Heads Should Roll For Evander Holyfield Farce
There were probably some who were looking forward to seeing Oscar De La Hoya in his comeback oddity fight with former MMA star Vitor Belfort.
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Biography
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.
Area of Expertise
Interviews, long-form features, columns, and investigations
Interests
Attended an amateur fight card in an old barn in 1996. I started attending pro shows in 2000.
Career Background
I freelanced from 2001 to 2006 and started full-time with Boxing News in 2007. However, as a freelancer I was living and breathing it and working well beyond full-time hours. I started boxing in 1995 as an amateur and fell in love with it there and then. I was welcomed into my amateur gym, made to feel part of the community and managed to find some self-respect and confidence. Boxing does that to you, and that’s a significant reason for doing what I do, along with having so much respect for what fighters put themselves through to actually fight.
Awards & Honors
Inducted into the British Boxing Hall of Fame; shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year (Damage: The untold story of brain trauma in boxing), Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year (Warrior: A champion’s search for his identity), Daily Telegraph biography of the Year (War and Peace, Ricky Hatton’s autobiography); Boxing Writers Association of America Award winner with multiple placings and honorable mentions.
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Joe Cordina Eyes Quick Return, Eager For Title Eliminator in Near Future
Welsh star Joe Cordina came close to stealing the show at the final Fight Camp of the year when he took little more than 50 seconds to dismantle Chicago’s Joshuah Hernandez.
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Family Dynasty: Destiny Calling Kid Galahad
By Tris Dixon - Few people are talked about with the same reverence in British boxing as the late mercurial trainer Brendan Ingle. The influential Irishman helped hundreds of people who came through the doors of his famed Wincobank Gym in Sheffield. Plenty of them made it in boxing. Many of them made it in life.
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Ben Davison Confident Leigh Wood Will Power Past Xu Can
By Tris Dixon - Xu Can must be careful when he meets challenger Leigh Wood in the new Fight Camp headliner because the Nottingham man has “ridiculous” punching power. Wood’s trainer Ben Davison saw his man topple Reece Mould in their first fight together earlier this year and the coach is confident ahead of Wood’s bid to dethrone Can Xu, one of the world’s best featherweights.
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The Heavyweight Waiting Game
By Tris Dixon - Around this time in 2021 we were due to find out who was the top man in the heavyweight division. We were told Tyson Fury against Anthony Joshua was incoming and there would not just be not just one fight but a rematch, too, and all the belts would be unified.
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Michael Conlan: TJ Doheny Will Be The Best I've Faced
By Tris Dixon - Michael Conlan believes win No. 16 will take him to within touching distance of a world title fight. The 15-0 Belfastman faces former world champion TJ Doheny on August 6 at Falls Park in Belfast in an all-Irish battle and while there will be fans, Conlan expects the majority will get behind him.
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Lyndon Arthur and The Foundation of Love, Respect and Trust
“Everyone does things for money, apart from me and apart us,” said trainer Pat Barrett. The Manchester trainer, a former European champion and world title challenger, coaches 18-0 light-heavyweight contender Lyndon Arthur who meets 15-0 Italian Davide Faraci at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday night.
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Kalle Sauerland Discusses Wasserman Boxing, Their Plans For The Future
Promoter Kalle Sauerland says fight fans will have a clear indication of what he’s been building by September or October. Sauerland and his family boxing company linked up with giant sport’s agency Wasserman earlier in the year, he has also announced the new season of the World Boxing Super Series and a partnership with social media magnate KSI.
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Stephen Smith - 'I Gave Everything I Had'
When Liverpool fighter Stephen Smith scrolled through his phone on Monday he was reminded that it was 13 years to the day since he turned professional. Well, after a frustrating period over the final few years of his career, he decided Monday was as good a time as any to haul the curtain down on his 28-4 career.
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