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.
Rico Verhoeven has said that his WBC heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk is just the beginning of his professional boxing career. Verhoeven (1-0, 1 KOs) had a brief touch with boxing in 2014, defeating the little-know 0-5 Janos Finfera by second round knockout in Hessen, Germany. The Dutchman has since gone on the become arguably the greatest kickboxer […]
Exceed Boxing will come to Hamburg to make its German promotional debut on May 29 and 30, with the series Queen & King of the Ring at the open-air Active City Arena in St. Pauli. The two-day event follows a successful promotion last Summer in Utrecht, Holland, which helped launch boxing in the country alongside […]
In a rare turn of events, IBF super middleweight champion Osleys Iglesias has been called out. However, the offer has not been taken seriously by the Cuban southpaw. The 28-year-old knockout artist, who secured the vacant IBF belt with an eighth-round retirement of Pavel Silyagin earlier this month, has had a public spat with WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames on X. Iglesias (15-0, 14 […]
Former WBO bantamweight world champion Jason Moloney continues up the path toward claiming a second world title following a unanimous-decision victory against Andre Donovan today in Brisbane, Australia. Moloney (29-4, 20 KOs) handed Donovan (12-3, 8 KOs) his first defeat in 12 fights in his first bout abroad. The Ohio native appeared to fancy his chancing of his hand […]
Russian heavyweight contender Arslanbek Makhmudov has offered himself for a showdown with American knockout artist Deontay Wilder. That’s if Anthony Joshua continues to break the promise of the pair having a fight since last October. “I would like to fight Wilder,” Makhmudov stated exclusively in a video-call with Boxing Social. Makhmudov (21-3, 19 KOs) took on Tyson Fury in […]
Oleksandr Usyk has stated that he feels at peace with his decision to hang up his gloves, also confirming that he will be sticking to the previously reported three-fight retirement plan. Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs), the current IBF, WBA and WBC heavyweight world champion, will meet kickboxing legend Rico Verhoeven in another extravagant Ring Magazine card […]
Southampton’s Ryan Garner will return home to fight in his beloved city for the first time in over eight years when he takes on Michael Magnesi for the WBC interim super featherweight title on June 20. Garner (19-0, 10 KOs) comes back to Southampton to realize a career long dream of performing at Southampton Football Club’s 32,000-seater stadium. The […]
Matchroom Boxing has announced that they have signed WBC super lightweight Dalton Smith to a longterm extension of their contract. Smith (19-0, 14 KOs) claimed the WBC belt with a thunderous fifth round stoppage win against Alberto Subriel Mathias in New York this past January. “Matchroom Boxing backed me from day one,” Smith said in a statement sent o Boxing Social […]
International Boxing Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren has spoken out on canceling his event set to be headlined by Lawrence Okolie and Tony Yoka this Saturday in Paris, France. Okolie (23-1, 17 KOs) returned an “adverse finding” from a VADA controlled performance enhancing drug test on Monday evening ahead of his 12 round heavyweight bout with Paris’ own […]
Former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz has said that he backs Manny Pacquiao to triumph against Floyd Mayweather if their fight will be recorded as a professional boxing match. The original announcement of the rematch between the two all-time greats broadcast on Netflix is still down as professional bout on Boxrec to take place at The Sphere in Las Vegas on […]
When speaking to Jason Moloney on the phone as he made the short drive from the Gold Coast to headline against Andre Donovan in Brisbane this Thursday, the former WBO bantamweight world champion told me that “it feels as if the boot is on the other foot for a change” following a career primarily as […]
Super flyweight contender John “Scrappy” Ramirez is waiting on Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez to decide if he’ll move up to bantamweight permanently following the announcement of his move to 118 pounds. Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KOs) will take a swing at bantamweight when he takes on WBA champion Antonio Vargas in Glendale, Arizona on June 13. The current WBA, WBC and WBO super flyweight world […]