Chris Walker has been writing about boxing since 2010. A full member of the BWAA, his work has appeared in Sky Sports, Sporting News, Premier Boxing Champions, Boxing News and Boxing Monthly. In 2015, he co-authored The Mersey Fighters: Volume 3, and he is a regular contributor to numerous radio shows and podcasts. His story, “The bumpy and hazardous road to Anthony Joshua v Deontay Wilder,” won an honorable mention in the 2018 BWAA writing contest. Connect with Chris on Twitter @OfficialWalks
Wayne Crolla was an OK fighter. A staple of North England fight nights during Britain’s turbulent early 1980s, Crolla satisfied his region’s fans for a night or two before retiring in 1986 with a 16-12 […]
The 26-27 bus route through Liverpool is arguably the region’s most notorious journey. Commencing and ending at the city’s bus terminal, the voyage takes in the most deprived parts of Merseyside, both north and south, […]
So boxing’s biggest fight of 2019 is heading to the morally corrupt desert that moonlights as paradise. No, not Nevada, but Saudi Arabia, the Middle Eastern kingdom with an appalling human rights record, will host […]
The boxing public is about to learn what Shakur Stevenson has known since he was six years old. An enthusiastic and wayward youth, (characteristics that are still present in adulthood) Stevenson began his boxing ascent […]
The final chapters of a boxer’s career are seldom autobiographical. From Trevor Berbick to Kevin McBride, boxing has long been littered with unwelcome ghostwriters, authors of woe, intent on adding a miserable conclusion to an […]
Interview with Derry Matthews, by Chris Walker. See more Hannibal Boxing interviews >> *** Derry Mathews paces the floor of his Liverpool gym manically, animated by a desire to remain busy and unravel himself from the […]
Interview with Noel Quarless, by Chris Walker. See more Hannibal Boxing interviews >> *** Long before Tony Bellew, even preceding Shea Neary and Andy Holligan settling a local dispute under the covers of a hired […]