Favorite Boxing Writers?

[K-DOGG]

I am a ******, sorry.

No, no. You're special.

[Scottie2Hottie]

I am a ******, sorry.

he's from alabama, cut him some slack people.

[SABBATH]

AJ LIEBLING, BUDD SCHULBERG, HUGH MCILVANNEY, NORMAN MAILER (not really a boxing writer but great book with "The Fight").

Contemporary mention goes to FRANK LOTIERZO.

[K-DOGG]

Oh, here's a couple of more I highly, highly recommend: Bill Ross is a helluva writer, and someone already mentioned Greishim. I might have mispelled Dave's name. And I haven't read anything of his in a while; but Geoff McKAy is an exceptonal writer too as is Wray Edwards. Read these guys along with Casey and your literary appetite will be fullfilled, I guarantee.


Casey just happens to be my favorite.

[SABBATH]

Oh, here's a couple of more I highly, highly recommend: Bill Ross is a helluva writer

Ha, ha. He needs to expand his short body of work. He's been in moth balls as of late.

[K-DOGG]

Ha, ha. He needs to expand his short body of work. He's been in moth balls as of late.

Well, I'm not gonna call him a lazy bastard ; but yeah, he does need to be more active. However, I'll take quality over quantity any day. His piece on the Ali-Holmes fight was some of the best in-depth journalism on an uncomfortable topic I've ever read.

[Mr. Ryan]

i honestly read all the front page articles on this site, but i never really take a second to remember the authors name. i can only remember david griesman, who does the 10 count, which is almost always a good read.

and hey, who doesnt like our very own asian sensation?

I'm sexy as well as smart, thats why

K-Dogg, thanks alot my dude. It was very hard adjusting to journalism type writing at first, I had to figure out what kind of writer I wanted to be. Also, I was a little handcuffed by not understanding my limitations and boundries, but once I figured out how long I could write for and all the other subtleties as a person I could influence into my writing I found some great ****.

David Greisman is always poetic, he flows masterfully. He is so in charge of his craft, it's uncanny.

[Mr. Ryan]

hauser of coarse. i buy his books. the ones where he sums up the years.
I guess i like him best cause he really nails the interesting topics everytime

the fight doctor has made some excellent books, like the 12 greatest rounds of boxing...


and heres a question for YOU, ASIANSENSATION!!!!
why do u ALWAYS take a shot at boxing in ALL UR ARTICLES!!!! it pisses me off to be honest... nothing against you but...

u always start off with, "But because boxing is dying..." or "Boxing is going down the tubes for this very reason..." and it never has anything to do with the topic of your articles

Cut it out! lol

I do only because I love the sport. I read all kinds of books about boxing, and the way that boxing is portrayed in past years gave it a sense of purpose and class that this generation doesn't have.

My ringside attire, I know you're familiar with it, is an ode to the throwbacks when writers were professionals, the suit is an homage to the undying class of when newspaper columnists were deities in the sport, now its all about the person himself.

The guy who mentioned Mailer as not being a boxing writer has a point. He was always considered an ******** in the sport, as more of a condescending intellectual who was more adept at writing novels than commenting on boxing.

[Mr. David]

Ryan's right about how print journalism's move away from boxing has made the number of great writers decades ago into a Golden Age of creativity and ability in covering the Sweet Science. When boxing was bigger and covered in-depth by more papers, there was more camaraderie and competition between those behind the typewriters.

Yet there are some great, great boxing journalists these days, and I'm going to do my best to not leave names off. First, I'm extremely proud to be part of the BoxingScene.com team. In the past few years, the efforts of the entire group have made the site grow -- the expansion to providing for FOXSports.com and the mention we got on Showtime were especially proud moments. Rather than isolate specific BoxingScene writers, I'd prefer to commend everyone here. We've all done so much, and we'll do so much more.

Hauser is fantastic. The first time I sat down in a bookstore with one of his books, I didn't get out of my seat for hours. He captures so perfectly the feelings before, during and after the fight, and his critical questioning of the New York State Athletic Commission was dead-on.

I subscribe to MaxBoxing.com. One can tell the education these guys have had both in journalism and on the job. Steve Kim, to me, is the Michael Wilbon of boxing writing, what with his multiple deadline pieces written each week. Today is Thursday, and I think he's already had four pieces this week. I trust Doug Fischer's opinion 99.9 percent of the time. Thomas Gerbasi is indeed the best profile writer around. Jason Probst cracks me up. And I always read works on that site by, in no particular order, Eric Raskin, Martin Mulcahey, Lee Groves, Kevin Iole, Steve Farhood, Bernard Fernandez, Calvin Watkins, David Kolb, Tony Rothman, Angel Rodriguez and anyone I'm accidentally leaving off.

I read Cliff Rold over on Ringtalk, Lem Satterfield of the Baltimore Sun, Dan Rafael on ESPN.com, Michael Woods and David Avila on TheSweetScience and I miss having access to Michael Katz. There are plenty of other writers whose work I read and respect -- we are, after all, one big fraternity of folks trying to contribute to the sport, so anyone I have left off is not out of any disrespect.

Finally, a thank you to those who mentioned me. I appreciate the idea that people read me, though I remain humble so that I may keep improving.

[Mr. Ryan]

Ryan's right about how print journalism's move away from boxing has made the number of great writers decades ago into a Golden Age of creativity and ability in covering the Sweet Science. When boxing was bigger and covered in-depth by more papers, there was more camaraderie and competition between those behind the typewriters.

Yet there are some great, great boxing journalists these days, and I'm going to do my best to not leave names off. First, I'm extremely proud to be part of the BoxingScene.com team. In the past few years, the efforts of the entire group have made the site grow -- the expansion to providing for FOXSports.com and the mention we got on Showtime were especially proud moments. Rather than isolate specific BoxingScene writers, I'd prefer to commend everyone here. We've all done so much, and we'll do so much more.

Hauser is fantastic. The first time I sat down in a bookstore with one of his books, I didn't get out of my seat for hours. He captures so perfectly the feelings before, during and after the fight, and his critical questioning of the New York State Athletic Commission was dead-on.

I subscribe to MaxBoxing.com. One can tell the education these guys have had both in journalism and on the job. Steve Kim, to me, is the Michael Wilbon of boxing writing, what with his multiple deadline pieces written each week. Today is Thursday, and I think he's already had four pieces this week. I trust Doug Fischer's opinion 99.9 percent of the time. Thomas Gerbasi is indeed the best profile writer around. Jason Probst cracks me up. And I always read works on that site by, in no particular order, Eric Raskin, Martin Mulcahey, Lee Groves, Kevin Iole, Steve Farhood, Bernard Fernandez, Calvin Watkins, David Kolb, Tony Rothman, Angel Rodriguez and anyone I'm accidentally leaving off.

I read Cliff Rold over on Ringtalk, Lem Satterfield of the Baltimore Sun, Dan Rafael on ESPN.com, Michael Woods and David Avila on TheSweetScience and I miss having access to Michael Katz. There are plenty of other writers whose work I read and respect -- we are, after all, one big fraternity of folks trying to contribute to the sport, so anyone I have left off is not out of any disrespect.

Finally, a thank you to those who mentioned me. I appreciate the idea that people read me, though I remain humble so that I may keep improving.

I've been conspiring for weeks to find a way to entice you into view once again. Thanks for joining the conversation David. It's a pleasure to be down with the set.