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 …
Read More »2010-2020: BIGGEST & BEST FIGHTS
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 …
Read More »2019: REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
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 …
Read More »REPORT: TITLES GALORE LEAVE FANS WANTING MORE
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 …
Read More »REPORT: DISASTROUS EVENT RESCUED BY THE BOXING
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 …
Read More »FULL UNDERCARD REPORT: WOODRUFF ROUGHS UP MARSDEN
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 …
Read More »BENTLEY BLITZ AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL
“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 …
Read More »ONCE UPON A TIME IN GREENWICH FOR HOLLYWOOD
Team Southpaw Jab’s “Hollywood” Joshua Ejakpovi was aiming to avenge his only loss in Greenwich last night. Ultimate Boxxer 5 gave him that shot and so much more. Once upon a time Sean Robinson bested Hollywood for the Southern Area Title; reaching the final would have meant the possibility of …
Read More »AND STILL! WALSH RETAINS BRITISH TITLE
With bouts which bounced from barnburners to the downright bizarre, Team Southpaw Jab’s Ryan Walsh rounded an MtK evening at York Hall off pleasurably- retaining his British Featherweight Title with an honest split decision win over Lewis Paulin. Paulin had travelled south from hometown Edinburgh with impressive, rawkus support, and …
Read More »PODCAST 11: WILDER, MONSTER & TAYLOR
IN WEEK ELEVEN, After a fantastic weekend of boxing – George and Chris discuss Deontay Wilder, Josh Taylor, Naoya Inoue and much more.
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