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TheSweetScience.com Boxing Archive by AuthorMitch Abramson has covered boxing for The New York Times and the Village Voice and has written on the sport in magazines such as Boxing Digest and Boxing Monthly. He lives in New York City and is currently a staff writer at Newsday.
Ever since Brian Adams was selected as the Weeksville Student of the Year in his Brooklyn community school district at the age of 12, he has made it a point to always excel on academic, recreational and personal levels. Brian was one of the most successful boxers in United States Amateur history.
Matthew Aguilar is a sports reporter for the El Paso (Texas) Times, and has covered the boxing beat for 11 years. His work has also appeared in USA Today, The Ring and KO magazines. In addition to boxing, Aguilar serves as the main beat writer for the University of Texas at El Paso football team and the lead writer for the historic Sun Bowl game. He is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and the Texas Sports Writers Association. The New Mexico native's weekly boxing column appears in the El Paso Times every Thursday.
Jim Amato is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. Jim began covering fights in 1992 reporting on the Roberto Duran-Ken Hulsey fight in Cleveland for Boxing Illustrated.
Born on the New Jersey shore, Steve Argeris has spent his sportswriting career moving south along I-95. After covering boxing for two years at The Washington Post, he now covers the sweet science and college sports for the Columbia (S.C.) State.
Born and raised in the boxing breeding grounds of East Los Angeles, David A. Avila somewhat followed his father’s footsteps who fought in the Olympic Auditorium during the 1950s. Instead, he wrote about boxing beginning with coverage of an Oscar De La Hoya bout in the Olympic Auditorium. He also participated in amateur boxing sporadically for 10 years before turning down a pro boxing career in lieu of a potential baseball career. While at UCLA, he realized baseball was not going to work out so he turned to journalism. Then boxing dragged him back into the fold as a writer where he began covering the sport for the LA Times after a couple of years in the newsroom. After the Times, he helped launch Uppercut Magazine in 1999 and now is a sports columnist specializing in boxing for the Riverside Press-Enterprise and La Prensa newspapers. He previously wrote for Maxboxing and WBAN. His great grandfather Battling Ortega fought more than a dozen world champions from lightweight to light heavyweight beginning in 1916. Avila lives in Riverside, California.
Adam Berlin writes about boxing for The Sweet Science...
David Berlin practices law in New York City. He specializes in criminal defense work, and also represents people in the boxing world. His clients include Teddy Atlas, Don Elbaum, Iran Barkley, Juan LaPorte and Saoul Mamby. At present he is representing the family of Bradley Rone, a journeyman who died in a Utah boxing ring.
Ron Borges grew up watching the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports Friday Night fights with his Dad and brother when TVs were black and white and only three channels existed. By 16 he realized, sadly, that Sugar Ray Robinson, even in his dotage, had little to worry from him and turned to other sports but never lost his love of the Sweet Science.
For the past 30 years Borges has covered boxing, first for newspapers in Sacramento and Oakland, CA. and for 25 years in the pages of the Boston Globe. He is a winner of the Nat Flesicher Award for Excellence in boxing journalism and has won a dozen writing awards in the annual Boxing Writers Association of America’s annual competition. He is also been named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year five times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He currently writes regularly for TheSweetScience.com, the British magazine Boxing Monthly, HBO.com, Pro Football Weekly, serves as a blow-by-blow commentator on Prime Time Fights and is a regular panelist on the Comcast Network’s nightly “Out of Bounds’’ television show. His work can also be found on his website, ronborges.com.
Jim Brady contributed to TheSweetScience.com.
Peter M. Carvill has been writing about boxing for the last year under the name of 'John Conrad' for www.secondsout.com . He was born in the UK twenty-five years ago and has followed the sport for five of them. He agrees with the old maxim that "If you can't write well about boxing, then you can't write full stop." He thinks it was George Plimpton that said it but if no one owns up to it, then he's claiming it as his own.
“Irish” Bobby Cassidy is a veteran of 80 pro fights. He was a world-rated middleweight and light heavyweight in his 18-year career. As a trainer, he’s worked with various fighters, including world champions Donny Lalonde and Lonnie Bradley.
