Steve Farhood

Steve Farhood

Steven Farhood (born 15 February 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, New York) [ [http://bwaa.org/jschool.htm Boxing Writers Association of America profile] ] is an American boxing historian and analyst.

Farhood served as editor-in-chief of "The Ring" and "KO Magazine". He also served as First Vice President of the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Farhood has been an on-air analyst for ESPN, CNN, SportsChannel and USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights". He currently serves as a commentator on Showtime's "".

In 2002 Farhood won the Sam Taub Award, which is given for "Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism" [ [http://boxing.about.com/library/bl_bwaa_taub.htm Boxing Writers Association of America Sam Taub Award ] ] .

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