About
We keep the ledger
Boxing and MMA, round by round. Previews that explain styles. Scorecards that show their working.
Fights are decided in rounds, and rounds are decided in moments: a jab that lands first, a takedown that holds, a flurry in the last ten seconds that a judge can’t ignore. Most coverage skips straight to who won. We are interested in how. Ringside Ledger exists to explain what is happening inside the ropes and the fence, in plain words, for fans who watch the big cards and want to understand them better.
What we cover
We write about professional boxing and mixed martial arts, organised into six sections:
- Boxing — Boxing coverage from the small halls to the stadium shows. We break down how fighters win rounds, how titles are structured and why styles make fights.
- MMA — Mixed martial arts explained without the hype: grappling exchanges, striking battles and the judging criteria that decide the close ones.
- Fight previews — Before the bell, we ask the same questions every time: whose range is it, who sets the pace, and how will the judges see it if it goes the distance.
- Results & scorecards — How fights are scored, round by round. The official cards come from the commission; our cards are our own, and we always label them that way.
- Rankings — How we rank fighters, why our lists differ from the sanctioning bodies, and what pound-for-pound lists can and cannot tell you.
- Technique — The jab, the outside foot, the calf kick, the guard. Technique explained in plain words, with simple diagrams and the reasons it works.
How we score
We score fights round by round, the way the judges are asked to. In boxing that means the 10-point must system: clean punching, effective aggression, ring generalship and defence. In MMA it means the Unified Rules: effective striking and grappling first, then aggression, then control of the fighting area.
Our scorecards are our own. Every card we publish is labelled as Ringside Ledger’s opinion, and it sits next to the official cards from the commission, never in place of them. When we disagree with the judges we say why, round by round. When we agree, we say that too.
How we check facts
Records, weights and results are checked against official commission and promotion sources before we publish. If we can’t confirm a number, it doesn’t go in. When we get something wrong we correct it on the page and note the correction.
We do not publish rumours about fighters’ health. Injuries, illnesses and weight-cut gossip are fighters’ private business until they or their teams make something public. Fighters take enormous risks for our entertainment; we write about them with respect.
Who we are
Three writers, three ways of watching a fight:
- Marcus Quinlan — A former amateur boxer from Liverpool who now coaches teenagers at a community gym and still shadowboxes between paragraphs.
- Sofia Reyes — A Las Vegas writer who has spent more fight weeks on the Strip than she can count and trains Brazilian jiu-jitsu twice a week.
- Tomasz Wolski — Born in Gdańsk and living in Melbourne, Tomasz is a data analyst who scores every fight he watches and compares his cards with the judges’.
What we don’t do
We don’t take money from promoters, managers or betting companies, and we don’t give betting tips. We don’t run ads or tracking scripts on this site. Our previews explain how a fight might go; they are not predictions you should stake money on.
Get in touch
Corrections, questions and arguments about our scorecards are all welcome at [email protected]. More on the contact page.