Michael Woods

New York

Freelance Journalist, Editor and Host at Freelance

Brooklyn resident, Mass. born. Reporter-broadcaster-podcaster. Ex ESPN, ex RING, now call fights for Linacre Media, contribute to FightsATW

Articles

Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando Romero: Turki, Jim Lampley, Platform Wars-Welcome To ‘Gotham City’

1 month ago | yardbarker.com | Michael Woods

I will be watching the circus tomorrow, Friday, May 2, in a ring in Times Square, New York City, a place that can feel like the capital of the world, make you feel like royalty, or so they will think on IG! Or it can be the place where you go from heady delight, vibing with other excited strangers mesmerized by lights, to dismay, after you realize your wallet and phone got taken when that dude jostled you while you were getting a pic with dirty costumed and suspiciously insistent Elmo.
Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando Romero: Turki, Jim Lampley, Platform Wars-Welcome To 'Gotham City'

1 month ago | fightsatw.com | Michael Woods

I will be watching the circus tomorrow, Friday, May 2, in a ring in Times Square, New York City, a place that can feel like the capital of the world, make you feel like royalty, or so they will think on IG! Or it can be the place where you go from heady delight, vibing with other excited strangers mesmerized by lights, to dismay, after you realize your wallet and phone got taken when that dude jostled you while you were getting a pic with dirty costumed and suspiciously insistent Elmo.
The Woodlands Symphony Orchestra presents “Fairy Tales: LIVE” May 4

1 month ago | hellowoodlands.com | Michael Woods |Michael Woods

Join The Woodlands Symphony Orchestra at Christ Church Methodist for a magical event filled with enchanting stories and whimsical adventures. Get ready to be transported to a world of fantasy and wonder as the WSO brings classical fairy tales to life.
Salute to Scot England, 0-1

2 months ago | nyfights.com | Michael Woods

Scot England found out the hard way you don’t play boxing on Tuesday night in Nashville. The 58 year Tennessee old man stepped to the line against a 23 year old foe Jashawn Hunter and quite quickly understood that his pro career would not be lengthy. Down went England on the “Country Box” card at the hands of North Carolina’s Hunter, who came in 0-6, right away in the first. England rose, showing big heart, but the ref saw he was on iffy legs, and waved it off in round one in Nashville.
Luis Pita Oliva: Everything Is Not Solved With Blows (Pt 2)

2 months ago | nyfights.com | Michael Woods

“So, at age 12, boxing comes into my life,” current Massachusetts resident and ascending pro boxer Luis Pita Oliva says. “While I was at school, several coaches were going to look for new students, they showed a video and they asked you if you wanted to enter that sport. ”I told them I didn’t like it but I didn’t have a head for anything else. This was a way to look for a different life than the one I had. Yes, videos of the Olympics impacted me.
Rolly Romero Did Not Compare Himself To Jesus! (Or Did He?)

2 months ago | nyfights.com | Michael Woods

Rolly Romero aka Rolando Romero aka Rollies aka the Guy You Love To Hate got stopped Saturday night in round eight of his battle with Isaac Pitbull Cruz in Las Vegas in support of the PBC/Prime debut on Amazon’s streaming service. Predictably, many watchers applauded extra loud when the Mexican hitman Cruz took it to the Las Vegas resident Rolly Romero, and forced the ref to stop the contest at 56 seconds elapsed in the eighth. I wasn’t applauding, virtually or otherwise, at the time.
Who's Betting Against Jared Anderson?

2 months ago | nyfights.com | Michael Woods

Who amongst you doesn’t like the feeling of impending collision between two fits power punching heavyweights? That’s the apex, that’s the milieu that can make a collection of rooters shake and roar in amazement and excitation at a distinct level. Really, as far as sport and the entertainment realm as a whole, an epic boxing match can induce an unparalleled chill.
Gary Shaw, Burly Promoter With Several Sides, Is Remembered

2 months ago | nyfights.com | Promoter Michael Reyes |Michael Woods

So many of these announcement, it feels like, although it could be that it merely feels that way, in the context of a species working iffy through identity crises. Gary Shaw died, damn, I was made aware when my guy Abe G messaged me the Rick Glaser X post. Fuck, I said to myself, when was the last timeI talked to Gary? How old was Gary? Beginning of 2022, and the native of New Mexico, who made New Jersey and Florida home, was born April 11, 1944. His passing came on the day of his birth.
Ryan Garcia Invites Weigh In Crowd To "Suck My Dick"

2 months ago | nyfights.com | Michael Woods

So, a couple hours passed after word dropped that Ryan Garcia was three pounds over the 140 pound limit. He posted that he was going to weigh in…Garcia kept posting, unrepentant:Garcia seems to be following the path as suggested by Floyd Mayweather a few months back. He’s not apologizing, insuring that some folks will be now more invested in seeing the fight, to watch him get his ass kicked. The NYSAC weigh in unfolded at Barclays.
Ryan Garcia Misses Weight, By Three Pounds

2 months ago | nyfights.com | Michael Woods

Ryan Garcia insisted it’s all been for show, his pre-fight antics were manufactured to draw buzz. That seems like posturing now, with word that the boxer weighed three pounds over the 140 pound limit for his fight against Devin Haney Saturday night at Barclays Center, and on PPV. The NY State Athletic Commission would oversee a ceremonial session weighing in at around 2 PM. Hours before, word dropped that Garcia was over weight, at the real weigh in session.