HARD TIMES: The Mystery of the Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard Fight
**** It is, for boxing, as enduring a mystery as the Bermuda Triangle or the identity of the Man in the Iron Mask. On July 4, 1919, in Toledo, Ohio, Jack Dempsey ushered in the Golden Age of Sports with…Read More
Unanswered Prayers: Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Robert Guerrero
**** It was a fight short on drama, one that prompted a smattering of boos among the throng gathered at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. And yet, there is a compliment buried in this criticism.…Read More
Los Angeles Review of Books - Fight to the Death: Who Killed Davey Moore? by by David Davis
SCREEN TIME: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.-Robert Guerrero Preview
**** Robert Guerrero is deemed by many to be a supporting character in the opening act of a six-fight, two-hundred-million-plus-dollar contract Floyd Mayweather recently inked with CBS/ Showtime. Buts…Read More
Storm Rider: Danny Garcia W12 Zab Judah
**** “You are fuckin’ something, man!” His arms draped across the fighter’s shoulders, looking reverently at, and beyond, the disfigured face, referee Steve Smoger offered this raw encomium.…Read More
Losing Steps: Sergio Martinez W12 Martin Murray
**** Sergio Martinez got the job done, but just barely. On a rainy night in Buenos Aries, the middleweight champion escaped a strong challenge from Martin Murray, surviving a trip to the canvas and a…Read More
Cinders And Smoke: Danny Garcia-Zab Judah Preview
**** You can roll your eyes at the redemptive narrative of Zab Judah, but the fact that he has clung…Read More
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RED ARROW: The Mysterious Death of Sonny Liston
**** “You should remember that you were born to die.” Blind Willie McTell **** Las Vegas, Nevada,…Read More
The Golden Calf: Saul Alvarez W12 Austin Trout
**** Junior middleweight Saul Alvarez has long endured the criticism that he was a pampered and protected…Read More
The Ugly American: A Darkness Made to Order
**** You can see them in the dim corners of dingy gyms from one end of the country to the other. They…Read More
Don King's Final Round: Boxer Ryan Coyne squares off against his toughest opponent yet, the legendary promoter Don King
SLUMBER TIME: Guillermo Rigondeaux W12 Nonito Donaire
**** I took you home Set you on the glass I pulled off your wings Then I laughed -Deftones, Change (In…Read More
Yes, We Have No Bananas: Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux Preview
**** The last–and only—prizefight extravaganza held at Radio City Music Hall, topped by Roy Jones,…Read More
Paradox City: Gennady Golovkin & The Politics of Avoidance
**** Cleaved from his consciousness on March 30th—a single right hand having stretched him prostrate…Read More
Blood In, Blood Out: Mike Alvarado W12 Brandon Rios
**** Boxing is never better than when it delivers the unexpected. This is not to say that the expected…Read More
With Mercy For The Dreaming: Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado II Preview
**** Some fighters never stop paying dues, even after they reach the grueling heights of a profession…Read More
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