Boxing Life Stories

By Tris DixonSports

Boxing Life Stories episodes

June 06, 2025 Callum Simpson On Building A Fanbase, Wanting Big Fights, And Working With Sky/Boxxer
Barnsley super middleweight star Callum Simpson talks to Tris Dixon about the remarkable popularity that has seen him twice box at his hometown football stadium, his big rivals at 168, the likelihood of him moving up in weight and his sweet tooth.
Simpson also discusses his journey from fighting on the small halls, building his fanbase and how it has grown since working with Sky Sports and Boxxer.

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30 min
June 04, 2025 Josh Kelly Discusses New-Found Confidence, 'Killer' Vergil Ortiz, Testing Himself And Golf
Josh Kelly talks to Tris Dixon about life in and out of the ring, and how he has changed his mindset from someone who had suffered with anxiety to someone who desperately wants to fight the best at 154lbs.

Kelly talks about the best fighters in his division, his relationship with trainer Adam Booth, his relationship with golf, and how he has matured in recent years.

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28 min
June 02, 2025 Lucas Roehrig On Working With George Groves, Sparring Opetaia, Targeting Aloys Jnr And Viddal Riley
Tris Dixon speaks to Lucas Roehrig, the undefeated cruiserweight prospect and recent Wasserman signing who is managed and trained by George Groves.

Roehrig discusses his early development, learning the ropes in and out of the ring, sparring top 200-pounders like Chris Billam-Smith and Jai Opetaia, his hopes for the future, and whether he will ever fall out with his mentor, Groves, the way Rocky did with his starlet Tommy Gunn in Rocky V!!

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23 min
May 30, 2025 Kyrone Davis On Wanting Tough Nights, The Middleweight Division, And Why No One Wanted Him After He Fought Benavidez
Kyrone Davis is a dangerous middleweight contender who is not high on the list for any of the champions to face.

Having defeated unbeaten prospect Elijah Garcia last year, he takes on an unbeaten Cuban – Yoenlis Hernandez – this weekend. It is another tough fight, for a man who has done much of his work in Philadelphia.

Davis, who has also fought the likes of David Benavidez, moving up in weight and facing him at short notice, could be just a win away from the title shot he craves.

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16 min
May 28, 2025 Paddy Donovan On The Heartbreak Of His First Loss, Revenge On Lewis Crocker, And Being In Camp With Whittaker, Sheeraz And Parker
Paddy Donovan suffered the first defeat of his career when he was disqualified in Belfast against Lewis Crocker in March.

Donovan was heartbroken and distraught at the time. His team immediately filed for a rematch and the IBF granted it, meaning he will likely face Crocker again – probably back in Belfast in September – with the winner due to challenge Jaron Ennis.

Donovan also talks to Tris Dixon about being part of one of the leading stables in boxing, with coach Andy Lee also working with Joseph Parker, Ben Whittaker and Hamzah Sheeraz.

Read the full interview here https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/paddy-donovan-is-ready-to-write-a-new-ending-to-rivalry-with-lewis-crocker

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22 min
May 26, 2025 Caleb Plant On Being Boxing's Enforcer, His Tough Upbringing, Stepping On Charlo
Caleb Plant boxes Jose Armando Resendiz this weekend in Las Vegas, with Jermall Charlo in a separate bout in the hope that they meet later this year.

Plant is one of the most interesting characters in boxing today, principled, tough, he does not know how to take a backward step. The former super-middleweight champion talks to Tris Dixon about the rough upbringing that has made him, the losses he has suffered, and his hopes for the future.

Read the full interview here https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/caleb-plant-if-i-ask-someone-to-leave-me-alone-its-not-a-request-its-a-demand

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21 min
April 09, 2025 #258 Matty Floyd
Light-heavyweight contender Matt Floyd is desperate for a big fight. The 15-1 (10 KOs) Australian has even chased down bouts with the likes of Tommy Fury and other influencers, having found his options restricted in Australia. That is, in part, because he has served prison time. As a child who was abused by pedophiles, Floyd made it his mission to hunt pedophiles and torture them. It resulted in him going to jail, but now he is looking for career opportunities and for a fighter – and promoter – to take a chance on him.

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1 hr 6 min
April 02, 2025 #257 Mark Prince
Former light heavyweight contender Mark Prince talks about his battles inside and out of the ring. As one of Britain's top fighters in the 1990s, he was involved in several wars on Sky Sports before getting his big chance in Germany against Dariusz Michalczewski. He then had an unlikely comeback, that was inspired by the tragic murder of his son, Kiyan, a budding footballer with Queens Park Rangers, Mark made is his life's work to make sure his son's name lives on, while trying to make sure that no parent has to suffer the same grief he has.

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2 hr 11 min
March 26, 2025 #256 Michael Moorer
Former light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion Michael Moorer talks to Tris Dixon about his huge nights in the ring, against the likes of Evander Holyfield and George Foreman, but is also open about his struggles away from the ring. He talks about how tough life can be for a fighter away when he is not fighting, whether he is an active boxer suffering from the sport's politics or life after the final bell.

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1 hr 7 min
January 27, 2025 #255 George Zeleny
Boxing historian George Zeleny has spent a lifetime in the sport. George has been on hand to see many of the greats travel to the UK, including Ali, Tyson and Liston, and he has seen the great and the good of British boxing in more than 50 years.

Many leading British fight figures have confided in him over the years but, at heart, he remains a fan and his passion for the sport and the is clear all these years on.

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1 hr 47 min