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Main card: Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley 2- WBO heavyweight title Louie O'Doherty vs. Michael Gomez Jr - British and Commonwealth lightweight title Bakhodir Jalolov vs. Solomon Dacres - heavyweight Tony Curtis vs. Kerim Agius - super-flyweight Leighton Birchall vs. Luis Vara Carrillo - featherweight We get to see this main event run back on Saturday night at the O2 Arena, after what was a fight of the year contender back in May 2026, which Dubois came out victories in with a 11th round stoppage to claim the WBO heavyweight title and in the process becoming a two-time heavyweight champion of the world. The first fight had almost everything you could wish for, Wardley putting Dubois down twice in the first and third round respectively, Dubois winning basically all the other rounds he wasn't knocked down in, putting a absolute beating on Wardley, who would not go down, nor quit even when for a number of the later rounds being barely able to stand, but still swinging away, trying to catch Dubois with that one shot that could turn the fight back in to his favour and derail Dubois, but it wasn't to be and Dubois finally was able to get the stoppage victory in the 11th round. Dubois had for a long time taking criticism in his career that when it is put on him, he doesn't have the heart to recover and will quit on himself, but he showed an abundance of heart in this fight to recover from the two early knockdowns, dominate the majority of the fight and finally force home a stoppage win to become heavyweight champion of the world again. Now onto Wardley, I mean the chin, heart and will he showed was one of the bravest and hardest thing at the same time I have ever seen in a boxing ring. There was numerous times where the fight could have been stopped(maybe should have been before it finally was) and no one would have had any complaints. I can't wait to witness it all over again. The fight main card begins from 7pm, Dubios vs. Wardley ringwalks are due to happen around 10.30pm and the card is being shown on DAZN PPV and DAZN Ultimate Tier.

Buatsi vs. Hutchinson was announced a while ago for the WBC interim title, but now Benavidez has made it clear he is staying in the Cruiserweight, the interim title has been elevated to the full WBC world title. I thought Buatsi won their first fight fairly comfortably, especially adding in the couple of knock down's he scored. I'm not sure who wins this as of now, Buatsi since in losing to Smith and being gifted a decision in his fight against Parker hasn't look too good, but Hutchinson in his two fights since against Jeffers & Taylor respectively has looked impressive. Should be another good one.

Week 9 fixtures Premier League Aston Villa 1-1 Brentford Chelsea 2-1 Bournemouth Ipswich Town 1-1 Fulham Sunderland 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (17:30) Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City (Sunday 16:30) League One Huddersfield Town 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday w/MVP RULZ German Bundesliga (14:30) Augsburg 0-2 Bayern Munich Mainz 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen Women's international friendly Liechtenstein 1-0 Gibraltar

Bivol is defending against his mandatory Callum Smith(WBO number 1) on December 12th next. Whittaker hope of getting a title is a vacant one against a similar opponent he had last night and if Wallace had started earlier to step on the gas and if the referee had been better, Whittaker could easily have lost that fight. Bivol, Beterbiev and Benavidez destroy him. Hearn has found a way loophole like most promoters do in one of the organisations to get his guy into a mandated position and if Bivol beats Smith to set up the Beterbiev fight, if the IBF call the mandatory on, Hearn will be hoping Bivol vacates so Whittaker has a chance against the next guy in line who currently is Imam Khataev. I wouldn't put it past Whittaker managing to backdoor his way to being a world champion. The funny thing is if you look at the British level fighters in his division, do people believe he beats say a Smith, Buatsi, Yarde, Hutchinson type fighter as we currently stand? I have serious doubts that he does.

Week 8 fixtures UEFA Nations League Croatia 1-2 England (Saturday 17:00) North Macedonia 1-1 Scotland (Saturday) Ireland 1-0 Israel (in Serbia) Wales 1-1 Denmark Northern Ireland 1-1 Georgia (Monday) CONCACAF Nations League Trinidad & Tobago 0-1 Curaçao (23:00) FA Challenge Cup third qualifying round Rushden & Diamonds 2-1 Braintree Town w/Tim H's Chutney Spoon (Saturday 15:00) Scottish Cup Round 1 Cowdenbeath 0-1 Berwick Rangers (Saturday 15:00) Women's Super League Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal (16:30) Liga F Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid (16:00)

Week 7 fixtures UEFA Nations League EEngland1-1 Spain (Saturday 19:45) Denmark 1-1 Wales (17:00) Gibraltar 1-0 Andorra (17:00) Israel 1-1 Ireland Norway 1-1 Portugal Belgium 0-1 France Northern Ireland 0-1 Hungary (Monday) Sweden 2-1 Poland (Monday) Women's Super League Liverpool 1-1 Everton (14:00)

Week 6 fixtures Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Arsenal Everton 1-1 Ipswich Town Newcastle United 1-1 Hull City FA Challenge Cup second qualifying round Merthyr Town 0-1 Truro City Stafford Rangers 1-2 Hereford w/I Bent My Wookie Scottish Premiership Celtic 2-1 Rangers (Sunday 12:00) Serie A Roma 1-1 Inter (17:00) Fiorentina 1-2 Napoli (Sunday 11:30) Ligue 1 Olympique de Marseille 0-2 Paris St Germain (Sunday 19:45) A Primeira Liga Porto 2-1 Benfica (Sunday 20:30

Why you still hating? Feel free to come join me next May/June as my guest as we celebrate it all, even that league cup trophy you count as "major" 😉

Another fantastic performance from us. Max Doxman being his usual sublime self, took his goals really well. He has it all to be the next megastar in football. Won every game this season, one trophy in the bag and three away wins in succession. Now time to get the forth away at Brighton on Saturday.

I had/have very low expectations when it comes to Benn and he still found a way to be even worse then I expected. He should never have been given a world title shot in any division, let alone one he hasn't fought in for over 4 years. Garcia handspeed, power and level far too much for someone's of Benn's limited boxing ability. Now he and Eubank Jr can sucker fans in again to watch a third fight between the pair of them, which to be faor is their level at best. To think it took all these years, after so much coverage, to see him in there there with a live fighter and he gets obliterated in less then five minutes. Shows how far if well promoted, have a famous last name, your best wins are against dug up corpses and popping dirty for drugs can take you. I give Benn one thing, for averageness in the ring, he has made a absolute fortune from this sport. I'm trying to think of another boxer who is as average and made similar amounts to what Benn has made so far in his career, no one from top of my head springs to mind. John Hedges defending his British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles against Pat Brown this Saturday night should be a good fight.