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Michael Katz has boxing and New York in his blood. He was born in the Bronx, went to high school in Brooklyn, college in Manhattan (CCNY, did not graduate after six years full-time day session, a world record for over a decade). He started writing for New York Times in 1960 and was with the newspaper in one capacity or another for a quarter-century – including six years in Paris as European Sports Correspondent, Sports Editor of NY Times International Edition and Sports Editor of International Herald Tribune (1966-72). He returned to The Times main newsroom in New York City in 1972. Katz left the Times in 1985 to go to the NY Daily News after Vic Ziegel, an old CCNY buddy, was named sports editor. He left the News in 2000 to go to houseofboxing.com, and when the house came down he went to max. And now, serendipity, Katz graces our starry ranks. Michael Katz is widowed, has one daughter (Moorea, named for island upon which she was conceived), a 24-year-old UNLV grad (she moved to Vegas three and a half years ago to keep an eye on her dad), and a couple of dogs, Kimball (yes, named for beloved George of The Sweet Science) and Colada (whom Katz affectionately calls Barfie).
Pat Putnam has been covering boxing since 1960, since the day The Miami Herald executive sports editor Bob Elliott tapped him on the shoulder and said: "You are my new boxing writer." The next day Putnam showed up at Chris and Angelo Dundee's 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach, which a few months later would become the home base of a fellow named Cassius Marcellus Clay. "Five days a week for the next seven years it was Sweet Science 101," says Putnam. In 1968, Putnam moved north to Sports Illustrated, where he would cover boxing, as well as many other sports including those at six Olympics, for the next 27 years. In 1982, he won the Nat Fleischer Award "For Excellence In Boxing Journalism." After retiring in 1995, Putnam has done free-lance work for The Observer of London, Showtime, HBO, The New York Times, the Japanese boxing magazine Number, the Variety magazine Vlife, and America Presents, where, he says: "I made a star of Fred Sternburg."
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2009 Reader Of The Year Weighs In On Legacies Of Pacquiao And Mayweather
"Pacquiao has proven....in the ring... time and time again that he is the greatest of this time. He has earned his respect. He begs for nothing. He is a man content with his growth, his family and his achievements. A man the world has now turned it's eyes to behold. Floyd Mayweather is not even close in stature. He may possess the greatest skills but he is not the Face of Boxing today. Google Manny Pacquiao. There are 20 million searches. Google Floyd. There are 6.5 million. Look at the NYTimes, the Wall Street Journal and Time. Count how many words were used these past years to mention Floyd Mayweather. Then count the words still being printed about Manny. And keep counting. As I've said many times, Floyd has been too clever by half. He has short changed his public.....and has out-smarted himself. Manny will fight but a few more times. Enjoy it while you can. He is an all time great pugilist. Floyd, with all of his remarkable skills lack the will to be truly great in the biggest sense of the word. His legacy will look more like Holmes that Ali. He has earned it." ---November is half-way gone, but we don't need to keep counting ballots. It's a landslide. Fe'Roz has won the 2009 Reader of the Year award. His comments add to the website immeasurably, and he epitomizes the thoughtful, respectful, educated fan of pugilism we strive to cater to at TSS. Congrats, Fe'Roz, and please accept my thanks for being the valued member of this community that you are. Sincerely, Editor Mike
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