WBO Middleweight Champion Demetrius Andrade (29-0) will make the mandatory defence of his world title against Wales’ Liam Williams (23-2) on the 17th of April at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, USA.   Andrade Williams will be broadcasted at European Prime Time on DAZN from £1.99/Month to accommodate the viewers from the UK due to Williams’s fan following and the lack of interest in the fight in the United States.   Additionally, this avoided a clash with the PBConFox card that night featuring the return of Tony Harrison against Bryant Perella and the Jake Pa ..read more

Picture by Mark Robinson David Avanesyan stopped Josh Kelly in six rounds at The SSE Arena, Wembley to retain his EBU European Welterweight Title, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S. and more than 200 countries and territories. Picture By Mark Robinson Sunderland’s Kelly suffered his first professional defeat at the hands of Avanesyan, the relentless Russian champion, who forced Kelly’s trainer Adam Booth to throw in the towel after two knockdowns in a punishing sixth round. Avanesyan had been made to wait for Kelly, with the fight twice postponed, but his sustained assault b ..read more

Following the increase in Covid-19 cases in the United Kingdom and the effects such increases has on the NHS and the work of the Board Medical Officers, it has been decided that no tournaments under the jurisdiction of the British Boxing Board of Control will take place in January 2021.   A further review by the Board’s Medical Panel and Stewards will take place later in January in relation to tournaments from February onwards.     ROBERT W. SMITH General Secretary ..read more

WITH SPORT ON the whole creeping sluggishly out of enforced hibernation and attempting to establish a foothold in the world of the so-called new normal, how about lighting the touch paper and really bringing British boxing back with a bang? The time is right to throw off the shackles and truly give our sport a proper shot in the arm. What I am proposing is to break down the borders and give the fans the fights they want to see. Let’s make the natural matches that have previously been deemed too complicated due to promotional and broadcast affiliations. Queensberry’s finest versus the best of M ..read more

After a scorching British Friday where the mercury reached as high as 36 degrees, Queensberry Promotions were delighted to be back in the air conditioned BT Sport Studios for another summer spectacle as boxing returned for the third instalment of the post-Lockdown series. In the main event, undefeated Mancunian Lyndon ‘King’ Arthur would seek to defend his Commonwealth crown against Scunthorpe slugger Dec Spelman – with the winner moving on to a mouthwatering domestic showdown with ‘The Beast’ Anthony Yarde. Before we got to that, though, Belfast prospect Caoimhin Agyarko would take a step up ..read more

BOXRAW exists to pioneer the boxing lifestyle — enabling the spirit of boxing to live inside and outside the squared ring. Our brand: boxing (noun) The sport or practice of fighting with the fists. lifestyle (noun) The way in which a person lives. Founded by Ben Amanna in 2017, BOXRAW was built from the belief that boxing was more than just ‘the sport or practice of fighting with fists.’ It was a lifestyle, ‘the way in which a person lives.’ BOXRAW is on a mission to change the narrative of the sport. Our vision; to be the reason why the world got into boxing. Ben comments below on his outloo ..read more

12 x 3 mins IBF International Super-Welterweight Title SAM EGGINGTON v TED CHEESEMAN WUD12 (116-113, 116-113 & 115-114) (Stourbridge)            (Bermondsey) Sam Eggington and Ted Cheeseman served up an unforgettable Fight of the Year contender on a spectacular opening night of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US. Bermondsey’s Cheeseman was under immense pressure heading into the fight having been without a win in three fights during a difficult sp ..read more

  So what is new with Round4Pound?   Sign Up The main feature is that users can now sign up and create their very own account.  This saves players entering contact details after every set of predictions and means players can track their own predictions once they’ve been made.  Woohoo! This was one of the biggest issues with the original version according to our research, so was the main aspect we wanted to change. Check Predictions (past and present) As well as being able to view your current predictions, there is also a section towards the bottom where you can see your pr ..read more

THE FOURTH SHOW of BT Sport’s exciting summer schedule has been brought forward and will now take place on Saturday August 15 with the addition of Belfast stars Carl Frampton and Michael Conlan to the card. The BT Sport-televised show was initially listed to take place on Thursday August 20, but now switches to the previous weekend with the significant bonus of two-weight world champion Frampton and featherweight contender Conlan being drafted into action. The originally scheduled headliner between Archie Sharp and Jeff Ofori for the WBO European super featherweight title remains on the card a ..read more

You either know Steve Wraith or you don’t.  You either like him or, errr, you don’t.  He says as much in Every Boy’s Dream. As a fellow Geordie boxing fan, I nodded along and related to a lot of the trials and tribulations that crop up in this Jamie Boyle written biography.  I daresay that many Newcastle United fans will do the same.  However, even I was surprised to read just how spookily we have one particular memory in common.  Both Steve Wraith and I desperately wanted to attend a Middlesbrough vs Newcastle match.  Both relied on our Dad’s getting tickets and ..read more