Catch 22 The Struggle of Being a Boxing Writer and a Fan
I remember growing up in North Philadelphia in a city where Boxing is a way of life. I was living with my grandparents along with my parents and 2 brothers. My Grand Father Victor Roldan who was a Boxing Addict would record every major Boxing match on VHS. I remember watching Felix “Tito” Trinidad’s early matches and the happiness it brought him to see Tito win. My Gramps would teach me Combinations like Jab, Straight Right, Left Hook, Right Upper Cut, and finish off with a straight left to the chin. In my recent trip to Philly I had the pleasure to meet highly regarded trainer Brother Nazim Richardson, he made the comment “In the streets of Philly is the only place where you will see guys throwing Jabs in a street fight”. When you hear the City of Philly you may think of Cheese Steaks, Rocky, or Fresh Prince of Belair, but Boxing is a way of life there. At an early age …show more content…
This does 2 things it makes you dishonest and robs your reader of actual facts.
I’ll leave you with this writers, don’t slip into the “Catch 22” because if you do you can be shooting yourselves in the foot in long run. Write what you see, report what you see, if you are taking pictures don’t just snap when your fighter is the one throwing the punches allow your pics to tell a story, we are on writing fairy tales we are writing Blogs real life stories of an event . our sites and sources need to depict a real picture of the true story. Your favorite fighter may read an respect your opinion and take it as a grain of
I remember growing up in North Philadelphia in a city where Boxing is a way of life. I was living with my grandparents along with my parents and 2 brothers. My Grand Father Victor Roldan who was a Boxing Addict would record every major Boxing match on VHS. I remember watching Felix “Tito” Trinidad’s early matches and the happiness it brought him to see Tito win. My Gramps would teach me Combinations like Jab, Straight Right, Left Hook, Right Upper Cut, and finish off with a straight left to the chin. In my recent trip to Philly I had the pleasure to meet highly regarded trainer Brother Nazim Richardson, he made the comment “In the streets of Philly is the only place where you will see guys throwing Jabs in a street fight”. When you hear the City of Philly you may think of Cheese Steaks, Rocky, or Fresh Prince of Belair, but Boxing is a way of life there. At an early age …show more content…
This does 2 things it makes you dishonest and robs your reader of actual facts.
I’ll leave you with this writers, don’t slip into the “Catch 22” because if you do you can be shooting yourselves in the foot in long run. Write what you see, report what you see, if you are taking pictures don’t just snap when your fighter is the one throwing the punches allow your pics to tell a story, we are on writing fairy tales we are writing Blogs real life stories of an event . our sites and sources need to depict a real picture of the true story. Your favorite fighter may read an respect your opinion and take it as a grain of