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<p>Dalton Smith knocked out Subriel Matias to win the WBC super-lightweight belt in New York</p>

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Smith’s odds-defying world title win has huge significance

Dalton Smith became just the fifth current male world champion from Britain, and with little fanfare – but the fallout could be substantial, as Steve Bunce writes

<p>Moses Itauma is one of the most exciting names in the heavyweight division (Zac Goodwin/PA)</p>

Itauma vs Franklin rearranged after British star suffers injury blow

<p>Anthony Joshua (left) with his promoter Eddie Hearn</p>

Hearn makes Joshua plea amid questions over boxing future

<p>Tyson Fury has not fought since December 2024</p>

2026 preview

Fury and the heavyweight plan that can ignite boxing in 2026

In depth

<p>Anthony Joshua en route to knocking out Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley in 2017</p>

Boom!

What it’s really like to get punched by Anthony Joshua

<p>Jake Paul started off as a Vine and YouTube star – and has gone on to trade the Disney Channel for the boxing ring </p>

exclusive interview

The hidden side of Jake Paul

<p>Left to right: Frank Warren, Frank Smith, Eddie Hearn and Ben Shalom</p>

Hearn, Warren and more

‘Forget where you are on the poster’: How big fights get made

<p>John Ryder, pictured, and his coaches put Indy Sport’s Alex Pattle through his paces </p>

in the gym

Sweaty eyeballs, bruised hands and the worst smell ever – training with a pro boxer