There were plenty of solid performances at Matchroom’s Fight Camp in Eddie Hearn’s back garden last summer. Then there were some standout ones. Jordan Gill was among the star turns. ‘The Thrill’ was close to punch perfect, a...

Lerrone Richards is the former British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion. But there are plenty within British boxing who know barely anything about him. Now the 28-year-old has the chance to come out from the shadows and show he ...

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at occasions where a freak injury has suddenly derailed a fighter’s hopes of victory. The hard-luck fighter of 2020 might well have been Matt Korobov, the Russian 168-pounder who now lives in Florid...

Promoter Nisse Sauerland speaks to Boxing Social’s Luke G. Williams about how the signing of Chris Eubank Jr. was sealed and why the deal was a “no brainer”… It’s refreshing to note that even major boxing promoters find home schoo...

Over the next few weeks Boxing Social’s Luke G. Williams will be running the rule over an octet of fighters aiming to topple Saul ‘Canelo’ Álvarez. Today he examines what might happen if the Mexican was to meet the enigmatic Billy Jo...

Devon’s Jamie Speight has entered the New Year in explosive fashion. With a very public, internet break-up with his partner of eight years on Christmas Day, and the recent, growing success of his little stable on the south coast, he’...

So we’re all kind of spinning our wheels as January 2021 unfolds. No boxing in the UK with another covid lockdown in effect and not much happening worldwide — and this after a veritable explosion of ring activity to close out the old ye...

Over the next few weeks, Boxing Social’s Luke G. Williams will be running the rule over an octet of fighters aiming to topple Saul ‘Canelo’ Álvarez. Today he examines what might happen if the Mexican was to meet Kazakh arch-rival Gen...

Shaun Brown pinpoints 21 British boxing clashes that can bring cheer and excitement to another complicated year in life and the fight game. As things stand, no-one knows what British boxing will bring us in 2021. With shows on hold due to t...

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston pays tribute to the talented former British and European bantamweight champion Johnny Clark who passed away last week, recalling some of the South Londoner’s finest moments in a boxing ring. Johnny Clark,...

While the USA basks in lightweight glory with the continued emergence of potential superstars and hall-of-famers there is contrasting fortunes at the weight class in Great Britain. Luke Campbell’s chopping left hand gave British fans that...

The kid backed it up. On Saturday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, Ryan Garcia proved he is not just boy band looks and a social media juggernaut. (Potentially) Golden Boy 2.0 showed he has the ability and the stones ...

There was a time, not that long ago, that British heavyweights were cruelly branded and labelled as horizontal. A near-century of failure to capture the biggest and richest prize in boxing resulted in that unfortunate and unflattering asses...

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston looks for the betting value in Saturday’s intriguing lightweight battle between Californian hotshot Ryan Garcia and London 2012 Gold medallist Luke Campbell. We’ve had the wei...

Ryan Garcia’s rise has been rapid and remarkable. With millions of (mostly female) fans and a social media game that is like-for-like one of the strongest in sports, Garcia appears on the brink of superstardom. But one crucial questio...

One undisputed masterpiece has already emerged from the sleepy streets of Victorville, where clean air and picturesque sunsets are framed by spectacular mountain vistas. Back in 1940, screenwriters Herman J. Mankiewicz and John Houseman wro...

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston reflects on some rousing fightbacks in 2020, where boxers in trouble or on the verge of defeat turned the tables to seize victory. Every so often you’re likely to hear that boxing could be seen as a metaphor ...

Boxing Social has announced its inaugural award winners for 2020, reflecting on the outstanding performances and performers of a testing year in the fight game and beyond. Despite a global Pandemic, boxing was still able to serve up some me...

“Do you want this shit? Or do you want the titles?” asked coach Barry Hunter, both panicked and passionate, frantically removing the weave from the top of Franchon Crews-Dezurn’s head as she entered the 10th and final round. The ...

When the first copy of his stunning new book ‘Leifer Boxing: 60 Years of Fights and Fighters’ arrived at Neil Leifer’s apartment it was an emotional moment for the legendary photographer. “This is my third single subject book with T...

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks back on a year where women’s boxing shed off its reputation as a supporting act to become a headline performer. If there was a positive development in this difficult year it was that women’s boxin...

“I felt up to that point that I’d underachieved in my career. I felt that I was better than what I’d done. I hadn’t fully shown what I could do due to injuries and other factors. But this just felt like justification for everything....

As his new book Leifer. Boxing: 60 Years of Fights and Fighters is published by Taschen, legendary photographer Neil Leifer talks Boxing Social’s Luke G. Williams through three of the volume’s most memorable shots including that unparal...

In his final Boxing Social column of 2020, Russ Anber reflects on Callum Smith’s loss to Canelo Álvarez in San Antonio at the weekend … Canelo is Red Gold! Let me start off by saying how truly honoured I was to have been in Ca...