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@ElliotWorsell

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Joined November 2011
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@ElliotWorsell
Elliot Worsell
5 months
Despite playing both Saturday and Sunday football this season, this is my first hat-trick, so thank you @boxingwriters . Thanks also to @MattCBoxingNews for the assists/telling me when to shoot.
@boxingwriters
BWAA
5 months
The @boxingwriters is proud to announce its 2023 Bernie Award writing winners
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Elliot Worsell
7 years
Canelo being outed as a drug cheat is awful and ruins the Golovkin rematch. But now imagine Amir Khan never got up.
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@ElliotWorsell
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7 years
Sky Sports need a red button option that allows you to skip the first 10 fights of an Olympian's pro career and get to the real shit.
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@ElliotWorsell
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1 year
The best performance I’ve ever seen live and it’s not even close. Report below…
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
1 year
The masterful @terencecrawford , in beating Errol Spence, produced one of the most perfect performances of the modern era. @ElliotWorsell delivers his 𝗕𝗡 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 from Las Vegas... Read here: #SpenceCrawford
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@ElliotWorsell
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Twenty years after writing my first piece for Boxing News at 17, this is my last. Now a little less naive, I’m no less grateful for being read. Thank you!
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6 years
The Sefer Seferi workout in all its glory. Slightly concerning to see a 39-year-old learning how to box during fight week but good luck to the lad.
@IFLTV
IFL TV
6 years
IS THIS THE MAN TO DERAIL TYSON FURY'S RETURN? - SEFER SEFERI BANGS THE PADS AHEAD OF FURY CLASH: via @YouTube
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7 years
Kovalev played the scary monster all week & then wanted out once Ward, the "runner", stood with him, hurt him & punched him in the balls.
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7 years
When Andy Lee talks, you listen.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
7 years
. @AndyLeeBoxing : ‘If sparring was anything to go by, George Groves vs. Chris Eubank Jr could be Fight of the Year’ #boxing #GrovesEubank
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7 years
Wrote my first @BoxingNewsED feature when I was 17, and now I'm all grown up @MattCBoxingNews , an editor after my own heart, has asked me to be their senior writer. Time to tell a few stories...
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8 years
That was one of the craziest, bravest & saddest things I've seen from ringside. You always need people who care about you. #HayeBellew
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7 years
Andre Ward is so smart, and so out of place in the mad and desperate world of boxing, that he'll probably stay retired and enjoy life.
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@ElliotWorsell
Elliot Worsell
7 years
Andy Lee was proof you didn't need to be a prick to be a quality fighter. He kicked arse with intelligence and good manners.
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Boxing News
7 years
. @AndyLeeBoxing : A bloody good fighter, an even better man: #boxing
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Elliot Worsell
5 years
I'd hate to be the person who has to tell Chisora his fight has now been moved to November 9 (and then introduce him to headliners KSI and Logan Paul).
@IFLTV
IFL TV
5 years
WOW! DEREK CHISORA ABSOLUTELY LOSES THE PLOT IN ATTACK AGAINST EDDIE HEARN, ADAM SMITH & KALLE!
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@ElliotWorsell
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7 years
Don't be like Floyd Mayweather. Fill your backpack. Read a book. This one's out today...
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5 years
Correct. First a suspension and then, if the B sample yields the same result, expel him. What you DON'T do is suspend the school bully but allow him to beat up one more kid before he goes home.
@WBCBoxing
World Boxing Council
5 years
STATUS OF DILLIAN WHYTE
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6 years
Not easy to write last night, but Bellew was brilliant and Haye was bravely swinging until the bitter end.
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7 years
Most fighters don't retire when they should. Klitschko bowing out following that Joshua performance is a testament to his intelligence.
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7 years
Groves has been throwing those sneaky, loose, nasty shots inside for years. Only a matter of time before he took someone's soul. Great shot.
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7 years
To get a sense of how awful an opponent Michael Grant is in 2017, imagine Charles Martin against a heavyweight contender in 2033.
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6 years
Nobody loves a decision loss more than Joseph Parker. He's buzzing. Must've made an absolute mint in the last four months. Good for him.
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@ElliotWorsell
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6 years
Out today. Let's go, cheats.
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7 years
Klitschko may well cower & fold tonight, but he's just as likely to teach Joshua a lesson & make it look easy. Basically, I have no idea.
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8 years
Chris Eubank Jr vs. Renold Quinlan for some IBO belt on ITV Box Office? Strap in, British boxing's going full retard again.
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Elliot Worsell
6 years
I risked asking Alexander Povetkin about drugs and experienced the Russian death stare. But somebody had to:
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2 months
Thank you, @boxingwriters . They arrived safe and sound. (I hope to actually attend one year!)
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6 years
Josh Kelly, the pretty boy who hates attention, Lomachenko comparisons and text messages, steps up Saturday. A fascinating character.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
6 years
LONG READ Inside the mind of @JOSHPBK : #boxing
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Elliot Worsell
7 years
Dillian Whyte and Lucas Browne arguing over who is the bigger drug cheat. (And that was before orangutans and chlamydia were mentioned.)
