Domestic heavyweight showdown to take place on Bristol card.
It’s been said by many people on many occasions, but the top players in boxing’s heavyweight division are coming towards the end of their careers.
If you are old enough and were a boxing fan at the time, you may have seen the very early parts of their careers or even the very starts, or maybe even before then.
If you fit that description, it may feel like you blinked, and all of a sudden, these up-and-comers were not so fresh, not so free of scars, and in a sporting sense, not so young.
Tyson Fury is now 37 years old. He rose to the very top by beating Wladimir Klitschko to become the unified heavyweight champion over ten years ago, and now he finds himself fighting Arslanbek Makhmudov in a contest that many view as one to prove what he has left.
Anthony Joshua is 36 years old. He, too, ascended to the very peak of the sport to win the unified titles, and we have since seen him fall to Andy Ruiz Jr. and Daniel Dubois.
Deontay Wilder, who was long the lone representative of the United States, is 40 years old. He made ten successful defences of his title, sleeping anyone who dared fight him. Now he has become the slept, having crumbled to Tyson Fury and Zhilei Zhang. He now fights veteran Derek Chisora in what might be his swansong.
Oleksandr Usyk, still officially unbeaten and still performing at the very top, is nonetheless 39 years old. He is a more recent addition to the weight, but he still represents one of its aging top class. He is set to fight kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in a much-derided contest.
You see, while some boxers stave off their decline longer than others, Father Time has an unblemished record. More so than Floyd Mayweather Jr., Joe Calzaghe, or Rocky Marciano, he has never been beaten.
But aside from the passing of time, another inevitability is that the torch will always be passed down, the old guard will change. The heavyweight division is no different.
From the 21-year-old phenom Moses Itauma to the 19-year-old wunderkind Leo Atang, Britain in particular is producing young giants to take over the old ones.
And on the 21st of March at the Galleries in Bristol, England, two more rising heavyweight talents will do battle.
While not as young as the aforementioned fighters, Moses Jolly (11-0, 8 KOs) and Boma Brown (5-1, 3 KOs) are still fresher faces on the scene, and you will know their names already if you have been following boxing closely.
Brown trains out of the Everton Red Triangle Gym in Liverpool, having already fought on Nick Ball world title prelims. The London big man sticks out like a sore thumb amonst the likes of Andrew Cain and Peter McGrail, but is nonetheless a valuable asset of the stable.
Jolly has previously fought on a Lauren Price undercard, but has only fought twice outside of his native Wales. One of these occasions was another show at the Galleries.
Jolly and Brown are set to throw hands on the undercard of Anton Haskins vs. Tunde Segun Adeyemi next Saturday, a showcase under Sanigar Events.
Huge fight coming up for my man, Swansea’s unbeaten Moses Jolly next Saturday in Bristol. Massive thank you to my good friend and West Country boxing legend Chris Sanigar along with Liverpool’s Paul Stevenson for helping put this deal together! pic.twitter.com/LTKurCtaOR
— Mickey Helliet (@Mickey_Helliet) March 12, 2026
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