Steven "Steve" Farhood (born 15 February 1957) is an American

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

historian and analyst.

His life

Farhood was born in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, New York, to Lebanese parents. Farhood served as editor-in-chief of '' The Ring'' and ''

KO Magazine ''KO Magazine'' was a popular United States boxing magazine. It was first published in 1980, to compete with '' The Ring''. It was founded by Stanley Weston, long-time publisher of numerous boxing and pro wrestling titles. ''KO Magazine'', nic ...

''. He also served as First Vice President of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Farhood has been an on-air analyst for

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and

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's "Tuesday Night Fights". He currently serves as a commentator on Showtime's '' ShoBox: The New Generation''. In 2002 Farhood won the

Sam Taub Award The Sam Taub Award is a yearly award presented by the Boxing Writers Association of America for Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism. The award is named after Sam Taub, a journalist and radio broadcaster who is best known for his work covering box ...

, which is given for "Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism".Boxing Writers Association of America Sam Taub Award
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farhood, Steve 1957 births Living people People from Brooklyn American people of Lebanese descent Boxing writers The Ring (magazine) people