All boxing events have been cancelled until the start of April by the British Boxing Board of Control.

British light-middleweight champion Scott Fitzgerald has been charged with three counts of common assault and one of witness intimidation following his arrest on Monday.

 

The 28-year-old is alleged to have assaulted two women aged 21 and 42, as well as a 23-year-old man.

Belfast's Carl Frampton and Michael Conlan could fight for world titles in the summer, promoter Bob Arum says.

 

Frampton's super-featherweight world title fight with Jamel Herring was set to take place in June, with Conlan set to challenge for a belt in August.

 

Both contests were likely to be held at outdoor venues in Belfast but the Covid-19 pandemic has forced a rethink.

 

"We're going to do these fights. The question is on which side of the Atlantic they take place," said Arum.

Rules boxers would have to follow, when boxers return:

 

Fight shows to begin without any fans

Boxers, referees and trainers will be transported to the venue wearing personal protective masks

A fighter may remove their protective mask when inside the ring - but referees and teams in the corner must keep theirs on

Boxers may not spit in their respective corners

No ring announcers, ring girls or TV cameras inside the ring

All proposed venues must be reviewed by the BBBofC and "cleaned to a medical standard" before the event

Only "essential" officials, promoters and broadcasters can attend

Individuals in high-risk categories such as pregnant women, those "seriously overweight" or people with diabetes should not attend

Everyone at an event must be tested for Covid-19

All boxers, trainers and referees must be tested for Covid-19 48 hours before fight night and self-isolate at a hotel until their test result is known

Mike Tyson's potential return to boxing will present promoters with a moral dilemma, says Eddie Hearn.

 

Speculation Tyson, 53, could make some form of comeback has grown since he stated "I'm back" in a recent video.

 

Hearn says someone linked to Tyson "reached out" to him about a meeting.

 

The promoter told British Boxing Television: "I would probably like to see it but ... is it a bit irresponsible to let a 53-year-old legend back in the ring?"

Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield would fight Mike Tyson again - if his old rival asks.

 

Holyfield, 57, who retired in 2014, won their two previous bouts in the 1990s, including the infamous 'Bite Fight' in 1997 when Tyson was disqualified.

 

Both have planned returns for charity and Holyfield said a three-round fight was possible "if he [Tyson] wants to".

 

"If I ask him it's almost like me being a bully saying I want to go against somebody I've beaten twice," he added.

British world heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed to a two-fight deal, says promoter Eddie Hearn.

 

Talks over a historic bout for the undisputed title began in early May.

 

Joshua, 30, holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts while 31-year-old Fury is the WBC champion.

 

"It's fair to say [Joshua and Fury] are in agreement regarding the financial terms," Hearn, who is Joshua's promoter, told Sky Sports News.

 

"We're in a good place. It's fair to say that, in principle, both guys have agreed to that fight. Two fights."

 

Fury expressed his delight at the news in a social media post. The Manchester-born boxer said he would fight Joshua in 2021, but would first have to overcome the "hurdle in the road" Deontay Wilder, in a third meeting. Fury is contracted to fight the American, from whom he won the WBC title in February.

Haha I'll believe Joshua vs Fury when it actually happens.. absolutely money maker if it does happen though.

We'll see if it happens, doubt it at the moment.

Briton Dillian Whyte's heavyweight fight with Russia's Alexander Povetkin will headline the final show of promoter Eddie Hearn's 'Fight Camp'.

 

Hearn is hosting four boxing events in the garden of Matchroom Sport's head office in Brentwood, Essex.

 

Four fight nights, each featuring five bouts, will be held on consecutive weekends between 1 and 22 August with no fans.

Jarrell Miller says he is "outraged" after returning positive doping tests in successive fights and insists he should not be banned for life.

 

The American heavyweight, 31, failed tests before a fight with Anthony Joshua in June 2019 when three banned substances were found in his system.

 

He was due to fight for the first time since then on 9 July but again tested positive for banned drug GW1516.

Brad Foster defended his British and Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles as boxing returned behind closed doors for the first time in the UK.

 

Promoter Frank Warren stayed away for safety reasons as the show took place at a near-empty BT Sport Studio

 

Stringent checks were in place, with fighters spending the week in quarantine at a hotel beforehand.