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6 years
The big question on fight day: how many attentive blokes in Under Armour trackies are currently watching a topless Anthony Joshua eat food?
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Elliot Worsell
7 years
At nine o'clock this morning I'd never heard of Nieky Holzken. Now, 1300 words later, I can tell you all about his kickboxing career, his boxing matches in school gyms, and tell you how many rounds he'll last with Callum Smith. #PressDay
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7 years
Malignaggi should have scarpered the moment full-kit Cortez turned up telling him he is fair and firm.
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Elliot Worsell
5 years
Jarrell Miller's an easy cheat to condemn but don't forget the others forgiven and celebrated (as well as the ones who weren't caught).
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
5 years
The rampant problem of drugs in boxing:
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9 years
Weird to think that the 'Fight of the Century', the 'biggest fight of all-time', is also a fight I'll never choose to watch again #MayPac
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7 years
That was the best performance by a British boxer this year. Saunders was faultless. Amazing what a bit of motivation, fear and focus can do.
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Elliot Worsell
9 years
8-4 Mayweather. Way too good. The friendly hug before the last round kinda summed up the fight and the 'rivalry'.
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Elliot Worsell
7 years
Eubank Jr promised a one-man riot but delivered a strongly-worded email instead. Groves was his daddy (and has to be in the final).
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
7 years
George Groves and Chris Eubank Jr: What happens next? #boxing #GrovesEubank
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Elliot Worsell
8 years
Whyte-Chisora is basically Skelton-Sprott for today's Nando's & PPV crowd, but with accents, trash talk & hype. Could be fun, could be ugly.
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5 years
I was wrong. Today would be even better. The sport's shot to bits.
@ElliotWorsell
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5 years
Tonight would be the perfect time for boxing to retire.
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Elliot Worsell
7 years
Two weeks.
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8 years
Is JJ the price we pay for AJ four years ago? Poor bloke. Fought his heart out.
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7 years
Spence is outstanding. Never gone 12 rounds & does that in the champ's hometown. So composed, adjusted numerous times & ticked every box.
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Elliot Worsell
6 years
Golovkin vs. Canelo 2: Contaminated but still edible.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
6 years
Why this is a wonderful fight with a dark cloud hanging over it
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7 years
Naseem Hamed: "You're either good at boxing or you're not." Night.
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5 months
A decade on from bashing up 20 bodyguards at Wembley and dozens of football hooligans at Wolverhampton Civic, Frazer Clarke now does his own security
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6 years
Part 1 of Lee Murray from Moroccan prison. He's been there 12 years and had a lot to say. I won't do many crazier interviews than this one.
@BloodyElbow
Bloody Elbow
6 years
The Real Notorious: Lee Murray breaks silence from Moroccan jail — PART 1: THE BANK JOB
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6 years
This is like watching a badly dubbed kung fu movie. The sloppy choreography and excitable commentary doesn't match up #furypianeta
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Elliot Worsell
7 years
Always had a feeling that bloke I watched Howard Eastman box 12 years ago would end up fighting Chris Eubank's son on ITV PPV in 2017.
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Elliot Worsell
6 years
With the help of experts, I've beefed up a piece on Canelo, cows and clenbuterol.
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7 years
Awful decision but I'd have Benn & Peynaud fight each other on every single Matchroom show in 2018. Put them on just before Sweet Caroline.
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6 years
If Cedrick Peynaud didn't have a 6-5-3 pro record and was the son of a 90s legend, imagine the hype.
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10 months
If you only read one thing this week, I’d probably recommend Look At Me by Anita Brookner. But if you can manage more, there’s also the full version of this, about two boxers and a ref, in Boxing News.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: @ElliotWorsell gives a fascinating insight into what happened before and after Howard Foster stepped between George Groves and Carl Froch.
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7 years
Boxing judges can't even do the corruption thing professionally. At least deliver a close card and try to be less conspicuous. #GGGvsCanelo
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8 years
Note: Even when you're ballsy and quick and make GGG look slow and ragged, he will still eventually suffocate you and rearrange your face.
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6 years
Wow. That's the most revealing public workout video I've ever seen. And not in a good way. And it's only 11 seconds long.
@FrankWarren
Frank Warren
6 years
Sefer Seferi prepares for Tyson Fury this weekend #HesBack
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8 years
No cancellation, no fine, the Board will tell Whyte and Chisora to hug it out for 12 rounds on Saturday. Which they'll do, happily.
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8 years
Dominic Ingle (who made the right call) was waving that towel so long I thought he was going to stop Golovkin's next fight as well.
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7 years
Gavin McDonnell became more and more Mexican as that fight went on. Impressive performance.
