About Danny O’Connor
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I’m Danny O’Connor, Olympic boxer, professional boxing champion, author, and the founder of Bite Like a Man, redefining the conversation around men's health and eating disorders.
My work brings together lived experience from elite athletics and writing to explore masculinity, eating disorders, body image, and the emotional and psychological experiences that are often overlooked in conversations about men and health.
Athletic Career
Before becoming an author, I spent more than a decade competing at the highest levels of professional boxing.
I held a Top 5 world ranking, earned 31 professional wins, and competed internationally, including as a WBC International Silver Super Lightweight Champion. I represented the United States on the Olympic stage and fought across major organizations and televised platforms.
That career was defined by discipline, control, and
performance, values that are often praised in sport
but rarely examined for their deeper impact.
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31 Professional Wins
Top 5 World Ranking
WBC International Silver Champion
U.S. Olympic Team Member
From Competition to Reflection
Stepping away from professional boxing marked a shift in focus, but not in purpose.
My experience as an athlete shaped how I understand identity, pressure, and visibility. It also revealed how certain struggles, particularly around food, bodies, and internal experience, can remain hidden behind achievement and success.
Writing became a way to examine those experiences more honestly and with greater distance than competition ever allowed
The Work Today
Today, my work centers on writing, speaking, and creating spaces for conversation.
As an author, I explore how masculinity, discipline, and identity intersect with eating disorders and body image. Through speaking engagements and community dialogue, I focus on awareness, language, and reflection rather than solutions or prescriptions.
The aim is not to resolve complexity but to make room for it.
The Book
Weight Class is a central expression of this work.
The book draws from my experiences in sport and beyond to examine control, performance culture, and the quieter realities that often go unnamed. It informs the conversations, speaking engagements, and community connected to Bite Like a Man, while standing on its own as a memoir.
Why Bite Like a Man Exists
Creating space for conversations men rarely have.
Bite Like a Man exists because conversations about eating disorders and body image have historically excluded men or reduced their experiences to narrow definitions.
This platform was created to support more nuanced dialogue. It prioritizes reflection, shared language, and visibility without pressure to perform, fix, or transform.
The work presented here is reflective and conversational in nature.
It is not therapy, counseling, or medical treatment, and it does not replace professional care.
This site exists to support conversation, not certainty.