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ANNUS HORRIBILIS • At least eight boxers in as many months have suffered brain injuries in 2026

EVEN-MONEY MISMATCHES • 50-50 fights that turned out to be routs

ANALYSIS IS FUTILE • There was no science behind what went wrong for a very human Moses Itauma

Stolen smiles • Those who get rich from boxing can surely do more for the likes of Prichard Colon

A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY • MAN WHO BEAT THE MAN: Junior Jones twice beat Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera, but has yet to make the HOF ballot himself

News • Champion's murder spurs vow to boost boxing, including funding and minimum pay, writes Oliver Fennell

Collins vs Froch • Irresistable forces collide in a super-middleweight showdown spanning the Irish Sea

Arabian knights • Best wins by British fighters since the Saudi revolution reshaped boxing.

GREEN AND GOLD STANDARD • Mauricio Sulaiman explains the WBC's decision-making, and what Dana White is doing wrong

THE 50 POWER LIST • Boxing News presents the most authoritative, most debated, most divisive and most anticipated feature of the year – our annual breakdown of the most influential people in the sport

NO JOKE • Dana White has only ever struggled with one thing – delivering punchlines – but says he’ll have the last laugh in his attempt to take over boxing

CHARACTER BUILDING • John Hedges felt the loss of Ricky Hatton more than many, but he is doing the Hitman proud by chasing the toughest tests

THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY • Fury vs Joshua is finally happening – or so it seems – but boxing history is littered with examples of highly anticipated fights failing to materialise

Frequent flyer • Brian Mitchell made 12 defences of his titles, all of them away from home, as champion of a world that shunned his country

Postcard From: Ireland • As the island's most successful Olympic sport, Irish boxing remains popular but struggles to retain homegrown talent, writes Cormac O'Donnell

FULL CIRCLE • Mike Costello ended his career where it started – covering amateur boxing. But in the decades between, he’s travelled the world and witnessed greatness

New Faces

ALL THAT GLITTERS • Continuing our series documenting the history of British boxing, we remember the period widely held up as the golden age of the sport in this country – not that fans at the time would have said so, known as they were for booing our best

PEANUTS AND MONKEYS • Anyone looking for pointers to Wlad's rehab would have left his Munich fight against Fabio Moli none the wiser after the Argie proved as threatening as his appearance suggested

Blood lines • has a grisly keepsake from his early reporting days

Scripted finish • Art blatantly imitates life in an obvious take on the tale of Primo Carnera, writes Oscar...