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,...

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 ...

Confusion surrounds the potential status of the Fly brand of boxing gloves after the WBC stated that the brand are not to be worn in any contest sanctioned by the governing body due to safety concerns. In an email sent to various national a...

Luke G. Williams looks at the current malaise in the heavyweight division that has seen the title picture remain frustratingly dormant due to the shadow of boxing politics and maddening spells of inactivity from the weight’s leading m...

World Boxing Super Series Chief Boxing Officer Kalle Sauerland gives Boxing Social an in-depth lowdown on the WBSS’ forthcoming female super-featherweight tournament, which he assures boxing fans will be “red hot”…  To many boxing ...

James Cook is one of the good ones.  The former British and European super-middleweight champion is a straight talker with an admirable reputation for turning around young lives and inspiring the youth of London.  Much of his work...

Two fights into her pro career – with a third outing in June expected to be confirmed soon – and Ellie Scotney is buzzing. Catford’s former Team GB amateur standout was last in action in March, securing a super-bantamweight vi...

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez stopped Billy Joe Saunders following round eight of their super-middleweight unification fight when trainer Mark Tibbs waved off the contest after the Briton returned to his corner with what looked like a serious i...

After recently celebrating 40 years in the boxing business, you’d have forgiven Frank Warren for pulling out the pipe and slippers and settling into a comfortable retirement. But relaxing in an easy chair isn’t the 69-year-old’s style...

Stadium boxing returns with a bang on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, as Britain’s Billy Joe Saunders looks to write his name into boxing folklore by toppling Mexico’s pound-for-pound king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in an intriguing ...

In conversation with Boxing Social, promoter Frank Warren has hailed his latest world champion Sunny Edwards for his “textbook” performance in dethroning IBF flyweight champion Moruti Mthalane last week at York Hall. Edwards (now 16-0, ...

DAZN EVP Joe Markowski talks to Boxing Social about all things Canelo-Saunders and why the atmosphere on Saturday night in front of 70,000 fans in Texas will be “off the charts”… Around 15 months ago, when I first interviewed DAZN...

DAZN’s Joe Markowski has told Boxing Social that “boxing comes second” compared to lightweight star Ryan Garcia’s current mission to safeguard his mental health. The 22-year-old Garcia recently withdrew from a slated July showdown w...

Trainer Colin Nathan insists that his man Moruti Mthalane is in prime condition ahead of Friday’s IBF flyweight title defence against Britain’s Sunny Edwards. “We wrapped up our training camp in Tunisia before coming to the UK,” the...

WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman explains to Boxing Social the rationale behind Juan Francisco Estrada’s elevation to WBC super-flyweight ‘franchise’ champion, and why he is “extremely excited” about the sanctioning body’s forthc...

As the country approaches step 2 of its ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown, an important landmark for fitness and boxing enthusiasts arrived with the official re-opening of gyms two days ago. It’s a date that two-time Lonsdale Belt winner Clin...

Cruiserweight king Mairis Briedis gives Boxing Social his take on Lawrence Okolie’s victory against Krzysztof Glowacki and the prospects of staying at 200lbs to fight the newly-crowned WBO champion… By general consensus – as...

WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman discusses with Boxing Social the possibility of a third meeting between super-flyweight sensations Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez and explains why the scoring of judge Carlos Sucre on Saturday nigh...

Juan Francisco Estrada unified the WBC and WBA super-flyweight titles via a controversial split decision verdict against Roman Gonzalez after a magnificent and unrelenting 12 rounds of action for the WBC and WBA super-flyweight titles in Da...

A relentless Jessica McCaskill retained her undisputed world welterweight title with a unanimous points victory in her rematch with former champion Cecilia Braekhus in Dallas on Saturday night. McCaskill had dethroned Braekhus last August v...

Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez meet this weekend in Dallas in an eagerly awaited rematch of their classic 2012 showdown. Luke G. Williams previews what should be another super-flyweight spectacular… Over eight years have passed...