Boxing Writer Passes Away

26/04/2005

Boxing Writer Passes Away

Less than two days after covering the Margarito-Cintron bout in Las Vegas, veteran boxing writer Jack Welsh has passed away.  Believed to be in his early 80s, Welsh was found in his apartment here late Monday afternoon.  An award-winning fight writer, Welsh spent more than a quarter of a century in the game. He was at ringside at the biggest Las Vegas fights of our time including Hagler -Leonard, Hagler-Hearns, Tyson-Holyfield, De La Hoya-Trinidad and Morales-Barrera.  Funeral arrangements will soon be announced.