GUYS BRIT SHORT OF WORLD TITLES

NICK BALL puts his WBA featherweight title on the line against Aussie Sam Goodman and is also putting his crown as Britain’s only world champion at risk in Riyadh.

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That's male world champion. The women’s sport is in better health in this country, with four females holding belts in their respective divisions.

There's 18 divisions and 70 world titles for men because of the four major sanctioning bodies.

Yet Britain has only one of them after Daniel Dubois lost the IBF heavyweight crown to Oleksandr Usyk last month.

Back in 2016, there were 14 champs from Britain in the world. Something is not right now.

Especially when fighters at the top level are earning more than ever before it seems thanks to the Saudi cash swirling around the game.

Are British fighters being rushed more rather than protected and cleverly worked up the rankings for easier title shots?

There's fighters on the fringes who could be world champions by the end of the year.