5067598532_fa804e8578_zABOUT PAUL UPHAM


Paul Upham has been a journalist with print, radio, television and online media for twenty-five years. He has written for The Australian newspaper and the prestigious magazine, The Ring. He has also regularly appeared as a television studio commentor for Fox Sports, ABC News and SBS News in Australia.

Upham reported live from the streets of New York during the 9/11 terrorist attacks and has worked as a journalist in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, England, Japan, Thailand and the US. The author of four books, Upham has written the authorized biography of undisputed boxing world champion Kostya Tszyu, Something Worth Fighting For, published in 2007 by HarperCollins Australia.

He is currently co-producing a feature film he wrote and is also writing the script for a comedy television series. Upham lives in Sydney, Australia.

Paul Upham’s appointments and achievements of note:

• Author of four published books:

Australian Boxing Almanac (2005) – IDG Communications

Something Worth Fighting For (2007) – ABC Books

Undisputed: A Golden Era in Australian Boxing (2010) – ABC Books / HarperCollins

The Power of Perseverance (2024)
Harper Collins India

• Content Editor for SecondsOut.com – 2000 to 2010

Writer for BoxingPress.com – 1999 to 2000

Writer for The Fist magazine – 2000 to 2010

• Monthly column for The Fist magazine – 2002 to 2010.

• Opinion Column for The Australian newspaper – 2003 & 2006.

• Television commentator for Sky Channel, Fox Sports, Sky News Australia, SBS News, Main Event, Channel 9, ABC News – 2000 to 2024.

Live studio television appearances on FOX SPORTS NEWS – 2006 to 2022

Live studio television appearances on Toyota World Sport with host Les Murray, SBS television – 2002 to 2006

Studio television appearances on KO Boxing Show, Sky Channel – 2000 to 2002

• Radio commentator for Talking Lifestyle Radio (2UE) Sydney, Radio SEN Melbourne, Radio ABC, Gadigal Koori Radio Network, Radio 2GB Sydney, EON Radio Melbourne, KO Radio Newcastle, Central Coast GO FM Radio, RSN 927AM Radio Victoria, FIVEaa 1395AM Radio Adelaide, 4KQ Radio 693AM Brisbane, 91.3 SportFM Radio Perth. – 2000 to 2025.

Member of The Ring magazines World Ratings Panel 2006 to 2010

• Member of Boxing Writers Association of America 2002 to 2025

• Member of International Boxing Hall of Fame voting induction panel 2002 to 2025

• Member of Australian Boxing Hall of Fame voting induction panel 2003 to 2025

• Member of Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) voting panel 2014 to 2025

Live show emcee for Australian Boxing Hall of Fame Annual InductioDinner, Members Dining Room at the Melbourne Cricket Ground – 2006 to 2010. 

Live show emcee for Kostya Tszyu Live Stage Show, which performed to sold out audiences in all states around Australia – 2002 to 2009 and 2025. 

Boxing Consultant for FOXTEL on The Contender Australia show – 2009 

Live show emcee for Dennis Lillee & Jeff Thomson Live Stage Show at Mt Isa, Queensland – 2005. 

Live show emcee for Roy Jones Jr. Live Stage Show Australia.

Starred in five episode series two of THE NEST - first screened in Australia on the SBS Television Network in September 2009 and on the BIO Channel on Foxtel in March 2012.

Starred in Optus Cricket Legends vs. Highgate Concierge XI video documentary – March 2016

The Power of Perseverance book research & writing -
January 2022 to October 2024



 

 
 
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