Sports Journalist · 199 articles
Tyson Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) and Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) exchanged handshakes. smiles and even caps rather than glares. stares or trash talk at an unusually good-natured weigh-in on Friday afternoon ahead of their clash for the WBC and lineal heavyweight titles tomorrow night at Wembley Stadium. At this week’s press conference Fury and […]
Unbeaten pound-for-pounder and WBC/ IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr attempts to add Yordenis Ugas’ WBA ‘super’ belt to his collection this weekend. So who prevails? Boxing Social’s intrepid band of writers and fortune tellers attempt to predict the outcome. There’s something lingering when I think of Errol Spence post-crash. I can’t shake the feeling […]
Errol Spence and Yordenis Ugas clash for three portions of the world welterweight championship on Saturday night. Can the Cuban upset the odds and dethrone ‘The Truth’? Luke G. Williams previews the action… Welterweight has long been considered one of the deepest weight classes in boxing, and the sometimes painfully gradual process towards crowning a […]
Ryan Garcia undoubtedly has star quality, but can he get his boxing career back on track when he returns to the ring this weekend against Ghanaian Emmanuel Tagoe? Luke G. Williams previews a catchweight contest that may provide more questions than answers. 2021 was meant to be the year of Ryan Garcia. He certainly began […]
Gennadiy Golovkin’s career is in danger of ending with a whimper rather than a bang. Can GGG get back to anything approaching his best against Ryota Murata in Saturday’s WBA Super and IBF middleweight title showdown? Luke G. Williams previews the action. This Saturday IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs) travels to […]
Josh Warrington challenges Spaniard Kiko Martinez for the IBF featherweight crown on Saturday night in Leeds in a somewhat surreal world title fight. Luke G. Williams previews the action… On 13 February last year, Josh Warrington was shockingly relieved of his unbeaten record by the blurring and vicious fists of hitherto unheralded Mexican upstart Mauricio […]
Will Michael Conlan come of age and wrest the WBA ‘regular’ featherweight title from Leigh Wood on Saturday night, or will the Nottingham man once again confound the doubters? Luke G. Williams previews the action… Now 30 years of age, Irish icon Michael Conlan has long believed it to be his destiny to become a […]
Can Roman Gonzalez continue to turn back the clock this weekend against Julio Cesar Martinez, or is Chocolatito’s brilliant career approaching its endgame? Luke G. Williams previews a fascinating super-flyweight showdown… Greatness is an overused term in boxing. Strictly speaking, it’s a word that should be reserved for truly special fighters and careers, and applied […]
Former WBC and WBO super-lightweight champion Jose Ramirez returned to the win column on Friday night by overcoming Puerto Rico’s Jose Pedraza via unanimous points decision. All three judges saw the 29-year-old Ramirez as a 116-112 victor, giving him eight rounds to the former super featherweight and lightweight titlist’s four. Ramirez, who lost his last […]
Josh Taylor defends his undisputed super-lightweight world championship against Jack Catterall at a sold-out SSE Hydro in Glasgow this Saturday as the Scot seeks to rubber-stamp his status as one of the best boxers in the world. Luke G. Williams previews the action… The fact that Josh Taylor’s first defence of his undisputed super-lightweight world […]
Long-time rivals Amir Khan and Kell Brook meet in a catchweight showdown on Saturday night at a sold-out AO Arena in Manchester. Domestic classic pending or a case of two has-beens cynically cashing in their career chips? Luke G. Williams previews the action… For years Amir Khan and Kell Brook have circled one another, like […]
As bitter domestic rivals Amir Khan and Kell Brook prepare to do battle at long last, members of the Boxing Social writing team make their pre-fight picks and predictions… I can’t remember a time before now that I’d have confidently picked Amir Khan to beat Kell Brook… I guess, with Khan’s renowned fragility, the word […]