Too Hot to Handle: Mexican underdogs bring a different heat to Britain and Ireland
Elliot Worsell looks at the recent success Mexican fighters have had on the road
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Biography
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.
Area of Expertise
Long-form features, interviews, columns, previews, reports
Interests
First fight attended: Audley Harrison vs. Mike Middleton, May 19, 2001. Covered, Howard Eastman vs. Hacine Cherifi, July 25, 2003
Career Background
Number of years on the beat: 22.
Reason for doing what you do: Boxing has always been fertile ground for writers and storytellers and I have always been attracted to toxic, troubled and tragic things. I also think it’s important that boxers’ stories are told well and with a degree of creativity, not just covered or reduced to “content”.
Awards & Honors
4 first-place BWWA Writing Awards with further multiple Top 3 placements
Articles by Elliot Worsell: page 19
The Beltline: Roberto Duran made brawling both artful and beautiful
It's 45 years to the day since Roberto Duran unveiled his masterpiece - the epic 15-round victory over Sugar Ray Leonard
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Three Sugars, please: Sugar Ray, Sugar Shane and the burden of a nickname
When Walker Smith Jnr borrowed the amateur card of his friend, Ray Robinson, he could not have known that Ray Robinson would become the name by which he would forever be remembered. Nor for that matter could Smith/Robinson have predicted that being described as “sweet as sugar” after a fight in New York in 1939 would result in yet another name – this time a nickname – becoming a part of both his legacy and the sport’s lexicon.
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Chris Eubank Jnr is as close as he has ever been to fighting Canelo Alvarez
After years of calling out Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and other big names, Chris Eubank Jnr might soon be about to make that leap, writes Elliot Worsell.
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George Kambosos hints at retirement following Richardson Hitchins loss
“It’s a tough game but one game that I have always loved no matter what,” George Kambosos wrote on social media this morning.
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The Beltline: Why it was important to not let Keyshawn Davis have the last laugh
Such is the trauma of cutting weight, seldom does a fighter approach the scales with a smile on their face, let alone on the brink of laughter...
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Comeback Kings: How do boxers turn it around with one punch?
Fighters like Carl Froch, Carl Thompson, and Leigh Wood explain to Elliot Worsell how they came back from the brink
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The Huni Trap: No heavyweight is safe with Fabio Wardley
Although well behind on the scorecards, all Fabio Wardley needed was one right hand to turn defeat into victory and remind us all of why we love the sport, writes Elliot Worsell.
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Jai Opetaia ends mismatch with Claudio Squeo in round five
Jai Opetaia did what he had to do against Claudio Squeo, but already we are thinking about what's next, writes Elliot Worsell.
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The Beltline: Barry McGuigan, Loftus Road, and the daddy of all stadium fights
Barry McGuigan tells Elliot Worsell about the greatest night of his boxing career, 40 years on
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