Groves pupil Lucas Roehrig set to target domestic honors
Lucas Roehrig, the cruiserweight prospect trained and managed by George Groves, improved to 8-0 (4 KOs) with victory over Czech Adam Kolarik.
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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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All-action hero: The internet reacts to Najee Lopez’s wild win over Manuel Gallegos
The internet is giving Najee Lopez and ProBox TV their flowers today, writes Tris Dixon
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Najee Lopez moves into the light: ‘It’s my time now’
After losing his father, Najee Lopez needed time to pull everything together. "But I feel like I've definitely been on a good path," he said on the cusp of his Friday main event.
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Written off again, late sub Maxi Hughes aims to upset Pierce O’Leary
Hughes has been drafted in as a replacement for Portsmouth’s Mark Chamberlain on the undercard of Jazza Dickens vs. Anthony Cacace.
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Neutral Corner: Oleksandr Usyk-Rico Verhoeven is no wonder of the world
The news that Oleksandr Usyk will fight Rico Verhoeven on May 23 has certainly divided opinion
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Gabriel Rosado fights on but won’t allow boxing to define him
Philadelphia’s Gabe Rosado gets the gloves back on Saturday, and he believes he might just have one last run in him. But if not, he says, "it's just boxing."
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‘Expect great things from Lester Martinez’
Lester Martinez might have drawn with Christian Mbilli on the biggest show of 2025, but despite the blemish on his record, his stock has only risen.
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Maxi Hughes hails Josh Warrington as British boxing great
Maxi Hughes has been friends with stablemate Josh Warrington for as long as he can remember, but now Warrington is on the verge of having to make one of his toughest decisions.
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Gabriel Rosado on sparring Bernard Hopkins and the exhaustion that triggered retirement
It wasn’t that long ago that Gabriel Rosado was performing an exhibition in a strip club. Now the 40-year-old from Philadelphia is headlining a Misfits Pro card against Ty Mitchell in England.
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Sam Eggington and Conah Walker agree terms for British humdinger
Action is almost guaranteed to occur in Wolverhampton, England, on May 2 when Conah Walker faces Sam Eggington
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