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Articles by Chris Walker

About Chris Walker
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
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Anything but Ordinary: Anthony Crolla Says Goodbye

October 31, 2019 Chris Walker

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 […]

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Whatever it Takes to Get There: Meshech Speare Fights for His Family

October 3, 2019 Chris Walker

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, […]

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Big Plans: Hughie Fury on Fighting in Saudi Arabia, Facing Alexander Povetkin

August 23, 2019 Chris Walker

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 […]

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“I Want All Champions” Shakur Stevenson Puts the Featherweight Division on Notice

August 7, 2019 Chris Walker

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 […]

Boxing promoter Frank Warren talks to James Degale's trainer Jim McDonnell afterJames DeGale loses on points at the O2, London. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Jim McDonnell, The Man Who Retired McGuigan

July 16, 2019 Chris Walker

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 […]

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: Derry Mathews celebrates after victory over Tony Luis in The Vacant WBA Interim World Lightweight Championship fight between Derry Mathews and Tony Luis at the World Championship boxing event at Echo Arena on April 18, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
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“I’ve Always Tried not to Have Regrets”: Derry Mathews Looks Back

June 17, 2019 Chris Walker

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 […]

Noel Quarless (L) with Errol Christie (R) in 1984.
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A Few Quid, the Hardest Way Possible: Noel Quarless Looks Back

January 28, 2019 Chris Walker

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 […]

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