Fabio Wardley set for May 9 title defense against Daniel Dubois in Manchester
The rumoured heavyweight blockbuster between WBO heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley and former IBF ruler Daniel Dubois is said to be nearing completion.
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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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Adam Olaniyan, another young and talented heavyweight, ready for pro debut
There is a lot of excitement about the prospects of Irish heavyweight Adam Olaniyan, and the former amateur star is too modest to admit why. Tris Dixon speaks to Olaniyan ahead of his pro debut.
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Teddy Baldock statue: The hunt continues as problems mount about potential replacement
Flowers have been left at the feet of what remains of the Teddy Baldock statue in Poplar in East London after thieves made off with the sculpture
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Anthony Yarde’s next fight: One more outing with Riyadh Season awaits
Light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde has one fight left on his Riyadh Season deal having lost a gruelling bout to David Benavidez last November.
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Radivoje Kalajdzic less interested in titles than enjoying his work
'I feel like I'm one of the top guys,' Radivoje Kalajdzic tells Tris Dixon
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Ben Shalom finding half-full glasses after his fighters’ losses
Promoter Ben Shalom has found positives from the losses suffered by his main-event fighters, Frazer Clarke and Callum Simpson, in his opening two shows with the BBC.
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Tyson Fury called me a waste of space, so I came back, says William Birchall
Tyson Fury’s near neighbor William Birchall has revealed the influence of the returning heavyweight champion has helped shape his path.
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Nick Ball promises excitement after making weight for tall order against Brandon Figueroa
There was little to separate Nick Ball and the mandatory challenger for his WBA featherweight title in Liverpool on the scales as they both came in inside the limit for their contest.
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Luke Turner journeys from streetlights to the spotlight
If middleweight prospect Luke Turner reaches the same dizzying heights as his favorite fighter, he will have done very well.
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Radivoje Kalajdzic announces himself at 175: ‘I’m here to fight the best’
Radivoje Kalajdzic believes his stunning come-from-behind victory over Oleksandr Gvozydyk makes him a major player at light heavyweight.
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