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Lynch sets sights on world title in pro ranks
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Lynch sets sights on world title in pro ranks

Commonwealth gold medallist Reese Lynch is now targetting world titles in the professional ranks after amateur success.

BBC Sport26 Mar
How Taylor has 'unlocked a darkness' with trainer Scott
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How Taylor has 'unlocked a darkness' with trainer Scott

Nottingham boxer Ezra Taylor and trainer Malik Scott talk about "the darkness" they have strived for in preparation to face Willy Hutchinson.

BBC Sport26 Mar
Watch Itauma's top five knockouts
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Watch Itauma's top five knockouts

Watch Moses Itauma's top five knockouts as he prepares to fight Jermaine Franklin in Manchester on 28 March.

BBC Sport26 Mar
Parting the heavyweight division - Itauma
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Parting the heavyweight division - Itauma

Buncey sits down with heavyweight boxing’s hottest prospect, Moses Itauma

BBC Sport26 Mar
Parting the heavyweight division - Itauma
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Parting the heavyweight division - Itauma

Buncey sits down with heavyweight boxing’s hottest prospect, Moses Itauma

BBC Sport26 Mar
Itauma fighting Usyk or Wardley a ridiculous conversation - Bunce
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Itauma fighting Usyk or Wardley a ridiculous conversation - Bunce

Steve Bunce says Moses Itauma is the future of the heavyweight division, but that future isn't quite here yet.

BBC Sport26 Mar
Hughes pulls out of Belfast fight with knee injury
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Hughes pulls out of Belfast fight with knee injury

Paul Hughes withdraws from next month's headline fight against Jay-Jay Wilson because of a knee injury.

BBC Sport25 Mar
Itauma v Franklin, Wilder v Chisora & Wardley v Dubois to be on BBC Radio 5 Live
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Itauma v Franklin, Wilder v Chisora & Wardley v Dubois to be on BBC Radio 5 Live

Moses Itauma's bout against Jermaine Franklin on Saturday will be the first of three heavyweight fights live on the BBC.

BBC Sport25 Mar
'Kicked to the kerb' - is boxing failing its heroes?
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'Kicked to the kerb' - is boxing failing its heroes?

Following the death of Ricky Hatton, families and former champions tell a new BBC documentary the sport has not filled the void in care for its fighters.

BBC Sport25 Mar
The Fight Beyond the Ring
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The Fight Beyond the Ring

A look at the challenges fighters face beyond the ring and how the sport is responding.

BBC Sport25 Mar
World champion Smith to face Puello in Sheffield
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World champion Smith to face Puello in Sheffield

Dalton Smith will defend his WBC light-welterweight title in front of his home fans in Sheffield against former world champion Alberto Puello.

BBC Sport24 Mar
Opetaia stripped of IBF title over Zuffa belt bout
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Opetaia stripped of IBF title over Zuffa belt bout

Jai Opetaia proceeded with a fight against Brandon Glanton after the IBF withdrew their sanctioning.

BBC Sport24 Mar
Nigerian heritage key to my success - Itauma
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Nigerian heritage key to my success - Itauma

Moses Itauma, one of heavyweight boxing's brightest prospects, says he found the answers to questions about his identity on a trip to his father's village in Nigeria.

BBC Sport23 Mar
'Throwback' Liddard targets world title shot
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'Throwback' Liddard targets world title shot

Unbeaten George Liddard sets his sights on winning a world title in the next 18 months after retaining his British and Commonwealth middleweight belts.

BBC Sport23 Mar
Unbeaten Bevan could headline show in Southampton
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Unbeaten Bevan could headline show in Southampton

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn says unbeaten super-middleweight Taylor Bevan could headline a show in Southampton this year.

BBC Sport23 Mar
Debunking the Board
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Debunking the Board

Buncey chats with Robert Smith on how the BBBoC runs and regulates boxing

BBC Sport23 Mar
Watch: Michael Conlan retires from boxing
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Watch: Michael Conlan retires from boxing

BBC Sport NI's Thomas Kane interviews Michael Conlan as he retires from boxing after his split-decision defeat to Kevin Walsh on Friday in Belfast.

BBC Sport21 Mar
Lin cleared for boxing return after sex test
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Lin cleared for boxing return after sex test

Chinese Taipei's Olympic champion Lin Yu-ting is cleared to compete again by World Boxing after undergoing the governing body's new sex test.

BBC Sport21 Mar
Privilege, criticism & VAR - life as a boxing referee
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Privilege, criticism & VAR - life as a boxing referee

Phil Edwards speaks to BBC Sport about what it's really like to be a boxing referee and whether he thinks VAR could work in the sport.

BBC Sport21 Mar
Conlan an amateur legend who fell short of his pro dream
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Conlan an amateur legend who fell short of his pro dream

Michael Conlan began his professional boxing career with great fanfare and an ambition to become a multi-weight champion, but despite going close, he was unable to replicate his success as an amateur.

BBC Sport21 Mar
'End of the road' for Conlan after defeat by Walsh
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'End of the road' for Conlan after defeat by Walsh

Michael Conlan confirms it's the "end of the road" following his split decision defeat by Kevin Walsh at Belfast's SSE Arena.

BBC Sport21 Mar
Coroner 'not satisfied' Hatton intended to take his own life
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Coroner 'not satisfied' Hatton intended to take his own life

Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton was found "unresponsive" at his home in September.

BBC Sport20 Mar
Unbeaten Bevan ready for 'step up' against Bulacio
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Unbeaten Bevan ready for 'step up' against Bulacio

Unbeaten Welsh boxer Taylor Bevan has won all seven of his professional fights by knockout.

BBC Sport20 Mar
So much to gain from Paro title fight - Crocker
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So much to gain from Paro title fight - Crocker

Belfast's IBF welterweight champion Lewis Crocker says a win over Liam Paro in his next fight should open up a further window of opportunity.

BBC Sport19 Mar
'All or nothing' - what's on the line for Conlan?
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'All or nothing' - what's on the line for Conlan?

Ahead of his bout with Kevin Walsh in Belfast on Friday, Michael Conlan says it is "all or nothing" as he plots a route to a world title.

BBC Sport19 Mar
A Dublin ding-dong
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A Dublin ding-dong

Barry Jones joins Buncey to reflect on Anthony Cacace becoming a two-time world champion.

BBC Sport16 Mar
Garner on the verge of world title fight - Warren
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Garner on the verge of world title fight - Warren

Boxing promoter Frank Warren says that super-featherweight Ryan Garner is "on the verge" of fighting for a world title.

BBC Sport16 Mar
Proud Cacace seeks Navarrete unification duel
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Proud Cacace seeks Navarrete unification duel

Anthony Cacace is proud to add his family name to the world boxing lineage but is chasing further glory after claiming the WBA super-featherweight title.

BBC Sport15 Mar
Cacace defeats Dickens to land second world title
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Cacace defeats Dickens to land second world title

Belfast's Anthony Cacace is the new WBA super-featherweight champion thanks to a unanimous decision win over James 'Jazza' Dickens at Dublin's 3 Arena.

BBC Sport14 Mar
Dickens' two-day ordeal from Dubai to Dublin for world title bout
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Dickens' two-day ordeal from Dubai to Dublin for world title bout

James 'Jazza' Dickens has taken the elongated road to his first world title defence on Saturday - and that is not confined to his professional boxing career.

BBC Sport12 Mar