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DANGEROUSLY ATTRACTIVE • A vulnerable puncher with a made-for-TV style, Mundine would likely have ruled the world today

DOGGED • Nothing came easy for Jimmy Batten. And that was exactly how he liked it

From punches to punchlines • NO LAUGHING MATTER: McCarthy gets serious in his Billam-Smith rematch

A DIFFERENT BREED

News • And Bentley also looks on verge of ending reign rather than facing mandatory challenger

Canelo vs Eubank • Who would win a meeting of national icons who defined super-middleweight eras?

Nathan Heaney hits • The iconic Stoke battler has had his last dance. Matt Bozeat charts 10 career-defining scenes

Trust the science • While many women are calling for three-minute rounds, Katie Taylor is a proponent of the two-minute format

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TO TYSON FURY VS ANTHONY JOSHUA • THEY SPARRED BACK IN 2010. THEY WERE FIRST LINKED TO A FIGHT A DECADE AGO. AND IT'S BEEN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS SINCE WE WERE TOLD IT WAS '100%' ABOUT TO BE ANNOUNCED. BUT THE MOST PROTRACTED NEGOTIATIONS THE SPORT HAS EVER SEEN ARE OVER, AND TYSON FURY WILL BOX ANTHONY JOSHUA. HERE'S HOW WE GOT THERE

HUMBLE PIE • With politics proving more bothersome than opponents, the WBA heavyweight champion has a lot on his plate. But he's willing to share

SEIZE THE DAYS • Ryan Garcia is poised to inherit Mexico's biggest boxing dates, the Las Vegas nights, and the American 'face of boxing' title

UNBREAKABLE • GEORGE CHUVALO AND THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION'S IRON MEN

QUIET RISE • Trainer Bobby Benton has gone from a backyard boxing ring to the corner of a fight with pound-for-pound ramifications

LOCO IN ACAPULCO • His opponent was tired, in trouble, his face torn up, and the referee stopped the fight. Armando Muniz thought he was about to be crowned champion of the world...

Postcard From: France • With a particular focus on the amateur code, French boxing continues to crown champions on a global stage.

THE FIRE WITHIN • Boxing equipped Lord Roe with the fortitude required to confront conflict and disaster

NEW FACES

CHANGING OF THE GUARD • Continuing our series documenting the history of British boxing, we document how an upstart young promoter from the unlicensed scene ushered in a new era after decades of Cartel dominance

HE DIDN'T DO SO BAD • Joe Bugner never won any popularity contests, but then he was too smart to enter any. But nobody could dispute that the recently retired heavyweight was one of Britain's best ever

Turning the page • How veteran reporter Declan Warrington went from compiling small-hall programme notes to covering casinos for the national newspapers

Believe the hype • While the central theme of this 30-year-old movie is thankfully now a relic, modern fight fans...