Ellis Zorro proved a level above his competition to win the BOXXER Cruiserweight series at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester tonight. The 29-year-old (14-0, 6 KOs) was rarely troubled in his three fights as he took care of James Farrell and then Jamie Smith before defeating schoolteacher Ricky Reeves in the final. The tournament favourite’s […]
Josh Taylor is no longer the undisputed super-lightweight champion. The 31-year-old became the owner of all four world titles when he defeated Jose Ramirez 12 months ago in Las Vegas. Today the WBA took to social media to declare their title vacant. “The World Boxing Association Championships Committee, in accordance with the organisation’s rules, has […]
Zach Parker’s hopes of fighting Demetrius Andrade appear to be over for the time being. The WBO number one super-middleweight contender had been due to box the two-weight world champion on May 21 for the Interim title, but the bout was postponed when Andrade suffered a shoulder injury in training. The news crushed Parker’s dreams […]
The comeback of Josh Kelly on Friday was dramatically pulled at the last minute. Kelly was due to box live on Channel 5 as part of Wasserman Boxing’s first fight night with the free to air channel. The 2016 Olympian, who has not boxed since his loss to David Avanesyan in February 2021 was to […]
Denzel Bentley is now a two-time British middleweight champion following a split decision win over Linus Udofia. Friday night’s main event at The Indigo at the O2 was on paper a 50-50 affair and the 12 rounds proved the prediction to be correct. Felix Cash had vacated the Lonsdale belt which he won by beating […]
The next test for Conor Benn could come against a former Josh Taylor opponent. Jose Ramirez, who fought the Scot for the undisputed super-lightweight championship one year ago, is moving up to Benn’s weight division at 147lbs and is interested in facing the unbeaten contender. One month after the Taylor fight Ramirez told journalist Dan […]
Former unified world champion Amir Khan has announced his retirement from boxing. The 35-year-old broke the news today on his social media. The decision comes just five days on from Kell Brook hanging up the gloves. Brook and Khan’s last fight in their careers came against one another earlier this year which ended with conclusive […]
Boxxer CEO and promoter Ben Shalom has responded to comments by Eddie Hearn that their new signing Ben Whittaker was paid double to join them. It was announced this week that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Silver Medallist, who will be trained by Sugar Hill Steward, signed a long-term promotional agreement with Boxxer which will see […]
Boxing Social are proud to announce that the undercard for this evening’s Wasserman Boxing promotion in London will be streamed live on our YouTube channel. The coverage begins at 6.30pm and features flyweight Harvey Horn (9-1, 2 KOs) looking to get back to winning ways. You will also see unbeaten welterweight Constantin Ursu aim to […]
Jermell Charlo is not interested in going the distance with Brian Castaño this weekend in their undisputed super-welterweight title rematch. The two men fought out an enthralling split draw last July and on Saturday night they go again this time at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Charlo, the WBC, WBA and IBF […]
Ben Whittaker is targeting multiple world titles now that he has turned professional. It was announced yesterday that the 24-year-old, managed by 258, will be promoted by Ben Shalom at Boxxer after signing a long-term deal. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Silver Medallist will also be trained by Sugar Hill who has compared him to all-time-great […]
The undisputed female middleweight title fight between Clarissa Shields and Savannah Marshall will happen says Ben Shalom. The Boxxer CEO who promotes Marshall had been confident of announcing the fight following the WBO champion’s win over Femke Hermans six weeks ago. Both Shields and Marshall had a face-off in the ring afterwards but since then […]