Mischievous David Haye has fanned the flames ahead of Saturday’s big fight by claiming Wladimir Klitschko’s coach Emanuel Steward had told him he would “love” to help him beat his own fighter’s brother, Vitali.

Trainer Adam Booth believes David Haye has no reason to fear he will be stung by a judging controversy against Wladimir Klitschko, vowing: “This fight does not go to points”.

Lennox Lewis has warned David Haye he must knock Wladimir Klitschko out on Saturday because there is “no way” the judges will award him a points win in Germany.

John Simpson regained the British featherweight title as he sent Martin Lindsay to the first defeat of his professional career. John Simpson won a pulsating encounter in Belfast’s King’s Hall where the home fighter suffered a unanimous points defeat.

Veteran Bernard Hopkins will create boxing history if he can take the IBO and WBC light-heavyweight titles off defending champion Jean Pascal in Quebec, Canada on Saturday evening. Success for Hopkins would come 28 days before his 46th birthday, making him the oldest fighter in the history of the sport to win a significant world title – 38 days older than George Foreman was when he defeated Michael Moorer for the heavyweight crown back in 1994.

Bernard Hopkins vowed to prove that he is “special” as he arrived in Quebec City for Saturday’s showdown with Jean Pascal for the WBC and IBO light-heavyweight titles. The age-defying, 45-year-old Hopkins (51-5-1 32KOs) will become the oldest fighter in the history of boxing to win a prominent world title if he can better of Pascal (26-1 16KOs), who is 17 years his junior.

Manny Pacquiao says he will fight one more time in his career, and hopes that it will be against Floyd Mayweather after winning his latest battle to be elected to the Philippine Congress.

The 28-year-old Edwin Valero had been staying in a hotel in his native Venezuela when he alerted security in the early hours of Sunday morning that he had stabbed wife Jennifer three times.

Rendall Munroe continued his fairytale rise to boxing’s summit by stopping Mexican Victor Terrazas in the ninth round of their WBC super-bantamweight title eliminator at the Coventry Skydome on Friday night.

Carl Froch’s ongoing participation in the Super Six tournament has been plunged into serious doubt when it was confirmed there is no agreement for his next fight to be staged in Britain.