Benjamin Watt
(He/Him)
North Shore
As seen in:
Manawatū Standard,
Substack,
Cooking the Books with Frances Cook,
Up To Speed with Te reo Māori,
Bay of Plenty Times,
New Zealand Herald,
The Northern Advocate,
Radio New Zealand (RNZ),
Scoop,
Peoria Journal Star
and
Covers:
Boxing, Music
Doesn't Cover:
Everything else
First openly gay boxing judge in the world
4 x cancer beater
Boxrec & Wikipedia editor
Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi
Ko Te Popoto te hapu
Ko Mokonuiārangi te marae
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Benjamin Watt’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I started writing when I entered the boxing industry in 2014. I was first a boxing records keeper, then a boxing judge and eventually a volunteer boxing writer. I have written articles for websites including Stuff NZ, NZ Herald, Gay Express, New Zealand Fighter, Fight News New Zealand, Women Fight News Magazine, Women's Boxing Archive Network, World Boxing News and many more. Most of this I have been doing for free as a hobby.
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Interview
See all 8 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
New Zealand Fighter Website as a volunteer
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes when I was 5
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I email to all the newsrooms emails