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23 Sept, 12:00

Catterall earns second shot at a world title

Jack Catterall has been named mandatory challenger for a world title fight, four years after losing his first attempt in 2022. The reigning champion has now been ordered to defend the belt against him.

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Dmitry Bivol — Precision by Design

Dmitry Bivol is the current world light-heavyweight champion, holding the WBA, IBF, and WBO titles. He briefly held all four major world titles in 2025 before voluntarily giving one up. He was born in Tokmok, in today’s Kyrgyzstan, in 1990 and started boxing as a child. His family later moved to Russia, where he entered the national amateur structure and began competing regularly at junior and youth level. During this period, Bivol secured two junior world titles, earned a bronze medal at the

10 Dec 2025 · 4 min read

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Artur Beterbiev — Power by Design

From Dagestan to the National Program Artur Beterbiev was born in Dagestan in 1985 and started boxing early. He trained inside Russia’s national sports schools, where fighters develop through repetition and structure. Sessions emphasize clean form, discipline, and technical consistency. Between 2006 and 2010, Beterbiev won European and World Championship titles and represented Russia at two Olympic Games. His amateur record placed him among the top light-heavyweights of his generation and set

2 Nov 2025 · 3 min read

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Combat Perspective: Joshua's Discipline and Heavyweight Rise

Anthony Joshua is a two-time Unified Heavyweight World Champion and one of the most recognized athletes in British sport. Born on 15 October 1989 in Watford, England, he began boxing at 18 under Sean Murphy at Finchley ABC, rising through the Team GB amateur program. He won Olympic gold at London 2012, a home-crowd victory broadcast nationwide, and later that year, he followed it with a professional signing with Matchroom Boxing. Joshua captured the IBF title in 2016, unified the WBA and WBO b

10 Oct 2025 · 3 min read

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Combat Perspective: Usyk's Discipline and Undefeated Journey

Explore Oleksandr Usyk’s undefeated rise to undisputed champion. Learn about his disciplined training, mindset, and Olympic roots in 2025.

10 Oct 2025 · 3 min read

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Russia’s DYuSSh System: How State Sports Schools Train Combat Champions

Russia’s approach to athlete development is not built on private academies or corporate sponsorships. It is built on a state-run network of youth sports schools, officially called DYuSSh (Detso-Yunosheskie Sportivnye Shkoly — Children and Youth Sports Schools). These schools form the foundation of organized training across the country, operating under the supervision of the Ministry of Sport and regional sport departments. The logic is simple: the state provides access, structure, and continuit

10 Oct 2025 · 4 min read

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Champion · Top 10

The four major sanctioning bodies each keep their own rankings. Pick a weight class to line all four up side by side.

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WBC World Boxing Council

Heavyweight · over 200 lb

Champion Agit Kabayel DEU

1 Tyson Fury GBR
2 Anthony Joshua GBR
3 Frank Sanchez CUB
4 Deontay Wilder USA
5 Moses Itauma GBR
6 Efe Ajagba NGA/USA
7 Joseph Parker NZL
8 Rico Verhoeven NLD
9 Richard Riakporhe GBR
10 Andrii Novitskyi UKR

As of 3 Sept 2026 · wbcboxing.com

WBA World Boxing Association

Heavyweight · over 200 lb

World champion Murat Gassiev RUS

1 Jarrell Miller USA
2 Tyson Fury GBR
3 Anthony Joshua GBR
4 Vartan Arutyunyan RUS
5 Nelson Hysa ALB
6 Dainier Pero CUB
7 Moses Itauma GBR
8 Gurgen Hovhannisyan ARM
9 Artem Suslenkov RUS
10 Efe Ajagba NGA

As of 31 Aug 2026 · wbaboxing.com

IBF International Boxing Federation

Heavyweight · over 200 lb

Champion Filip Hrgovic HRV

1 Frank Sanchez CUB
2 Not rated
3 Anthony Joshua ENG
4 Bakhodir Jalolov UZB
5 Tyson Fury ENG
6 Deontay Wilder USA
7 Moses Itauma GBR
8 Richard Riakporhe GBR
9 Richard Torrez Jr. USA
10 Justis Huni AUS

As of 31 Aug 2026 · ibf-usba-boxing.com

WBO World Boxing Organization

Heavyweight · over 200 lb

Champion Daniel Dubois GBR

1 Oleksandr Usyk UKR
2 Tyson Fury GBR
3 Anthony Joshua GBR
4 Fabio Wardley GBR
5 Moses Itauma GBR
6 Joseph Parker NZL
7 Bakhodir Jalolov UZB
8 Frank Sanchez CUB
9 Deontay Wilder GBR
10 Nelson Hysa ALB

As of 28 Aug 2026 · wboboxing.com