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The age of the asterisk • Sometimes a result is only confirmed weeks or months after the final bell
‘THE ROSE OF SOWETO’ PASSES • Tribute to a South African great
EFFORTS APPRECIATED
LOMA MAKES YOUR JAW DROP • Anber will be with Lomachenko again this weekend and ponders why the Ukrainian’s greatness has been overlooked
ONE DAY IN PARIS • Recalling a glorious visit to the French capital when a magnificent Stracey and Finnegan toppled local superstars
We need to talk about Ezra • Ezra Arenyeka is proof that doorstepping actually works
THE WEEK • What’s been going on in the boxing world over the last seven days
the BIG ZHANG THEORY • Chinese man-mountain underestimated the in-form Joseph Parker but insists he won’t make the same mistake when he returns to Riyadh to take on Deontay Wilder next month
THE LUCKY ONE • Brought up by her grandparents after her mother gave her away as a three-day-old baby, the inspirational Lauren Price could be the star to lift the status of Welsh boxing
MAJOR FIGHT SCHEDULE
Another roll of the dice • Mark Butcher wonders if George Kambosos’s seemingly relentless fortune will be in force again as he meets Ukrainian maestro Vasily Lomachenko this weekend for the IBF 135lbs crown
Price Returns • Welsh boxing expects as Lauren Price seeks to become the 14th ‘world’ champion in the nation’s rich boxing history, writes Elliot Worsell
STAR PUPIL • Wise beyond his years, displaying an almost eerie maturity, Puerto Rico’s great boxing hope Xander Zayas does not feel the pressure of expectation
The odd couple • A year ago, they weren’t on speaking terms, now they are boxing’s most unexpected promotional double act, even finishing each other’s sentences, the unlikely Frank Warren-Eddie Hearn alliance seems set to change boxing as we know it
Saul supreme • Suggestions of Canelo’s decline prove premature as he drops and repels game pretender to the throne Jaime Munguia in this ‘Battle of Mexico’
Force of nature • Japanese icon Inoue shrugs off a first-round knockdown to destroy Nery before a rapt, 40,000 crowd at the Tokyo Dome, writes Shaun Brown
SUNDAY SERVICE • Evans makes short work of Bulgarian
Credit due • Abubaker breaks resistance of tough Iranian, writes Andy Whittle
HODGSON PROVES A HIT • North Shields man clinches Area crown, writes Roy Kelly at ringside
Fraser sharp • Wilkinson puts McGivern to the sword
STAKES ARE HIGH • Matt Bozeat weighs up a make-or-break encounter at York Hall this weekend between former sparring partners
First class • Bradford boxing stalwart reflects on a glass-half-full career, writes Shaun Brown
Moving on up • Emerging stars Jones and Hegarty advance to Welsh ABA honours at the first time of asking, Gareth Jones...