Articles by Tris Dixon

About Tris Dixon

Tris Dixon is the former editor of Boxing News and now presents No Filter Boxing on BT Sport. He wrote about his first fight in 1996 and has since covered thousands of events in more than a dozen countries and on several continents. He has authored three books about boxing, including The Road to Nowhere, Money: The life and fast times of Floyd Mayweather, and he ghostwrote War and Peace with UK boxing idol Ricky Hatton. He is also the host of the Boxing Life Stories podcast.

When the Cheering Stops

February 15, 2019 Tris Dixon

We all know the stories: Fighter ruled the world, lost it all. We have all seen it, a once great fighter, so strong, powerful and ferocious, now trembling as he shakes hands with old friends […]

Paul Pender: Boxing, CTE, and “Case Zero”

January 22, 2019 Tris Dixon

Tris Dixon is the author of Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing (Hamilcar Publications, May 2021). *** On a glum, gray day in Pittsburgh, Dr. Bennet Omalu was tasked with performing yet […]

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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

“When They Was All Calling Me Fat Bastard”: Tony Booth Looks Back

January 2, 2019 Tris Dixon

September 24, 2006—The plaid carpets were sticky from the spilled booze. The chandelier hanging above the ring was inconsequential. The punters had poured out of the bar and into the Guild Hall to surround the […]