A few more pages were added to the Maxi Hughes success story in Bolton 12 days ago. In what has been a pleasant and unexpected turn of fortune, Hughes picked up his fourth consecutive win which gave him the British lightweight title against Paul Hyland Jr. After years of near misses and tough fights, the […]
Ben Damon will be calling the shots once again on Wednesday. The shots will be thrown by 154lb fighters Tim Tszyu (17-0, 13 KOs) and Dennis Hogan (28-3-1, 7 KOs) inside the Newcastle Entertainment Centre down under. And the shots themselves will be described by one of Australia’s most well-known and familiar sports commentators Ben […]
Iain Martell jokes that the only thing out there that scares him is women. When the laughter faded away, admitting that relationships don’t interest him, the 30-year-old has a desire to find out what his fears are and tackle them head on. The British light-heavyweight, who only last year was the Southern Area cruiserweight champion, […]
Shaun Brown polls some of the leading names in the boxing trade to ask for their picks for tonight’s heavyweight rematch between Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte. Repeat or revenge? The Alexander Povetkin-Dillian Whyte rematch in the unusual surroundings of Gibraltar is set up perfectly. Last time around, Whyte was in complete control before a […]
Ben Davison was hitting a metaphorical brick wall before Lee McGregor challenged for the European bantamweight title last Friday night. Trainer and fighter were doing some last-minute preparations before the British and Commonwealth champion would step into the ring in Bolton to face French veteran Karim Guerfi (29-5, 9 KOs). It would be just the […]
It was only his 16th fight but Saturday’s world title graduation against Krzysztof Glowacki felt like a moment of truth in the career of Lawrence Okolie. The British cruiserweight was pitted against the former world champion for the vacant WBO title at the SSE Arena in Wembley. Could Okolie make the leap to world level? […]
British cruiserweight contender Jack Massey will return to the ring in a title fight in May. The 27-year-old from Chapel-en-le-Frith, who turns 28 next month, told Boxing Social that it will be on a Queensberry Promotions show and, like all fighters, he is hopeful that some fans will be in attendance. “This show in May, whatever date […]
Pierce O’Leary was only six years old when he had a peek inside the Dublin Docklands Boxing Club. The gym was just up the road from where he lived and O’Leary believes there was something of right place, right time to his jaunt. He walked in and never looked back. But then he lied. The […]
Sahir Iqbal carried out a bit of research before his last fight. In what was Iqbal’s only bout of 2020, the 24-year-old beat Maredudd Thomas on points to win the WBC Youth welterweight title. It was his eighth professional start to date and with it he collected a championship that puts his name alongside some […]
Brandun Lee was likely one of the most active fighters in 2020, having fought four times. The quartet of contests never saw the 21-year-old super-lightweight contender go beyond the third round. But to be so busy while others never made it to a boxing ring because of the Coronavirus makes Lee extremely thankful to his […]
Johnny Fisher had a rugby ball in his hands and then he dropped it. An attempt to grab it was made but four people fell on his hand. The hand swelled up; something wasn’t right. He could still move it and use it but when he was punching with it the pain was terrible and […]
Shaun Brown polls some of the leading names in the boxing trade to discover their picks ahead of Saturday night’s fascinating European welterweight title clash between Russian champion David Avanesyan and unbeaten Sunderland star Josh Kelly. David Avanesyan vs Josh Kelly is a fight that has been on the cards for nearly two-and-a-half years. They […]