Chris Cassidy has been a professional photographer in New York City for the last 12 years, specializing in the music industry and professional boxing. His pictures have appeared in numerous publications, including Rolling Stone, US, People, Newsweek, Vibe, Sports Illustrated , New York Times and The Ring. In 1999, Chris made the transition from still photography to filmmaking. He has directed over 20 music videos and the award-winning MTV documentary short, "Dear Barbra..." He is currently working on 2 feature length documentary projects as well as shooting, directing
and editing mini web docs for several websites including www.thesweetscience.com, current.tv and turnhere.com
Robert Cassidy writes boxing for TheSweetScience.com and Newsday. His coverage of the sport has also appeared in the New York Post, Los Angeles Times, The Ring, KO and Boxing Digest. In 2000, he was co-winner (with George Kimball) of the Boxing Writers Association of America award for best column. In 2001, the BWAA awarded him first place for best investigative-enterprise story.
He is the son of former No. 1 light heavyweight contender, Irish Bobby Cassidy.
Robert Cassidy Sr. writes for The Sweet Science ...
Felix Chavez has a been a sportswriter for nearly nine years, the past five at the Las Cruces Sun-News in Las Cruces, N.M. He covers New Mexico State men's and women's basketball, football and baseball. Chavez also covers boxing and horse racing for the newspaper, located in Southern New Mexico.
Jesse K. Cox has one amateur bout to his credit, albeit a non-sanctioned fight at a Durango, Colo., bar without any training whatsoever. Undeterred by taking a second-round dive -- all in the interest of preserving brain cells -- he still adores the fight game as a sports writer in northwestern Indiana while training as a legitimate amateur at a Michigan City, Ind., gym.
Jake Donovan has covered major fights in more than twenty states and in four countries.
Hector Duarte Jr. writes for TheSweetScience.com.
Joe Dwyer was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. Appointed as an Inspector in the New York State Athletic Commission in 1983, elevating to Chief Inspector in 1984, where he served for ten (10) years. Licensed as a Judge in 1996, until July 2000, when he was appointed as Championship Chairman, of the International Boxing Federation, serving in that capacity until March 2003, at which time he returned to Judging.
Robert Ecksel was born in Philly, a great fight town, and has studied boxing for fifty years. This Harlem-based photojournalist embraces the sweet science as an object of affection and subject for scrutiny. Ecksel is as interested in boxing’s past as he is in boxing’s present and future, and he advocates for the fighters, the cornermen, the game’s humanity. He also contends that "boxing is the sport," quoting George Foreman, "to which all others aspire."
Pete Ehrmann has been writing about boxing for 40 years. His first by-line appeared in The Ring magazine when he was 14-years-old, and he has contributed articles to The Ring and many other boxing publications ever since, as well as newspapers and magazines. He hung up his gloves in 1967 with a lifetime record of 0-1. He lives in West Allis, Wisconsin.
Charles Farrell writes for The Sweet Science.
Rick Folstad has been a sportswriter for 18 years. He has worked for several newspapers, including three years as a columnist and staff writer with the Rocky Mountain News in Denver.
He is a former amateur (54-6 record) and pro fighter (20-2), fighting out of Minneapolis during the 1970s. Rick now lives in Florida with his wife and son.
Chris lives, writes, codes, hacks, designs and procrastinates in Vancouver, Canada. Having now accepted he will never play for Glasgow Celtic FC, he considers being part of the team at theSweetScience.com to be the next best thing.
Eddie Goldman is the most sought-after and well-rounded journalist in the combat sports. Besides writing a weekly column for TheSweetScience.com, he currently is senior contributing editor at Tapout (formerly Bodyguard) Magazine and writes the Combat Sports News page on KingoftheCage.com. He also runs his own No Holds Barred blogs and posts audio interviews on Blogger ( http://nhbnews.blogspot.com/ ) and Ourmedia.org ( http://www.ourmedia.org/user/57277/ ).
He has been an editor and writer for BoxingRanks.com, MaxBoxing.com, the ADCC News Page, Penthouse, the Extreme Fighting web site, Grappling, Inside Kung Fu, Gracie Magazine, Wrestling International Newsmagazine, Full Contact Fighter, Roundcardgirlz.com, and numerous other publications and web sites.
