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Articles by Jimmy Tobin

About Jimmy Tobin
Jimmy Tobin is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. His work has appeared in The Cruelest Sport, 15 Rounds, Undisputed Champion Network, Esquina Boxeo, El Malpensante, The Queensbury Rules, and The Fight Network. Jimmy is the author of Killed in Brazil?: The Mysterious Death of Arturo Gatti, published by Hamilcar Publications. Connect with Jimmy on Twitter.
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“THIS IS BOXING”: Jose Zepeda Ices Ivan Baranchyk

October 6, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

“THIS IS BOXING” in neon lights pulsed behind the ring in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a backdrop to the impending attrition. That arrangement was reminiscent of a zoo exhibit, where an introduction to […]

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Vulgar Display of Power: On Ricardo Mayorga

September 22, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

“It is my duty to take you to a rehabilitation center,” Rosendo Alvarez told him last week in a video posted to Alvarez’s Facebook page. The contrast in their appearances was telling. Full face, clear […]

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Red and Gold: The Apprenticeship of John Lepak

August 12, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

“THIS DOOR HAS LED MANY TO PAIN AND FAME” stenciled in yellow and blue block letters on a red door. A greeting, a warning, a bit of promotion. If you wanted pain, wanted the fame […]

Wetzlar, GERMANY: Germany's Armenian-born Arthur Abraham (R) fights against Colombia's Edison Miranda late 23 September 2006 at the Rittal Arena in Wetzlar. IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham retained the title with an unanimous decision over Edison Miranda. The judges scored the fight 114-109, 116-109 and 115-109 in favor of Abraham. There were no knockdowns but the champion suffered a broken jaw in the fourth round. AFP PHOTO / DDP - THOMAS LOHNES == GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read THOMAS LOHNES/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)
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Dream to Make Believe: The Impossible Life of Edison Miranda

July 22, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

“That is what comes of knowing the worst—one is left alone with the worst and it’s like peace.” —Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter *** February 1981. Edith Jeanette, only fourteen years old, abandoned […]

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The Giant: Paul Williams Is Still Making Moves

June 30, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

When the bad Moon in your heart sings And your wind-up gears start grinding Your teeth feel you smiling The better, happier you A better, happier you —Giant, Matthew Good Band   He was in […]

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Postscript: Remembering Vernon Forrest

June 17, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

His story has been set for years. Vernon Forrest was a champion and humanitarian. That is how we remember him; it almost feels mundane to distinguish him so. Isn’t that ridiculous? Consider what passes for […]

Boxing History

Future Gains: On Floyd Mayweather Vs. Arturo Gatti

May 29, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

The following article by Jimmy Tobin is a companion piece to his book, Killed In Brazil?: The Mysterious Death Of Arturo “Thunder” Gatti. *** Everything changes on Saturday night in Atlantic City. That’s for sure. […]

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Still Standing: On Darnell Boone

May 15, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

For always the dreams they are there still. — Horacio Castellanos Moya, Senselessness   Play his life out ten times, maybe he’s a musician. If Autryana, then just a baby, didn’t need her daddy, if […]

Boxing Profiles

Real One: Randall Bailey and a Life Lived Fighting

March 6, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

“Workin’, drivin’ trucks.” That’s how one of the greatest punchers of the past twenty-five years provides for his family now. And he couldn’t be happier. Randall Bailey doesn’t miss boxing. “You have no idea what […]

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The Way Out is Through: Tyson Fury Defuses Deontay Wilder

February 25, 2020 Jimmy Tobin

It was hard to see anyone lasting twenty-four rounds with Deontay Wilder. Disparage his technique, those comical spasms of aggression carried on the ungainly stilts of a newborn giraffe; mock his mask fetish and affinity […]

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