Kieran Mulvaney

Bristol

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Writer and speaker of words. Author of books. Chronicler of polar regions. Saver of whales (ret.) Writer for @NatGeo etc. Fan of #LFC.

Articles

Best in class: Reviewing and ranking the weight divisions

3 weeks ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

What is the best weight class in boxing right now? And what’s better: A dominant champion defending against all-comers or an uncertain hierarchy that requires a round robin to crown the best? As 2025 reaches the end of its first quarter, this is one man’s tour through boxing’s 17(!) – not including the ridiculous bridgerweight – weight classes to provide a decidedly subjective and non-definitive assessment.
As Edgar Berlanga seeks new pastures, Diego Pacheco weighs his options

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

After swatting aside the hopelessly overmatched Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz inside a round at the Caribe Royal Resort in Orlando, Florida on Saturday night, the super-middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga became a promotional free agent. BoxingScene was unable to persuade anyone on Berlanga's team to speak on the record about his next move, although Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn expressed a willingness to re-sign the self-styled "Chosen One".
Ammo Williams pushed all the way in decision win over Patrice Volny

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

ORLANDO, Fla. – Austin “Ammo” Williams knew going in that his fight with Patrice Volny was going to be a tough, grueling battle, and so it proved. Volny, despite being a little-known late starter who didn’t turn pro until he was 26, provided a strong, resilient challenge over 12 middleweight rounds, forcing Williams to work hard to win by unanimous decision here at the Caribe Royale Resort on Saturday night.
Omari Jones scores TKO win in pro debut; Jamaine Ortiz wins decision

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

ORLANDO, Florida – When Matchroom Boxing signed 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Omari Jones to a professional contract, company president Eddie Hearn boasted, “I have no doubt that he is going to transfer that [amateur] success into a glittering career in the paid ranks.” There is a long, long way to go, but the junior middleweight got that career off to a blistering start in front of a hugely enthusiastic hometown crowd at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday night, with a...
Eddie Hearn: Turki Alalshikh likely to want Bivol-Beterbiev III next

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

Eddie Hearn told BoxingScene on Friday that reports of Matchroom and Premier Boxing Champions negotiating a fight between undisputed light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol and David Benavidez are “completely false.” Although Bivol is a Matchroom fighter, the promoter said that the Russian’s next move “will be dictated by His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh], because he gave him all the opportunities. He fought Lyndon Arthur.
College graduate Sean O’Bradaigh ready for his pro debut

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

Imagine: you’re an amateur boxer, an Irish-American from New York City, and you’re given the opportunity to turn professional at The Theater at Madison Square Garden one day before St. Patrick’s Day on a card that bills itself as “The Biggest Irish Boxing Card in New York City History.” If you’re Sean O’Bradaigh, you don’t have to imagine it; that’s his impending reality as he prepares to enter the paid ranks on the undercard of Callum Walsh’s clash with Dean Sutherland on Sunday evening.
From center stage to supporting act: Edgar Berlanga wants to get back to big fights

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

ORLANDO - Six months after sharing the ring with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez atop a massive Mexican Independence Day weekend card in Las Vegas, Edgar Berlanga returns to the ring in altogether more anonymous circumstances on Saturday, taking on Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz in the co-main event of a Matchroom Boxing show at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. And he doesn’t seem particularly happy about it.
Eddie Hearn: Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois are the fights that motivate injured Anthony Joshua

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

ORLANDO - Eddie Hearn says he believes that former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is only motivated to fight two possible opponents as he looks to rebound from a knockout loss to Daniel Dubois in September. “He's pretty relaxed, but I'll be honest, I think the only fights that really get his juices flowing are Dubois and Tyson Fury,” the Matchroom head told BoxingScene during a wide-ranging conversation at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida on Friday.
At 35, Patrice Volny says his career is just beginning

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

On the surface, it would seem that, at age 35, Patrice Volny is running out of road for his professional career. The Montreal middleweight, 19-1 (13 KOs), takes on Austin “Ammo” Williams in the main event of a Matchroom card from the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida in what on paper is the biggest event of his career so far. On another level, however, Volny has barely started.
Dancing Austin 'Ammo' Williams returns after a 'trying' year

1 month ago | boxingscene.com | Kieran Mulvaney

In the ring, Austin “Ammo” Williams is movement and patience interspersed with fast flurries and a concussive southpaw left hand that has brought him 10 knockouts in 17 wins. In conversation, the engaging Texan is an entirely different character, eager to discuss what is, for a boxer, a surprisingly catholic range of interests.