He was narrator in the film "The Smashing Machine". He was host of the daily sports talk show "No Holds Barred" on eYada.com, host and producer of "Knockout Radio" on MaxBoxing.com, and co-host and co-producer of "Light Show" on WBAI-FM. He was color commentator and analyst for IFC mixed martial arts and USKBA kickboxing TV broadcasts and videos. He is music editor of NYCBP.com. He is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America, the National Wrestling Media Association, and the National Writers Union.
He won third place for Boxing Event Coverage in the Boxing Writers Association of America's 2003 Barney Awards for excellence in boxing journalism. Grappling Magazine was voted 2002 Wrestling Publication of the Year by the National Wrestling Media Association. He was vice-president of the National Wrestling Media Association, 2003-5. He was voted 2000 Journalist of the Year by the readers of Grapplersworld.com.
He wrestled in high school, graduated Columbia with a history major and a philosophy minor, and did graduate work in magazine publishing at NYU.
He lives in Manhattan.
Ralph Gonzalez grew up as a fan after having a number of family
members involved in the sport as boxers in the amateur and
professional ranks. Raised in North San Diego County, Ca, attended San
Diego State, graduated from the University Of Southern California with
a B.A. in English and attended graduate school at Loyola Marymount
University in Los Angeles where he took studies in their M.F.A.
program. After college graduation and a baby on the way, he started
working with much success as a corporate headhunter while pursuing his
graduate degree. Was one of the first internet boxing writers with
fightnews.com starting in 2000 where he interviewed many of the boxing
world's brightest stars. He's married with two boys and currently
working on several writing projects.
Randy Gordon is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Ring (1979-1984). He is also the former Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission (1988-1995). Randy worked at Al Albert's side doing color for the USA Network (1983-1988) and with Sal Marchiano at ESPN (1980-1982).
Tim Graham is an award-winning sports, news and business reporter. He writes for The Buffalo News and is a boxing columnist for ESPN.com. The Cleveland native also has covered boxing for The Las Vegas Sun, The Washington Post, The Ring and KO. His byline has appeared in Sports Illustrated. In 2003, SecondsOut.com named him one of the best boxing writers in the world. But Graham's proudest professional moment was appearing as himself for five seconds in the movie "Play it to the Bone," only to have his name misspelled in the credits.
JE Grant has been involved in boxing since 1981 as a referee, judge, cornerman, amateur fighter, promoter and stringer/reporter for various publications. He has worked in various locations in those capacities in Las Vegas, New York, throughout the midwest, and in Europe. His recent boxing columns have appeared on Eastside Boxing.Com under the moniker "JE". He holds bachelors and masters degrees.
Sam Gregory has been a freelance writer for 8 years and is a member of the International Boxing Research Organization.
Deidre Hamaguchi is a professional minimumweight boxer, former US national judo champion (45kg), and Yale alumna (BR'87). She fought successfully for the inclusion of females in the New York Golden Gloves in 1995, an event which precipitated the growth of both amateur and professional women's boxing. Between teaching high school math and science and training at the gym, Deidre enjoys working as a boxing photojournalist.
Mike is the New Jersey State representative for the Retired Boxers Foundation. Mike is also involved with the NJ Boxing HOF, NJ Ring 25 and an active member of the Boxing Writers' Assoc. of America (BWAA).
Charles Jay has been a fight manager, matchmaker, promoter, booking agent and publicist. He was a boxing consultant for Casino Magic during its infancy, and also served as editorial consultant for USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights" for over seven years. Jay is one of boxing's most respected writers. His "Operation Cleanup - A Blueprint for Boxing Reform" and "Operation Cleanup 2 - Unfinished Business" examine the boxing industry and issues of reform from the inside out. A native of Newark, NJ who now lives in Elkhart, IN, Charles Jay is currently president of Total Action Inc.
Ken Jones writes for TheSweetScience.com
Michael Katz has boxing and New York in his blood. He was born in the Bronx, went to high school in Brooklyn, college in Manhattan (CCNY, did not graduate after six years full-time day session, a world record for over a decade). He started writing for New York Times in 1960 and was with the newspaper in one capacity or another for a quarter-century – including six years in Paris as European Sports Correspondent, Sports Editor of NY Times International Edition and Sports Editor of International Herald Tribune (1966-72). He returned to The Times main newsroom in New York City in 1972. Katz left the Times in 1985 to go to the NY Daily News after Vic Ziegel, an old CCNY buddy, was named sports editor. He left the News in 2000 to go to houseofboxing.com, and when the house came down he went to max. And now, serendipity, Katz graces our starry ranks. Michael Katz is widowed, has one daughter (Moorea, named for island upon which she was conceived), a 24-year-old UNLV grad (she moved to Vegas three and a half years ago to keep an eye on her dad), and a couple of dogs, Kimball (yes, named for beloved George of The Sweet Science) and Colada (whom Katz affectionately calls Barfie).
