Carl Frampton: 'What I do for a living now doesn't feel like work'
Carl Frampton is embracing life after boxing in his commentary role at DAZN - and no longer getting punched in the face for a living
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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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Willy Hutchinson admits everything is on the line ahead of his crucial clash with Mark Jeffers on Saturday, and also takes shots at a domestic light-heavyweight rival.
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Regan Glackin embraces pressure ahead of British title fight
The 16-0 (3 KOs) boxer Glackin fights for the vacant British title in front of his own fans at Glasgow’s Braehead Arena on Saturday, against Englishman Louie O’Doherty.
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Danny Garcia is back in the game, but knows the end is near
Danny Garcia is “85 per cent” sure his next fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn will be the final contest of his career, writes Tris Dixon.
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Frank Warren ‘excited’ by pairing of Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley
Interim heavyweight titleholders Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley will meet on October 25 to force the hand of Oleksandr Usyk – to the delight promoter Frank Warren.
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Ricky Hatton: The heart and soul behind a boxing wonderland
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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Ben Davison on Moses Itauma challenging Usyk, and on possibility of Fury-Joshua
Trainer Ben Davison has said his gifted young heavyweight Moses Itauma would “jump at the chance” to face undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk.
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Nigel Benn predicted Chris Eubank Snr's 'spectacular' fight night arrival
Tony Sims was surprised, but never ruled out the great showman seeking out the limelight once more
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Fabio Wardley thinks it’s ‘unlikely’ fight with Joseph Parker goes the distance
Fabio Wardley knows what’s at stake when he meets Joseph Parker at London’s O2 Arena next month, writes Tris Dixon.
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Pat Brown could one day join stablemate Dave Allen in the heavyweight division
'All of these young heavyweights know what happened when they sparred Pat Brown,' says Eddie Hearn
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