Caleb Plant – whose daughter passed away at the age of 19 months after suffering from a rare medical condition – becoming a world champion; Badou Jack fighting from round seven through to the end of round 12 against Marcus Browne with an almighty vertical gash down the centre of his forehead; Ryohei Takahashi putting forth an admirable showing against TJ Doheny in a world title challenge, despite only taking the fight on two weeks’ notice; Ted Cheeseman going the full 12 rounds with Segio Garcia, despite shipping some heavy punishment throughout; A blood-smeared Lee Selby fighting through cuts above both eyes to defeat Omar Douglas; TJ Doheny putting in an inspirational effort against Daniel Roman; Jamel Herring winning a world title on what would have been his late daughter’s 10th birthday; Dec Spelman – wearing the name ‘Westgarth’ on his waistband – claiming the English belt 15 months after Scott Westgarth died following their fight; Steven Ward and Liam Conroy giving it everything in their violent, bloody thriller; Anthony Yarde enhancing his reputation in defeat by entering Sergey Kovalev’s backyard in Russia and putting in an immensely brave display; Tyson Fury having to contend with a horrendous cut from the third round onwards to overcome Otto Wallin; The swollen and wounded Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis displaying mind-boggling levels of heart and effort during their brilliant encounter; Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire sharing blood and guts during 12 rounds of thunderous action; Lee McGregor putting on a great fight with Kash Farooq in the same week that he found out about the death of his aunt; Alex Dilmaghani and Francisco Fonseca giving it their absolute all in an action-packed war; The ultra-gutsy Craig Evans – sporting a flattened nose after a clash of heads – battling on until the 11th round against James Tennyson.
DRUG CONTROVERSIES
Jarrell Miller; Dillian Whyte; Avni Yildirim; Heather Hardy; Rey Vargas; Julio Cesar Martinez.