Comments Thread For: Veteran boxing writer Michael Katz dies at 85

[BoxingUpdates]

Michael Katz, an award-winning writer for The New York Times, New York Daily News, MaxBoxing and others, has died at the age of 85
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[hitmanjosh]

RIP- Did lots of reading by him!

[champion4ever]

May God rest his soul. He will be missed!

[VislorTurlough]

Recall a great piece he did in 90s for NY Daily News about the late 60s/early 70s hype job Spanish HW Urtain. RIP Sir

[PeanutRay]

A real journalist and a good friend,

[landotter]

He was one of those writers you did not even know how many of his pieces you read until you really thought about it. He was always good for a unique perspective.

[low blows]

He is among the last generation of newspaper beat reporters on boxing as the sport has declined in the US to a niche sport less a super fight on US soil.

I also remember Katz seemingly at ringside with a neck brace and he visually reminded me of Bobby Heenan at ringside with a similar "injury", sad news...

[DeaconFrost]

RIP Mr. Katz

[shakedaddy]

He is among the last generation of newspaper beat reporters on boxing as the sport has declined in the US to a niche sport less a super fight on US soil.

I also remember Katz seemingly at ringside with a neck brace and he visually reminded me of Bobby Heenan at ringside with a similar "injury", sad news...

Haha, I remember his neck brace and the Heenan neck brace too.. LOL