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Is boxing broken? Part 1

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Interviews

Thomas Hauser: No sport holds its middle finger up to its fans as often as boxing does

From Muhammad Ali to Sherlock Holmes, Thomas Hauser has spent a lifetime chasing stories. Boxing remains the one he keeps coming back to

Sep 16 • Tris Dixon

When Nigel Benn becomes Conor Benn’s father (Part 2)

As Conor prepares to face Ryan Garcia in Las Vegas, Nigel Benn reflects on his son’s rollercoaster journey, the demons they faced together and how he…

Sep 10 • Tris Dixon

Nigel Benn: ‘I won’t speak to him again’ (Part 1)

The Dark Destroyer reflects on his career, his Hall of Fame induction and why the old feud with Chris Eubank has erupted again

Sep 9 • Tris Dixon

The interview: Mauricio Sulaiman

I caught up with Mauricio Sulaiman ahead of the Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn bout about the big fight in Las Vegas, about Turki, Zuffa, Saudi money and the…

Sep 7 • Tris Dixon

‘I’m hating life’: Tyrone McKenna’s all-in gamble for Croke Park

The Irish veteran has endured a brutal Philadelphia camp, has previously sparred more than 100 rounds with his opponent, Paddy Donovan, and believes he…

Sep 4 • Tris Dixon

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Features

Is boxing broken? Part 1

936 votes, 115 comments and a fight community increasingly worried about the direction of the sport

6 hrs ago • Tris Dixon

The Boxing Stack mailbag: Future stars, the UK boom and who has not been properly promoted

Written from a sun lounger on holiday, here are the answers to your questions

Sep 21 • Tris Dixon

The day I had lunch with Joey Giardello

The former middleweight champion, his English friend, the Mob and flirting with waitresses

Sep 18 • Tris Dixon

He was a world champion, a national hero and, to me, simply Rick

Sep 14 • Tris Dixon

George Chuvalo: ‘He was a warrior’

He fought Ali, Frazier and Foreman, but the hardest battles of George Chuvalo’s life came outside the ring

Sep 13 • Tris Dixon

The T-shirt in the box: Hopkins, Trinidad and 9/11

Sometimes I stop for a minute to reflect. I have about three boxes of boxing memories and this is what is inside one of them

Sep 11 • Tris Dixon

The day I went to prison to interview James Scott, inmate #57785

James Scott was a former world-ranked contender serving a life sentence. Somehow, I ended up sitting across a table from him in a New Jersey prison

Aug 12 • Tris Dixon

The night I became a topless ring-card guy

Eight days after 9/11, a trip to a small boxing show in Delaware took an unexpected – and deeply embarrassing – turn

Jul 31 • Tris Dixon

Previews

Garcia-Benn preview: Don’t hate the players, hate the game

Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn have all the ingredients for a Las Vegas blockbuster. Their paths to this fight also expose everything that remains broken…

Sep 11 • Tris Dixon

Tony Sims summons the ghosts of Honeyghan-Curry: ‘Garcia’s gonna get it stuck on him’

Forty years after Lloyd Honeyghan shocked Donald Curry in Atlantic City, Tony Sims sees echoes of that famous night in Conor Benn’s fight with Ryan…

Sep 11 • Tris Dixon

Grateful heart: Katie Taylor prepares for her fairytale finale

Croke Park was the one dream that seemed out of reach. Now Katie Taylor is ready to say goodbye on her own terms

Sep 2 • Tris Dixon

Moses Itauma is about to find out what he really is

The hype has been building. The highlight reel is spectacular. Now Filip Hrgovic gets the chance to ask questions nobody has asked before. Here are 10…

Aug 29 • Tris Dixon

Columns

Welcome to Total Boxing with Tris Dixon – Chapter Two

The Boxing Stack was the start. Now we move onwards and upwards

15 hrs ago • Tris Dixon

Fury-AJ and why it’s not the announcement we might have expected

Tyson Fury will apparently fight Anthony Joshua on December 11 in Cardiff. The battle might have been won, but has a fresh war begun?

Sep 24 • Tris Dixon

The Garcia-Benn inquest

Ryan Garcia is seriously good, Conor Benn has some serious questions to answer, and boxing’s power map may be changing

Sep 14 • Tris Dixon

Eddie Hearn has put his nuts on the block

The Joshua-Fury fight should never have been taken out of Britain. And Eddie and AJ have refused to simply do as they’re told

Sep 12 • Tris Dixon

This is what a big fight feels like

Katie Taylor has brought Ireland to a standstill, and as Croke Park prepares to make history, the echoes of Muhammad Ali’s visit 54 years ago are…

Sep 5 • Tris Dixon

From press row to my own corner

I thought losing my job might mean the end of my career in boxing. Instead, it’s the beginning of something new

Sep 2 • Tris Dixon

The Moses Itauma inquest

What went wrong against Filip Hrgovic, what he needs to learn and why his first defeat could ultimately make him

Aug 31 • Tris Dixon

‘Kid, how much money have you got?’: Jake LaMotta and me

My strange, funny and ultimately rather touching encounters with Jake LaMotta

Aug 24 • Tris Dixon

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