In 1999, Patrick Kehoe turned to writing full time. He was co-editor of BoxingPress.com before becoming a Contributing Editor for SecondsOut.com. He spends most of his mornings writing a book detailing the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fights. His forthcoming volume, Aesthetic Encounters, examines the philosophical constructs of Canadian art theory. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario he was educated at the University of Windsor and Queen's University and now lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with his wife and son.
Steve Kim has been covering the game of boxing since 1996. From doing his own radio show to working for various websites, Steve has been ringside at some of boxing's biggest events.
The 1986 recipient of the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism, George Kimball spent a quarter-century as a sports columnist for the Boston Herald before retiring in 2005. A veteran of well over 350 title bouts, Kimball has covered boxing all over the world since the eras of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, and was the only journalist to cover every fight of Marvelous Marvin Hagler's middleweight reign from start to finish. For the past decade he has written a weekly 'America at Large' column for Dublin's Irish Times. Kimball has received numerous awards for his Boxing, Golf, Baseball, and Olympic coverage, and also covered the New England Patriots and the NFL from 1970-2005. He has two children, Darcy (1984) and Teddy (1988). When he and his wife, Dr. Marge Marash Kimball, were married in 2004, the ceremony was performed by the Reverend George Foreman. The couple lives in New York City.
Bill Knight has been a sportswriter for 30 years and has covered boxing at the El Paso Times for the past 25 years. He has covered numerous world title fights and has won more than 30 writing awards on a local, state and national level. A native of Dallas, Knight also serves as the main beat writer at the El Paso Times for the University of Texas at El Paso basketball program.
Known far and wide as the world's foremost boxing historian, if there is a custodian of the legacy of the Sweet Science, a guardian of the sport's rich tradition, it is Hank Kaplan. From his vantage point as a former fighter, manager, promoter and publisher, he has seen and done it all. Possessor of a sharp wit and blistering recall, he's been boxing's preeminent information source for many years. Kaplan's archives are legendary, the most extensive in the world, totaling over a million documents and serving as the definitive chronicle of the sport's history, from the bare-knuckle period to the present day. He is chairman of the induction committee for the International Boxing Hall of Fame and a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame. Among his many honors, Hank was awarded the BWAA’s James J. Walker Award for "long and meritorious service to boxing." His perspective on all things fistic - both past and present - provides invaluable insights to readers of The Sweet Science.
Joey Knish is a boxing fan first, everything else second — at least until Halle Berry comes around. At an early age Knish acquired a taste for things pugilistic while watching boxing with Knish Sr. on ABC Wide World of Sports. Hailing from Canada, Knish’s passion for the fights was reinforced while watching more hockey than you could shake a stick at. Nowadays, he satisfies his boxing thirst in the gym and while glued to the big screen. At The Sweet Science he brings you his take, often from a unique angle and colorful perspective.
Evan Korn is an experienced boxing writer with absolutely no pugilistic pedigree to speak of, although he has attempted to spar on occasion (with limited success). He is currently attending Ithaca College, where he is on track to receive a degree in Journalism in 2007. Through the internet, he has been able to share his offbeat and sometimes controversial views with his readers.
Zachary Levin has written boxing pieces for Boxing Digest, CyberBoxingZone, BoxingTalk, MaxBoxing, and is currently a staff writer for FightBeat.com. He also writes for The Sweet Science. Zach lives in New York with his wife of two years. You can find samples of his writing (on boxing and many other subjects) at ZacharyLevin.com and/or ZacharyLevin.net.
A veteran journalist, Marc is a writer for Boxing Digest and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He has written for Ring, Professional Boxing Update/Flash, King, and many of the high profile boxing websites. Marc also does blow by blow on Fox Sports Net and the Sunshine Network. He has appeared on sports talk radio shows throughout the country as a boxing expert.
