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Chantelle Cameron overcame a resilient Mary McGee to become the IBF, WBC & Ring Magazine Women's lightweight champion of the world.

Chantelle Cameron and Mary McGee get an unexpected main event slot Saturday on DAZN, plus Alen Babic and more.

Whyte would have been in line for a shot at the WBC heavyweight title if he had beaten Swedish boxer Wallin in their bout later this month

Whyte would have been in line for a shot at the WBC heavyweight title if he had beaten Swedish boxer Wallin in their bout later this month

Ten Trojans had scored by the close of the third, with Hannes Daube and Wyatt Barker both holding hat tricks on the day. Carson Kranz (pictured) added two.

Conor Benn makes his loudest statement yet Conor Benn trounces gatekeeper Samuel Vargas inside 90 seconds. Steve Bunce reports from ringside CONOR BENN sent out an old-fashioned message during a night when legitimacy was a backdrop to the action. Benn left Samuel Vargas helpless and hopeless on the ropes, forcing the referee, Michael Alexander, to intervene after just 80 seconds of the first round. It was the end nobody predicted, not even the gushing patriots in the Benn business. Vargas was s...

Conor Benn stopped Samuel Vargas in just 82 seconds to retain his WBA Continental Welterweight crown in London on Saturday Photo Credit: Dave Thompson/Matchroom Boxing Conor Benn made an explosive statement at the Copper Box Arena in Hackney, as he defended his WBA Continental Welterweight title in style, halting Samuel Vargas in just over 90 seconds on Saturday Vargas (31-7-2, 14 KOs) had only previously been stopped by Vergil Ortiz Jr, Errol Spence Jr and Danny Garcia, and was expected to pro...

Joe Smith Jr. did not take the path of least resistance to reach his second shot at a light heavyweight world title. As he prepares to step into the ring on Saturday against Maxim Vlasov at the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma (10 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN+), with the vacant WBO belt on the line, Smith has been through the spectrum of the highs and lows that come with championship-level boxing. After getting knocked out in his seventh professional fight back in 2010, Smith (26-3, 21 KOs) rattled of...

John Hedges: Criticism & Punches, Taking it on the chin John Hedges will looks to prove the doubters wrong in his second professional bout on the undercard to Conor Benn vs Samuel Vargas. John The Gentleman Hedges will be looking to prove the doubters wrong this weekend. Photo Credit: Mark Robinson / Matchroom John Hedges was thrust into the limelight back in October 2020, when he made his professional debut live on Sky Sports on the undercard to Joshua Buatsi vs Marko Calic. Hedges failed to i...

Conor Benn takes on Samuel Vargas. Conor Benn defends his WBA Continental Welterweight title for a fourth time, and it’s another gradual step up in class as he meets ten stone seven gatekeeper Samuel Vargas over ten rounds at the Copper Box Arena, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN worldwide. Benn (17-0, 11 KOs) is still only 24, but the comparisons to his illustrious father Nigel have resulted in a lot of expectation placed on him ahead of his clash with Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KOs) ‘The Des...