Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong famously told us to wake up when September starts, right?
OK, maybe it's when it ends, but if you think I'll remember to use that opener in a month's time then you are seriously overestimating my memory.
So here we are. The nights are drawing in, summer feels like a long-lost relative and we have winners and losers to dish out from a fairly busy August, a month usually pencilled in for summer holidays and bare boxing cupboards.
Who won and lost the month of August 2026? Keep scrolling to find out.
WINNERS
Filip Hrgovic
"Coming to London against all odds, 34 years, and making this. It's incredible."
These were the words of the newly crowned IBF heavyweight world champion, Filip Hrgovic, moments after upsetting Moses Itauma inside London's O2 Arena. And he's not wrong: it was incredible.
The Croatian was outboxed from the first round until an unforgettable ninth, where his Olympics-schooled nous and championship fighting experience paid dividends, capitalizing on an exhausted Itauma to leave the referee no choice but to stop the contest.
Hrgovic is the toast of Croatia and another new champion in a heavyweight division that is changing its guard. It's the division that just keeps on giving, and with four different beltholders and a slew of contenders knocking at the door, we are in for a fun few years.
Teremoana Teremoana
Speaking of heavyweight, the division is due a new boogeyman.
Teremoana has been given the big push from Matchroom Boxing and Eddie Hearn over the past 18 months, half out of genuine expectation of his high-talent ceiling, and half out of necessity seeing as Frank Warren appears to have every other heavyweight on the planet.
He extended his winning run in August to 12-0 (12 KOs), pulverizing American DeAndre Savage inside two uncompetitive rounds, and sticking his flag in the division as a player in the next generation of heavyweight stars.
Time will tell. History tells us that if you're big and you can punch, then you have a very good chance of succeeding in this volatile division.
Forget boogeyman. Teremoana is looking to be the man.
Teofimo Lopez
"I need to tell you guys, if you lose and you come back, then you never lost because you're a winner," Teofimo Lopez said after toppling Rolly Romero to become a three-division world champion.
"I'm a winner. I'm a true example of what winning is, and it ain't about losing. It's about never giving up."
Well, that's all very well and good, Teo, but just tell that to the January version of this column where you were very much listed as a loser following a one-sided loss to Shakur Stevenson.
But give credit where credit is due. Lopez bounced back well in Las Vegas, holding up well in his welterweight debut and edging out the former champion Romero — 116-112, 115-113 and 114-114 — on the scorecards.
Lopez's success came due to a clever jab and good in-ring movement against a bigger guy and puncher in Romero, and this will surely give him confidence that he can be a big face in the star-studded land of 147-pounders.
Just don't mention Jack Catterall.
Dina Thorslund
Not only did Dina Thorslund return to the sport as a winner in August, the Danish two-weight world champion was punch perfect in her undisputed bantamweight title win over Cherneka Johnson.
It'd been just over a year after vacating her WBC and WBO bantamweight titles following the announcement of her pregnancy, but the 32-year-old fought in the MVPW-05 main event in Orlando like she'd never been away.
This win has propelled the 118-pounder to the top of the division and into a No. 6 spot in Uncrowned's latest women's boxing pound-for-pound rankings.
Irish Boxing
Zuffa Boxing 10 landed on Irish shores in August, as Dublin's 3Arena hosted big wins for the pair of middleweights Aaron McKenna and Callum Walsh.
McKenna was crowned the IBF champion at 160 pounds after a unanimous decision win over Etinosa Oliha, while Walsh continued his push in the division, beating Tyler Denny over 10 rounds.
Ireland has been calling out for a bona fide superstar to carry the men's side of the sport, and thoughts could possibly be turning to a future clash between the Monaghan and Cork fighters. With Stephen McKenna — Aaron's younger brother — also in the mix at middleweight, future options are plentiful.
"It's a big time for Irish boxing," Walsh explained. "As an Irish fighter from such a small place, there are three of us now in Zuffa Boxing."
LOSERS
Rolly Romero
We don't like sulkers over here at Uncrowned.
After losing his WBA welterweight strap to Teofimo Lopez in a tight majority decision, Rolly Romero gave us an early exit, leaving the ring on his own with a face like thunder.
Whether fighters should have a camera and microphone shoved in their face after 36 minutes of energy-zapping, head-pummeling action is an entirely separate conversation, but nevertheless, the optics inside the T-Mobile Arena weren't great for the fallen champion.
"I got hit with two punches the whole fight that barely grazed me," said Romero, despite CompuBox recording 124 punches to Romero's 73. "I was never in any trouble. When I heard 114-114, I knew it was a robbery."
Moses Itauma
When The Specials released the song "Too Much Too Young" in January 1980, it's unlikely they were predicting the future of the heavyweight boxing landscape, and the UK's next big heavyweight hope Moses Itauma falling short at his first world title attempt.
But that's what happened to the 21-year-old in August, as he failed to become the second-youngest heavyweight world champion in history after Filip Hrgovic wore him down in the ninth round of their London blockbuster.
Boxing teaches the toughest lessons. Itauma will, of course, come again, but it's a stark reminder that the sport isn't fought with records nor on paper.
Itauma was a huge betting favorite coming into this one, but the occasion — as well as a tough hard-hitting Croatian — got the better of him, as he visibly struggled to breathe enough of the hot air from inside the O2 Arena into his lungs.
He's a loser this month, but one suspects that he'll be a big winner multiple times across the rest of his career.
Mikaela Mayer
Mikaela Mayer failed to get the rub of the green again on British shores at the end of August, dropping the third loss of his career — all in the UK — to Chantelle Cameron for the WBA and WBC super welterweight titles.
Cameron was impressive in her aggression against Mayer, with unrelenting pressure nullifying Mayer's in-ring smarts, eventually winning the argument 97-93 on two scorecards and 96-94 on the other.
In the ring afterward, Mayer was adamant she had done enough to win, suggesting Cameron was "lucky" the fight had taken place in the UK as the pair exchanged tense words. The American later reflected on the moment, taking to social media to apologize for what she described as "poor sportsmanship."
I want to apologize for my poor sportsmanship last night. My emotions got the best of me. I have not re watched the fight yet but when I do I will make an honest assessment and be sure to fix my mistakes in this next camp.
Congratulations to @chantellecam on the win. It was an…
— Mikaela Mayer (@MikaelaMayer1) August 30, 2026
Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua
OK, it's probably time that we draw a line under this one. If Fury vs. Joshua isn't announced in September, then let's just call it a day, lads.
August saw little progression in an agreement to get this "Battle of Britain" over the line, with location and reported unpaid bills from the Saudis to Matchroom and Joshua being the two biggest sticking points.
Either way, it's an awful look for two British heavyweights that are dangerously close to being remembered for a fight that didn't happen, rather than two glittering careers.
