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Despite being a boxing fan for some years, I came to watching the sport up close and personal relatively late-having been a rugby player, as well as an Arsenal and Millwall attendee. I hadn’t gone to any live boxing but that changed in 2010 when I convinced my then girlfriend …

There have been plenty of boxing films throughout the years, some good but quite a few more which were not any good. Does anyone remember The Calcium Kid fondly, for example? Jawbone (2017) shares similarities with a lot of the most well-known pugilistic cinema, and in fact a lot of …

Raging Bull syndrome is something I’ve long referred to on my film website Bedsit Cinema. It’s a term I use to describe a film which I know is good, but I cannot get on with for whatever reasons. Reasons which vary film to film. I also have a personal Raging …

We’re now months into lockdown and if you’re anything like me your XBox is overheating from too much Fight Night Champion and you are feeling the combat cold turkey hitting hard. Where to turn? Team Southpaw Jab’s Hannah Rankin has been wonderfully posting a classic fight of the day which …

As we enter a new decade, it seemed fitting to take a look back at some great nights for boxing over the last ten years What would be your biggest and best fights of the last decade? It’s entirely your choice, just as this list is entirely mine. I’m not …

After ending 2018 thoroughly pissed off with boxing for a number of reasons, 2019 has been a lot more positive. Also I didn’t spend a month in a mental health ward this year, which is always nice. To celebrate this newfound joy, I thought I’d bask in the glow of …

It might be freezing out in the street as winter wraps London in its cold, but York Hall was a welcome furnace on Saturday. Fists flew as four titles were contested on Goodwin Boxing’s final show of the year, and the undercard featured a few 50/50 bouts of no less …

Disaster struck several times at the Hellraiser Boxing event at York Hall on Friday. Firstly, Philip Bowes was forced to withdraw from his British and Commonwealth Super Lightweight Title fight against Akeem Ennis-Brown on medical grounds. It was by far the most prestigious of Hellraiser’s headliners in recent memory. The …

The IBO World Title fight between Alex Dilmaghani and Francisco Fonesca topped yesterday’s York Hall bill, televised on Channel 5. There was a sizeable undercard on the Hennessy Sports promotion, with stand out performances from Craig ‘Smiler’ Woodruff, John Joe Nevin and Samuel Antwi among others. Woodruff roughs up Marsden …

“The Royal Albert Hall is my favourite venue right now. The building is amazing and it’s lovely to box there… Also I have a 100% KO ratio there so that’s good too.” Denzel Bentley is right about Royal Albert Hall. Following a devastating, eye catching win, he spoke to Southpaw …