Boxing writer-You most hate

Yeah, he does go a bit far at times, but he was around Ali a lot during his tenure with Sports Illustrated and mentions that he felt Ali was one of the best fighters of all-time. He just overrated the political side of Ali- and he's right on that count.

 

I don't like sensationalising writers who try too hard to be controversial..

I like Jeff Powell from one of the British newspapers, Hugh McKilvanny and i loved the old new york daily news boxing columnist Dick Young..

I can't read stuff written by Farhood Personally.. and Colin Hart.....

 

Dear oh dear - that'll teach me to type my name in a search engine!

I recall that Boxing News review of 1973 - in fact, although I wrote the words, the voting for the Top Ten fighters was done jointly by all the staff. That said, I certainly was one of those who voted for Ali. As it's obviously still fresh in your mind, who would you have voted for? George Foreman was one obvious candidate after his destruction of Frazier, but that farce with Joe "King" Roman couldn't be overlooked.

I do think Muhammad Ali was the best-ever world heavyweight champion - of course I could be wrong. It's fun to debate these things. When I wrote that piece, I was 24 and in my first year as a boxing writer - maybe I've matured a bit over 34 years. (Have I written anything you agreed with?!) Ali was certainly good for the game in that he got a lot of people interested who wouldn't normally bother with boxing - not even great champions. For instance, in 1973 I covered middleweight Carlos Monzon - he was a great champion, but he didn't have that mass-appeal. The downside, of course, is that sometimes a fighter gets so big he can virtually make his own rules, like Sugar Ray Leonard fixing his own weight limits for world title defences and the WBC going along with it (and taking the sanction fees ...)

 

Steve Marrioti is a sports writer for the Chicago sun times. He covers all sports baseball, football, basketball, boxing, etc.

He's a real **** stick.

 

Ron Borges. Skip Bayless.

I don't like Bert Sugar either, but he's much more bearable than those 2.

 

You should have voted for Carlos Monzon or Ken Buchanan. Journalists should MAKE the hype, not follow it.

 

Jim Murray was a great writer. I read his columns as a kid growing up in Los Angeles. 9 times out of ten, I really enjoyed him. However, his old articles about Floyd Patterson represent the kind of writing I don't like to read. Just out of line....grossly disrespectful.

 

I did the Austin thing once. Though in my defence, it was under the auspices of a "weekend long shot" feature I used to do every week.

 

Plimpton and Putnam are my favourites. Of the modern era I like Probst.

Worst.....so many.

 

There use to be a Boxing Writer for the LA times named Steve Springer this guy was about as knowledgable as FRANK AND FRANK.

 

A good writer might rock the boat with his style and sometimes in the way he/she presents points, but that writer always needs to remember that the issue at hand is the subject matter. The story should not be about the writer, or become a lead-up to the writer, as I see it.

Some of the names previously mentioned can be at-times annoying, but I tend to try an read into that, possible errant projection of self, the intent to entertain, etc.

I don't want to take any writer too too seriously.

 

He does the same thing in The Ring now.

 

harry carpenter is pretty crap

 

He misread the Ali / Foreman fight so badly he had to re - do the commentary, " Ali is so tired he can hardly hold his hands up",next minute Ali lands a left, and that right hand, Foreman is out.