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
If "Giant" brings anything to the pantheon of boxing films, it is to underline the inevitability of fighters and trainers drifting apart, writes Elliot Worsell.
When Carlos Zarate was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring in 1977, few would have imagined he would act as the inspiration for a prompt nearly 50 years later to “Name a random boxer."
"Garcia-Benn, I like the sound of that," said Conor Benn, the WBC's mandatory challenger, on Tuesday.
“I’d rather be the underdog with the bookies than in my own head,” said Dickens in Dublin. “I can’t really be f****ed.”
An "update" regarding a positive PED test is never really an update, writes Elliot Worsell, but we take whatever we can get.
When Dalton Smith learned before Christmas that Subriel Matias, had tested positive for a banned substance, he would have been well within his rights to refuse the fight, writes Elliot Worsell
A British boxer fighting for a major world title in New York no longer means what it used to mean, writes Elliot Worsell.
“I’m getting a lot of messages about this BKFC, but there’s absolutely no truth in me fighting in BKFC,” said Kell Brook on Thursday.
Elliot Worsell looks back on some world title-winning efforts from fighters from Sheffield. Can Dalton Smith emulate the likes of Naseem Hamed, Kell Brook, Clinton Woods and Johnny Nelson?
Elliot Worsell examines the claim that Deontay Wilder, 40, has just entered his fighting prime