Frank Lotierzo has been involved in boxing for over three decades as a fighter, writer and historian.
Scott Mallon was born in Coral Gables, Florida, just close enough to the 5th Street Gym to garner his interest in boxing as a young boy and just far enough to keep his protective mother from driving him there to train. He grew up reading Pat Putnam in the Miami Herald and was fortunate to remember at least some of the 60's and 70's, including many of the big fights. At the tender young age of seventeen, he decided to "Go West" to find his fortune and ended up traveling around the world, sans fortune. In 1995 he took his first of what would be many trips to Thailand and was hooked. After growing weary of traveling back and forth to the country, he decided to stay for a year to train in Thai boxing and has been there ever since. Since moving to Thailand he's provided sports photography from throughout Southeast Asia. Besides writing for The Sweet Science, he's written for Ring Magazine, Boxing Digest, Boxing News, The Fist, Black Belt, The Journal of Asian Martial Arts, and Blitz Magazine. He is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and also the International Boxing Research Organization. He now lives in Bangkok with his wife Benjamas and their two children, Rainy and Nicholas.
Ed Maloney comes to the Sweet Science after stints as an editor, writer, columnist and senior online producer for Newsday (14 years); The Ring, KO and World Boxing Magazines (16), and CBS SportsLine (4). Besides many trips to Las Vegas, Atlantic City and other American venues, he has covered championship fights in Europe, Mexico and Australia. He is also a consultant to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
David Mayo has covered boxing for two decades at The Grand Rapids Press, where he is the lead sports columnist. He has covered every major U.S. sporting event, but his affinity for boxing keeps him closely identified with the sport. Mayo also works as a regular correspondent for The Ring magazine and its sister publications. He has been Michigan's journalistic leader in the difficult effort to pass boxing reform in that state. The native of Kirby, Ark. is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America, and is listed in Who's Who in America.
Born in Brooklyn, Bernie McCoy, at 18, began writing in the Army where, after receiving a high school equivalency diploma, he was sent to the Army Information School. Through contacts he made while working at the Armed Forces Press Service, he ventured into the newspaper business, following six years in the service.
McCoy seemed to specialize in employment at number two newspapers in two paper towns, most notably St. Louis (Globe Democrat) and New Orleans (States-Item), along with various dailies on the periphery, both geographically and intellectually, of New York City. Faced with three kids of college age and a mortgage in Westchester County, he abandoned newspapering for public relations at a soft drink company.
Following retirement from the sugared water business, he started writing about Women's boxing, guided by the answer an editor once provided when he was naively asked, "how do you determine what to write about?" The answer: "It's simple, just look around and figure out what nobody else is writing about."
From a participation standpoint, Bernie McCoy had one experience in the boxing ring, a Golden Gloves bout where he was educated on the huge difference between fighting in the schoolyard and boxing in the ring.
Before going in the Army, McCoy played 53 undistinguished games in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in Bristol, VA (Class D) where he learned that, even at that level, pitchers can throw 2-0 curveballs for strikes.
Bernie McCoy currently resides in White Plains, NY.
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Robert Mladinich, who had several professional heavyweight bouts, has been on the boxing beat for nearly 30 years. He has written for numerous magazines and was the writer and an on-air host for the television show “Ringside Wrap,” which was nationally distributed from 1994-96. He is the author or co-author of three true crime books:
“From the Mouth of the Monster: The Joel Rifkin Story,” “Lethal Embrace,” and “Hooked Up for Murder.” In 2004 the Boxing Writers Association of America awarded him a first-place feature writing award for his story on imprisoned journeyman heavyweight Tim “Doc” Anderson. A retired NYPD detective, Mladinich is on the executive board of Ring 8, the Veteran Boxers Association in New York City.
A native of Memphis, TN, columnist Jonathan Morgan currently resides in Castle Rock, CO with his wife and two daughters. A web developer by trade, Morgan spends his free time studying and reading about the history of the fight game. He holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a master’s in German language and literature.
