Danny Garcia: 'Boxing needs a home'
Garcia, soon to make his exit from the sport, calls boxing "separated." He said, "You don’t know who’s going to come and go. Boxing’s all over the place."
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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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York Hall undercard: Wins for Taylor Bevan, Leli Buttigeg, Adam Maca and Jermaine Dhliwayo
York Hall, Bethnal Green undercard results
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Danny Garcia knows the danger of overstaying his welcome
Danny Garcia has one foot out of the door, but he won’t let it close behind him just yet, writes Tris Dixon.
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George Liddard feels like he's coming into his prime ahead of Kieron Conway challenge
The Tony Sims-guided boxer will challenge the more experienced Kieron Conway for the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles this Friday at Bethnal Green’s York Hall.
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Jimmy Sains on his education with Conor Benn and co: 'They absolutely smashed the life out of me'
Rising middleweight Jimmy Sains makes an important step up when he challenges for the vacant English title on Friday night
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Jamie Moore details the sparring between Dave Allen and Pat Brown
Trainer Jamie Moore talks about highly touted cruiserweight prospect Pat Brown, and how a friendship with heavyweight Dave Allen has helped him develop.
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Tony Sims ready for ‘blue-ribbon’ middleweights George Liddard and Jimmy Sains to step up
Liddard takes a significant step up on Saturday when he faces the tried-and-tested Kieron Conway
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The punter-come-opponent: Fabio Wardley's seven-year path to Joseph Parker
Fabio Wardley sat at The Plough on Dog’s Head Street in Ipswich, beer in hand, watching Joseph Parker lose his WBO heavyweight title to Anthony Joshua
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Ricky Hatton: More accolades could lie ahead for beloved star
Ricky Hatton could still be inducted to the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame posthumously, adding to his list of career accolades, writes Tris Dixon
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Matchroom on Ben Whittaker plans and ‘very busy end to the year’
Matchroom is set to unveil a busy climax to 2025 before their 2026 schedule gets underway, writes Tris Dixon.
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