DURING a festive season when Gervonta Davis was arrested, Conor Benn demanded that the WBC and VADA clear his name, and the pair then traded barbs on social media, Boxing News had the audacity to announce that Jack Catterall was their Male British Fighter of the Year.

Editor Matt Christie, alongside Alex Steedman, attempts to explain the decision while also reflecting on the antics of Davis and Benn as the former prepares for a bout with Hector Luis Garcia.

The recent draw between Joshua Franco and Kazuto Ioka is also discussed and, in This Week In History, the thriller between Alejandro Gonzalez and Kevin Kelley is remembered fondly.

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