Matt Christie
@MattCBoxingNews
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Happy husband and proud father. Boxing journalist, podcaster, broadcaster and pickleball enthusiast.
Joined January 2011
Two days after regaining his world heavyweight titles, a humble Anthony Joshua boarded the 1.05am flight from Riyadh to Heathrow. He queued alongside the public at the gate before posing for photos with anyone who wanted one. Chants of ‘two-time’ and applause quickly followed.
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After the loss to Andy Ruiz, and again tonight after coming up short against Usyk, Anthony Joshua came out and told the media he lost to a better man. That is rare and all credit to him.
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Let’s make Fury-Usyk, Joshua-Whyte II and Wilder-Ruiz. Then see where we’re at.
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That is diabolical judging and grotesquely unfair on Jack Catterall. The stink from that will take some shifting.
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The WBC announcing that Jake Paul will ‘earn’ a ranking by beating the unranked Hasim Rahman Jnr should highlight to every sane-minded human being that sanctioning body rankings are a complete farce. Should, but won’t.
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Chisora’s future won’t thank him for any of this. But for now, we all watch and cheer. Astonishing bravery and resilience from Del Boy. But enough is enough.
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Whyte beat Chisora in a WBC eliminator two years ago. Since then Browne, Helenius, Parker and Chisora (again) have been beaten. Poor form from the WBC that Wilder hasn’t been ordered to fight Whyte.
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Boxers after hard fights and microphones should be kept apart.
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Easy to blame Eddie Hearn for certain challengers not accepting millions to fight Joshua. I hear that. Also easy to wonder why those challengers are not accepting millions if they truly believe they’re going to win.
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It is with genuine sadness that I announce today was my last day at my beloved Boxing News. Thank you so much to all who supported me along the way. It was the ultimate privilege to represent such a wondrous publication. I wish all who remain at BN every success for the future.
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What a few days for boxing. The right decision, although the begrudging nature in which it was made (like a spoilt kid stomping and shouting up the stairs after being sent to bed) was very disappointing. What follows, ideally, is some serious questions being asked. ⬇️.
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I thought Joshua was terrific. But Ruiz pleading for a third fight while promising to get in shape reminded me of my daughter asking for pudding after not finishing her dinner. No chance.
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What is left for Usyk to achieve in boxing that isn’t superseded by what he can now achieve with his family outside of it? He’s cleaned out a landscape of giants while being the small fry amongst them. Every great fighter is presented with the perfect goodbye. This is his.
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Tyson Fury could switch to tennis, achieve the grand slam in his first season, and he still wouldn’t make the top 3 of SPOTY. Even if he’s awarded ‘Moment of the year’, it’s a crime he hasn’t made the shortlist for the main award.
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We can moan about boxing, the wrong fights being made and the right ones not. But goodness me, Chris Billam-Smith and Isaac Chamberlain showed us all why they’re a different breed to the rest of us. How can we not be in awe of these people?.
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Awful, horrible spectacle. No more. Please, no more.
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Wilder is not some flawless, indestructible bionic man. He lost rounds against Stiverne, Molina, Washington and Szpilka. And a lot more versus Ortiz and Fury. Joshua can (and I think will) beat him. Criticise me when I’m wrong, not now.
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After eight losses Dereck Chisora scores the biggest victory of his career. A throwback, an inspiration, a complete and utter headcase.
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If anyone is staying up all night to watch Canelo-Plant, do it with dignity. We don’t need an update every 10 minutes about how tired you are.
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Luis Ortiz appears to be the consensus choice to replace Jarrell Miller. Not exactly a lesson in the drugs don’t work.
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What a brutal sport we all love. So intoxicating. So horrific. The boxers give so much more than is reasonable. What a fight that was.
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Mike Costello is a rarity in boxing. It’s impossible to name a single person that doesn’t respect him nor recall a single word of criticism about his work. A supreme acquisition by Matchroom and DAZN.
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One of the best fights I’ve seen from ringside. The quality and courage from both Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis was awe-inspiring. A real shot in the arm for the sport of boxing.
