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Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images Golden Boy and PBC might have a doubleheader in the works for this coming fall The historically reliable Julius Julianis brings word that Golden Boy and PBC are “finalizing” an October show that would see Vergil Ortiz Jr face Keith Thurman and Arnold Barboza Jr take on Frank Martin. Ortiz (23-0, 21 KO) claimed the interim WBC super welterweight title in his August 2024 war with Serhii Bohachuk, then defended it with a hard-fought decision over former titlist Israil Madrimov in February. This should have earned him a crack at Sebastian Fundora right now, but like Achilles and the tortoise, he seems content to always approach a true title shot without ever taking one. Thurman (31-1, 23 KO) spent the last few years gunning for a shot at Tim Tszyu that never materialized, first because Thurman suffered an injury and then because Fundora kicked off Tszyu’s collapse while he was out. He did demolish Brock Jarvis in March, though, so he does seem to have something left in the tank. Martin (18-1, 12 KO) hasn’t fought since getting blown away by “Tank” Davis in June of last year and will presumably make his super lightweight debut against Barboza (32-1, 11 KO), who’s coming off a one-sided loss of his own to Teofimo Lopez. It’s an intriguing clash of styles, though it may not be a particularly entertaining one.

Moses Itauma takes on Dillian Whyte in Riyadh. | Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images Moses Itauma looks to take out a big name in British boxing in order to make his own ascension. Moses Itauma takes DAZN inside his training camp ahead of his upcoming fight with Dillian Whyte and explains how he’s just keeping a level head and focusing on the task at hand rather than the event itself. “Camp’s going smooth,” Itauma said. “With Dillian Whyte, he’s like another threat, obviously. Since I started my career all of them have posed a threat to me so obviously with like Dillian Whyte it’s just trying to execute the game plan as usual. “Training with Ben [Davison] has been crazy because when I first joined the gym he kept telling me that deep down you love boxing. And at that point in time I really did feel like I hated boxing but then I feel like he kind of lit the fire back up because he showed me more to boxing than just throwing one-twos...There’s like a whole chess game to this boxing.” Davison, for his part, shared some of these thoughts on Itauma’s fight. “It’s a big step up, it’s a big name, it’s a big occasion. First time headling big Saudi card against someone who in my personal opinion in this recent era is the best era of British heavyweight boxing and Dillian’s been a significant part in that with his rivalry with AJ and he’s boxed Fury and he’s had some great fights with Derek...So everyone’s looking at Moses as the next one, the next key figure in the next generation in not just British heavyweights but world heavyweights, world boxing.” You can watch the full video segment in the link at the top.