Michael Woods, Author at Fights Around The World

Michael Woods

Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.

Was Natasha Jonas’ Win Over Mikaela Mayer Considered ‘Home-Cookin?’

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What percentage of the time have we watched a compelling prize fight, appreciated immensely the skill and strength on display, only to be discussing the putridity of the score cards immediately after the conclusion? Rhetorical question for hardcores, who, if they are still around, know the answer is “way too often.” Same as it ever […]

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Is Turki Alalshikh The Most Powerful Person In Boxing?

Is it too early? Do I seem too obsequious if I declare aloud what my gut tells me, that Turki Alalshikh is the most powerful person in boxing? Do I risk blowback and barbs under the eye of social media dissectors and critiques? Sure, probably, being that I (and you!) had no idea who the