Gary McArthur, former Scottish amateur Light-Welterweight (2004) and Lightweight champion (2005), was shocked and disappointed to hear last year that he would not be representing his country in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Despite being crowned king of Scotland, by out-pointing the rugged Mitch Prince in a pulsating four round scrap last March, Gary was told by […]

Local boy Mike Reid is top of the bill for tonight’s sell-out boxing show at the Thainstone Exchange, Inverurie - the first ever professional show to be held in Aberdeenshire outside of the Granite City itself.

The unbeaten Light Welterweight will face Tommy Hogan for the second time in front of 500 fans. Reid beat the […]

Scott Harrison’s mandatory title defence against Joan Guzman is in doubt following news that the Sycuan Warrior has signed with Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and is now scheduled to fight in Las Vegas on the 6th of May.

“Our previously scheduled bout with WBO champion, Scott Harrison, was postponed numerous times,” claimed Guzman’s […]

Martin Watson must wonder whether he is coming or going.

First he’s told he’s fighting Steve Murray at Meadowbank for the WBU Lightweight title. Then he didn’t. Then he was due to fight in London for the WBU title. Then it was changed to an eliminator.

And remember how his opponent was going to be […]

Big-time boxing is returning to The Magnum Centre in Irvine, Ayrshire, for the first time in 11 years on Saturday, May the 6th.

Hometown Lightweight prospect, Ryan Brawley, and New Cumnock’s British Masters Super Featherweight champ, Andrew Ferrans, headline a bill of Ayrshire up-and-comers which includes unbeaten Stevenston brothers, George and Jamie McIlroy, as well […]

Six boxers from Glenrothes ABC and two from Madison ABC are off to Cyprus where they will compete against a Cyprus Select.

The lads fly out tonight and will box twice at different venues before taking a well earned break in the sun.

Meanwhile, Glenrothes ABC are to become the latest club in Scotland to open its […]

With only days to go, The British Board Of Boxing Control have told Martin Watson that they will not be sanctioning his WBU world title challenge against Gavin Rees because he lost his last fight.

Watson who will still face Rees at the York Hall on Saturday the 1st of April lost to Lee Meager last […]

Scott Harrison’s father and trainer, Peter Harrison, has said that the world champion would move up to Super Featherweight to face Marco Antonio Barrera.

“Scott has been doing Featherweight since he was 15 and now he’s 28,” said Peter at a press conference yesterday to publicise his son’s title defence against Joan Guzman in Belfast on […]

There was a winning start to his professional career for Cambuslang’s Brian Murphy Jr who beat Birmingham’s Pete Buckley 60-54 on points at the Volunteer Rooms in Irvine on Saturday night.

Also on the card was local Lightweight, Ryan Brawley, who made it four out of four as a pro by comprehensively outpointing England’s Chris Long […]

The Senior Amateur Boxing Championships produced some cracking bouts for the big crowd at Ingliston on Friday night.

First up was the 54kg final between Davy Savage (Argo) v Mohamed Steto (Kingdom) and it turned out to be a very tight contest with
Savage having the upper hand in the first two rounds, leading 7-3, thanks to […]

Kenny Anderson has become the first Scottish boxer to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games since Alex Arthur beat Marty O’Donnel of Canada in the 57kg final in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.

The man who captained the Scotland team in Melbourne and who watches Braveheart before each bout for inspiration was up against an […]

Dave Stewart’s British Lightweight title fight against Lee Meager has been postponed until the 12th of May to allow the London based Scot to recover from the cut eye he sustained against Jason Nesbitt in February.

The contest will take place at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, as before, and the British Light Welterweight […]

Both the Scottish Senior Amateur Championships and the Scottish Schoolboys & Cadets Amateur Championships are being held at the Royal Highland Exhibition Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh at the weekend. So if you have enjoyed the coverage of the boxing at the Commonwealth Games this week, why not get yourself along to Ingliston to see the stars […]

Kenny Anderson produced the performance of the Commonwealth Games by a boxer in a Scottish vest with a second round victory over Australia’s Ben McCeachran.

From the opening bell, the 22 year old from the Craigmillar amateur boxing club took the fight to McCreachan and went through him like the Flying Scotsman went through green lights […]

Alex Arthur’s opponent for his Commonwealth title defence has been announced as one George Ashie.

It had previously been announced that the Edinburgh boxer would be defending all three of his titles as he made his way towards a world title shot, but now it appears that only his Commonwealth title will be at stake.

If […]

Carl Johanneson who beat Andrew Ferrans to become the mandatory challenger for Alex Arthur’s British title has said he will travel north to face the triple champion in Edinburgh on the 29th of April.

It was originally thought that Alex Arthur would face Gairy St Clair of Guyana who despite his pedigree in boxing circles has […]

Paisley’s Kris Carslaw was stopped by the outscore rule of a very tough quarter final bout against Vijenda of India in Melbourne today.

It was always going to be a very difficult bout for the Scottish Welterweight against an opponent who fought at the last Olympics, who has bags of experience on the international amateur scene […]

It’s the end of the road for Jason Hastie at this year’s Commonwealth Games following his points defeat today against Lassi Mehrullah, but the teenager from Gilmerton has done more than enough in Melbourne to be an early favourite for a medal should he compete in Delhi in 2010.

Mehrulla was a big favourite going into […]

Tommy Gilmour promised us a tartan tearup and that’s exactly what we got for our money during seven furious rounds of action between Kevin Anderson and Craig Dickson at the Fife Ice Arena in Kirkcaldy on Friday night.

And although only Anderson went home with the Commonwealth title and the promise of a British title […]

Ian Millarvie made a welcome return to the ring at Kirkcaldy after a ten month absence from the noble art due to a blood disorder. And the “Big Man” was bigger than ever - a whole two stone heavier than he had fought at before. Not that the extra weight was going to stop […]