There’s heat in and around Phoenix, Arizona. After the Suns’ dramatically capsized in the NBA championship, dropping the series to the Milwaukee Bucks, the city continued wiping sweat from its brow, this time born of its searing tempera...

Whenever the Olympics roll around, Clinton McKenzie’s pulse quickens. “Every Olympic year, I get excited,” the 65-year-old – an Olympian for Great Britain back in 1976 – tells Boxing Social. “It really stirs memories for me,...

Carlos Takam and his team were left rueing what they felt to be an early stoppage in the French-Cameroonian’s heavyweight clash with WBO No.2 contender Joe Joyce at Wembley on Saturday night. They believe the former heavyweight title chal...

Joe Joyce edged closer to a future shot at a world heavyweight title as he stopped veteran contender Carlos Takam in six rounds at the SSE Arena, Wembley, on Saturday night. It was a solid test for the 35-year-old ‘Juggernaut’ w...

IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards will make the first defence of his crown against undefeated Filipino Jayson Mama at the Copper Box Arena, London, on September 11. Croydon’s Edwards (16-0, 4 KOs) won the IBF belt in outstanding fashio...

Carlos Takam says he will bring war and experience when the former world title challenger fights Joe Joyce tonight. The bout, set to take place at the SSE Arena, Wembley on BT Sport, is Takam’s 46th of a 16-year career but the number...

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s heavyweight collision between the ‘Juggernaut’ Joe Joyce and former world title challenger Carlos Takam, and pinpoints the betting value on th...

After a year overshadowed by his abandoned, undisputed title showdown with Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua aims to lay down a marker for the rest of the heavyweight division with a statement win over Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadi...

Following a break to address mental health issues, Ryan Garcia is back in training and closing in on an autumn return against the in-form Joseph Diaz. The confident Diaz is relishing the potential match-up and believes his pressure and body...

Showtime’s groundbreaking boxing series ‘ShoBox: The New Generation’ celebrated its 20-year anniversary at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Friday night. Across two decades, ShoBox has given a platform to...

Luke G. Williams looks ahead to the boxing action at the Tokyo Olympic Games with the mighty Uzbeks appearing the men to beat and Team USA’s 3-0 pro Keyshawn Davis adding star quality. Team GB will also be represented by one of their ...

Jack Cullen says he will not waste his big opportunity against former world title challenger Avni Yildirim at Matchroom’s inaugural Fight Camp weekend in Brentwood next Saturday (July 31). The ‘Little Lever Meat Cleaver’ rose from an ...

James Beech Jr. admits that he is taking a gamble on Saturday when he steps through the ropes to fight Chris Bourke. The 24-year-old West Midlander believes in taking 50-50 fights and risks against fighters where the threat of losing is rea...

Ijaz Ahmed and Kaisy Khademi will rematch for the vacant British super-flyweight title at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on August 28. Birmingham’s Ahmed (8-2, 0 KOs) upset East Ham’s previously unbeaten Khademi (8-1, 2 KOs) on a major...

Barry Hearn has seen most things in his long career in boxing, but the cynic in him believes that an undisputed heavyweight title clash between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury may never take place. In May, it seemed Joshua-Fury would finally ...

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has insisted he is not to blame for the postponement of his trilogy bout with Deontay Wilder and will “ruin” the ‘Bronze Bomber’ when they clash in October. Fury tested positive for Covid-...

Former IBF and WBA Super cruiserweight king Murat Gassiev continued his campaign in the heavyweight division with a four-round triumph over Michael Wallisch at the Dynamo Volleyball Arena in Moscow on Thursday. The tank-like Russian, s...

Conor Benn believes he is on the brink of a world title shot and aims to showcase his heavy hands and bad intentions against Mexican veteran Adrian Granados in the first week of Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Camp in Brentwood on July 31, broad...

It began with a headlock. From a man named Claudio. Inside a Footlocker store in Bluewater shopping centre. Chris Bourke had ended his time with Team GB, feeling his fighting style was more suited to the professional game, and was on the lo...

For Tina Rupprecht, boxing is a labour of love. Any hopes of making money in her thus far eight-year career have long been dashed as she resigns herself to the fact that the sport will continue to cost her financially rather than solicit ...

Since the retirement of Miguel Cotto, the fighting isle of Puerto Rico has been desperately searching for its next boxing hero. According to one of the nation’s most legendary boxing sons Felix Trinidad, the next star on the horizon s...

Terence Crawford has long been searching for a big fight at 147lbs, now he doesn’t need to look any further after the WBO ordered its title holder to face two-time world champion Shawn Porter. WBO welterweight king Crawford is widely rega...

WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero takes no prisoners inside and outside of a boxing ring.  The Filipino puncher insists he will retire Cuban great Guillermo Rigondeaux when they clash at the Dignity Health Sports Park i...

World-rated Michael Coffie hopes to be the next American to make moves on the heavyweight scene.  WBA No.9 Coffie, a former sparring partner of Deontay Wilder and Adam Kownacki, faces veteran fringe contender Gerald Washington (20-4-1,...