Don't get me wrong, I think fans of other sports get treated just as poorly but since boxing is my true love, I can speak on it more passionately. My biggest problem is with the ringside announcers we are forced to settle for who give us the color and blow by blow description of the fights we watch. Either the powers that be think we are idiots or there must be a hell of a lot of nepotism. Now, I don't know if Larry Merchant and his ilk are stupid or ignorant in the area of boxing. What I do know is that they are unable to give us anything meaningful during the fight. If they know their stuff, they certainly are not able to express their knowledge. These guys are an insult to the boxing fan, and I mean all boxing fans. No matter what our level of expertise we are entitled to the best. Please don't misunderstand, there are some great ones out there, I just want to get rid of the slop. I love Al Bernstein, Alex Wallau, Sean O'Grady and a lot more. We know who the good ones are and so must the Network higher ups. They're not idiots. I just don't know if the fan in boxing has any say so, and if we do how do we make our wishes known? Just think, Alex Wallau is listening to the crisp announcing of Al Bernstein, thinks a bit and gives us some great insight on what we are watching, a lot like John Madden on football. Just think, a whole fight of announcing like that,instead of the slurred speech of a horrid announcer who tells us how this fight relates to The Roman era of Gladiators.

Dr. Ken Winokur