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5 years
That was teacher vs. student from first bell to last but Campbell proved himself an A-grade student and should be proud of his performance. Lomachenko delivered another lesson.
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5 years
Dubois is proof you don't need to be an arsehole to kick arse at heavyweight. That's just one of the reasons to like him.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
5 years
Get to know @DynamiteDubois . If you ever wondered how he reacts when stuck in traffic, or what he does with sponsors' T-shirts, or how he's different to Anthony Joshua, this one's for you.
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Great to speak to Khan, still Britain's most exciting boxer, last week. Sounded confident, but he's up against genius on Saturday.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
5 years
. @amirkingkhan EXCLUSIVE – "I’ve had a lot of praise since I started boxing and now appreciate someone who tells it like it is. When Virgil Hunter says something, you take it seriously." Out now:
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7 years
Some thoughts on @bjsaunders_ because he was f'ing brilliant in Canada and might be the best we've got.
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8 years
It's World Book Day and I have a book out this summer called Dog Rounds. It has nothing to do with canines. This picture sorta describes it.
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I saw @AndyLeeBoxing step into the ring for the first time in 13 months and wrote about it in this week's @BoxingNewsED . He's back Saturday!
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7 years
Roy Jones and Jorge Linares were cool but seeing @ryanburnett01 and his two belts tops the lot. The champ-champ gets six pages this week.
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Took me best part of 15 years but finally interviewed Roy Jones Jr. Might as well give it up now. Go out on top. Thanks @AntEvansUFC .
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8 years
Ali's passing feels a bit like Futch pulling out Frazier before round 15. Sad, but he'd done enough, given us his all. Time to rest now.
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7 years
Did some accidental matchmaking today. Spoke to Jake Ball, the WBA no. 14 light-heavyweight, and he said he's happy to test himself against Joe Fournier, the man ranked three places above him. I begged him not to.
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Elliot Worsell
5 years
Tonight would be the perfect time for boxing to retire.
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Elliot Worsell
7 years
With nothing better to do in the early hours of Friday morning (other than sleep), I followed Roy Jones to the finish line. And made notes.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
7 years
The great @RealRoyJonesJr boxed for the final time yesterday and @ElliotWorsell stayed up to say goodbye: #boxing
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10 years
Things we learnt from Mayweather-Maidana 2: Teeth cut through leather, Floyd's a screamer & Kenny Bayless doubles as a bodyguard. All I got.
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I found Howard Eastman, the first (and coolest) boxer I ever interviewed, hiding in Guyana, and wrote about it for Boxing News.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
3 years
. @ElliotWorsell first interviewed Howard Eastman, the enigmatic middleweight, back in 2003. After a long search, he finds an altogether different character to the one he met 18 years ago:
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Paulie Malignaggi basically signs up for a dumb reality show and two weeks later complains about being filmed and wants nude shots erased.
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Elliot Worsell
6 years
I just wanted Ryan Burnett to tell me how pleased he was to be a world champion. Instead, he told me scary stuff you'd rather not hear...
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
6 years
LONG READ @ryanburnett01 and the sacrifice required: #boxing
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Elliot Worsell
5 years
Six years ago Wilder taught me how he is able to punch really, really hard. He then used this power to become WBC heavyweight champion.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
5 years
The Tip of the Whip: @BronzeBomber explains and demonstrates how he hits so hard: #WilderOrtiz2
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7 years
Unlikely to have any bearing on tonight's result but Jorge Linares' ears are upside down.
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A few years ago I watched a boxer get hypnotised before a fight and then asked Steve Collins and Glenn Catley to tell me how hypnotism helped them win world titles.
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If you can't hold the hand of another man while topless and making strong and prolonged eye contact, you're not a real man.
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Ali had a bus and a megaphone; Liston had a pistol. Fury has Billy Joe and chicken; Wilder has a Bomb Squad unable to run properly.
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5 years
The weight cut is the deepest.
@BoxingNewsED
Boxing News
5 years
Following Ryan Garner’s worrying collapse at yesterday’s weigh-in, @ElliotWorsell takes a look at the inherent dangers of a boxer making weight
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8 years
The Loser
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7 years
It's almost here: Mayweather vs. McGregor, the 2 girls, 1 cup of sports. I'm unable to look away and so are you.
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7 years
Got three features in the Boxing News Christmas double issue, out today. A bit about this year's retirees (a Miguel Cotto love letter) and what's basically a Hearn vs. Warren fight report. The magazine is packed with good stuff.
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In an era when many boxers fancy themselves as businessmen, Kevin Mitchell was pure & genuine in his love of fighting. That was refreshing.
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7 years
Seen too many boxing films, most suck, but came away from 'Journeyman' thinking nobody needs to make another. @PaddyConsidine got it right.
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8 years
I wrote a feature about two necessary evils: pay-per-view boxing & those pesky pop-ups that mess with your stream on fight night.
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If everybody won and nobody got hurt, was Mayweather vs. McGregor even a fight? (At least it's over.)
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