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
Things are looking up for Ringside Charitable Trust (RCT), the British charity built by Dave Harris that’s designed to help ex-boxers in need. Anthony Joshua, the former world heavyweight champion and one of the most recognizable faces in the sport, will soon be involved and British boxing royalty Joe Calzaghe has joined their team of ambassadors.
JK Rowling screamed ‘brutal injustice’, multiple half-baked reports were published on websites and even broadcast on news bulletins, and before we knew it a man had beaten up a woman inside a boxing ring.
Terence Crawford is the epitome of a great “four-belt era” fighter. He’s gustily collected nine alphabet straps thus far in 18 world-title fights (all wins; 15 by KO) across three weight classes...
Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom’s management of purse bids has taught him some valuable lessons since he started mixing with boxing's most influential.
The first time I was ringside for a Derek Chisora contest was on May 15, 2010, when he drubbed the remnants of Danny Williams in four minutes and 41 seconds to win the British heavyweight title on a sunny evening at Upton Park, the home of West Ham United, in east London.
The promoter of Chris Eubank Jr believes the chances of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez taking on his charge in September are at “50/50”. Ben Shalom, who recently added Eubank Jr to his burgeoning stable at Boxxer, said that negotiations with the Mexican superstar are ongoing, with Las Vegas the likeliest city to play host.
Some will argue that it is, particularly after the exceptional opening six months of 2024. But only those promoting their own businesses from inside of the boxing bubble, and thus enjoying something of a lucrative period, are making those claims with any validity. Outside of that bubble, where the widespread public’s interest is generally pricked only once or twice a year, the view is somewhat different.
There is little point in taking any steps if arguably the most important one of all – the implementation of an effective and universal drug testing system – is not among them. Boxing is perceived as the most dangerous sport in the world, yet it continues to be some way behind other sports when it comes to drug protocols.
Boxers tend to peak in their 20s and 30s but there’s an awful lot of learning that comes before then, and many years of life to negotiate afterwards
Boxing is the only ‘major’ sport in the world that puts its biggest events behind paywalls, thus alienating vast numbers...
