Six steps to a boxing utopia (Part III)
In Part III, the always topical subject of controversial scorecards is addressed as we attempt to plot our way to a boxing utopia
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Biography
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.
Area of Expertise
Investigations, features, previews, columns, chronologies
Interests
As a young boxing fan, I attended the first Chris Eubank-Nigel Benn fight with my father in 1990
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.
Awards & Honors
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.
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Six steps to a boxing utopia (Part II)
In the second of a six-part guide to boxing utopia, we focus on the implementation of an independent rankings body
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Six steps to a boxing utopia (Part I)
When one considers how exciting boxing is, how easy it is to follow even with only a rudimentary understanding of what it takes to win a fight, and the incredible characters involved who shape the drama, it’s frustrating that the sport isn’t (universally) regarded as one of the biggest on the planet
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The outside world is no place for the demons of Ryan Garcia
Ryan Garcia’s own reflection must be awfully difficult to look at and his mind, reportedly bent out of shape by drugs and alcohol, the darkest of places to inhabit.
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WBC open to ranking champions from rival organizations
On the same day it was reported that the WBC would welcome the request of the 45-year-old Manny Pacquiao to fight for their vacant welterweight title after three years of inactivity, the head of that organization, Mauricio Sulaiman, discussed their policies when it comes to ranking fighters
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Anthony Joshua Keen to Help Ringside Charitable Trust Open Care Home for Retired Boxers
Ringside Charitable Trust has struggled to rally support in its bid to open a care home for retired boxers, but the charity has confirmed that Anthony Joshua has expressed an interest in being of significant assistance.
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Tyson Fury Just The Latest In A Long Line To Be In Denial About Defeat
After spending so long believing that “middleweight” Oleksandr Usyk was no match for him, it’s not a surprise to hear Tyson Fury retain that viewpoint and claim he won a fight the rest of the world knows he lost
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Ringside Charitable Trust Resigned To Not Getting Help From The Sport’s Powerbrokers
Dave Harris, head of U.K. charity Ringside Charitable Trust, has all but given up on key figures from the sport coming forward to help the cause.
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Team Haney Respond As Ryan Garcia Announces 'Official' Retirement In Face Of NYSAC Ruling On Failed Tests
Ryan Garcia has announced his retirement via social media. It comes as reports out of New York suggest he is facing a suspension for those two failed drug tests that tainted his win over Devin Haney on April 20.
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Let Tyson Fury Be Tyson Fury
The sight of Tyson Fury, as fissed as a part, being led out of a bar by security and then stumbling to his knees until his head nestled against a lamp post raised eyebrows. It even made headlines in certain places. But ‘Tyson Fury Gets Drunk’ is not exactly in the running for scoop of the year.
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