Elliot Worsell is a boxing writer whose byline first appeared in Boxing News magazine at the age of 17. He has, in the 20 years since, written for various publications, worked as press officer for two world heavyweight champions and won four first-place BWAA (Boxing Writers Association of America) awards. In addition to his boxing writing, Worsell has written about mixed martial arts for Fighters Only magazine and UFC.com, as well as worked as a publicist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He has also written two non-fiction books, one of which, “Dog Rounds,” was shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards in 2018.
Long-form features, interviews, columns, previews, reports
First fight attended: Audley Harrison vs. Mike Middleton, May 19, 2001. Covered, Howard Eastman vs. Hacine Cherifi, July 25, 2003
The good thing about team sports is that it is never really your fault. If something goes wrong, there will always be a long chain of culpability, as well as various other people wearing the same colours as you whose faces look the same as yours: sheepish, away.
Is talk of Moses Itauma fighting Oleksandr Usyk next a sign of Itauma's talent, a sign of Usyk's dominance, or a sign of our collective impatience? asks Elliot Worsell
Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis will box in a Netflix exhibition bout on November 14 at State Farm Arena, Atlanta.
"I need to go in there and show I am hungrier than you are. It’s all about food. Who is going to eat?" said Joshua Buatsi ahead of his November 1st fight against Zach Parker.
Discussing drugs in boxing is no easier than the “sex talk” for which two parents steel themselves...
"I’m going to bring the heat Saturday night," said Moses Itauma ahead of his toughest test to date.
When Moses Itauma prepared to fight Mike Balogun back in May, the idea behind it was twofold: one, beat Mike Balogun in impressive fashion to crank up the hype, and two, get ready to fight Dillian Whyte, a more evolved version of Balogun, sometime in August.
Elliot Worsell recalls going behind enemy lines in France to witness one of the great cruiserweight contests.
It pays to keep it short and simple these days. Go long and you run the risk of boring them. Losing them. The audience, I mean...
If you go by his Wikipedia page, Ikemefula Charles “Ike” Ibeabuchi is a “Nigerian former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 1999 in the heavyweight division”...