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Groves-Eubank Jr will undoubtedly get a lot of buys, but imagine how much bigger it would be if the prelims had been free-to-air.
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It wasn’t a legal blow. And then Usyk sat there milking it for as long as he could. And then he got up and knocked out Dubois. And then everyone lost their mind.
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Imagine the WBSS every year, in every division. Boxing would be the most popular sport in the world. #UsykBriedis.
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‘Oscar De La Hoya forced to pull out of a fight but Evander Holyfield will take his place.’ .If you’d have said that 20 years ago you’d have been thrown into a lunatic asylum.
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler. The bloke you show to the aliens when they ask what the word ‘boxer’ means. What a massive loss.
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I’m exceptionally sad to learn that Boxing Monthly will cease publication. I’ll never forget spotting the first issue with a mean and moody Mike Tyson on the cover. I was hooked from that moment. Some glorious writing appeared on those pages over the years. I’ll miss it greatly.
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Very difficult to justify your affection for the sport when you watch things like that. Felt nauseous throughout.
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Fury bossed 23 of the 29 rounds he shared with Wilder. But what incredible drama in all of them. Fury’s ability to recover from knockout blows just as astonishing as Wilder’s knack for throwing them. Wilder’s courage & durability mind-boggling, too. What a thrilling rivalry.
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Journalism at its finest. A quest for truth, not acceptance. Wannabe journalists, use this as your inspiration, not mind-numbing videos where high fives and back slaps are the order of the day. Thank you, Donald McRae, for restoring my faith in the art.
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Absurd heavyweight rankings.
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If you didn't appreciate Andre Ward, you didn't appreciate boxing.
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Jarrell Miller. Good god man, what’s wrong with you? Shut the door on your way out.
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Ben Davison knows Leigh Wood better than anyone who is suggesting last night’s stoppage was premature. He’s been with him in the gym, pretty much every day, for years. Whether his decision to stop the fight came too soon is irrelevant; the bottom line is that it wasn’t too late.
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So Canelo can’t fight until August. That will teach him.
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Good old Bob Arum. Ninety-something, filthy rich and still losing his rag over boxing scorecards. Some drug this boxing business.
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Buatsi was excellent - classy too. A moment at the end when he seemed to hold back against his old pal. Azeez should be proud, he’s come such a long way. Terrific advert for British boxing - fitting that the British title was on the line.
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Kiko Martinez like that little lunatic down your local you wish you hadn’t glanced at.
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Sometimes a boxer realises they’re not invincible and they’re never the same again. Joyce looked psychologically shot to bits. Full credit to Zhilei Zhang, what a finish.
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Sakio Bika confirmed as the opponent for Nigel Benn. Surely Bika - one of the most durable, tough and awkward fighters of recent years - should not have been considered for a 55-year-old returning after 23 years out.
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Personally, I think it’s about time the winners of every single game of football were presented with a replica of the World Cup. Imagine the scenes. Whole team going nuts, showering themselves in champagne, after they’d just beaten Dagenham & Redbridge 2-1.
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I think what we can conclude from last night is, whether you’re a fighter, fan or member of the media, you have no idea what it feels like to have your face caved in until it happens to you. Let’s stop judging those who decide enough is enough.
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BREAKING: Broner wins lottery jackpot but, deciding to try his luck on the rollover next week, rips up his ticket.
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Ronnie Davies says Eubank Jr is ‘100% fit and his weight is perfect. He’s always easily made 160lbs, and he does so while eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. It will not be difficult to lose the extra three pounds. Everything is on target for October 8.’.
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Usyk was mind-bogglingly good there. Terrific bout.
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Imagine Joe Louis being invited back at the age of 58 because the sport he once thrived in was incapable of producing something more worthwhile than Joe Louis, 58, getting a pummelling. Imagine.
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Another example of our boxing heroes being genuine superheroes. Astonishing effort from both Clarke and Wardley.
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Quality fight. Huge credit to David Avanesyan for the manner he won that. Really good bill that proves how engrossing the sport is when the fights are well matched.
