Chris Billam-Smith rates ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez vs Jai Opetaia as a 50-50 fight
Chris Billam-Smith, who lost his cruiserweight titles to Gilberto Ramirez in November, said he believes a fight between "Zurdo" and Jai Opetaia would be competitive.
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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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Junto Nakatani not setting a timeframe for Naoya Inoue superfight
Junto Nakatani talks to Tris Dixon about a successful 2024 and possible future fights with Bam Rodriguez and Naoya Inoue
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Chris Billam-Smith and the real price of battle
Having lost his much-loved WBO cruiserweight title to Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in Saudi Arabia, there is an emptiness in Chris Billam-Smith about what transpired but positivity about where he is going, writes Tris Dixon
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Tyson Fury believes Oleksandr Usyk was given a ‘Christmas gift’ by the judges
Tyson Fury felt he deserved to defeat Oleksandr Usyk in their Saudi Arabia rematch. Instead, Usyk won by 116-112 on all three scorecards but the Englishman said his rival, who also defeated him via split decision in May, had been given a gift.
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Tyson Fury compares himself to Larry Holmes after loss to Oleksandr Usyk
Tyson Fury felt he deserved to defeat Oleksandr Usyk in their Saudi Arabia rematch.
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Oleksandr Usyk open to a second fight with Daniel Dubois
Having recorded two wins over both Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk is open to the idea of giving Daniel Dubois a second “L.”
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Frank Warren: I thought Fury was in control of the fight
“How come Tyson only got four rounds in this fight?” asked a perplexed Frank Warren after his fighter, Tyson Fury, was judged to have lost 116-112 on three different scorecards in his challenge of heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Oleksandr Usyk praises Tyson Fury and pledges to fight on
Having cleaned up at cruiserweight and heavyweight – and, after Saturday, having beaten Tyson Fury a second time – Oleksandr Usyk might be tempted to retire on top. But he has no plans to quit.
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Oleksandr Usyk scores repeat victory over Tyson Fury
Oleksandr Usyk did it again, defeating Tyson Fury via decision to likely put their long-running feud to bed.
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Devastating Moses Itauma obliterates Demsey McKean in a round
The burgeoning reputation of Moses Itauma continued to expand with a devastating first-round stoppage of Australian heavyweight Demsey McKean.
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