Writers on Boxing

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  • #61: ‘Damage’ by Tris Dixon

    #61: ‘Damage’ by Tris Dixon

    ‘Damage – The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing’ is former Boxing News editor Tris Dixon’s personal investigation into the effects of the blunt force trauma that is, unfortunately, inherent in the sport of boxing. This book focuses on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, also known as Dementia Pugilistica, or informally as being punch…

  • #25: ‘The Road to Nowhere’ by Tris Dixon

    #25: ‘The Road to Nowhere’ by Tris Dixon

    ‘The Road to Nowhere – A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands’ by Tris Dixon is a record of Dixon’s travel across numerous U.S. states, attempting to speak to forgotten boxers. I have a special fondness for any book in which the author goes off on a quest to talk to a group of people before it’s…