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That’s enough now, Del Boy. You’ve had a career to be exceptionally proud of. Give yourself a chance to enjoy the riches you’ve earned.
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I urge everyone who cares about boxing to read this.
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Stunned and delighted to win this. A huge honour. Thank you @SportSJA, it means the world. #SJA2020.
The winner of the #SJA2020 specialist correspondent of the year is @MattCBoxingNews from @BoxingNewsED
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A relief that we can talk about a great performance from Bivol instead of woeful judging but, cor blimey, that was very close to being a draw. Which would have been a travesty. Bivol was punch-perfect. Credit to Canelo for taking the fight and then admitting the best man won.
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Parker and Chisora having breakfast together in the bubble. Both ordered poached eggs and avocado on toast. Then Spider-Man turned up. Buddy McGirt said, ‘F**k me. Now I’ve seen it all.’
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The best thing to happen to boxing since 1909, when Boxing News was established.
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While researching for the upcoming 100-page @BoxingNewsED special on @Tyson_Fury, I found this letter of the week from October 20, 2006. He would win the ABAs in May, 2008.
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Very little controversy, awe-inspiring effort and skill, best fighting the best without argument, zero bogus titles. Amateur boxing showed professional boxing how it should be done at the Olympics.
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You watch fights like that, you see the reactions of the boxers afterwards and you fall head over heels in love with the sport of boxing all over again. #CheesemanEggington.
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‘Anyone who watched that will be drawn to boxing, pay subs to a club, hand over money at York Hall to watch a real fight.’ .Or maybe they’ll think it was a crock of shit and a waste of money and that boxing, our dear sport, is a joke. Stop the propaganda. Now.
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Imagine being chased round a little square by Kiko Martinez.
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The WBSS has not been without problems along the way, is unquestionably a logistical nightmare (largely due to the sport’s age old stumbling blocks), but adopting the format in every division would see boxing thrive like never before. #utopia.
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Incredible fight. Yarde was excellent against a special champion. And for those who doubt Tunde’s sanity, he just made one of the best calls I’ve seen. His fighter can come again.
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Exactly what the sport needed. A wonderful fight and, crucially, no controversy in the scoring. Insane effort from Marshall but Shields is a very special fighter.
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Joshua gets an awful lot of stick these days but on this night he was truly incredible. One of the my favourite nights at ringside.
🥊 @MattCBoxingNews takes you to Wembley Stadium with his ringside report of Anthony Joshua's epic clash with Wladimir Klitschko:
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That highlighted what happens when a world class heavyweight has a free shot on a sitting duck. Hopefully no need to see that kind of fight again.
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Terrific scrap between Tasha Jonas and Terri Harper. Do we need to keep saying it was great advert for women’s boxing, though? It was a great advert for boxing. Roll on the day when two women fight and their gender isn’t part of the narrative.
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Please stop banging on and on about ‘undisputed’. Undisputed empowers the sanctioning bodies, underlines the utter lunacy of the multiple titles and in this case essentially supports the Franchise belt. Why can’t people see that? We already have a world lightweight champ FFS.
Devin Haney and George Kambosos agree on one thing — it’s time for a true undisputed lightweight champion. (via @DAZNBoxing) .
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The British Boxing Board of Control have downgraded Ian John-Lewis from an A Star Class Official to an A Class Official in the wake of the Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall contest.
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Conor Benn fighting Samuel Vargas would have been unthinkable in the not so distant past. That he’s just knocked him daft inside 90 seconds is incredible.
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Lyndon Arthur deserves so much praise for that performance and the way he brushed off questions about his right hand at the end. Like Joe Joyce last week, he showed off his education and experience. Frank Warren, the promoter of both 50-50 fights, should also take a bow.
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What’s not to like about Callum Smith v Canelo? Kudos all round. Top fight to finish the year.
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If anyone with any semblance of sense objects to the current system in boxing they’re met with something like, ‘this is the boxing business.’ But what kind of business keeps flunking its biggest deal, over and over and over again? Something has to change.
