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British boxing lost a distinct, persistent, unique and blunt voice after news broke that Glyn Leach, the owner and editor of Boxing Monthly, has passed away aged 52. It feels as if the winter has impinged on our summer, casting a shadow over the entire domestic scene as we bid adieu to a juggernaut of boxing journalism.
The journalistic choir has also lost one of its last remaining world-class soloists. A voice that was disarmingly gentle in the flesh but as blunt as a hammer when he bashed out one of his monthly editorial missives.
Leach broke into the sport in his 20s, writing for Boxing Weekly then quickly taking up an editorial role, before helping launch Boxing Monthly in 1989. Within three years, the keen angler had reeled in the editor’s spot before eventually taking outright ownership of the popular publication.
This unique position allowed Leach to run the magazine his way. His mantra was: "It is all about the writing”; he encouraged and nursed a plethora of styles, welcoming anyone who had the ability and passion to succeed. A self-taught journalist who learned the ropes on the job, Leach was a true independent who relished the challenge of the sport he loved and had helped shape and define.
As the tributes flood in, the essence of the man will live on. Indeed, his legacy will be written anew every time a Boxing Monthly reader sits down to type out a boxing article. Leach may be dead, but he lives on in our hearts, minds and pens—his encouragement helped give birth to a new wave of writers, who must now rise to the levels he aspired to and attained during his career.
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The journalistic choir has also lost one of its last remaining world-class soloists. A voice that was disarmingly gentle in the flesh but as blunt as a hammer when he bashed out one of his monthly editorial missives.
Leach broke into the sport in his 20s, writing for Boxing Weekly then quickly taking up an editorial role, before helping launch Boxing Monthly in 1989. Within three years, the keen angler had reeled in the editor’s spot before eventually taking outright ownership of the popular publication.
This unique position allowed Leach to run the magazine his way. His mantra was: "It is all about the writing”; he encouraged and nursed a plethora of styles, welcoming anyone who had the ability and passion to succeed. A self-taught journalist who learned the ropes on the job, Leach was a true independent who relished the challenge of the sport he loved and had helped shape and define.
As the tributes flood in, the essence of the man will live on. Indeed, his legacy will be written anew every time a Boxing Monthly reader sits down to type out a boxing article. Leach may be dead, but he lives on in our hearts, minds and pens—his encouragement helped give birth to a new wave of writers, who must now rise to the levels he aspired to and attained during his career.
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