Terrible boxing journalists

[Bo-Bo24]

I was reading some articles by a writer called Scott Gilford on Boxing News 24 and some of his views are quite delusional, particularly with regard to Wilder. Has anyone else come across any boxing journalists they hate?

[greynotsoold]

I've hated Jeff Ryan and Steve (?) Farhood for 30 years. They started out writing in pro wrestling magazines, began working in boxing magazines owned by the same company, knowing nothing about boxing, and they haven't learned anything since.

[IamInuit]

Kevin Iole is a piehole.

[Memphis]

These days anyone can be a boxing 'journalist' Saddo even used to let me write some stuff once upon a time. I was brilliant.

I cant think of anyone I particularly enjoy reading to be honest. This Gilford dude does seem to generate a fair bit of stick.

[Memphis]

Kevin Iole is a piehole.

Made me laugh

[Jerry Rice]

Kevin Iole is a piehole.

Made me laugh

Never have been a big Max Kellerman fan.

[Bo-Bo24]

Kevin Iole is a piehole.

Made me laugh

Never have been a big Max Kellerman fan.

The HBO guy? I quite like the face offs he does between boxers

[Beanz]

I was reading some articles by a writer called Scott Gilford on Boxing News 24 and some of his views are quite delusional, particularly with regard to Wilder. Has anyone else come across any boxing journalists they hate?

I think Gifoid, ford, flid whatever moniker he goes by, is actually the inspiration behind the South Park episode "The biggest douche in the Universe". The sad truth is that in reality he is even worse than that. More like the contents of the biggest douche in the universe, from some rancid, putrid orifice that time forgot.

[justaguy]

Surprised nobody has yet brought up Dan Rafael, but I don't find him nearly as offensive as some others seem to.

I don't dislike any journalists that at least can back up what they are saying. If you just have outlandish views and you are a fanboy, that doesn't make sense when you are a journalist. however, if you have reasonable takes (no matter how wrong you are) that I can follow, I can't hate anyone for their opinion.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Steve Kim from maxboxing is a joke. Read his articles on Floyd and see how professional he is.

[Rantcatrat]

Steve Kim from maxboxing is a joke. Read his articles on Floyd and see how professional he is.

Even if Steve Kim had a bias against Floyd, which I don't know enough about him to agree one way or the other, Steve Kim and MaxBoxing have been go to sources for boxing writing for the last 15 years or so. I don't think it is fair to call him a joke.

I also think Gabriel Montoya from MaxBoxing has been one of the only boxing scribes to really take the PED matter seriously. Most other boxing writers shy away from it in order to not offend the powers that be.

[Freedom]

I was reading some articles by a writer called Scott Gilford on Boxing News 24 and some of his views are quite delusional, particularly with regard to Wilder. Has anyone else come across any boxing journalists they hate?

"Scott Gilfoid" does not exist, it's one of several PEN NAMES used by David Rosenberg, the owner of boxingnews24.

With that alias, he's trying to get the attention of UK boxing fans, so he'll receive more traffic on his website. In other words, he's trolling.

Never have been a big Max Kellerman fan.

Max Kellerman is awful.

[p4pking]

Steve Kim from maxboxing is a joke. Read his articles on Floyd and see how professional he is.

Even if Steve Kim had a bias against Floyd, which I don't know enough about him to agree one way or the other, Steve Kim and MaxBoxing have been go to sources for boxing writing for the last 15 years or so. I don't think it is fair to call him a joke.

I also think Gabriel Montoya from MaxBoxing has been one of the only boxing scribes to really take the PED matter seriously. Most other boxing writers shy away from it in order to not offend the powers that be.

Read one or two of his articles, you might change your mind. Plenty of esteemed journos who are mainstream, topical and influential, are still completely out to lunch, what makes a guy writing for a boxing website off limits Is it unfair to call Dan Rafael a joke as well? They both are.

[Gandalf]

Dan Rafael irritates me above all others and I go out of my way to avoid reading anything he writes. I try to avoid a fair chunk of so called boxing 'journalism' as it is seldom ever anything of the sort. It is almost like boxing is largely populated by Fox news style opinionists rather than anything cogent or informing. I read Fightnews to keep up to date, but that is as far as I go these days. You might as well watch the fights yourself rather than rely on the interpretations of others. It's the Wikileaks approach, just read documents and don't bother with the media filters that inevitably distort the world. Boxing has a lot of shitty faux 'journalists'.

[jehoshaphat]

Dan Rafael irritates me above all others and I go out of my way to avoid reading anything he writes. I try to avoid a fair chunk of so called boxing 'journalism' as it is seldom ever anything of the sort. It is almost like boxing is largely populated by Fox news style opinionists rather than anything cogent or informing. I read Fightnews to keep up to date, but that is as far as I go these days. You might as well watch the fights yourself rather than rely on the interpretations of others. It's the Wikileaks approach, just read documents and don't bother with the media filters that inevitably distort the world. Boxing has a lot of shitty faux 'journalists.

Perfectly said. Great points and advice.