Boxing

Liverpool featherweight Jazza Dickens has praised the roles boxing gyms play in local communities across the country. The 31-year-old boxer says local amateur clubs have saved lives across the country without people realising. The Liverpudlian was defiant when asked how combat...

  Liverpool’s Peter McGrail is looking to take the next step towards world title contention with a victory over Fran Mendoza on Saturday night. The 27-year-old is a recent addition to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom stable and will appear on the undercard...

Liverpool boxer Liam Smith is set to face Chris Eubank Jnr at the start of next year in Manchester. The all-British showdown at the AO Arena is set to kick off the new year with a bang as the middleweight...

Week 4 of the MSL Podcast covering football, tennis, darts and boxing in the Merseyside area. Keane Pritchard is joined by Archie Ward and Cameron Lund. Special guests include boxing reporter Ben Jones, Tranmere fan Ethan Hoijord and there's...

Liverpool boxer Nick Ball will step into his second consecutive world title fight when he faces WBA world featherweight champion Raymond Ford. Ball, 27, will return to Riyadh following his split-decision draw with WBC world featherweight champion, Ray Vargas on March 8.

Read our report on all the undercard bouts at the Catterall v Linares event at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool last night (October 21)

Several local fighters are set to be involved in Matchroom Boxing's Diego Pacheco v Jack Cullen card. The boxers completed their weigh-ins at the Hilton Hotel, and upon entering the vast conference room, there was a sense of anticipation from the...

Liverpool’s Anthony Fowler will be making his first appearance in a boxing ring in seven months, when he faces tough Spaniard, Jorge Fortea, on March 20th in the super-welterweight division. Fowler was due to face Fortea on 28th February, but...

Liverpool’s Peter McGrail has promised an “explosive” performance when he faces former British champion Marc Leach at the Exhibition Centre this Saturday. McGrail is boxing for the first time since being knocked out by Ja'Rico O'Quinn in America last December. Leach...

Paul Butler will fight Naoya Inoue for the undisputed World Bantamweight Championship at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo in December. Current WBO champion Butler (34-2, 15 KOs) will head to the Land of the Rising Sun knowing a victory will...