Raised in the Midwest where football is king, John Nguyen grew up in the minority who loved the sweet science. Growing up with a father who had a passion for the fight game, Nguyen learned to appreciate and respect the sport and its combatants. His obsession with boxing led him to combine it with his other great love: writing. A recent graduate of Kansas State University, Nguyen currently writes for TSS, teaches middle school English, is pursuing a masters degree, and raising a young son with his wife.
At 18 years of age, Michael “Silk” Olajide Jr., began his career as a prizefighter. Since retiring in 1991, he has appeared, starred and choreographed in major film and theater projects, working with some of today’s top directors, actors and producers. He has also appeared written for many boxing periodicals. In May of 2005 Michael, along with co-owner Leila Fazel (Former dancer with the Dance Theater of Harlem) opened their first boxing/fitness center, AEROSPACE HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTER.
Sports and Entertainment 2006-MIAMI VICE-Directed by Michael Mann, Starring Colin Farrel, Jamie Foxx 2006-THE BLACK DAHLIA starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johanssen, Hillary Swank 2005-AEROSPACE HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTER 2000-ALI- Directed by Michael Mann, Starring Will Smith 1995- BOXER INDEPTH ANALYSIS SYSTEM- International Boxing Digest Boxing Career 1990-Fought Thomas “Hitman” Hearns for the World Super Middleweight Title 1987-#1 World Middleweight Contender 1987-WBC Intercontinental Middleweight Champion 1985-World Athletic Association Middleweight Champion 1984-Canadian Middleweight Champion 1984-Pacific Northwest Middleweight Champion Michael’s record was 28 wins and 4 losses with 20 wins by knockout.
Hailing from the coal fields of Yorkshire, England, columnist David Payne caught the boxing 'bug' from his late-grandfather (specifically his ability to recount every heavyweight champion in sequence) and the 'bug' held watching the performances of flamboyant British heroes like Herol Graham, Kirkland Laing and Colin McMillan. Payne’s passion for the sport is obvious in his writing. He has worked for many of the leading websites in the UK and America, appearing in print and as a radio analyst in the USA.
An award winning television writer and producer, as well as a print and electronic media journalist, Deon is an all round media producer and content provider with a passion for sport. He wrote and produced a highly acclaimed 18 part television series covering the history of boxing in South Africa from 1889 – 1990, called "The Fighters," for which he received a meritorious award at SA boxing awards 1991 for uplifting the sport in the country. He is the author of soon to be released authorised biography of former 3 time world champion Dingaan Thobela, entitled "The Rose of Soweto," and was the boxing writer for "Mail & Guardian" newspaper from 1999-2004.
Hal Pritzker writes for The Sweet Science ...
Pat Putnam has been covering boxing since 1960, since the day The Miami Herald executive sports editor Bob Elliott tapped him on the shoulder and said: "You are my new boxing writer." The next day Putnam showed up at Chris and Angelo Dundee's 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach, which a few months later would become the home base of a fellow named Cassius Marcellus Clay. "Five days a week for the next seven years it was Sweet Science 101," says Putnam. In 1968, Putnam moved north to Sports Illustrated, where he would cover boxing, as well as many other sports including those at six Olympics, for the next 27 years. In 1982, he won the Nat Fleischer Award "For Excellence In Boxing Journalism." After retiring in 1995, Putnam has done free-lance work for The Observer of London, Showtime, HBO, The New York Times, the Japanese boxing magazine Number, the Variety magazine Vlife, and America Presents, where, he says: "I made a star of Fred Sternburg."
Jonathan Rendall studied at Oxford, where he represented the university, unsuccessfully, at boxing. In addition to writing for The Times, Guardian and Independent, Jonathan has written for Ring and Esquire. He won the prestigious Somerset Maugham Award for "This Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I Own."
Benn Schulberg grew up inside the world of boxing and has been a student of the sport for as long as he can remember. He’s been well schooled in the art of boxing journalism by his father, novelist and screenwriter Budd Schulberg, who has written about the sport dating back to the 1930s, becoming one of the preeminent boxing writers of his time. By the age of 25, accompanying his father to the press section, he’s covered all the biggest and most memorable fights of the last decade, including Bowe-Holyfield II, the Tyson-Holyfield bouts, Hopkins-Trinidad, and the all-time great Castillo-Corrales war. In 1992, he attended his first fight, following in the footsteps of his father, who at the same early age was taken to fights every week at the Hollywood legion by Benn’s grandfather to see the likes of Henry Armstrong, Archie Moore, and Jimmy McLarnin. He has written for Fight Game, the International Boxing Digest, and most recently, The Sunday Herald. He currently lives in New York City where he continues to cover major boxing events along with other activities.
