Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jnr isn’t just a cracked egg – it’s a rotten one
An egg – landed to the face and so difficult to wipe clean – was perhaps the perfect metaphor for this messy Chris Eubank Jnr-Conor Benn spectacle.
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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
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The Beltline: Do we need to rethink how boxers are treated during fight week?
Although it played like a snuff film, those in the room stood back and let it happen, with only one or two thinking, “No, no, surely not”...
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The grass was no greener for Craig ‘Spider’ Richards
Craig Richards explains to Elliot Worsell why change isn't always the answer to a boxer's problems
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Lewis Crocker says all the pressure is on Paddy Donovan ahead of Saturday’s all-Irish clash in Belfast
"He should be taking me out here in one or two rounds," said Lewis Crocker at this afternoon's press conference.
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Paddy Donovan doesn’t have ‘the minerals’ to fight in the trenches, according to Lewis Crocker’s coach
Billy Nelson, the trainer of Lewis Crocker, believes Paddy Donovan is trying to run before he can walk
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Ten things we learned from The Last Crescendo
The judges preferred the work of Dmitry Bivol this time around, every time Bivol and Artur Beterbiev fight it will be close, Martin Bakole did what he was paid to do, and more
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The Beltline: Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn want the world to know they are being good boys
Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn's current accordance with VADA testing cannot erase the memory of the farce that resulted to the cancellation of their fight in 2022, writes Elliot Worsell
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Bivol-Beterbiev remains a Russian classic in need of translation (and a third act)
In the tradition of most great Russian works of art, but specifically the novel, the rivalry between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev has turned into a circuitous yet page-turning affair, writes Elliot Worsell
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Joseph Parker feels both young and old at 33
Joseph Parker explains to Elliot Worsell how a change, both in team and perspective, has given him a new lease of life
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Dmitry Bivol says he will do more in rematch with Artur Beterbiev
Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev said very little at the final press conference ahead of their fight on Saturday.
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