What I Have Learned From Boxers (And Boxing Figures) On Twitter

When I started on Twitter, I envisioned it as a way of giving quick thoughts to readers of the blog in the right hand column, and little more. Then, mere months ago, very few boxers were on Twitter. Now, tons of 'em are, and more enlist every week. They are all of varying levels of worth, as you might expect. Some give you videos of them in the gym. Some joke around with fans. Some actually break news. One, um, let us know who his favorite porn star is. As such, Twitter is suddenly a whole different way to get information about the sport, however helpful or arcane. Thus, a guide to who in boxing is on Twitter and how they're doing might in turn be helpful to boxing fans out there.(I'd been thinking of doing a "boxers on Twitter" piece for a while, but, appropriately, someone I follow on Twitter -- http://twitter.com/bartbarry -- beat me to it. Still, our takes are a bit different, so I decided to go for it anyhow.)