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Michael Woods has written for GQ, ESPN The Magazine, the NY Daily News and the NY Observer. This Brooklyn resident, married with two children, also weighs in on the political sphere in the Huffington Post. Woods was a staff writer at NY Newsday f...
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David A. Avila - West Coast Chief Bureau

Born and raised in the boxing breeding grounds of East Los Angeles, David A. Avila somewhat followed his father’s footsteps who fought in the Olympic Auditorium during the 1950s. Instead, he wrote about boxing beginning with coverage of an Oscar D...
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George Kimball The 1986 recipient of the Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism, George Kimball spent a quarter-century as a sports columnist for the Boston Herald before retiring in 2005. A veteran of well over 400 world title bouts More from this writer	Ralph Gonzalez Ralph Gonzalez was one of the very first Internet boxing writers. His first assignment was covering Antonio Diaz vs. Omar Weis for fightnews.com in June 2000. He's since interviewed the best and brightest the world of boxing and mma has to offer. ... More from this writer
Ron Borges Ron Borges, general sports columnist at the Boston Herald, has been named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year four times. He is a past winner of the Fleischer Award for excellence in boxing writing and has appeared on both national and interna... More from this writer	Lee Wylie Lee Wylie is a writer from England. He specializes in the technical aspect of boxing, and he lists his favorite fighters as Pernell Whitaker and Roberto Duran. Despite his girlfriend's best efforts, Duran's signed shorts hang on their bedroom wal... Read more...
Frank Lotierzo Frank Lotierzo has been considered by some boxing insiders to be one of the sport’s best fight analyst. His work has appeared in Fight Game, Boxing-Illustrated, and Uppercut magazine. Prior to his career as a writer, Mr. Lotierzo hosted Toe-To-Toe... More from this writer	Raymond Markarian Born in North Hollywood, Markarian graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history. He wrote a thesis on the Political Effect of Black Heavyweight Boxers in the 20th century and then penned freelance pieces for various outlets. In January 2008, the ... More from this writer
Springs Toledo Springs Toledo is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and the International Boxing Research Organization. Born and raised in the city of Boston, he learned to box at twelve and honed his craft sparring and in smokers. He is an an... More from this writer	Kelsey McCarson Kelsey McCarson is a member of the International Boxing Research Organization and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Kelsey has a B.A. in English from the University of Houston. He lives and works just outside of Houston, Texas with his wife... Read more...
Eric Raskin The former Ring managing editor has penned weekly columns for various Web sites, including Maxboxing.com, ESPN.com, and RingTV.com, before bringing his voice to TheSweetScience.com. He currently contributes regularly to Grantland.com, HBO.com, an... Read more...	Blake Hochberger Blake Hochberger is a writer covering the fistic arts out of Chicago. While attending the University of Texas-Austin from 2005-2009, he had the chance to train at Lord’s Boxing Gym alongside local favorite Jesus Chavez. A lifelong of fan of boxing... Read more...
Bernard Fernandez Bernard Fernandez has been a sports writer for 41 years, the last 27 at the Philadelphia Daily News, and since 1987 has been the PDN’s boxing beat writer. He is a five-term former president of the Boxing Writers Association of America, the 1998 re... More from this writer	Ronan Keenan Ronan Keenan is a freelance writer covering a variety of subjects. After emerging from a highly unsuccessful amateur boxing career with a crooked nose and chronic headaches, Ronan decided that writing about the sport would be a better-suited endea... More from this writer
Phil Woolever Phil Woolever covered most major Vegas fights from 1988 - 2008 as West Coast Bureau Chief for Boxing Digest and frequent contributor to The Ring. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in Dusseldorf, Germany where he was pleasantly surpris... More from this writer	Joe Rein Joe Rein trained at Stillman's Gym in New York in the late 1940s and '50s. He fought at the University of Miami, for Angelo Dundee's 5th St. Gym and in the U.S. Army. In the '70s and '80s, he sponsored an amateur team with trainer Tommy Gallagher ... More from this writer
Rick Folstad Rick Folstad has been a sportswriter for eighteen years. He has worked for several newspapers, including three years as a columnist and staff writer with the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. He is a former amateur (54-6 record) and pro fighter (20-2... More from this writer	Chris Wheat A native New Yorker and current resident of Brooklyn, Chris Wheat began writing for TSS in 2012. Very late one night several years ago he asked Bobby Czyz when his next fight would take place. Czyz looked at his watch and replied, "In about fifte... Read more...
Thomas Hauser Thomas Hauser is the author of 41 books. In 2005, he was honored by the Boxing Writers Association of America, which bestowed the Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence in boxing journalism upon him. He was the first Internet writer ever to rec... More from this writer