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Hardwired: Nate Campbell Then and Now

January 18, 2022 Jimmy Tobin

“I’m not happy, don’t you believe that shit. I’ll fight every day,” he says with a punctuating chuckle. He’s joking, at least partially so. Nate Campbell is certainly happy, his easy conversation carried by the […]

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Exit Strategy: In the Manner of Wayne Braithwaite

September 7, 2021 Jimmy Tobin

Were Tolstoy following boxing today, he might observe that all unhappy boxers are alike; but that each happy boxer is happy in his own manner. What awaits the men who find but one route beyond […]

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The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

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What’s in a Name: The (Thankfully) Unfinished Story of William Quintana

July 26, 2021 Jimmy Tobin

  “Only now is the child finally divested of all that he had been.”—Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian   William Quintana’s story begins before there is a William Quintana, back in San Jose, Costa Rica, when […]

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Command and Control: The Right Life for DeMarcus Corley

April 20, 2021 Jimmy Tobin

“My third pro fight was on the Riddick Bowe–Andrew Golota undercard at Madison Square Garden. And when I came out and saw all the lights, I thought, ‘This is where you wanna be. But you […]

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Power Surge: Gervonta Davis and That Elusive Star Quality

November 13, 2020 Carlos Acevedo

There were two explosions when Gervonta “Tank” Davis mollywhopped Leo Santa Cruz on Halloween night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. First, there was the booming sound of a supersonic left uppercut connecting—on target—against […]

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Turning Pro: Hector Camacho Comes into His Own

October 14, 2020 Christian Giudice

Now trained by Robert Lee and Billy Giles, who lived at 140th street off Lennox Avenue, the best antidote to Hector Camacho’s restlessness was to keep him busy. They relied on Harold Weston, matchmaker at […]

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Macho Time: The Beginning of a Spanish Harlem Legend

September 30, 2020 Christian Giudice

The following article by Christian Giudice is a companion piece to his book, Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho. *** Back in the late 1970s, the Cosmo Theatre on 176 […]

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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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Mr. Bernstein: A Life in Boxing

September 1, 2020 Paul Zanon

“Phil Mushnick wrote a column when I was going to cover the Hagler versus Hearns fight. I was only five years into my job with ESPN and he said, ‘Your career feels to me like […]

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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 […]

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