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Today's writers don't compare at all to yesteryears, just as the sport has declined since promoters and ranking organization have deteriorated the fistic fury of boxing.
Gay Talese, Norman Mailer, and Jimmy Cannon are my favorite throwbacks because the way they talk about the sport, it's as if it was still noble in those days.
The late Jack Newfield is in a league of his own, mainly because he checked his facts. The Village Voice was his vehicle and he rode it into boxing lore.
Today's writers exist more in cyberspace than in printed press. Dan Rafael's jump from USA Today to ESPN.com says all that is needed to be said on the changing trends in boxing press.
Jeff Ryan of The Ring is one of my personal faves, as is David P. Greisman of Boxingscene.com . Doug Fischer continues to be one of the most fun to read, he has ways of putting it that only a true fan could articulate.
Boxing press has changed dramatically, where the proliferation of tv has almost silenced print as a more efficient way of getting the word out. A fighter can reach more people in 5 minutes on tv than in 100 articles. Technology has eaten itself once again.
Gay Talese, Norman Mailer, and Jimmy Cannon are my favorite throwbacks because the way they talk about the sport, it's as if it was still noble in those days.
The late Jack Newfield is in a league of his own, mainly because he checked his facts. The Village Voice was his vehicle and he rode it into boxing lore.
Today's writers exist more in cyberspace than in printed press. Dan Rafael's jump from USA Today to ESPN.com says all that is needed to be said on the changing trends in boxing press.
Jeff Ryan of The Ring is one of my personal faves, as is David P. Greisman of Boxingscene.com . Doug Fischer continues to be one of the most fun to read, he has ways of putting it that only a true fan could articulate.
Boxing press has changed dramatically, where the proliferation of tv has almost silenced print as a more efficient way of getting the word out. A fighter can reach more people in 5 minutes on tv than in 100 articles. Technology has eaten itself once again.
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