellis (10 rounds – middleweight)
      Richardson Hitchins vs Argenis Mendez (10 rounds – super-lightweight)
      December 12 – Las Vegas, Nevada (Fite TV)
      Shakur Stevenson vs Toka Kahn Clary (10 rounds – super-featherweight)
      Felix Verdejo vs Masayoshi Nakatani (10 rounds – lightweight)
      Edgar Berlanga vs. TBA (8 rounds – super middleweight)
      December 16 – Sydney, Australia
      Tim Tszyu vs Bowyn Morgan (10 rounds – super-welterweight)
      Paul Gallen vs Mark Hunt (6 rounds – heavyweight)
      December 18 – Redditch, England
      Shakan Pitters (C) vs Craig Richards (12 rounds – light-heavyweight, British title)
      River Bent vs. Troy Coleman (8 rounds – middleweight)
      Sammy Cantwell vs. TBA (8 rounds – super-flyweight)
      Stephen McKenna vs. TBA (6 rounds – super-lightweight)
      Michael Hennessy Jr. vs. TBA (6 rounds – super-welterweight)
      Idris Virgo vs. TBA (4 rounds – middleweight)
      Brett McGinty vs. TBA (4 rounds – middleweight)
      December 18 – Hollywood, Florida (DAZN UK)
      Gennadiy Golovkin (C) vs Kamil Szeremeta (12 rounds – middleweight IBF, IBO world titles)
      December 19 – San Antonio, Texas (DAZN UK)
      Canelo Alvarez vs Callum Smith (C) (12 rounds – super-middleweight, WBA & Ring Magazine world titles)

      Canelo Alvarez hasn’t been in the ring since a KO win over Sergey Kovalev last yearCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      December 19 – Uncasville, Connecticut (Premier Sports)
      Nonito Donaire vs. Emmanuel Rodriguez (12 rounds – bantamweight, vacant WBC title)
      Jaron Ennis vs. Thomas Dulorme (10 rounds – welterweight)

      Nonito Donaire will look to win the WBC bantamweight world title on December 19Credit: PA:Press Association

      December 19 – Torrelavega, Spain
      Sergio Martinez vs Jussi Koivula (10 rounds – middleweight)
      Sergio Garcia (C) vs Andranik Hakobyan (12 rounds – super-welterweight, European title)
      Angel Moreno vs Mohammed Obbadi (12 rounds – flyweight, vacant European title)
      Kiko Martinez vs Pedro Gomes (8 rounds – featherweight)
      Jon Fernandez vs Abdessamad Nechchad (8 rounds – lightweight)
      Bernard Angelo Torres vs Costin Ion (8 rounds – featherweight)
      Kent Erik Baadstad vs David Trallero (4 rounds – heavyweight)
      December 31 – Tokyo, Japan
      Kazuto Ioka (C) vs Kosei Tanaka (12 rounds, super-flyweight, WBO world title) More

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      Jake Paul DESTROYS Nate Robinson as medics rush into ring after heavy knockout as Snoop Dogg calls it a ‘Hood fight’

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      JAKE PAUL obliterated former NBA basketball star Nate Robinson with a brutal second-round KO in Los Angeles.
      Robinson faceplanted after a looping right in the second round and was out cold as the fight was finally waved off.

      Jake Paul delivered a brutal KO of Nate Robinson in the second round

      Jake Paul was far too strong for Nate RobinsonCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Medics and the referee rushed to Robinson’s aid before after more than a minute he made it onto a stool.
      Such was the brutality of the finish, music legend Snopp Dogg likened it to a ‘Hood fight’.
      Robinson had already being floored twice previous in the embarrassingly one-sided affair.
      YouTube sensation Paul embarked on his boxing career with a victory over fellow social media celeb AnEsonGib in January.

      Paul wants to ‘shock the world’ and make a success of himself in boxingCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      It was clear as day the fight was overCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      There was some serious concern for Nate Robinson after he crashed to the canvas
      And now he has made it two out of two with an emphatic victory – but it will leave questions to be asked on how these fights are sanctioned.
      The first round was a dismal affair, with the referee warning both ‘boxers’ to stop wrestling and ‘throw some punches’.
      It was Paul who landed the most meaningful of these, when he floored Robinson with a huge right towards the end of the round.
      And Robinson was face down again in the second round when Paul smashed him with the same shot.

      It was a messy affair at times in the Staples CenterCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      The third knockdown soon came – and it was a brutal one at that.
      Another looping right hand sent Robinson crashing to the canvas and to sleep.
      The 36-year-old was laid out for almost a minute before being hauled onto a seat by the referee.
      Speaking after the weigh-in, the ‘Problem Child’ Paul explained why he’s so desperate to succeed inside the squared circle.

      Snopp Dogg described it as a ‘Hood fight’Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      He added: “I love the sport, you know. I’m made for this. And to me, it’s an opportunity to prove people wrong.
      “But it’s something I fell in love with, something I’m passionate about, something I’m good at, and I’m ready to take the world by storm.”
      This was the chief support for Mike Tyson’s epic comeback fight against Roy Jones Jr.

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      Lennox Lewis wants comeback aged 55 as he has ‘unfinished business’ with old heavyweight rival Riddick Bowe

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      LENNOX LEWIS admitted he could stage a sensational boxing comeback as he has ‘unfinished business’ with his old heavyweight rival Riddick Bowe.
      After Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr – with a combined age of 105 – drew in an eight-round exhibition on Saturday night, former world champ Lewis hinted he could be next to return to the ring.

      Lennox Lewis could follow Mike Tyson back into the ringCredit: Getty Images – Getty

      Lewis said there was ‘unfinished business’ with Olympic foe Riddick BoweCredit: AP:Associated Press

      The British-born star, 55, told BT Sport: “Sure! I mean, it seems like a lot of fun.
      “You have to look at Mike Tyson; Mike has been doing a lot of different things like wrestling, he’s been doing acting and he even had his own one-man band show.
      “So he knows how to entertain people, he knows what to do in these situations.”
      Lewis KO’d Iron Mike in Memphis in 2002 and retired soon after his TKO win over Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko the following year.

      The Lion battered American Bowe, 53, in the 1988 Olympic final and won gold for Canada – where he moved aged 12 – in Seoul.
      But the duo never got it on in the professional arena despite Lewis becoming the WBC’s mandatory challenger while Bowe was undisputed heavyweight champ in 1992.
      Bowe famously dumped the belt into the bin at press conference as he refused to be intimidated by the governing body to fight Lewis and the match-up was one that got away in the 90s.

      Lewis added: “When I was commentating for HBO, they had me put in there right in the action.

      “It was maybe to make me feel like I could come back for HBO whatever. But I just never caught it, it never happened.
      “I looked at the history of why boxers come back and most boxers come back because they have nothing else to do.
      “People keep coming up to them and saying to them, ‘Hey, when is your next fight? Who are you going to fight?’
      “But it doesn’t do better for them, it makes them look bad. So I always elected to stay away from that.
      “But, if it is right, I may come back. There’s been talk of Riddick Bowe wants to fight me still so there is still some unfinished business there.”

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