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As the boxing year draws to a close, rumours are again rife that two of the biggest stars - Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford - will collide in a superfight in 2025.

We also discuss what’s really happening, down here in reality. There were wins for Denzel Bentley, Richardson Hitchins and Emanuel Navarrete again exhibited his curious yet suffocating effectiveness.

Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price return on the same week that, 16 years ago, Carl Froch threatened to become a household name with a thrilling victory over Jean Pascal.

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Though Gamal Yafai beating Sunny Edwards was not an upset, the one-sided nature of the beatdown was a surprise. The brilliant Yafai marches on while Edwards, Galal’s conqueror in the amateurs, announces his retirement.

Elsewhere, UKAD surrendered to Conor Benn in his fight to be cleared but the finer details of his case remain completely unclear - we ask why.

And in This Week, we look back on a scintillating performance from Donald Curry in 1985. Little did anyone know at the time that Curry’s thrashing of Milton McCrory would all but signal the beginning of the end for his flirtation with greatness.

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In a fascinating and hard to call winter showdown, Sunny Edwards visits Galal Yafai in Birmingham for a battle with worldwide implications.

We review Harlem Eubank’s return while looking at the increasing likelihood that his cousin will soon be confirmed as Conor Benn’s next opponent. With that in mind, the WBC’s justification for Benn’s lofty ranking at welterweight might surprise you.

In This Week, we go back to 2004 for the final instalment in the terrific feud between Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales.

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