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Looking BBBack to the Future

By Ian Mathias @mathiasonboxing It’s that merry time of year where we reflect on the year we have just witnessed and look ahead to what potential fights can happen and can fall by the wayside. Although we have seen some

Sky’s the limit for Boxxer

Sky Sports and Boxxer’s first show was not without it’s teething troubles. Chris Eubank Jr’s opponent failing a medical on the morning of the fight meaning the main event would not go ahead could have been disastrous but the remaining

Smokin’ Joe in firefight as Derbyshire defeats Maphosa

A fantastic first round saw the home fighter dropped and Derbyshire suffer a cut above above right eye. With it all to do, Maphosa looked to get back to his boxing as the contest wore on.

Derbyshire however had other ideas and pressured his skilful opponent for most of the fight. Maphosa fought gamely but was constantly on the backfoot and was deducted a point for excessive used of the head.

Mental Health – Boxing’s Biggest Battle

Tyson Fury is probably the most high profile example in the sport, where a tough man admitted suffering to the extent where he considered suicide. This is a man who was supposedly on top of the world, yet reached a point where he wanted to end his life.

WOOD RIPS WBA FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FROM XU CAN WITH 12TH-ROUND STOPPAGE

Leigh Wood stopped Xu Can in the 12th and final round to claim the WBA Featherweight World Title in a big upset at the top of the bill on the first week of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex, live worldwide on DAZN.

An In-Depth look into UK Boxing Viewership Numbers since the Pandemic

Average Matchroom/Sky Saturday Night Viewing Numbers: 176,795
Average Matchroom/Sky Friday/Sunday Viewing Numbers: 58,030
Average Queensberry/BT Saturday Viewing Numbers: 87,290
Average Queensberry/BT Friday Viewing Numbers: 15,050
With these very strong Saturday Night numbers from Matchroom, they have started to do shows only on Saturday and stopped doing Friday shows. It will be interesting to see if this 170,000+ average viewing number remains on DAZN.