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Six hours ago, as we searched for suitable imagery, we didn’t know what the cover was going to look like. And then Nick Bond, our art editor, produces this. Yet another superb piece of work from an artist at the top of his game.👏.
Introducing our latest cover story: @Tyson_Fury vs @BronzeBomber – More of the same from Fury or can Wilder re-write the script? #BoxingNews #FuryWilder3
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What a career Alan Minter had. He was kind enough to reflect on that career with Boxing News recently, which is free to read below. Always an honour to be anywhere near him. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
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That’s 12 lockdown issues completed with (among many others) Calzaghe, Holmes, Eubank, Tyson, Joshua, Hatton, Hamed, Harrison, Warrington, Fury, Smokin Bert, Marciano, Bruno. We’ve named the Top 50 British Fights. And published a never before seen interview with Muhammad Ali.
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And this is when a potential fight between them was first mentioned. The August 12, 2005 edition of Boxing News. #KhanBrook
The @amirkingkhan vs @SpecialKBrook rivalry has been brewing on Boxing News covers for ten years. #KhanBrook
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Don’t blame the IBF, blame those who empower them. If you feel like Fury-Usyk is any less of a fight because a belt won’t be on the line you’re part of the problem.
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Doesn’t matter what happens in the main event or what happened before. Those nonsense scorecards will define the entire event. And that’s a real shame.
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Trevor Bryan vs Jonathan Guidry for the WBA ‘world heavyweight title’ is maddening, flagrantly corrupt and highlights exactly why Boxing News lost patience with the sanctioning bodies last year….But I won’t let it ruin my weekend.
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Joshua beats Wilder I said. Hahahahahaha everyone replied.
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Wonderful, heart-warming news.
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Supreme skill from Povetkin to engineer that opening. Suddenly he had all the time in the world to land the punch that wrecked Whyte. We really are in the midst of a heavyweight era that will be remembered for a long time - for many reasons.
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Five years ago today I was in Las Vegas, on the eve of Mayweather-Pacquiao, celebrating my first official day as the editor of Boxing News. Excited doesn’t even cover it.
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One for the ages.
Introducing our latest cover story: @Tyson_Fury lights up Las Vegas with spectacular victory against Deontay Wilder: #BoxingNews
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So very impressive from Chris Billam-Smith. Studious, dedicated and durable in the extreme. Perhaps his greatest strength is he believes in himself like we all should believe in ourselves.
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Great to hear @BTSportBoxing talk about the Ring Magazine rankings. If only there was a British boxing magazine they could reference too. Maybe one that had been around for 110 years.
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For those moaning that the biggest story of the week made the front cover, we’re a news publication. And like all news publications we will generally lead with the biggest story. Reporting on something does not mean we endorse it.
Introducing our latest cover story: Floyd Mayweather once again has the last laugh: #BoxingNews . 📸 @Chandanphoto
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Why hasn’t Spence-Crawford taken place yet? Because there’s no structure in place that demands the best fights occur. There are multiple sanctioning bodies and not one of them has the power to make that fight. Boxing isn’t broke though, folks. So don’t try to fix it.
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Josh Warrington proved pretty much everyone wrong there. Amazing performance.
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Robert Smith of the Board has stressed that Dillian Whyte is suspended following Povetkin KO for 48 days, not the widely reported 28. Once those 48 days are complete (October 9) he will undergo medicals before his licence can be reinstated and rematch can be confirmed.
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Whatever the reasons for missing weight, Lara stepped on the scales with a grin on his face. Though I understand completely that Leigh will want to be paid, Lara shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near him tomorrow. Time for some longer term thinking.
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Ted Cheeseman. Good lord. Old school warrior. Full credit to Metcalfe too. I don’t know how they do it.
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1. Why were serious questions not allowed to be asked at press conference to announce said decision?. ⬇️.
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Tyson Fury was sensational tonight. don’t recall being more impressed by any performance. I picked against him. I won’t be doing that again. In that form it’s hard to see any heavyweight competing with him, let alone beating him.
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