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A One-Way Ticket to Palookaville
Back in 1998, Tom Scocca wrote a good one, "The Mayor of Palookaville," for the Boston Phoenix:...
Floyd Mayweather Is Unbeatable. Goddammit.
Well. It turns out Floyd Mayweather has not lost a step after all. I was under the mistaken impression that Floyd Mayweather had lost a step—a tiny step, at least. After extensive review, however, we can now say that, as of the early morning hours of this past Sunday, Floyd Mayweather has not lost m...
Robert Guerrero's Dad Goes Off Script, Calls Mayweather "Woman Beater"
The firm doing PR for Saturday night's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero fight emailed us the quotes from yesterday's pre-fight press conference in Vegas. That helpful little guide said the fighters' fathers had "nearly come to blows," but it left out all the fun stuff....
A Column Is Who You Are, And Other Lessons: A Q&A With Pete Dexter
From Pete Dexter's first novel, God's Pocket (1983):...
Cobb-Holmes '82: A Violent Game Of Tag
Here's the last of four Pete Dexter columns about Randall "Tex" Cobb's heavyweight title fight against Larry Holmes. Originally published Nov. 29, 1982, as "An Advanced Game of Tag" in the Philadelphia Daily News, the column was Dexter's account of the aftermath of the fight, which was so bloody and...
Sympathy For the Devil
Here's a treat—Joe Flaherty's 1981 Inside Sports piece on Jake LaMotta:...
Don King's Acting Like A Crazy Person Again
It's hard to see what is actually going on here, but it looks like Don King steps out of the ring at the very beginning of the video and makes his way to the corner where he is met by a woman....
Cobb-Holmes '82: Spies, Thieves, And Other Serious Business
Here's the third of four Pete Dexter columns about Randall "Tex" Cobb's heavyweight title fight against Larry Holmes. Click here for part one and here for part two. Originally published in the Nov. 26, 1982, edition of the Philadelphia Daily News as "Randall's Serious," this column appears here wit...
The Weight Of Tex Cobb's Belief
Here's the second of four Pete Dexter columns about Randall "Tex" Cobb's heavyweight title fight against Larry Holmes. Click here for part one. Originally published Nov. 24, 1982, as "Gifts Aren't Everything" in the Philadelphia Daily News, this column appears here with the author's permission. ...
The Night Tex Cobb Saved My Life
In November 1982, Philadelphia Daily News columnist Pete Dexter went to Houston to watch his friend Randall "Tex" Cobb fight Larry Holmes for boxing's heavyweight championship. In the coming days, we'll republish Dexter's four columns from the event. Below, you'll find the first one, originally publ...
Beautiful, Beguiling Violence
Here is John Schulian's piece on the legendary Hagler-Hearns fight. It appears in Schulian's fine collection Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand: Portraits of Champions Who Walked Among Us. Also, you should track down Schulian's boxing compilation, Writers' Fighters and Other Sweet Scientists. The p...
Time To Kill Boxing's Post-Fight Interview
On Saturday night, Tim Bradley, one of the world's best welterweights, fought Ruslan Provodnikov on HBO. Bradley, who has become a champion boxer mostly by possessing a will that has never broken, took heavy punishment, but won the fight by decision, despite being knocked down in the final 10 secon...
Twitter Troll Further Shamed On Awkward Television Meet And Greet
Early this week we told you about the Twitter troll who got his comeuppance when boxer Curtis Woodhouse decided to track him down and confront him about his online habits. He quickly changed his tune when shit got real and apologized. End of story?...
At 81, Don King Is Still A Crazy Sleazeball
Inspired by former Mizzou linebacker and current boxer Ryan Coyne's acrimonious business relationship with Don King, St. Louis's River Front Times recently caught up with the American legend and Prince Hall Freemason, insofar as you can catch up with someone that refuses to talk to you. As it turns ...
Warning: If You Troll A Professional Boxer On Twitter, He Might Show Up At Your House
Curtis Woodhouse is a former professional soccer player who turned to boxing in 2006. After recently suffering a loss to Shayne Singleton, Woodhouse found himself in the crosshairs of a troll with a Twitter account. ...
Oldest Man To Win A Boxing Title Becomes Oldest Man To Win A Boxing Title (Again)
Last night, 48-year-old fighter Bernard Hopkins broke his own record set two years ago as the oldest boxer to ever win a major boxing title. He beat Tavoris Cloud, 31, in a 12-round unanimous decision for the IBF light heavyweight belt....
Ray Edwards Says Don't Blame Him For That Fixed Boxing Match
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Hey, Edwards wasn't the one who took a dive....
Here's A Picture Of Sylvester Stallone And Robert De Niro, In Full Makeup For A Boxing Movie, Hanging Out With Robin Lopez
And Xavier Henry, of course. I just wanted a punchier headline. (See what I did?)...
Mike Tyson's Lawsuit Claims His Financial Advisor Embezzled Money From Him
Earlier this week, Mike Tyson canceled the remaining dates of his touring one-man show. You could assume (and still can) that lagging ticket sales played a role, but this might be bigger: Tyson is suing promoter Live Nation and its financial services firm, claiming his financial advisor embezzled mo...