Boxing

Boxing legends are to headline a special dinner to boost funds for a statue of acclaimed boxer Ken Buchanan.

AMATEUR boxing is everything to Bradley Welsh. Note the ‘amateur’. It’s important.

Edinburgh Celtic middleweight champion Tommy Philbin hopes to be back in the ring as soon as possible after a medical issue forced him to withdraw from his bout with Englishman Anthony Fox on Saturday night.

Celtic super middleweight champion Tommy Philbin is back in the ring tonight for the first time in 2018.

Edinburgh boxer Stephen Simmons has officially announced he is retiring from the sport.

From the largest team ever to travel away, Scotland has a coterie of athletes ready and able to win medals and here are ten in a good position to shine on the Gold Coast, writes Moira Gordon

Lochend’s Matty McHale swapped last year’s silver medal for gold as he defeated Denniston’s Stephen Boyle to become the 2018 Scottish 56kg amateur boxing champion.

Lochend fly the flag for Edinburgh and the Lothians at the Scottish Amateur Boxing Championships finals this weekend.

Stephen Simmons’ bid to become the first Scot crowned British cruiserweight champion went out like a light as he was stopped by reigning champion Matty Askin in the second round at London’s York Hall.

Edinburgh’s Stephen Simmons is determined to bring the curtain down on his boxing career by becoming British cruiserweight champion.

HE’S more used to bobbing and weaving upon the high seas in his job helping patrol the world’s oceans.

Jason Easton suffered the first defeat of his professional career as he was stopped late in the 11th round by Englishman Glenn Foot.

Edinburgh bantamweight Lee McGregor barely broke sweat as he eased to his third straight win as a professional at the SSE Hydro.

Cyclone Promotions manager Barry McGuigan’s assertion this weekend that Josh Taylor is one of the best fighters in the world is expected to raise a few eyebrows.

Edinburgh’s Josh Taylor made a successful second defence of his WBC Silver super lightweight belt against Winston Campos at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

Jason Easton is ready to show opponent Glenn Foot why he is the higher-ranked boxer in Britain when the duo compete for the vacant Commonwealth super lightweight title tonight

Josh Taylor admits the late call-off by Mexican Humberto Soto has been far from ideal. However, the Prestonpans puncher insists his top amateur pedigree has prepared him well for this kind of scenario.

WBC Silver super lightweight challenger Winston Campos insists fighting on the streets of Nicaragua has prepared him well for his bout at the SSE Hydro with Prestonpans’ Josh Taylor.

Josh Taylor has a new opponent for the second defence of his WBC Silver super-lightweight title this weekend after Humberto Soto pulled out.