Boxing Beats

Finally some boxing this weekend. Josh Kelly could follow in Dalton Smith footsteps, Shakur Stevenson takes on Teofimo Lopez and the worst kept secret in boxing: Tyson Fury is going to fight Makhmudov.

Rumours are afoot that Del Boy will be fighting Deontay Wilder, Usyk is lined up to fight Andy Ruiz and Dubois is set to take on Zhilei Zhang. We'll have a bit of that.

Dalton Smith comes up against the most difficult commentators he's ever likely to face and stops Subriel Matias in the 5th round. Elsewhere, Agit Kabayel is suddenly very popular. Oh and Moses Itauma v Franklin is off.

We discuss the fights that we'd like to see happen in 2026 which quickly descends into a conversation about which fighters we want to see take a beating.

A two way fight with no winners. Joshua stops Jake Paul in the 6th round breaking his jaw in two places. Boxing was the real loser though as the fight was a bit of a mess.

Jake Paul will step into the ring with Anthony Joshua on Friday night and he can't lose. Boxing is holding it's breath. AJ needs to send Paul packing, but how will it go down?

Johnny Fisher gets off the canvas to win but it really wasn't the comeback he wanted. Is it over for the Romford Bull? Also Tyson Fury is back, again, again.

Following the big Saudi/US card at the weekend, Boxing returns to the UK with Clarke v TKV on BBC2 and Ben Whittaker making his Matchroom debut. We also cover the Benavidez v Yarde fight and all of the undercard too.

Pre-fight it was very flat and the fight proved to be pretty flat too. Conor Benn won easily but what the hell happened to Eubank, it was like the ghost of Chris Eubank Jr. We also had a fantastic undercard with Jack Catterall, Ishmael Davis, Richard Riakporhe and Adam Azim all getting wins. Oh and there's the small matter of AJ v Jake Paul on the 19th December to discuss.

The first fight was an absolute banger that had so much going for it: a drugs ban, an egg, Senior, dehydration. But what has this one got? Not that much apparently. Promotion has been a bit flat but the fight should be a good one. Our thoughts plus predictions.

Most don't agree but Buatsi beats a very boring Zach Parker. Meanwhile Lyndon Arthur wins in a great fight and Liam Cameron comes back with a win after his loss to Ben Whittaker.

Fabio Wardley does the unthinkable and stops Joseph Parker in the 11th round. But Howard Foster strikes again with many feeling like it was a premature stoppage. We dissect the fight and offer our completely biased and uneducated opinions.

Fabio Wardley is testing himself against Joseph Parker, will he find the knockout punch again like he's always done in the past? We debate how this one might pan out for Wardley and whether the winner will actually get the Usyk fight.

Sadly Dave Allen just wasn't good enough to beat a solid looking Arslanbek Makhmudov. Hopefully Dave will carry on fighting and may even get a British title shot at some point in the future.

Dave Allen returns after his demolition of Johnny Fisher. Can he defeat the man that looks like a villain from James Bond? We also talk about Moses Itauma and Ben Whittaker and all the developments that have been happening.

It begins. Eubank Jr is on fine form at the first press conference for the Eubank Jr v Benn 2 fight. Did he go too far? And what the hell was Nigel talking about? Other fights and boxers that we cover: Ricky Hatton Eubank Jr v Benn 2 Mayweather v Tyson AJ v Fury (Rumours)

It was never in doubt. Err. Well it was, we both doubted Terence Crawford but he gave Canelo Alvarez a boxing lesson and the Mexican never really got going. Is time up for Canelo? What does Crawford do next?

It's the biggest fight of the year, apparently. We're not totally convinced by this one but that's not going to stop us talking about it. Canelo v Crawford, can Bud do the unthinkable and move up 2 weights and beat the ginger Mexican?

There's very little going on with the heavyweights but it does look like we might be getting Parker v Wardley. We talk about what might happen and how Moses Itauma might find himself fighting for a title very soon.

Moses Itauma faces his first live opponent (sort of) in Dillian Whyte. Has the old dog got enough in his locker to test the young prospect? We discus this and a lot more on this episode

Oleksander Usyk absolutely destroys Daniel Dubois, but did Dubois quit? Was it Don Charles and Dubois' entourage that made Usyk so spiteful? Lots of questions, not many answers. We talk through it all.

It's the big one, triple D faces off against Usyk for the second time. Will he fail like Joshua and Fury?

It's Sheeraz v Berlanga this weekend and we can't call it

Deontay Wilder returned with a, well not a bang, but he returned. jake paul grabs another dodgy looking victory over Chavez Jr who forgot his arms existed. Oh and there's the small matter of the Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn rematch.

The heavyweight rumours are out in force, Chisora v Parker, Parker v Allen, Wilder v Allen, Itauma v Bakole, AJ v Allen. Is any of it true? We try and find out on this weeks podcast.