The Fights10/4/18Oct 4 20186The Fights10/4/18The FightsFame And Fantasy In The Heavyweight Battle Of The AtlanticCharles Farrell62A note before starting: Much of this was written before the Saturday, Sept. 22nd heavyweight title fight between…
The Fights6/13/18Jun 13 201822The Fights6/13/18The FightsThe Legend Of Mitch GreenCharles Farrell59A note before starting: This piece contains a lot of conversations that took place many years ago. They’re not…
The Fights3/7/18Mar 7 201823The Fights3/7/18The FightsDeontay Wilder Vs. Luis Ortiz: The Things I Take BackCharles Farrell90Just before last Saturday’s fight between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz, I predicted a number of things would happen…
The Fights3/2/18Mar 2 201828The Fights3/2/18The FightsBoxing Is Going To Get Deontay Wilder-Anthony Joshua If It Has To Fix The Entire Heavyweight DivisionCharles Farrell136On Saturday, March 3, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Deontay Wilder, one of the worst heavyweight…
The Fights12/8/17Dec 8 201719The Fights12/8/17The FightsVasyl Lomachenko Vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux Is Boxing Fuckery At Its FinestCharles Farrell67Vasyl Lomachenko is a gizmo. “Hi-Tech” is a fitting sobriquet for the fighter whose ring style is a dizzying arsenal…
The Fights7/28/17Jul 28 201752The Fights7/28/17The FightsFloyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs. Conor McGregor Is The Second-Biggest Possible Fuck-YouCharles Farrell228I’ve never seen Conor McGregor fight. I don’t watch or care about MMA. That’s not a statement about, or condemnation…
The Fights4/28/17Apr 28 201717The Fights4/28/17The FightsBoxing Is Betting It All On Anthony JoshuaCharles Farrell50Some of the people I write about are still alive and have done things that can’t be protected by the statute of…
The Fights1/18/17Jan 18 201715The Fights1/18/17The FightsThe Time I Didn’t Have Time For Donald TrumpCharles Farrell81I thought I was just shooing away another clown. I couldn’t have known at the time that I was shooing away a clown…
The Fights12/22/16Dec 22 20168The Fights12/22/16The FightsThe End Of Bernard HopkinsCharles Farrell82Bernard Hopkins, a man I both like and admire, generally, if selectively, tells the truth. But he has some…
The Fights11/16/16Nov 16 20167The Fights11/16/16The FightsHow British Boxing Is Taking Over The WorldCharles Farrell54Boxing in the United Kingdom is rapidly moving toward a golden age, its first since before the start of the 20th…
The Fights6/16/16Jun 16 201616The Fights6/16/16The FightsThis Was AliCharles Farrell24Muhammad Ali’s recent death has opened the floodgates for eulogies, tributes, evaluations, historical perspective…
The Fights3/24/16Mar 24 20165The Fights3/24/16The FightsMediocrity Has Revitalized Boxing's Heavyweight DivisionCharles Farrell25Among all of the big men in boxing right now, there is one genuinely good heavyweight. And although—or, more likely, …
The Fights9/10/15Sep 10 201515The Fights9/10/15The FightsWhy Is Floyd Mayweather Fighting A Nobody This Weekend?Charles Farrell81Throughout most of his career, Elvis Presley was the highest paid performer in show business. He was managed by an…
The Fights8/3/15Aug 3 201531The Fights8/3/15The FightsThe Greatest Boxer Alive Is Too Good For His SportCharles Farrell61Guillermo Rigondeaux—El Chacal, or The Jackal—is by far the greatest fighter in the world today. He may be the…
Jun 16 2015236/16/15Playing With OrnetteCharles Farrell18On a warm, cloudy afternoon in June, Ornette Coleman and I walk from 9th Avenue to his condo on West 36th Street.…
The Fights4/30/15Apr 30 201541The Fights4/30/15The FightsWhy Floyd Mayweather Is The Last Of A KindCharles Farrell56Protect yourself at all times.
The Fights1/17/15Jan 17 201510The Fights1/17/15The FightsWhy Tonight's Heavyweight Title Fight Shouldn't Be On The LevelCharles Farrell40 While professional boxing unquestionably often involves two fighters hitting each other as hard as possible in…
The Fights4/16/14Apr 16 201467The Fights4/16/14The FightsWhy I Fixed FightsCharles Farrell69I fixed a lot of fights over the years. In two I didn't fix but should have, people paid heavily for my…