Springs Toledo is a writer and author. His work has been featured in Ploughshares, Salon, City Journal, ''Boxing'' ''News'', and
THE RING magazine
''The Ring'' (often called ''The Ring'' magazine or ''Ring'' magazine) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into questio ...
, The Sweet Science, Plough, and Mizan. He is also a member of the
Boxing Writers Association of America The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) was originally formed in 1926 as the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. The association's purpose is to promote better working conditions for boxing writers, as well as hold its writers ...
(BWAA), International Boxing Hall of Fame Committee, and Ring 4 Boston. Toledo was born and raised in
Boston, Massachusetts and appeared on the Discovery channel and in the movie ''I Am Duran'' (2019). His work was featured on NPR's "Here and Now" and earned him over 40 BWAA writing awards between 2010 and 2022. He is the author of ''The Gods of War'' (Tora 2014, 2019), ''In the Cheap Seats'' (Tora 2016),'','' ''Murderers' Row'' (Tora 2017, 2020), and ''Smokestack Lightning: Harry Greb, 1919'' (2019). Toledo is one of the founding members of the
Transnational Boxing Rankings Board
The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) is an all-volunteer initiative formed in October 2012 with the intention of providing professional boxing with authoritative top-ten rankings, identifying the singular world champion of every divisio ...
and serves as a contributing member and in the role of Oversight.
See also
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Transnational Boxing Rankings Board
The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) is an all-volunteer initiative formed in October 2012 with the intention of providing professional boxing with authoritative top-ten rankings, identifying the singular world champion of every divisio ...
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''The Ring'' magazine
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Boxing Writers Association of America The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) was originally formed in 1926 as the Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York. The association's purpose is to promote better working conditions for boxing writers, as well as hold its writers ...
References
External links
Springs Toledo – BWAA
Sports historians
Boxing writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sportspeople from Boston
Living people
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