Saturday, January 15, 2011

The Talk



Not everything is flowery prose and dramatic storytelling and witty turns of phrases. Sometimes the best thing to do is just to get out of the way of the subjects and let them speak. And sometimes writers don't need to write at all, but rather will report, ask questions and let the answers speak for themselves. The above segment with Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander carried much more power to it than any other minute-long production HBO could've put together.

The beauty of the Internet is that should a writer choose to publish an interview on its own, rather than turning it into an article, it is welcomed because doing so is suited to the short attention span that often comes with reading online. And much like Muhammad Ali saw that television would give him a channel to use his mouth to amplify his stardom, boxers have taken to the Internet to sell their fights.

Writers, of course, are willing to oblige.

Kieran Mulvaney, writing for ESPN.com, talked to Emanuel Steward, trainer to Wladimir Klitschko, about the dangers that Klitschko's next foe, Dereck Chisora, presents.

Jake Donovan of BoxingScene.com gives voice to a junior welterweight many boxing fans have never seen, much less heard from – Kaizer Mabuza, who is to face Zab Judah in a title fight.

Lyle Fitzsimmons, also of BoxingScene.com, has Evander Holyfield making a case for himself continuing to fight.

Robert Morales of the Long Beach Press-Telegram did some interviews that hyped a potential fight between Devon Alexander and Amir Khan even while Alexander still has an upcoming tough unification bout with Timothy Bradley.

Lem Satterfield, meanwhile, has this interview with Bradley on AOL Fanhouse.

And while it was brief, Richard Cloutier, writing for BoxingScene.com, talked to Lucian Bute in a reminder that there is a top super middleweight who is waiting in the wings for Showtime's tournament to come to an end.

What fights and fighters are you talking about?

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