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.
The organization responsible for governing boxing at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games has released details on how Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete at the tournament. In a recent statement released to the media World Boxing confirms that an “AIN Procedure — ’Athlètes Individuels Neutres’ (Individual Neutral Athletes)” will be the task that boxers […]
Heavyweight contender Lawrence Okolie was given the news last week that he returned an ‘adverse finding’ by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) ahead of his scheduled headliner against Tony Yoka last Saturday in Paris. Okolie (23-1, 17 KOs) and his promoter Queensberry were quick to address the situation in posts on social media. Following the […]
Unified light heavyweight world champion Dmitry Bivol will not be defending his WBO title when he welcomes Michael Eifert to the UMMC Arena in Ekaterinburg on May 30. Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) was due to defend his IBF, WBA and WBO titles against his IBF mandatory in German contender Eifert (13-1, 5 KOs). However, according […]
Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing has made an early impression on the cruiserweight division by signing former IBF world champion Jai Opetaia early this year. Over the past week Zuffa added two more than credible contenders to its roster at 200 pounds. Former WBO world champion Chris Billam-Smith signed up alongside Canadian knockout artist Ryan Rozicki. […]
Ahead of his cruiserweight debut, David Benavidez has compared himself to former three-weight world champion James Toney. Benavidez (31-0, 25 KOs), much like Toney, claimed world title status at super middleweight (although Toney picked up his first world title at middleweight) ahead of testing himself at the hard hitting limit of 200 pounds. On Saturday […]
Former WBA super flyweight title holder Andrew Moloney has a well honed perspective on the upcoming all-Japanese mega-fight between Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani, which takes place at the 55,000 seater Tokyo Dome on Saturday. Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) will make a seventh straight defense of his undisputed super bantamweight title against the three-time world […]
The 54th edition of the Thunderdome series returns to the Metro City Arena for the second time this year with another stacked card on May 26. Welterweight Joel Lewis will return for his first fight this year when squares off with China’s “White Fang” Weifang Li. Since a sole career loss in Thailand nearly two […]
It has just been announced that Anthony Joshua will make his return against Kristian Prenga on Saturday, July 25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It comes moments after Turki Alalshikh announced that Tyson Fury vs Joshua is signed. The Olympic gold medallist and former two-time unified heavyweight world champion will headline “The Comeback” as part of the Esports World Cup […]
Skye Nicolson welcomes Mariah Turner to the Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington, Australia this Wednesday in the headline act courtesy of Matchroom Boxing. Nicolson (15-1, 3 KOs) will contest for the WBC interim title at super bantamweight as she goes in search of becoming a two weight world champion. “It’s so special to be back home […]
During a relatively quiet weekend of boxing, lightweight Alan Chavez made the headlines with a highlight-reel knockout over Miguel Madueno on the undercard of Jarrell Miller vs Lenier Pero at the Fontainebleau in Las Vegas. Chavez (22-0, 19 KOs) pinned Madueno’s back to the canvas in the third round with a devastating left hand to the head, turning the Mexican’s […]
Russian light heavyweight Sergei Gorokhov couldn’t contain his delight when he knocked out undefeated contender Emirkhan Kalkan on away soil at the Besirli Kompleksi in Trabzon, Turkey on Saturday night. However, his moment of joy quickly escalated into a potentially life-threatening situation with him and his team being savagely attacked by a group of local spectators. Gorokhov put Kelkan on the canvas twice on the way […]
Artur Subkhankulov handed Bakhodur Usmonov his first defeat in an entertaining IBF lightweight eliminator in the main event at IBA Pro 17 last night in Ufa, Bashkortostan. Appearing in front of a passionate home crowd, Subkhankulov (12-0, 6 KOs) cemented his position as the number two ranked contender in the IBF lightweight rankings, securing a late twelfth round finish against the brave […]