Ed Schuyler Jr. covered his first fight for The Associated Press in 1963. He was named national boxing writer in 1970, a position he held until he retired on April 1, 2002. In 1979 he won the Nat Fleischer Award for "excellence in boxing journalisim." Among the fights he covered were the three Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier bouts, Ali's upset of George Foreman, Larry Holmes' victories over Ken Norton and Gerry Cooney, and the round-robin involving Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard. He also covered more than 2,200 bouts at seven Olympics from 1976 through 2000.
'Iceman' John Scully had a succesful amateur career before turning professional,
defeating men such as World amateur champ Darin Allen, future WBO Champ Otis
Grant and future world rated pros such as Melvin Foster, Joey DeGrandis and
Lamar Parks ( twice).
He turned professional in 1988 after winning a bronze medal in 1988 US Olympic Trials at 165lbs. As a professional, he ran up a record of 38-11 with 21 KO and fought for the IBF 175lb world championship in Germany in 1996 against Henry Maske, losing a 12 round decision. John Scully was rated as high as # 4 in the world by the IBF. His last fight was in 2001, a decision victory over Detroit's Cleveland Neslon. He currently trains heavyweight Lawrence Clay-Bey and unbeaten middleweight (14-0) Chad Dawson. John Scully's website can be found at www.IcemanJohnScully.com.
Los Angeles native Greg Smith was introduced to boxing as a child by his grandfather, who closely followed the careers of Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey. One of Greg's uncles was born on the night of The Long Count, and was given the middle name of Dempsey.
Alex Stone writes for The Sweet Science ...
Aaron Tallent is an East Tennessean with a boxing journalism heritage. His grandfather, Doyle May, served as sports editor for The Oklahoma Journal and wrote articles for Boxing Illustrated in the early 1970s. A former news producer for Knoxville, TN’s CBS affiliate, Tallent now lives in Washington, D.C. and works in politics. His work has also been published in The Washington Post, FoxSports.com, the Washington City Paper and Cinefantastique.
Gary Todd writes for The Sweet Science.
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As a light middleweight Jose “Chegui” Torres won the 1956 Olympic silver medal.
Nine years later he would become the undisputed light heavyweight champion of the world. After his retirement from the ring in 1969, he became a
journalist and author of several books.
Peter Wood was a 1971 NYC Middleweight Golden Gloves Finalist and was selected to
represent America in the 1976 Maccabian Games held in Tel Aviv, Israel. His
autobiography, “Confessions of a Fighter”, (Ringside Books, 2007), is based upon his
boxing experiences. “Confessions” was originally published as a novel, entitled "To
Swallow A Toad" (Donald I. Fine, 1986). His second book, "A Clenched Fist –The
Making of a Golden Gloves Champion," an uplifting memoir about boxing, was published
by Ringside Books (2008). Wood's writing credits include articles in The New York
Times (a guest column), Commonweal, Sporting Classics (feature article) and The Ring
magazine. He teaches Creative Writing and Oral Communications at White Plains High
School in New York.
Michael Woods has written for GQ, ESPN The Magazine, the NY Daily News and the NY Observer. The Brooklyn resident, married with one child, also weighed in on the political sphere on the Huffington Post.
Woods was a staff writer at NY Newsday from 1999-2003. He covers boxing and mixed martial arts for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com.
He has been the editor of TheSweetScience.com since March 2007.
Phil Woolever has covered most major Vegas fights since 1986, currently as the primary west coast writer for Boxing Digest. He has written for The Ring, et al, Boxingranks.com, Fitness Plus, Downtown News, The Arizona Daily Wildcat, and Grunt. He lives a lucky, blessed life with his wife and daughter in Tucson, where he still hopes to complete the poem that will save the world.
Scott Yaniga is the weekly boxing columnist for the Bayonne (NJ) Evening Star-Telegram and has been writing about the sport for over twenty-five years. A former assistant producer with Big Fights, Inc. in New York City, he has also worked as a boxing researcher, historian and publicist for a variety of promotional and production entities.
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