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 […]
His story is set now; it has been for years. Vernon Forrest was a champion and humanitarian. That is how we remember him, such that it almost feels mundane to distinguish him as such. And […]
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 […]
Chechen-born Artur Beterbiev is an anomaly in modern boxing. He boasts an amateur record of 295-5, winning European and world honors along the way, and twice participated in the Olympics. Entering the professional game at […]
This quiz about Drew “Bundini” Brown, Muhammad Ali’s legendary assistant trainer and hype man, was created by Todd D. Snyder author of BUNDINI: Don’t Believe The Hype (August 2020, Hamilcar Publications). *** Test your knowledge: How well […]
“I was at my in-laws’ house, had just finished off pie and chips, and I got a phone call from my old trainer, Ronnie Rush. He said, ‘There’s a big fight for you.’ I said, […]
“I picked up chess through the process of elimination, saying I can’t move here or there. That made me understand the legitimate moves, and then once you learn the moves, you start putting them together. […]
“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 […]
“Evander Holyfield once said, ‘You make your reputation in the amateurs. Period.’ There I was, this A-list elite amateur boxer, everybody looking at me with all these expectations in my professional debut against Jerry Jones […]
It was not revenge—not exactly—that motivated Jose Stable during his long march toward Emile Griffith and a shot at the welterweight championship of the world. Stable had been friends with ill-starred Benny Paret, the man […]
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