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Anthony Joshua is back in the gym (Bradley Collyer/PA)

Joshua returns to gym following car crash with new motivational slogan

The former world heavyweight champion was injured in the crash in Nigeria on December 29 which killed Sina Ghami and Latif ‘Latz’ Ayodele

<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

<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>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