 RON
ROSS is a native New Yorker and was himself a professional boxer, a fight
promoter, and a manager. He remains active in the boxing world as a member
of the Boxing Writers Association of America and writes numerous boxing
articles as well as covering major fights around the country. Ron earned
his B.A. at Brooklyn College where he majored in English and then studied
for his Masters Degree at New York University after a two year hitch in
the army. His desire to become a writer was side-tracked for thirty-five
years while he carved out a career in real estate, not by choice, but rather
as a fortunate pawn of fate. His first book, The Tomato
Can, a novel, received excellent reviews and when this was followed
by his widely acclaimed Bummy
Davis vs Murder, Inc., Ron was convinced that a career change
was in order. Now, besides playing softball, his favorite pastime is to
vividly recreate a world familiar to so few. Ron's current work, is a biography
of Emile Griffith, the great middle and welterweight champion from the 1960s
and early 1970s. He was also the consultant on the documentary, Ring of
Fire; the Story of Emile Griffith, about Griffiths legendary fights with
Benny "Kid" Paret. Ron's Griffith biography is scheduled to come
out shortly before a feature film on Griffith's life being produced by Paramount
and Columbia. Ron divides his time between Oceanside, New York and Boca
Raton, Florida. Ron Ross was inducted into the Long Island Jewish Hall of
Fame on May 21,2006. |