Sheffield welterweight Kell Brook took a significant step towards a world title shot in the new year with a comprehensive stoppage win over Poland’s Rafal Jackiewicz.

Sheffield welterweight Kell Brook has pledged to bring his very own “X-factor” to primetime viewers on Saturday night. The Sky Sports cameras will be in attendance when Brook tops the bill in a sold out hometown show at Ponds Forge Arena against Poland’s Rafal Jackiewicz.

Frankie Gavin will defend his WBO Intercontinental welterweight title against France’s Frank Haroche Horta in Manchester on Friday October 28.

European champion Darren Barker’s brave WBC middleweight title bid ended in despair as he was stopped in the 11th round by Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City.

Darren Barker insists his world middleweight title challenge with Sergio Martinez on Saturday night is just the beginning of a “new chapter” in his career.

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez stopped Alfonso Gomez in round six in Los Angeles on Saturday night to retain his WBC world light-middleweight title. The red-headed Mexican sensation, seen by many as the successor to Oscar De La Hoya as boxing’s biggest draw, exploded with a vicious assault to bring proceedings to a close in Staples Center.

British heavyweight champion Tyson Fury maintained his unbeaten record with a fifth-round stoppage win over American Nicolai Firtha in Belfast. The 6ft 9in traveller of Irish descent captured the public’s imagination with his televised win over Dereck Chisora to claim the domestic title in July and was keen to build on that momentum at the famous King’s Hall on Saturday night.

Floyd Mayweather Jr maintained his perfect record with a controversial fourth-round knockout of Victor Ortiz at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Mayweather improved to 42-0 and claimed the WBC world welterweight title as he blasted Ortiz (29-3-2) to defeat amid sensational scenes.

Tyson Fury deposed British and Commonwealth champion Dereck Chisora over 12 brutal heavyweight rounds at Wembley Arena, but what is going on with the GOD thing pal?

David Haye’s pre-fight bluffing backfired on Saturday night as bitter rival Wladimir Klitschko easily outpointed him in a one-sided heavyweight unification clash in rain-soaked Hamburg.