Matt Christie

Matt Christie, a lifelong fight fan, has worked in boxing for more than 20 years. He left Boxing News in 2024 after 14 years, nine of which were spent as editor-in-chief. Before that, he was the producer of weekly boxing show “KOTV.” Now the co-host of “The Opening Bell” podcast and regularly used in the UK as a pundit, Matt was named as the Specialist Correspondent of the Year at the prestigious Sports Journalism Awards in 2021, which was the seventh SJA Award he accepted during his stint in the hot seat at Boxing News. The following year, he was inducted into the British Boxing Hall of Fame. He is a member of the BWAA and has been honored several times in their annual writing awards.

Professional Details

Area of Expertise: Investigations, features, previews, columns, chronologies
Career Background: Although I’d had a few boxing articles published in local newspapers over the years it was 2005 before I got my first full-time gig with KOTV, a weekly British TV show. My earliest memories involve boxing: Watching it on TV, reading about it in books and magazines, attempting to write about it and listening to my grandad, who boxed in the army, educate me on the history. Why am I still here? I used to think I could make a difference, that I could make people listen, that I could play a part in the sport eradicating its flaws. Now I know the flaws are too ingrained. But boxers remain my superheroes and the sport still fascinates me. Above all, even though I really had no idea what the life of a boxing journalist would entail, it’s exactly what I always wanted to be.
Articles Published on BoxingScene: 185

Additional Information

Awards: British Boxing Hall of Fame inductee; 7 Sports Journalism Association SJA Awards (including Specialist Correspondent in 2021); Multiple BWAA writing awards; Reg Gutteridge Media Award 2018; Ring 8 Sam Kellerman Media Award 2018.
Interests: As a young boxing fan, I attended the first Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn fight with my father in 1990
Gender: Male

Matt Christie Featured Articles

Joe Gallagher, the man every boxer should want in their corner

Matt Christie, who has known and spoken with Gallagher for years, has paid a heart-felt tribute to the fiercely loyal trainer, who is battling stage four cancer

How did Jarrell Miller rise from 13th to fourth without having a fight?

The methods used by the various sanctioning bodies to rank fighters has been a source of bemusement for decades and the rise of Jarrell Miller to fourth from 13th in the WBA rankings, in the space of three months and without having a fight, is a worthy and topical case in point.

The only thing the Conor Benn case proves is that boxing is ill-equipped to deal with positive tests

Whether or not Conor Benn knowingly took clomiphene, a hormone and metabolic modulator which can increase testosterone levels, is by now a secondary concern to the mind-boggling timeline of events that followed its discovery in his system.

Fifty things you didn’t know about the Rumble in the Jungle

On the 51st anniversary of Muhammad Ali regaining the world heavyweight title when he knocked out George Foreman in the “Rumble in the Jungle,” we present 50 facts from the fight you may not know.