“I’ll never say never, and I never announced a retirement. In my head I want to do it, but my body, I don’t know… It’s heartbreaking when you think you’re training for a fight, you’re so looking forward to it and then you ...

WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman explains to Boxing Social the rationale behind Juan Francisco Estrada’s elevation to WBC super-flyweight ‘franchise’ champion, and why he is “extremely excited” about the sanctioning body’s forthc...

This Saturday night marks another fresh start in the career of Callum Johnson. The 35-year-old light heavyweight will put to bed an absence of over two years which began after he walked through veteran Seanie Monaghan in New York on a Match...

It is an unpleasant and humbling experience to be beaten up by someone.  Out in the big bad world should a stranger or enemy get the better of you in a physical disagreement, leaving you in a bloody mess for whatever reason, then not o...

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston unearths the betting value in tonight’s fascinating WBO middleweight title clash between champion Demetrius Andrade and Welshman Liam Williams, as well as Jake Paul’s bout wi...

Christopher Pearson is ready to upset the odds on Saturday night, as the American super-middleweight sets his sights on unseating IBO champion Carlos Gongora at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. In December, Ecuadoria...

The initial stages of a fighter’s career consist of their debut, gradual moves through the fight distances and then a proving ground, which will demonstrate whether or not they have what it takes to move beyond the infancy stage. There ar...

With the welterweight division bolstered by a new wave of stars including Jaron Ennis, Vergil Ortiz and Conor Benn, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston breaks down the deepest and arguably best weight class in boxing with his Top 10 rundown. Impr...

When it comes to having sparred some of the best fighters in the cruiserweight division Jack Massey has been there and done that. The 28-year-old from Chapel-en-le-Frith has travelled to Spain to spar one-time world title challenger Youri K...

As the country approaches step 2 of its ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown, an important landmark for fitness and boxing enthusiasts arrived with the official re-opening of gyms two days ago. It’s a date that two-time Lonsdale Belt winner Clin...

At 36, Anthony Dirrell accepts he is in the twilight of his career, yet the competitive fire still burns brightly within him. Having overcome cancer to become a two-time WBC super-middleweight champion, his legacy in the sport has already b...

“That is the scariest part of my life,” admits the voice at the other end of a shaky, cross-continental Facebook Messenger call. It was a call intended merely to recap an experienced fighter’s career; to celebrate successes and ponder...

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston weighs up Saturday night’s betting opportunities, focusing on the vacant WBO light-heavyweight title fight between hard-hitting New Yorker Joe Smith and crafty Russian Maxim Vlasov....

Mark Baldwin looks at Saturday night’s high-profile WBA bantamweight title clash between Watford’s Shannon Courtenay and charismatic Australian Ebanie Bridges, whose artful self-promotion has stolen the limelight and earned an u...

The last time Kash Farooq spoke to Boxing Social he had just been watching the 2020 ‘Fight of the Year’ between Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk. Lately, he has been viewing one of the best fighters of the late 1980s and early 199...

Saturday night’s show at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, has familiar stories popping off the page. The intriguing event to be broadcast on Showtime features highly-touted prospects, a current world champion as well as ...

Confidence, momentum and happiness. Three features of Nathan Gorman’s life and career which he has been working on since suffering his first defeat two years ago. That night in July 2019 witnessed the steamroller operation of Daniel Duboi...

Every fighter worth their salt will inevitably face an acid test or navigate their way through a tricky, character-defining crossroads…   It isn’t always when it should be. In fact, in boxing, it’s often too late or deem...

It’s always sad to see a fine fighter come to the end of the line. To see him reach down and find what he once had isn’t there anymore. That was Carl Frampton on Saturday. He had one good round against Jamel Herring and that was it. Whe...

“I called it, didn’t I?!” Lennox Clarke certainly did. The Halesowen man can now proudly call himself the new British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion following his superb fifth-round stoppage victory over Willy Hutchinson...

Tonight, Carl Frampton will attempt to etch his name into the history books by becoming the first three-weight world champion from the island of Ireland when he challenges Jamel Herring for the WBO super-featherweight title at Caesars Palac...

IBHOF inductee and boxing gambling expert Graham Houston unearths the betting value in tonight’s WBO 130lbs title clash between champion Jamel Herring and Belfast boxing icon Carl Frampton in Dubai. Betting lines are almost even for the s...

Carl Frampton bids to become the fighting isle of Ireland’s first ever three-weight world champion when he locks horns with WBO 130lbs king Jamel Herring at Caesars Palace Dubai on Saturday evening. Already widely regarded as the grea...

‘Another teen shot dead in Jersey City,’ reads the top story when searching for the second-most populous city in New Jersey, with ‘Jersey City man sentenced to six years in Newport mall shooting,’ resting ominously just below it. Bo...