Sports Journalist · 257 articles
What are the chances of a late summer evening in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, remaining entirely dry? Kynoch Boxing and Dennis Hobson’s FightZone movement put their faith in the weather and were repaid, as their July 31s show delivered some fiery, competitive clashes and some ice cold finishing. Upon arrival at the Hamilton Academical’s football stadium, two […]
Just a short walk from his childhood Hamilton home, undefeated Commonwealth title challenger Nathaniel Collins (7-0, 2 KOs) is seeking to establish himself amongst some of the country’s best boxers tonight. He fights for new promoter Sam Kynoch at the Hamilton Academical’s football ground, New Douglas Park, in Scotland’s first open-air boxing show since heavyweight destroyer Mike […]
“People always say that ‘If you can piss, you can paint’. What they don’t understand is the hard graft that goes into the prep before it gets to the stage of painting. Carrying big 10 litre tubs of paint about all day back-and-forth, roller scuttles of paint, constantly up-and-down ladders, hop ups, customer’s stairs, that’s […]
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 temperatures, not stress or anticipation. But ahead of native two-time WBC world champion David Benavidez’s return to the […]
Former world title challenger Anthony Yigit is boxing’s Rubik’s Cube. Where his peers present themselves, simple to understand and one shade in the majority, the Swede has always been a bit of a puzzle. Yigit (24-1-1, 8 KOs) fights this weekend, challenging the loud-mouthed Rolando Romero on the undercard of PBC’s Jermell Charlo vs Brian Castaño event, […]
Boxing of late has become trapped in some type of fistic Groundhog Day, or in the wandering, forgetful mind of a confused grandparent. Time-and-time again, social media profiles and boxing outlets are flooded with stories, resulting in tags, notifications and interactions that seem all-too familiar. This week, Demetrius Andrade called out Gennadiy Golovkin and a […]
Crowds peer through the metal, grated fence, wearing baseball caps and looks of disbelief. Their eyes seem to travel up every pulsing vein, with small clouds of sawdust blurring their features, disguising mouths agape. On the other side of the fence, a woman lies flat on her back, with her knees up, stretching. She’s wearing […]
A visibly excited Danny Williams sits between two, far smaller men in the Sky Sports studio in September 2004, wearing his light-grey suit and holding the microphone like a child’s ice cream. He talks with giddy enthusiasm about his upcoming heavyweight world title challenge with fearsome reigning champion, Vitali Klitschko. The bout was formally announced […]
Beijing erupted all over again… Standing aloft the podium for the second consecutive Olympic Games, Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun’s faces were glowing in the reflection of solid gold, like John Travolta’s when slowly prising open the mysterious suitcase-bound bounty in Pulp Fiction. There was no mystery here, though. The Chinese double act had done […]
Adam Lopez’s life changed immeasurably just days after he spoke to Boxing Social back in November 2019. We caught up on a Tuesday, with his fight on the undercard of Oscar Valdez’s proposed showdown with Andres Gutierrez the following Saturday, and at that time you’d be forgiven for knowing little about ‘BluNose’. But, as Gutierrez spectacularly failed at […]
After chopping down reigning WBC champion Nordine Oubaali, newly-crowned Filipino world champion Nonito Donaire roared with a mixture of ecstasy and relief. Most unusually though, almost all of boxing roared with him, celebrating one of a select group of fighters who can unite the sport’s often-fickle fraternity. Now 38-years old, he had visualised that moment; the hand […]
At first glance, you wouldn’t want to meet this guy in a dark alleyway, either in Istanbul, Turkey, or Santiago de Cuba. The stern-looking figure almost breaking the lens with a glare taken straight from centre-ring is wearing Adidas and has a small scar above his eye. Well, small for somebody of his chosen expertise […]