Christopher BenedictChristopher Benedict is a boxing writer, an elector for both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame, a member of The Ring magazine's women's boxing ratings panel, and he served as a contributing archive reearcher for the 2023 documentary Right To Fight. Benedict is the author of several boxing books, including Mandatory Eight Count, Hooking Off The Jab, You Can't Smash Stereotypes By Staying in the Neutral Corner, and I'm Not In The Business. I Am The Business. An advocate for women's boxing, his writings on the subject are featured and preserved on the WBAN (Women's Boxing Archive Network) Historical Database, founded and maintained by trailblazing prizefighter Sue 'Tiger Lilly' Fox. Benedict is a member of the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation. His science fiction, horror, and monster genre writing include, Needs Must When the Devil Drives, a book of essays on horror and sci-fi, which begins with a lengthy look inside Rod Serling's involvement in developing the 1968 film adaptation of Planet of the Apes. In September 2024, he was a featured presenter at SerlingFest: A Serling Centennial, delivering a lecture on his research on Rod Serling's boxing related stories at the Forum Theatre in Binghamton, New York. Read More Read Less