Dec 26 2022
Old Head: Ivan Robinson is still paying it forward
Ivan Robinson is a far removed from those two brawls with Arturo Gatti but training up-and-coming boxers always gives him the itch to return, writes Tris Dixon
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Tris Dixon
Tris Dixon has covered boxing at all levels for more than two decades. He is the former editor of Boxing News and has written for the publication since 2002. Now, he hosts BT Sport’s No Filter Boxing programme and presents the Boxing Life Stories podcast. He also contributes to The Ring, Boxing Scene and Hannibal Boxing. He first wrote about boxing in 1996 and has subsequently covered the sport in more than a dozen countries, over four continents. He has authored three books about boxing: The Road to Nowhere, Money: The Life and Fast Times of Floyd Mayweather, and War and Peace: My Story, which he ghostwrote for UK boxing hero Ricky Hatton. He is also on The Ring ratings panel and an elector for the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Nov 01 2022
Y’all Will Never Forget: Roy Jones was more than simply “gifted”
Roy Jones was inducted into the Hall of Fame this year but his greatness, he insists, had nothing to do with being gifted, writes Tris Dixon
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Jul 14 2022
The Payback: Bernard Hopkins gets his induction day
Bernard Hopkins was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this year and there was a quiet elderly man on his shoulder the Philly icon gave credit to, writes Tris Dixon
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Jun 15 2022
No Place Like Home: A Hall of Fame review
Hall of Fame trilogy induction weekend with Mayweather, Jones, Hopkins, Toney et al sees the good times return to Canastota, writes Tris Dixon
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Jun 09 2022
LARRY AND GERRY: The Tale of Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney
How a toxic heavyweight rivalry became an enduring friendship
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May 27 2022
Boxing Writers Club awards
Awards for Sheeraz, Yafai, Price and Goodhall at the 69th annual Boxing Writers’ Club Dinner and a star turn from Jamie Moore, writes Tris Dixon
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Jan 08 2022
Tony Sims: ‘I’ve turned Conor Benn from a raw novice into a world-level fighter’
Tony Sims, one of the trainers of 2021, on life with Benn, Cash, Ryder Cordina, Cheeseman… and Covid
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Dec 27 2021
Inside Rahway prison
Light-heavyweight contender James Scott became a contender while serving time in Rahway prison, Ferdie Pacheco called it the ‘boxing university’ and Bob Hatrak, the prison warden, tells Tris Dixon the full story
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Dec 15 2021
Donald Curry’s son, Donovan, makes a heartfelt plea for the sporting world to help his dad win his biggest fight
‘I never knew the Lone Star Cobra.’ Donald Curry's son Donovan speaks to Tris Dixon
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Nov 07 2021
Boxing must tighten its safety net
There is plenty boxing can do to make the sport safer for its athletes, writes Tris Dixon, author of Damage, shortlisted for Sports Book of the Year
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Sep 29 2021
In the cheap seats with Matthew Saad Muhammad
Armed with fake credentials and two printed T-shirts, Tris Dixon and Matthew Saad Muhammad embarked on an emotional journey to watch Hopkins-Trinidad at Madison Square Garden