Steve Cunningham suggests to write, one needs to fight

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Steve Cunningham has an idea which he thinks could improve the sport.

The 39-year-old cruiserweight who fights WBO titlist Krzysztof Glowacki, April 16 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, chatted with media on Wednesday to hype the card promoted by Lou DiBella.

Mitch Abramson, Tom Hauser and I, among others, chatted with “USS,” the ex-Navy man, and the former RING cruiserweight champion offered a suggestion for sports writers.

“If you write about a sport, you should have or should participate in it,” he told us. “Especially boxing! You see guys, you know they ain’t had a fight, ain’t balled up their fists to swat a fly!”

Wrong-headed writers and commentators, “USS” sometimes gets bummed when he sees and hears their erroneous analysis. “‘This guy should do this,’ and it’s like, That’s wrong, bro.”

Fight writers who get winded walking up two flights of stairs were discussed and their cajones, at feeling confident in being vehement critics of world-class athletes, were marveled at.

My take: I think immersion to get to have a better command of any subject you are dealing with is wise. Boxing writers having some fighting experience makes them better writers, typically, just as I think politicians living on a poor person’s budget for a spell would open their eyes. Cunningham is spot-on.

In the spirit of this article, there is no truth to the rumor (just yet) that Michael Woods will face the winner of Glowacki-Cunningham. You know…to enhance his writing?