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Let me clear up something about "writers being biased." Do you expect a person who clearly loves the sport, why else would he be writing about it, to sit with his legs crossed mad professional like "Ah yes, that blow was admirable!" No, hell NO! When I'm at fights, I'm jumping up and down, yelling on the top of my lungs watching amazing stuff because this is something that I like.
If I see a fighter who I admire, like Manny Pacquiao or Felix Trinidad, I'm going to be compelled to write about them. No sweat, because if it's not me then it's somebody else.
Jimmy Cannon couldn't stand Muhammad Ali, maybe he was even biased against him. Does that make him a **** writer? Of course not, because as Murray Kempton said at the Save the Post Rally some 15 years ago, "Every writer is free to write his own lies." That's what makes a writer a columnist. Bias in writing is important, as long as it's fair. Of course, "stacking the deck" intentionally is just as bad, it projects an unreasonable perspective of a fighter.
I love boxing, I do more than anything else really. At this point in my life, all that runs through my head is boxing and girls. That's it, really. If I feel a connection with a fighter, that his performances in and out of the ring create the inspiration I need to write, then so be it. I'm not going to write about a subject that doesn't inspire me, just as you won't ask a pianist to play when he doesn't want to. It won't happen.
So if you disagree with me, I'd love to hear from you. My email is mc_rson@yahoo.com . Holla @ me. If you agree, I'd also love to hear from you. But don't come out here trying to discredit columnists you don't agree with, cuz you ain't **** neither. Just like me and other writers.
If I see a fighter who I admire, like Manny Pacquiao or Felix Trinidad, I'm going to be compelled to write about them. No sweat, because if it's not me then it's somebody else.
Jimmy Cannon couldn't stand Muhammad Ali, maybe he was even biased against him. Does that make him a **** writer? Of course not, because as Murray Kempton said at the Save the Post Rally some 15 years ago, "Every writer is free to write his own lies." That's what makes a writer a columnist. Bias in writing is important, as long as it's fair. Of course, "stacking the deck" intentionally is just as bad, it projects an unreasonable perspective of a fighter.
I love boxing, I do more than anything else really. At this point in my life, all that runs through my head is boxing and girls. That's it, really. If I feel a connection with a fighter, that his performances in and out of the ring create the inspiration I need to write, then so be it. I'm not going to write about a subject that doesn't inspire me, just as you won't ask a pianist to play when he doesn't want to. It won't happen.
So if you disagree with me, I'd love to hear from you. My email is mc_rson@yahoo.com . Holla @ me. If you agree, I'd also love to hear from you. But don't come out here trying to discredit columnists you don't agree with, cuz you ain't **** neither. Just like me and other writers.
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