Returning Ohara Davies hoping to finish as a nice guy
When the career obituaries of Ohara Davies were written at the end of 2024, apparently he had not been such a bad guy after all
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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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Jai Opetaia is world's best cruiserweight, says sparring partner
Jai Opetaia's sparring partner favors him over Zurdo Ramirez, Tris Dixon writes
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Josh Kelly takes two minutes to defeat Flavius Biea
Josh Kelly made rapid work of Romania’s Flavius Biea, needing little more than two minutes to stop him Friday inside the Newcastle Arena in Newcastle, England.
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Dan Toward bounces back with stoppage of Connor Goulding
Dan Toward returned from his only career loss to score a stoppage against outgunned Connor Goulding in a junior middleweight six-rounder in Newcastle, England, on the undercard of Josh Kelly’s bout with Flavius Biea.
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Callum Simpson, grateful for hometown fans, eyes a 'Vegas trip'
The stock of Callum Simpson is high, and the self-made star of Barnsley, England, hopes to parlay that status into a big fight should he land the European title on Saturday.
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The best of Vasiliy Lomachenko
The great Vasiliy Lomachenko has retired from boxing and, at age 37, might have left behind him a legacy that will not be matched.
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Why golf and boxing are the best medicine for Josh Kelly
Josh Kelly is thriving and feels he is now ready to face the best fighters in the world at 154lbs, writes Tris Dixon.
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Callum Simpson ready for Ivan Zucco to take him to the next level
“The next steps to develop as a fighter are just to keep doing what I’m doing in terms of stepping up every fight, stepping up in levels," says Callum Simpson.
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'Prime' Josh Kelly readying himself for the biggest names at 154lbs
Josh Kelly is at a stage in his career where he wants the biggest fights and to compete against the best fighters...
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