Boxing news
- Amir Khan confirms Manny Pacquiao talks but rules out Fury-Joshua undercardThe Bolton fighter, 39, says he has seen "numbers which I'm happy with" and a location, more than four years after his last fight.
- DAZN reportedly taking control of The Ring: what it means for Turki Alalshikh and boxingDAZN will not confirm or deny the reported deal for the magazine and its belts, and Alalshikh has made no formal announcement about his future in the sport.
- Canelo vs Mbilli still set for Riyadh on 31 October after Houthi attacks on Saudi airportsThe undercard was announced on 8 October, the same day attacks on King Khalid International Airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said.
- Buatsi vs Hutchinson 2 upgraded to full WBC title fight after Benavidez vacatesBuatsi won their first fight by split decision at Wembley in 2024 and put Hutchinson down twice. The rematch is at the AO Arena in Manchester on 7 November.
- Fury vs Joshua all but sold out as Dana White says the gate is scaled for around $34 millionMore than 500,000 people queued for around 80,000 tickets, priced from £88.50 to £13,128. White says it will be the most lucrative gate in British boxing history.
- Deontay Wilder accepts offer to face Jai Opetaia on the Fury vs Joshua undercardWilder's manager says they are awaiting word on the Cardiff co-feature, and Dana White says there is "a really good chance" the fight happens.
- On this day in 2011: Kell Brook stops Rafał Jackiewicz in SheffieldThe sixth-round stoppage at Ponds Forge kept the WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title with Brook.
- Fury vs Joshua UK start time: ring walk planned for around 1am in Cardiff licence bidThe Principality Stadium wants to stay open until 3.30am on Saturday 12 December, with the ring walk after a short live music set. A council spokesperson said the ringwalk is "commencing at 1am".
- Jake Paul names Tom Aspinall, KSI, Darren Till and Chris Eubank on his list "before I rest"Paul posted 12 names on X, from Canelo Alvarez and Francis Ngannou to Sean Strickland, but Tommy Fury, the first man to beat him, is not among them.
- Fury vs Joshua tickets go on sale on Friday at noon UK time, with the cheapest at £75Tickets for the Cardiff fight go on sale at Ticketmaster.co.uk "at noon in the UK" on Friday 9 October, Dana White says. The Mirror reports more than 80,000 will be available, with VIP seats expected to cost well over £1,000.
- Dmitry Bivol v Callum Smith confirmed for 12 December in YekaterinburgMatchroom has confirmed that Bivol will defend his unified light-heavyweight title against the British WBO interim champion in Russia.
- On this day in 2017: Eubank Jr stops Yıldırım in three rounds in StuttgartThe win kept his IBO super-middleweight title and sent him into the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series.
- Ryan Garcia tells Floyd Mayweather "Offer is on the table" after report of talksGarcia said he "wouldn't do an exhibition" after FightHype reported, citing sources, that talks are underway for a fight between the two. Neither camp has confirmed any talks.
- On this day in 2007: Amir Khan stops Scott Lawton to keep Commonwealth beltThe 20-year-old from Bolton ended the scheduled 12-rounder 32 seconds into the fourth round at Nottingham Arena.
- Daniel Dubois picks Tyson Fury to beat Anthony Joshua, then wants Fury nextThe WBO champion told Sky Sports News a Fury fight would be "like me and AJ all over again", but says his focus is on Fabio Wardley on 17 October.
- Oscar De La Hoya gives Dana White an F and says UK boxing is "second class"On The Ariel Helwani Show, De La Hoya said he is "Team Eddie", that Conor Benn "had no business" fighting Ryan Garcia, and called Canelo a "sellout".
- Devin Haney vs Shakur Stevenson in "advanced discussions" for welterweight title fightBoxingScene reported Stevenson turned to Haney after a Pacquiao fight fell through. Haney has since offered 145lb, but Dan Rafael was told "nothing has changed in weeks".
- Joe Cordina on Manny Pacquiao in Cardiff: "I'm gonna try and leave him like Marquez"The Welshman told iFL TV a fight with Pacquiao on the Fury vs Joshua undercard would be "an honour", but nothing has been agreed.
- John Fury won't attend Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua: "More chance of seeing a cow fly"Fury's father, estranged from his son, says the fight is "an accident waiting to happen" and that he will wait for someone to tell him who won.
- Devin Haney offers Shakur Stevenson 145lb and Stevenson posts "U GOT A DEAL"Haney wants the fight at 145lb with no rehydration clause in December. Stevenson posted "145.0 U GOT A DEAL DEEHOE!!!!" but nothing has been signed or announced.
- Dana White on Eddie Hearn: "I am producing the fight. I am promoting the fight"White said "There was no meeting with Eddie Hearn" after Hearn claimed TKO offered Anthony Joshua a "load of money" to let them in on the Fury fight and said White "doesn't understand the contracts".
- On this day in 1988: Duke McKenzie wins IBF flyweight title at WembleyRolando Bohol was stopped 2:25 into the 11th round, the first of three world titles McKenzie would win at different weights.
- Jermall Charlo on Caleb Plant: "You're a quitter, man"Charlo told Fight Hub TV that Plant could have made their fight and "made multi-millions", as he plans one last run at a world title at 168lb.
- Eddie Hearn taunts Dana White over Fury vs Joshua: "Dance for me, baby"Hearn said White's side is "completely checkmated" and can only be involved in Fury vs Joshua if he and Joshua allow it.
- Derek Chisora on Dana White changing boxing: "This game has been here before he was born"Chisora told iFL TV he likes White but not his talk of changing the sport, and that people who say they want to change boxing are "full of s***".
- No rematch clause for Fury vs Joshua, says Eddie Hearn: "It's one fight, one-off"Fury's manager Spencer Brown says the loser will face a hard question: "Whoever loses here, where do they go?"
- Tyson Fury to invite Donald Trump on his ringwalk for Anthony Joshua: "My old buddy, old pal"Fury told Sky Sports he has no intention of retiring after Joshua, who he called "a bum", and wants Oleksandr Usyk next in New York.
- Tony Bellew on Ben Whittaker and Bivol: "Nobody goes from Conor Wallace to Dmitry Bivol"Bellew lost patience with iFL TV over Whittaker's next step, while trainer Andy Lee revealed Whittaker "was sick last week".
- Eddie Hearn on Dana White and Fury vs Joshua: "They will only be involved if I let them"Hearn told iFL TV that Sela confirmed "in writing" that White's production claim was "absolute bollocks", and that he will hear Sela out in Los Angeles next week.
- Ben Whittaker survives late Conor Wallace onslaught to become IBF mandatory challengerWhittaker won 117-111, 116-112, 115-113 in Birmingham after being hurt in the 12th, and said: "If I'm honest, it was too easy."
