'Tyson Fury should fight Murat Gassiev instead,' says Kostya Tszyu
Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu believes there is another fight that makes sense for Tyson Fury if the proposed bout with Anthony Joshua doesn’t happen
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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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Anthony Joshua survives two Kristian Prenga knockdowns to keep Tyson Fury fight alive
Anthony Joshua was dropped twice in the opening round but survived the crisis to destroy Kristina Prenga in two rounds.
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Hamzah Sheeraz fails to dazzle against game Simon Zachenhuber
After two consecutive fast and furious wins, Hamzah Sheeraz was forced to go the distance against unheralded Simon Zachenhuber.
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Josh Kelly looks to Jaron Ennis and big names after bloody win over Caoimhin Agyarko
IBF junior middleweight champion Josh Kelly was given plenty to think about during a 12-round struggle against Irishman Caoimhin Agyarko.
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Impressive Reito Tsutsumi drops Alvino Herrera three times in rapid-fire win
Reito Tsutsumi dropped Alvino Herrera three times in two dazzling rounds as he delivered a show-stealing performance in Saudi Arabia.
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Nishant Dev and Jacob Bank score victories on Joshua-Prenga undercard
Nishant Dev, who has the boxing hopes of India on his shoulders, scored a first-round knockout of Cesar Diaz to open the main card of the Anthony Joshua-Kristian Prenga bill in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Flood warning: Rising Irish star Bobbi Flood is buzzing for his big future
Big things are expected of Irish prospect Bobbi Flood
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Daniel Dubois and Moses Itauma approached in bid to put African boxing on the map
Dr Ezekiel Adamu is hoping to put boxing in Nigeria firmly on the map and the heavyweight division, with fighters like Moses Itauma and Daniel Dubois of African descent, has been recognized as the most obvious route in
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Barney-Smith ready for Bellotti but still hopes to land Carroll clash
While Southampton’s gifted southpaw junior featherweight hope Royston Barney-Smith is satisfied to be fighting Reece Bellotti on August 1, he had been looking for an opponent elsewhere.
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Heavyweight Leo Atang, 19, believes he's up there with them all 'skill-wise'
Still only 19, Leo Atang sees himself as one of the next crop of young heavyweight stars coming through, including Irishman Adam Olaniyan and Australia’s Teremoana
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