Tris Dixon
44 articles · BoxingNews
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Pacquiao Drinking From The Fountain of Youth in Thurman Win
By Tris Dixon
THERE were many times when we could have seen the last of the phenomenal Filipino Manny Pacquiao. It?s incredible he?s even still going, and not only because he won his first world…
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Errol Spence – Not Just Bigger But Also Better
By Tris Dixon
They say size matters. They also say that everything is bigger in Texas. Well, on the night the biggest differences between Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia were on the scorecards and not…
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Manny Pacquiao Dishes Out Adrien Broner’s Comeuppance
By Tris Dixon
WE might feast on the comeuppance Adrien Broner is dished out with each passing defeat. The novelty was first tasted when he lost to Marcos Maidana, a victory that made the Argentine…
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Manny Pacquiao and Boxing’s Endless Circle
By Tris Dixon
THEY were heady days, when Manny Pacquiao scorched a terrifying path to the pinnacle of the pound-for-pound lists. But they were also a long, long time ago. One-hundred-and-fifty rounds have passed since…
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Frampton-Donaire, Bellew-Haye, Linares-Loma: Enjoy The Ride
By Tris Dixon
IT does not always have to be about the next fight or the one afterwards. Sometimes it is just about the fight. Recently, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder made their way by…
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Anthony Joshua-Deontay Wilder: Better Together
By Tris Dixon
There was a time when fighting men were fighting men, and they did what they were both supposed to do and what they were paid to do. Fight. It seems as though…
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Golovkin vs. Canelo and a Big-Money Drama Show
By Tris Dixon
IN two weeks time we will have the answers. There may be a new star on top of the pay-per-view throne. There may be a Fight of the Year contender in the…
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Illusions of Grandeur: Malignaggi, McGregor and Mayweather
By Tris Dixon
IT was author Arthur Koestler who once said that nothing is sadder than the death of an illusion. The illusions we have been presented with in the last 24 hours are a…
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Who Can Handle “The Truth” After Brook-Spence?
By Tris Dixon
It turns out that it is not just Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, played by Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men, who can?t handle the truth. Kell Brook can?t either. The former IBF…
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Something Special: Kell Brook and Errol Spence
By Tris Dixon
This time a week from now another English football stadium will have emptied and stories for the next decade and beyond will start to be retold. Will Kell Brook be able to…
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Welterweight Ghosts That Won’t Go Away
By Tris Dixon
Ghosts linger in the welterweight division. Maybe it is because Sugar Ray Leonard loitered, incredibly youthfully, through fight week in New York. Maybe nostalgia loomed in part because CBS/Showtime compared the welterweight…
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The 25 best fighters of the last 25 years
By Tris Dixon
LISTS have long been the bone of contention in boxing. To rank the top 25 fighters over the last quarter of a century is a big ask. For example, the timeframe starts…
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Amir Khan was treated harshly but Marcos Maidana deserves to fight Floyd Mayweather
By Tris Dixon
SO Amir Khan won but really he lost and Marcos Maidana lost but he really won. Maidana deserved his shot at Floyd Mayweather more than Khan did, but Khan might have posed…
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Andy Lee: Bring on Gennady Golovkin in New York
By Tris Dixon
WHAT are the plans for your next fight, is it the Gennady Golovkin fight we have been hearing rumours of for April? Yes, there?s nothing solid or set in stone yet. There?s…
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Manny Pacquaio and Brandon Rios fighting was a small part of a huge weekend
By Tris Dixon
AND just like that, no sooner had it begun than it was over. Just three full days in Macau ? around 60 hours worked ? and I'm back on the flight home.…
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Nonito Donaire promises to improve and backs Manny Pacquiao to beat Brandon Rios
By Tris Dixon
IT took Nonito Donaire nine rounds to click into gear and stop Vic Darchinyan last weekend. The Filipino is trying to prove once again he's a force to be reckoned with after…
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Floyd Mayweather: ‘I could make $100m for Saul Alvarez fight’
By Tris Dixon
'BOXING is dying...' 'The One is The Last Big Fight...' 'Is this the fight to save boxing?' We keep telling people every week that boxing is doing just fine, thank you very…
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Las Vegas is under siege with Floyd Mayweather-Saul Canelo Alvarez mania
By Tris Dixon
AS fight night draws near Las Vegas is under siege. You can't go anywhere without seeing fans wearing The Money Team snap-back hats, 'The One' T-shirts or being asked what will happen…
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Does the Manny Pacquiao we dreamed would fight Floyd Mayweather still exist?
By Tris Dixon
WHEN Manny Pacquiao takes to the ring on Saturday night he once again becomes boxing's centrepiece attraction. Yet the last two occasions he has fought here in the Nevada desert city of…
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Manny Pacquiao should not have to accept loss to Timothy Bradley
By Tris Dixon
HOW prophetic of Timothy Bradley to go to the pre-fight press conference ahead of his fight with Manny Pacquiao plugging their November 10 rematch. Who knew that the underdog, a lively one…