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 strongest-ever squads and hope to feature prominently on the medal podium. The […]
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 and local boxing commissions, as well as various managers and promoters on […]
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 men. These are melancholy days in the not so green and not so pleasant land of England. The […]
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 aficionados, the World Boxing Super Series is one of the best – if not the best – initiatives to have hit […]
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 has centred in and around the Pedro Youth Club in Hackney, an institution that was founded in […]
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 victory against Mailys Gangloff. Now a perfect 2-0 after a garlanded amateur career, Scotney tells Boxing […]
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 injury underneath his right eye. It was an unsatisfying conclusion to a fascinating fight, which was played out against […]
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. The Hall of Fame promoter maintains his hunger for success and passion for the sport and is still […]
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 super-middleweight unification contest. Around 70,000 spectators are expected to flock to the AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, […]
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, with 4 KOs) produced a near-perfect performance against South Africa’s Mthalane (now 39-3, 26 KOs), who had not lost a […]
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’s Joe Markowski, the global streaming giants were on the verge of announcing a showdown between […]
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 with Javier Fortuna citing mental health issues, and it’s a decision that Markowski – the global streaming giant’s EVP, Global Platform […]