TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS & EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

[Zelley]

One of the major problems that I noticed in the past was poor or limited
communication skills of some coaches of some boxing clubs.

There are many threads to this topic, such as:

A. effective communication with the news media
(pre-fight coverage & post-fight coverage).

B. Inappropriate communication, such as complaining out loud or in newspaper reports, about other clubs and officials.

C. Overstating the potential of a boxer, or talking about some future
international tournament and claiming a specific boxer has a good chance of making it.
:??

[DCAmateurBoxing]

One of the major problems that I noticed in the past was poor or limited
communication skills of some coaches of some boxing clubs.

There are many threads to this topic, such as:

A. effective communication with the news media
(pre-fight coverage & post-fight coverage).

B. Inappropriate communication, such as complaining out loud or in newspaper reports, about other clubs and officials.

C. Overstating the potential of a boxer, or talking about some future
international tournament and claiming a specific boxer has a good chance of making it.
:??

In all fairness, my experience with media (broadcast and print) is that you can't always take their reporting at face value-- between biased editing (video/print) and quotes taken out of context, I have experienced the media misrepresentation, errors and negligence for items A and B. Regarding C, I don't consider that poor or limited communication, that's just good ol' fashion fight hype. Sometimes hype for the benefit of boxers AND coaches. I don't think any of the 3 will go away in my lifetime.

[Zelley]

One of the major problems that I noticed in the past was poor or limited
communication skills of some coaches of some boxing clubs.

There are many threads to this topic, such as:

A. effective communication with the news media
(pre-fight coverage & post-fight coverage).

B. Inappropriate communication, such as complaining out loud or in newspaper reports, about other clubs and officials.

C. Overstating the potential of a boxer, or talking about some future
international tournament and claiming a specific boxer has a good chance of making it.
:??

In all fairness, my experience with media (broadcast and print) is that you can't always take their reporting at face value-- between biased editing (video/print) and quotes taken out of context, I have experienced the media misrepresentation, errors and negligence for items A and B. Regarding C, I don't consider that poor or limited communication, that's just good ol' fashion fight hype. Sometimes hype for the benefit of boxers AND coaches. I don't think any of the 3 will go away in my lifetime.

In fairness to the media, I have seen cases of C. and when all the
BS and hype fails, part B kicks in. As these things happen over a time period, I'm not inclined to give some coaches free passes and blame
the sports news media. Errors do happen in reporting, but there is always an avenue to get the facts corrected, but when coaches don't know
the difference between the words facts, fantasy and fiction, then we have
an integrity or intelligence problem.

[squarering]

Many driven young media reporter are looking for a different angle that puts them out front. For that reason it is important to keep it rather bland and humble, like the pac man, ie I just try to do my job. Or boxers that are asked who would you like to match up against that give the pat answer. I let my coach or trainer deal with that. It seems you can never go wrong with humility. Like you say Bragging, complaining or going way out there with statements can do nothing but come back to bite you in the asssk anyone. Sometimes I just act dumb, that come very natural to me.

[DCAmateurBoxing]

Many driven young media reporter are looking for a different angle that puts them out front. For that reason it is important to keep it rather bland and humble, like the pac man, ie I just try to do my job. Or boxers that are asked who would you like to match up against that give the pat answer. I let my coach or trainer deal with that. It seems you can never go wrong with humility. Like you say Bragging, complaining or going way out there with statements can do nothing but come back to bite you in the asssk anyone. Sometimes I just act dumb, that come very natural to me.

I'm just jaded and worn out when reporters just take bits and pieces, blended with "quotes" from people that shouldn't be quoted and spinning the whole thing into something that makes a good story, but is no where near the truth. Not just in boxing, either. I'm not saying all media, just my experience.

Also, we are talking about amateur boxing, right? I am just talking about amateur boxing. I am not involved in pro, except for being a fan.

[Zelley]

Many driven young media reporter are looking for a different angle that puts them out front. For that reason it is important to keep it rather bland and humble, like the pac man, ie I just try to do my job. Or boxers that are asked who would you like to match up against that give the pat answer. I let my coach or trainer deal with that. It seems you can never go wrong with humility. Like you say Bragging, complaining or going way out there with statements can do nothing but come back to bite you in the asssk anyone. Sometimes I just act dumb, that come very natural to me.

I'm just jaded and worn out when reporters just take bits and pieces, blended with "quotes" from people that shouldn't be quoted and spinning the whole thing into something that makes a good story, but is no where near the truth. Not just in boxing, either. I'm not saying all media, just my experience.

Also, we are talking about amateur boxing, right? I am just talking about amateur boxing. I am not involved in pro, except for being a fan.

And if it is amateur boxing, there is no need for inflated hype and
tall stories. Pre-fight publicity should be based on facts not an inflated ego.