Contents
Author’s Note
Round 1: Fights and Fighters
Sugar Ray Robinson Revisited
February 21, 2009:Top Rank Goes It Alone
Will Rosinsky: A Fighter with Options
Danny Jacobs: “The Golden Child”
Manny Pacquiao: A Fighter for the Ages
A Note on Klitschko-Chagaev
The Lesson of Ortiz-Maidana
Juanma’s Desperate Hour
Yuri Foreman: A Spiritual Journey
Rediscovering Joe Frazier through Dave Wolf’s Eyes
Boxing Gives Thanks for Manny Pacquiao
Round 2: Curiosities
A Fight Fan’s First Fight
Great Moments in Sports
Fistic Nuggets
Jessica Goes to the Fights
Tina Meets Manny
Round 3: Issues and Answers
Memorandum for Ross Greenburg: HBO 2009
The Truth about John Duddy
Fistic Notes
Texas Is Shameless
Notes from the Literary Front
Fighter of the Decade
The New York Times and Boxing
HBO and Boxing: At a Crossroads
Round 4: Non-Combatants
A Diamante in the Rough
Seth Abraham: Then and Now
Ricardo Jimenez
Arthur Curry: His Life and Legacy