 

Supermarket worker Foster, 22, claimed a thrilling unanimous points win over James Beech Jr.

Jamel Herring's WBO super-featherweight title defence has been called off after he tested positive for Covid-19.

 

Herring, who has been linked with a title defence against Belfast man Carl Frampton for some time, was supposed to fight Jonathan Oquendo on Tuesday.

 

"I am hoping my team can reschedule soon," said a disappointed Herring, 34.

 

Frampton is expected to fight behind closed doors in the UK this summer and he was hoping to then face Herring before Christmas.

 

Whether the postponement of Herring's latest fight against Puerto Rican Oquendo complicates those plans remains to be seen.

 

It's the second time the American has tested positive for coronavirus after a previous diagnosis on 22 June.

World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will fight "anywhere, anytime", says his promoter Eddie Hearn.

 

The British boxer, 30, has not fought since he regained his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles from Andy Ruiz Jr last December due to Covid-19.

 

Hearn has erected a ring in the grounds of his Essex estate in a bid to resurrect the sport for an event dubbed 'Fight Camp'.

 

"Joshua would fight here [at Hearn's home], no problem," Hearn said.

 

"If we were faced with the option of having no fans for an Anthony Joshua fight, we would still look to go ahead. He's spent a lot of time training out here in this garden so he would have no problem fighting here himself.

 

"He was here a couple of weeks ago. He loves to fight, to box and it's not just about fighting in a huge arena - Wembley Stadium, Madison Square Garden - it's about boxing.

 

"We want him to be in front of crowds. But for his career, for his development, he needs to fight this year."

Dillian Whyte's hopes of a world-title shot were wrecked as Alexander Povetkin twice rose from the canvas to land a stunning knockout win.

 

The Russian had been out-boxed for three rounds and was down twice in the fourth as Whyte mixed poise with power.

 

But just as Whyte appeared to be closing in on a shot at the WBC world heavyweight title, Povetkin produced a devastating left uppercut in the fifth.

Lee Selby's world-title elimination fight with George Kambosos in Cardiff has been cancelled.

 

Selby was due to fight the unbeaten Australian with the winner taking on IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez.

 

The Welshman, who is bidding to become a two-weight world champion, has seen the fight postponed twice because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Daniel Dubois easily beat Ricardo Snijders in two rounds as he warmed up for October's all-British heavyweight fight against Joe Joyce.

 

Dubois, 22, put Dutchman Snijders down three times in the first round with brutal body shots.

 

A fourth knockdown early in the second round saw the referee end the contest.

 

The behind-closed-doors bout at the BT Sport studios was the Londoner's first fight since December and extends his record to 15-0.

mel Herring set up a long-awaited super-featherweight title defence against Carl Frampton later this year after defeating Jonathan Oquendo in Las Vegas by disqualification.

 

The American defended his title as Oquendo was disqualified by referee Tony Weeks at the end of round eight for repeated intentional headbutts.

 

Herring attended hospital after the fight at the MGM Grand Conference Center but had no broken bones.

 

"It just got ugly," Herring said.

 

Welsh boxer Jay Harris will defend his Commonwealth flyweight title against Marcel Braithwaite in Wakefield on Sunday, 18 October.

 

Harris, 30, will return to the ring for the first time since March when he lost on points against WBC world flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez in Texas.

 

Harris' stablemate, Chris Jenkins, is also set for a return to the ring.

 

Jenkins, 32, is set to defend his British and Commonwealth welterweight titles in a fight with Conor Benn.

Katie Taylor will defend her women's lightweight world titles against Spaniard Miriam Gutierrez on 14 November.

 

The Taylor-Gutierrez bout will top the bill in a triple-header of women's world title fights at the Fight Camp event in Essex.

 

Taylor defeated Delfine Persoon in a gruelling encounter in the Matchroom Fight Camp in August to remain the undisputed champion.

 

Gutierrez has won all 13 of her professional fights and is a mandatory challenger, having claimed the interim WBA belt last November.

 

She defeated Venezuelan Keren Batiz to claim that title.

 

The other bouts on the bill will see Terri Harper take on Katharina Thanderz for the WBC super featherweight title, with Rachel Ball fighting Ebanie Bridges for the WBA bantamweight title.