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Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tom Aspinall has the record for the shortest fight time average in UFC history, at two minutes and two secondsCombat Sports Senior JournalistTom Aspinall is continuing his campaign to fight for the undisputed UFC heavyweight championship by sharing a link on Instagram to a petition urging the promotion company to strip Jon Jones of his title.

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Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Moses Itauma has boxed only 44 rounds in 20 professional fightsCombat Sports Senior JournalistRising British star Moses Itauma says it was "impossible" for him to break Mike Tyson's record for the youngest heavyweight world champion. Tyson was 20 years and four months old when he became world champion in 1986, and Itauma passed that age on Saturday. "In the first two months of me being professional, I realised that goal's impossible.

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Heavyweight Delicious Orie has retired from boxing after a short stint in the professional ranks. Orie, 27, made his pro debut in April, beating Bosnian Milos Veletic on points, but has now decided to walk away from the sport. The Russian-born Briton won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the Paris Olympics. "I have decided to hang up my gloves and retire from boxing to follow up on my degree and enter the corporate world," Orie said on Instagram.

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Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Savannah Marshall (left) was previously the undisputed champion at super-middleweightCombat Sports Senior JournalistIBF super-middleweight champion Savannah Marshall will face WBO title holder Shadasia Green in a unification bout on 11 July in New York. Britons Chantelle Cameron and Ramla Ali have also been added to the all-women event. Cameron faces Jessica Camara at light-welterweight while Ali will fight Brazil's Lila Furtado at super-bantamweight.

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Tysie Gallagher's Commonwealth and British title fight against Ebonie Jones on Friday is off after the challenger failed to make weight. Gallagher, 26, was due to make her return to action three months after her mother-in-law was killed and the original fight with Jones was postponed as a result. Jones beat Gallagher twice in the amateurs and Friday's fight was scheduled for the undercard of Terri Harper's world title defence at Doncaster's Eco-Power Stadium.