Contents
Author's Note
I: Fights and Fighters
Manny Pacquiao and the Essence of Boxing
Hopkins-Jones II: Better Never Than Late
Kelly Pavlik and the Hard Road of Boxing
The Myth and the Reality of Floyd Mayweather Jr
Sugar Ray Leonard: Behind the Smile
Paulie Malignaggi: A Fighter’s Code
An Appalling End to Foreman-Cotto
John Duddy: A Fighting Heart Isn’t Enough
Michael Grant: The Reluctant Dragon
Manny Pacquiao: The People’s Champion
Martinez-Williams II: The Punch
Rocky Marciano Revisited
II: Curiosities
At the Fights with Harold Lederman
Who Will Be Boxing’s Next Crossover Superstar ?
My 84-Year-Old Mother Meets . . .
Flights of Fantasy
III: Issues and Answers
Mayweather-Pacquiao, PEDs, and Boxing
Bob Arum Brings Boxing Back to the Future
The Mayweather-Pacquiao Negotiations
Todd DuBoef and the Future of Boxing
Fistic Notes
Notes from the Literary Front
The Povetkin-Seldon “Sparring Session”
Antonio Margarito and the Handwrap Issue
Floyd Mayweather Jr: When Is Enough?
HBO and the State of Boxing
Jay Larkin (1950–2010)