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The Catastrophist: The Troubled World of Don Jordan

**** “Chaos” is the only suitable word to describe the career of Don Jordan. Fifty years after he first won the welterweight title, Jordan remains a mystery without a solution.  Not only did Jordan…Read More

ENFORCER: The Life & Crimes of Gus Dorazio

**** Gus Dorazio, a fearless but limited contender during the late 1930s and early 1940s, made his name by being pole-axed in two rounds during a championship bid against Joe Louis in 1941. Outside of…Read More

TCS 2010 Story of the Year: The Disinherited: Edwin Valero 1981-2010

1. “Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs.” Philip Larkin 2. In the ring, Edwin Valero was riveting, and the strange quality that defined his style–an uncommon cruelty–was couched strictly…Read More