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.
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As a young boxing fan, I attended the first Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn fight with my father in 1990
Matt Christie gets to the bottom of the debate regarding Turki Alalshikh's influence on the result of Saturday's fight between Carlos Adames and Hamzah Sheeraz.
Chris Eubank Jnr was 'irresponsible' to strike Conor Benn says Robert Smith
Zhilei Zhang has no answer for the suffocating industry of the impressive Agit Kabayel
England's Kevin Parker has landed one of the most prestigious gigs of his 13-year officiating career by being selected to referee the world light heavyweight championship rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
After being flown in at late, late notice Martin Bakole is at his heaviest for scrap with Joseph Parker
Floyd Schofield was tested, at his own request, by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
There remains a sense with Zhilei Zhang, even at the age of 41, that we’re yet to find out how good – or even average – he really is. The same might be said for Saturday’s opponent, fellow heavyweight contender Agit Kabayel, who in his last two fights has at last started to put some meat on the bones of his unbeaten record
If the grand arrivals of a big fight week can rarely be relied upon to provide a single worthwhile soundbite, the open workouts never – ever – deliver any kind of insight into how the fighters will approach battle when the business end of the promotion arrives
Deal agreed at midnight on Tuesday that will see Josh Padley take on Shakur Stevenson
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
