Carlos Acevedo is an award-winning boxing writer and was the founder of The Cruelest Sport and is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. His work has appeared in Inside HBO Boxing, Undisputed Champion Network, Boxing News, Remezcla, Boxing Digest, and Esquina Boxeo.  His stories “A Darkness Made to Order” and “A Ghost Orbiting Forever” both won first place awards from the BWAA. He is a member of the International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO). Carlos is the author of the forthcoming book, Sporting Blood: Tales From The Dark Side Of Boxing, published by Hamilcar Publications. Connect with Carlos on Twitter @cruelestsport.

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On Boxing & Organized Crime

The Duke of the West Side: Owney “The Killer” Madden

Omerta Man: When Frankie Carbo Ruled Boxing

After The Fall: On Floyd Patterson

After the Fall: Floyd Patterson on the Comeback Trail

After the Fall: The Comeback of Floyd Patterson (Part II: Muhammad Ali)

After the Fall: The Comeback of Floyd Patterson (Part III: Quarry & Ali)

 

Brief Lives: On Fighters Who Did Not Rise To Their Potential

Brief Lives: Cleveland Williams

Brief Lives: Joey Archer

Double Take: George Costner, the Man Who Would be Sugar

Standoff: The Story of Jose Stable, from Contender to Inmate

See Me For Dust: The Brief Stardom of Tommy “Hurricane” Jackson

 

Shoot The Moon: On The Title Reign of Larry Holmes

Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part I, Alfredo Evangelista

 

Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part II, Ossie Ocasio

Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part IV, Earnie Shavers

Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part III, Mike Weaver

Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part V, Lorenzo Zanon

Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part VI, Leroy Jones

Shoot the Moon: The Title Reign of Larry Holmes Part VII, Scott LeDoux

Contemporary Boxing History

The Savage Within: Mike Tyson on the Rise

Them Bones: The Night James Toney Won His First World Title

Vendetta: Oscar De La Hoya and Fernando Vargas Settle their Blood Feud

The Hotstepper: Oscar De La Hoya, Nearing Stardom