Adam is a reporter for Boxing Social. He also serves as a lead commentator for numerous organisations across Europe and has over a decade of experience covering boxing. Adam has worked for many of the sport’s leading publications and is currently the weekend editor of Germany’s BoxSport Magazin.
David Benavidez and his team could be tempted into an early jump up to heavyweight to challenge Oleksandr Usyk much sooner than anticipated. Benavidez (32-0, 26 KOs) saw his name flung into the conversation to fight Usyk by Turki Alalshikh via The Ring Magazine shortly after his WBA and WBO title success, where he stopped […]
WBO heavyweight world champion Fabio Wardley has praised the support of his local football club, crediting the fans of his beloved Ipswich Town for his rise to top of boxing’s most lucrative weight class. Wardley (20-0-1, 19 KOs) takes on fellow Englishman Daniel Dubois in his first defense of his WBO belt following his elevation […]
David Benavidez cemented himself among the top pound-for-pound star’s with an impressive sixth round stoppage over Gilberto Ramirez this past Saturday in Las Vegas. Hence his name being even more heavily linked with the sport’s biggest names, including Jai Opetaia. Benavidez (32-0, 26 KOs) dropped Ramirez twice on his way to claiming the WBA and […]
Naoya Inoue’s reign continues following a unanimous decision victory over Junto Nakatani today at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Inoue (33-0, 27 KOs) defended his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super bantamweight titles in a reasonably assured manner, but would have to overcome a resurgence from Nakatani in the later rounds to keep his undisputed status. […]
Takuma Inoue made it a winning start for the family on the undercard of older brother Naoya Inoue’s historic clash with Junto Nakatani today at the 55,000 capacity Tokyo Dome. Inoue (22-2, 5 KOs) defended his WBC bantamweight title with an extremely wide unanimous-decision against his biggest name opponent in Kazuto Ioka. The defending champion […]
Local bragging rights are at stake when welterweight Conah Walker welcomes Birmingham veteran Sam Eggington to the Civic Hall this Saturday in his native Wolverhampton in the English West Midlands. “There ain’t no man beating me in Wolverhampton. I’m telling you that now,” Walker said in a statement sent out by Matchroom Boxing. Walker (17-3, […]
Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing continues to expand with the announcement of two more signings yesterday. It was revealed via social media that they have signed super middleweight Sergiy Derevyanchenko and heavyweight Vladyslav Sirenko, who are both from Ukraine and both read in the USA. Both fighters are signed with American manager Keith Connolly in clear […]
It appears that WBC super middleweight champion Christian Mbilli will finally get his chance at fighting one of boxing’s biggest stars in Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez. The Ring Magazine reported late last night that the pair “have a done deal to fight in September in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for Mbilli’s WBC super middleweight championship.” Mbilli’s promoter […]
We have a fight! Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani have both made the weight today ahead of the biggest boxing match in Japan’s history. Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) hit the scale at 121.92 pounds, while Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs) weighed in at 121.47 pounds. Both men came under the super bantamweight limit of 122 pounds. […]
The first Japanese man to become a four-weight world champion has poured some water on the talk of retirement and has stated that he plans to make history ahead of challenging Takuma Inoue for the WBC bantamweight title this Saturday in Tokyo. Kazuto Ioka has the opportunity of claiming world championship status in a fifth […]
Junto Nakatani is full of confidence going into his history making match-up with Naoya Inoue at the Tokyo Dome on May 2. At 33 years-old, Inoue is five years older than Nakatani. “I feel that my size and youth should be a big advantage,” Nakatani said in an interview with Ring Magazine. “It gives me […]
Naoya Inoue has praised Junto Nakatani for his boxing IQ ahead of their history breaking match-up this Saturday at the Tokyo Dome, with the Japanese superstar also highlighting the mentality of his compatriot. Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) will make a seventh-straight defense of his undisputed super-bantamweight title in-front of an expected 55,000 string crowd in […]