Michael Conlan: Returning To Action, PEDs In The Sport, The Boxing Business

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Michael Conlan talks to Tris Dixon about the business of boxing, his journey to date, and what he has left to achieve. Conlan also addresses the topic of PEDs in boxing, discusses his next opponent – Jack Bateson – and how running has become his passion. Follow me on Instagram, X and TikTok. This collection of interviews is available on… YouTube iTunes Spotify And all good podcast platforms. Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, and the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.8	Hello, welcome to boxing conversations, the podcast that does exactly what it says on the tin.
1:09.8	It's conversations about boxing.
1:15.6	This was a banger with mick conlan uh Mick is in the full archives of boxing live stories you can go back and check out our episode there are a few
1:20.2	people i prefer speaking to the sport and business of boxing about than Michael Conlon.
1:29.4	He's been there, he's done it, he's seen it, he's got the T-shirt and he's going back round.
1:35.8	In his bid for world title glory, he's announced a return fight with Jack Paterson this week,
1:41.8	having won his comeback fight earlier in the year in Brighton.
1:47.0	Mick really knows the business inside out.
1:49.1	You can tell he's a little bit of worn from it.
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