Sad news to pass on from a pal of mine in the States:
"I regret to inform you that Jack Welsh passed away yesterday in the peace and confines of his personal apartment. He was a legend in the sport of boxing, and covered the sport for many publications, including the Philadelphia Journal (chief fight writer from 1978 to 1979); Ring Magazine (correspondent); Gaming Today (columnist); Showtime (columnist); Ring Sports (with his good friend Rusty Rubin); and recently for Boxing Press (as staff writer and columnist)."
And, I believe, Britain's own Boxing News.
RIP.
Jack Welsh RIP
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MightyWarrior
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Obituary:
Las Vegas, NV ( April 25, 2005) - - Jack Welsh, an award-winning fight writer who has been at ringside at major Las Vegas boxing events since the early 1980s, has passed away. Welsh, believed to be in his early 80s, was found in his apartment here late Monday afternoon.
Welsh covered boxing for many publications, including the Philadelphia Journal daily newspaper where he was the chief fight writer from 1978 to 1979. He then moved to Las Vegas where he was a correspondent for The Ring magazine and who also wrote a weekly boxing column packed with the latest fight news in Gaming Today, Las Vegas, for over 10 years.
For many years, Welsh was the late-night boxing expert on Lee Pete's nightly radio sports talk on KDWN 720 AM, the Voice of the West, from the Frontier Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas.
Welsh covered pro and college football for a variety of publications and also covered the gaming business in Las Vegas.
However, he loved big-time boxing the most and was at ringside at the biggest Las Vegas fights of our time including Hagler vs Leonard, Hagler vs. Hearns, Tyson vs. Holyfield, De La Hoya vs. Trinidad and Morales vs. Barrera.
At the same time, he was at ringside for practically all club shows in the city
Welsh was a long-time member of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
He was at ringside for the Antonio Margarito vs. Kermit Cintron main event this past Saturday night outdoors at Caesars Palace. Welsh was in the press room that evening, speaking to his friends before he walked to ringside to cover the event.
Funeral arrangements will soon be announced.
Las Vegas, NV ( April 25, 2005) - - Jack Welsh, an award-winning fight writer who has been at ringside at major Las Vegas boxing events since the early 1980s, has passed away. Welsh, believed to be in his early 80s, was found in his apartment here late Monday afternoon.
Welsh covered boxing for many publications, including the Philadelphia Journal daily newspaper where he was the chief fight writer from 1978 to 1979. He then moved to Las Vegas where he was a correspondent for The Ring magazine and who also wrote a weekly boxing column packed with the latest fight news in Gaming Today, Las Vegas, for over 10 years.
For many years, Welsh was the late-night boxing expert on Lee Pete's nightly radio sports talk on KDWN 720 AM, the Voice of the West, from the Frontier Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas.
Welsh covered pro and college football for a variety of publications and also covered the gaming business in Las Vegas.
However, he loved big-time boxing the most and was at ringside at the biggest Las Vegas fights of our time including Hagler vs Leonard, Hagler vs. Hearns, Tyson vs. Holyfield, De La Hoya vs. Trinidad and Morales vs. Barrera.
At the same time, he was at ringside for practically all club shows in the city
Welsh was a long-time member of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
He was at ringside for the Antonio Margarito vs. Kermit Cintron main event this past Saturday night outdoors at Caesars Palace. Welsh was in the press room that evening, speaking to his friends before he walked to ringside to cover the event.
Funeral arrangements will soon be announced.
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boxingtalking
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There are hardly any boxing reporters at all employed by national newspapers. Bunce, Rawling, Steve Lillis, Ken Jones all really know their boxing. There's Colin Hart and Pat Sheehan but they are getting on a bit now. Donald McRae's pieces sometimes get an occasional outing. But almost all the coverage now is from football journalists or general sports reporters who are press ganged into covering a big fight.boxingtalking wrote:One of boxing nice guys good reporter told it how it was will be missed more and more of the old school leaving or passing away this is why boxing is having it so bad no real boxing reporters left these days do you agree ?
This would undoubtedly change if the sport was covered on terrestrial television. Then I might get a job out of it!
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jamesmcdonnell
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Amen. There are very few dedicated boxing writers these days, but that in part reflects the fact that boxing is a peripheral sport, though there was a generation of boxing writers who helped to poison attitudes towards the sport also.
The openings for getting a piece in a national newspaper are few and far between. Ian managed to get one in the sun, which takes some doing these days. I'm doing a piece which is suited to newspapers, but the chances of it appearing are minimal. Don't give up the day job is a phrase which springs to mind.
The openings for getting a piece in a national newspaper are few and far between. Ian managed to get one in the sun, which takes some doing these days. I'm doing a piece which is suited to newspapers, but the chances of it appearing are minimal. Don't give up the day job is a phrase which springs to mind.
...well, it's a sad thing that i had to check onto this site to read about the demise of jack welsh.....no obit in the chicago papers or a few others i read. colorful guy and a nice one. i knew him when we both lived in cincinnati.....where he was involved in horse racing. called the races at local track river downs.
this was at a time in cincinnati when the locals gathered downtown....and not in the suburbs....and there were one or two places where, if you wanted to talk to someone...for me it often was jack welsh...you could go and have a sandwich or a beverage of your choice and you were bound to connect if you hung around long enough.
..jack was one of the last guys who belonged to that wonderful era.
this was at a time in cincinnati when the locals gathered downtown....and not in the suburbs....and there were one or two places where, if you wanted to talk to someone...for me it often was jack welsh...you could go and have a sandwich or a beverage of your choice and you were bound to connect if you hung around long enough.
..jack was one of the last guys who belonged to that wonderful era.