Gilbert Odd

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Gilbert Odd (born 1902, died May 12, 1996) is a British boxing historian and sportswriter.

Odd boxed briefly as an amateur, then at 18 turned his sights on the sports writing side of the game, becoming a ringside correspondent for the weekly magazine, Boxing. Starting in 1941 and continuing for ten years after, he served as Editor in Chief of Boxing News, the successor to Boxing. In 1944, he began assisting in the publication of The Boxers Annual, which compiled the records of both professional and amateur boxers. In addition, he began the publication of a similar record book, the Boxing News Authors' and Record Book. Throughout the process of compiling and publishing these records, Odd became known as the best boxing historian in England.

Odd was a member of the British Boxing Board of Control from 1961 to 1969 and became a founding member of the Boxing Writers Club. He also is the first and only journalist to be made an honorary member of the National Sporting Club. Odd was enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995. He retired to Northiam, where he lived until his death in 1996.

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Odd has written literally hundreds of articles on boxing for various publications. In addition, he has published over a dozen books, among them:

Ring Battles of the Century (1949) -- ASIN B0006DCTZA
Was the Referee Right? (1952)
Debatable Decisions (1953)
Great moments in sport: heavyweight boxing -- ISBN 978-0720706956
Boxing, the Great Champions (1974) -- ISBN 978-0600313021
Great moments in sport: Boxing : cruisers to mighty atoms (1974) -- ISBN 978-0720707755
Ali -- The Fighting Prophet (1975) -- ISBN 978-0720708455
The Fighting Blacksmith (1976) -- ISBN 978-0720709278
Boxing, the Inside Story (1978) -- ISBN 978-0600314585
Lee Harvey, Prince of Boxers (1978) -- ISBN 978-0720710267
The Woman in the Corner (1978) -- ISBN 978-0720711059
Kings of the ring : 100 years of world heavyweight boxing (1985) -- ISBN 0600358992
The Encyclopedia of Boxing (1989) -- ISBN 978-1555213954

[edit] References

International Boxing Hall of Fame enshrinees: Gilbert Odd
Roberts, James B. and Skutt, Alexander G. (2006). "Gilbert Odd." The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book,4th ed, p 739.