‘I’ve changed my life’: Lewis Crocker’s an underdog no more
The stars aligned for me,” said an emotional and jubilant Lewis Crocker...
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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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Eddie Hearn targets unification showdowns for Lewis Crocker
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Lewis Crocker stuns Paddy Donovan to win IBF 147lbs title
In March, Paddy Donovan left the arena in floods of tears having been disqualified and lost for the first time as a professional...
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Caoimhin Agyarko resists ‘horrific’ eye injury to defeat Ishmael Davis
Caoimhin Agyarko came through the crisis of a horrifically swollen right eye to outscore Ishmael Davis by the narrowest of margins at Windsor Park
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Pat Brown and Molly McCann record victories in Belfast
BELFAST – Heavy-handed Manchester cruiserweight prospect Pat Brown, 4-0 (4 KOs), blitzed Belfast-based Nigerian Austine Nnamdi in two rounds at Windsor Park Nnamdi, now 12-6 (10 KOs) was dropped once and hurt when the end came.
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Matthew Boreland wins war against Ruadhan Farrell
Matthew Boreland scored an excellent sixth-round victory over Ruadhan Farrell to claim the Irish title at junior featherweight in a war.
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Meet the man to whom Joseph Parker and Paddy Donovan owe so much
Tris Dixon writes on George Lockhart, a former marine and fighter who has helped shape Parker and Donovan's careers
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Billy Nelson: Lewis Crocker was only 40 per cent first time around
"He was fucked. He was about 40 per cent of Lewis Crocker, getting into the ring," trainer Billy Nelson tells Tris Dixon of his charge's controversial fight with Paddy Donovan in March
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Boos ring out for Paddy Donovan as he and Lewis Crocker make weight
Paddy Donovan was greeted by chants of “cheat, cheat” having been disqualified against Lewis Crocker back in March.
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Canelo vs. Crawford: Boxing masterminds investigate the outcome
BoxingScene spoke to three top trainers – Barry Hunter, Buddy McGirt, and Adam Booth – to go over some of the major tactical talking points of Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford
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