Chris Eubank Jnr could challenge Erislandy Lara if Conor Benn fight fails to materialize
Promoter Ben Shalom has said Chris Eubank Jnr could fight WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara if a fight with Conor Benn cannot be made.
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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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Sunny Edwards: ‘Bam broke my face, half-blinded me, it’s a fight that will always be special to me’
Such was Sunny Edward's fighting spirit in defeat against the excellent Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, and the graciousness with which he accepted the loss, the queue lining up to put the boot in was not as long as anticipated, writes Tris Dixon
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Boxxer hoping to stage Martin Bakole-Efe Ajagba IBF heavyweight eliminator
Martin Bakole often finds himself as the odd man out in the heavyweight division. With Zhilei Zhang and Agit Kabayel facing one another rather than Bakole, possibly on February 22, it has left the Scotland-based Congolese fighter without an opponent.
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Sunny Edwards and Galal Yafai all respect ahead of Saturday clash
There was nothing but respect between flyweight contenders Sunny Edwards and Galal Yafai at today’s final press conference ahead of their fight on Saturday. They meet at the Resorts World Arena in the Matchroom main event with Olympic gold medal winner Yafai, 8-0 (6 KOs), taking a step up against come-backing former world champion Edwards, who is 21-1 (4 KOs).
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In-demand Stephen Smith will work brother Callum’s corner
Stephen Smith has been immersed in boxing his whole life, but taken aback at the commitment it takes to be a trainer.
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Rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol 'almost over the line' for February
The unified light heavyweight title fight between Artur Beterbiev, who holds all four belts, and former WBA champion Dmitry Bivol is likely headed to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Sunny Edwards started camp for Galal Yafai without a trainer
Sunny Edwards had long worked with Grant Smith at the Steel City boxing gym in Sheffield, but Edwards left earlier this year
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Galal Yafai: I’ll be trying to rip Sunny Edwards’ head off
A late starter to boxing, the Birmingham star made an honest wage packing parcels and delivering boxes of car parts. He did not know what he wanted in life, but he knew what he did not want, and it was not what he was doing.
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Ex-champions weigh in on Oscar De La Hoya’s view that fighters are to blame for boxing’s ills
Having said the fighters are to blame for the health of the sport, Oscar De La Hoya has garnered support from two former pros.
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A fight between middleweight Carlos Adames and Hamzah Sheeraz is ‘a potential banger’
Chris Algieri has called the potential February clash between champion Carlos Adames and Hamzah Sheeraz an “excellent fight” and a “potential banger.”
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