Dr. Margaret Goodman interview (Part II): Who is boxing's version of Lance Armstrong?
VADA's Dr. Margaret Goodman tells Tris Dixon that she's 'sure' that boxing has its very own Lance Armstrong.
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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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Andre Ward and Carl Froch put their 14-year feud to bed
"You beat me fair and square in a fight," Carl Froch told Andre Ward on his YouTube channel. "It wasn’t close."
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A new year offers renewed hope for Conor Benn
Conor Benn tells Tris Dixon he is going into the new year with excitement rather than dread.
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BoxingScene’s 2025 Fight of the Year
There are so many things that go into a fight-of-the-year contender, but the title means different things to different people...
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Dr. Margaret Goodman interview (Part I): 'The baddies always win when it comes to PEDs'
In the first of a three-part interview with Tris Dixon, Dr. Margaret Goodman voices her concerns about boxing's battle with drug cheats.
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The Naseem Hamed-Brendan Ingle story could have a ‘Giant’ impact in 2026
Prince Naseem Hamed divided opinion in his heyday in the late 1990s, and he is set to do the same in 2026.
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Ricky Hatton: The heart and soul behind a boxing wonderland (ICYMI)
Ricky Hatton is an International Boxing Hall of Famer and a British boxing legend. Tris Dixon, who wrote Hatton's autobiography "War and Peace" with the Manchester star, recounts some of their times together over the last two decades
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Tony Bellew: ‘I was on the verge of doing something really bad to someone’
The happiness and contentment that Tony Bellew now exudes wasn't always there, writes Tris Dixon
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‘Tired’ Naoya Inoue promises to improve after decision win over David Picasso
It was business as normal for Naoya Inoue, as he routed game Mexican Alan Picasso on the scorecards in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Judges all favor Junto Nakatani against unlucky Mexican Sebastian Hernandez
Three judges had read the script that had been written ahead of 2026. The fight so many in boxing wanted, between Junto Nakatani and Naoya Inoue, stayed alive courtesy of one of the year’s worst scorecards in a fight that was on course to be both an Upset of the Year and a Fight of the Year contender.
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