Cecilia Braekhus is too polite an interviewee to descend to trash talk. However, the ‘First Lady’ of boxing is certainly in a defiant mood when Boxing Social catches up with her a couple of days after official confirmation that she has ...

Undisputed welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill has been fighting against the odds her whole life and career. How did she and manager/trainer Rick Ramos conquer the female boxing world? Boxing Social’s Luke G. Williams speaks to the Ch...

After a spate of drawn fights in the UK, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at rematches of contests where boxers fought a draw in their first meeting. Not every return fight was as competitive the second time around whereas other ‘d...

The vivid, intricate image of Jesus Christ on the cross marks the skin around the ribcage of Australian boxer, George Kambosos Jr. Every punch thrown with bad intentions, sinking into his torso and connecting directly with the crucifixion, ...

They’ve both been sat there before; in the same seats, at the same table of the same hotel bar. It seems like only a few weeks ago that Scotland’s first female world champion, Hannah Rankin (9-4, 2 KOs) was eating perched on a stool opp...

For most boxers across the globe, the Covid-19 Pandemic allowed them time to rest and recover. Embarking on domestic holidays with loved ones or perhaps exploring other avenues to grow their profiles, such as appearing on podcasts or creati...

The famous Australian editor and publisher Richard Walsh once observed that: “the ultimate accolade in Australia is to be a ‘good bloke’”. It’s an epithet that describes the gregarious and ever-friendly Jason Moloney (21-1, 18 KOs...

There’s nothing theatrical or ostentatious about Daniel Roman. The business-like super-bantam faces Juan Carlos Payano as part of PBC’s ambitious, double event spectacular on Showtime Pay-Per-View on September 26. In typically straight-...

Tonight, Denzel Bentley (13-0, 11 KOs) faces the biggest challenge of his career to date as he takes on Mark Heffron for the vacant IBF European middleweight title, at York Hall, Bethnal Green. For a fighter who had just 17 fights as an ama...

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston pays tribute to former undisputed middleweight champion of the world Alan Minter, a stylish southpaw who mixed it with the best in a memorable career. Alan Minter, who passed away on Wednesday, aged 69, was a B...

Boxing is back and so is the World Boxing Super Series, with the much-awaited Season 2 cruiserweight final between Mairis Briedis and Yuniel Dorticos scheduled for September 26 in Munich. Boxing Social’s Luke G. Williams catches up with W...

When the call came to fight Sugar Ray Leonard, any fighter would pick up the phone and say yes. Donny Lalonde was the recipient of that golden ticket in November 1988 with Sugar Ray on the comeback trail once again with another retirement a...

In a rowdy nightclub outside of Manchester, kitted out in disposable sparkle and portable disco lights, the raucous crowd are becoming agitated. They’re waiting for the next unlicensed boxing bout, baying for blood and anticipati...

IBHOF inductee Graham Houston reflects on the weekend’s unsightly and ultimately chaotic encounter between WBO 130lbs champion Jamel Herring and Puerto Rican challenger Jonathan Oquendo. What a comedy of errors we had in Saturday’s ...

From the moment we met, I knew that retired former British and European light-welterweight champion Pat Barrett (37-4-1, 28 KOs) and I would get on like a house on fire. It was a typically rainy summer evening here in Manchester. ...

IBHOF inductee and boxing betting expert Graham Houston looks ahead to the weekend’s action from a gambling perspective, focusing on title fights involving Jamel Herring, Alex Dilmaghani and Yordenis Ugas. It’s slim pickings for bet...

With Dillian Whyte’s revenge mission against Alexander Povetkin already pencilled in for November, IBHOF inductee Graham Houston looks at instances where a fighter stopped in a first bout avenged that loss in a rematch. Even though Al...

In his latest column for Boxing Social, boxing’s master of all trades Russ Anber shares his reflections on working in the Top Rank ‘bubble’ with Eleider Alvarez and pays tribute to Ukrainian maestro Vasiliy Lomachenko. I could...

With his knee-high socks and short, velvet trunks, it is clear that Dan Azeez has a deep reverence for a bygone era of boxing. However, his admiration for the legends of the sport is not a case of style over substance, as he combines retro ...

The word ‘talent’ initially referred to a unit of value then, later, a sum of money. It was coined in 4BC by the Romans, ‘Talentum’ and Greek, ‘Talanton’, for trading purposes. The term pops up in Matthew 25:14-30 when Jesus tel...

It was a golden era full of domestic stars. But even in an age where the likes of Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn and others were drawing massive TV audiences and tabloid print, a young featherweight was also catching th...

Lester Ellis is one of Australia’s most accomplished fighters. Winning titles across five weight classes, Ellis’ notable career spanned 49 fights and close to 20 years in the ring.  Now retired and residing happily in the Victoria ...

IBHOF inductee and boxing betting expert Graham Houston looks ahead to the weekend’s major fight between WBC/WBO 140lbs champion Jose Ramirez and Viktor Postol from a gambling perspective. The big fight of the weekend is at the MGM Grand ...

It wasn’t supposed to be like this, was it? Winners aren’t supposed to gather dust on the shelf, especially not after their first professional title was wrapped around their waist. Celebrations have never been so melancholy.&nbs...