Heavyweights Fabio Wardley and Jarrell Miller restrained during bad-tempered press conference
Heavyweight contenders Fabio Wardley and Jarrell Miller had to be pulled apart as tempers flared to formally announce their June 7 fight.
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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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Carlos Adames: Hamzah Sheeraz controversy was ‘a shame on the sport’
Tris Dixon speaks to WBC middleweight titleholder Carlos Adames on his controversial draw with Hamzah Sheeraz.
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Thomas LaManna: Cut out the talk of Caleb Plant-Jermall Charlo
“No, listen,” snapped Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna. “So, look. I didn’t want to interrupt you and be rude and stuff, but I’m cutting all that shit out.”
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Najee Lopez keeps working toward his Las Vegas dream
Najee Lopez is married to the sport of boxing, and the 25-year-old light heavyweight from Atlanta hopes his hard work will one day bring him to the bright lights of Las Vegas.
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Keith Thurman still interested in Tim Tszyu fight, but only if it makes sense
Keith Thurman returned to the ring with a bang last month. His next step, however, is not definitely Tim Tszyu, as he tells BoxingScene's Tris Dixon.
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Ronald Ellis on keeping the dream alive and politics testing his passion
Tris Dixon speaks to Ronald Ellis about sparring, family, and an enduring love for this brutal sport.
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Khaleel Majid aiming to catch Frank Warren’s eye
There might be an awkward moment in the coming weeks when, having fought one another, Khaleel Majid and his opponent Alex Murphy bump into one another away from the ring.
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Callum Johnson still hopeful of a fight with Arsen Goulamirian
Callum Johnson not too downbeat following the withdrawal of Arsen Goulamirian
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Ardreal Holmes believes the pressure is all on Erickson Lubin
The unbeaten southpaw from Michigan feels that a win over Erickson Lubin will establish him as one of the top junior middleweights in the world.
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Carlos Adames: There’s no middleweight that can defeat me right now
Following his controversial draw with Hamzah Sheeraz, Adames isn't lacking for confidence, stating that he believes he has struggled to get big fights because he's the most feared fighter in the division.
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