Elliot Worsell

Death of a Prizefight: Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jnr, two years on

On October 8, 2022 Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jnr were supposed to fight each other at The O2 Arena in London. To try to imagine this now...

Andrei Mikhailovich, Ronny Rios, and underdogs who go beyond the call of duty

Just as there are various ways for a fighter to win a fight, so too are there various ways to lose...

Tyson Fury says he has to stop Oleksandr Usyk to win

For Tyson Fury, there are parallels between his multi-fight rivalry with Deontay Wilder, which stretched from December 2018 to October 2021, and a potential multi-fight rivalry with Oleksandr Usyk.

The Beltline: Delicious Orie is the latest boxer to wrestle with alternative options

While it is not unusual to hear that an amateur boxer about to turn pro has options from which to choose, rarely do these options include a completely new direction; a handbrake turn so sharp it would lead not only to whiplash but the end of one care...

Harry Simon is 30 years undefeated but still haunted by loss

After tracking down Harry Simon, the former WBO junior middleweight and middleweight champion in Walvis Bay, Namibia, Elliot Worsell finds a 52-year-old still obsessed with winning and still haunted by loss

With spilled blood, red paint, and plenty of action, women’s boxing takes centre stage

It was always going to be a tough act to follow: Wembley Stadium, 90-something-thousand fans, a heavyweight upset, a stunning one-punch finish. And yet, one week after Daniel Dubois came of age against Anthony Joshua, boxing fans were treated to thre...

Daniel Dubois' coach: 'I wouldn’t be telling Anthony Joshua to jump back in with him'

For a coach, perhaps the only thing better than a fight going exactly as expected is for the same fight to end up being even easier than they expected, or indeed hoped.

The Beltline: What happened to the twentysomething heavyweights?

Much of what makes ageing so cruel is that it happens so gradually, the damage done in increments largely imperceptible until suddenly it is all you see. If it’s not something you see in yourself, it will be something you see in those around you, may...

Careful What You Wish For: Oleksandr Usyk and ill-advised rematches

There are some things in life a person will try once only to vow never to try again: childbirth, marriage, a marathon, a mind-altering drug, shoplifting, skydiving, a fist fight, a suicide attempt, love.

Warrior Spirit: Daniel Dubois sends Anthony Joshua a step closer to the garden

Elliot Worsell delivers his big-fight verdict on Daniel Dubois' destruction of Anthony Joshua

Daniel Dubois vs. Anthony Joshua is, for Matchroom and Queensberry, a case of Next Goal Wins

Regardless of the score, or the balance of play, it is inevitable. It is usually shouted with about a minute to go in the match and the implication, when it is called, is that everything that came before it, including even the score, is now effective...

The Beltline: Daniel Dubois and the oddity of the well-behaved boxer with nothing to say

While preparing to fight Anthony Joshua on Saturday, Daniel Dubois celebrated his 27th birthday. That is an age of little significance, true, yet it is interesting all the same to consider how, in the context of Daniel Dubois, a heavyweight, it is co...

Daniel Dubois says ‘everything’s good’ between him and trainer Don Charles

Some delayed press conferences are in the end worth waiting for, whereas others have you wondering, “What was the point of that?”

Josh Kelly and the threat of a short-notice opponent

Josh Kelly likes to feel settled. He is not alone in wanting this feeling, of course, but on account of his career choice, finding this feeling is for Kelly more difficult than it is for most. In boxing, after all, the feeling of being surprised or e...

Project Dynamite: The builders behind the renovation of Daniel Dubois

Kieran Farrell, while on his way home one Thursday in September, came to understand this. He had earlier that day been in the boxing gym, his office, training Daniel Dubois, yet was now stuck on a train, surrounded by passengers as desperate as him t...