Contents
Author’s Note
Fighters and Fights
Reflections on Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward
Heavyweights at Barclays Center
Gerry Cooney: Then and Now
Terence Crawford Comes to New York
Broner-Theophane: April Fool’s Day in Washington, DC
Pacquiao-Bradley III in Perspective
Errol Spence Jr. Looks Like the Real Thing
Canelo-Khan and the Shadow of Gennady Golovkin
Lennox Lewis Is Still a Class Act
A Look Back at Thurman-Porter
Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller
The Middleweight Division
Fight Notes
Ingemar Johansson
I Am Duran
Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney: Through Their Eyes
Curiosities
Steve Albert: From Boxing to Hoops
Round-Card Girls
Brian Kenny: “Ahead of the Curve”
Fistic Nuggets
Issues and Answers
The New York State Inspector General’s Investigation
What We Know about Al Haymon
“Blood Brothers”: Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
The Bible and Manny Pacquiao
Ranking the Modern Light-Heavyweight Greats
Instead of Kneeling: Slow Down, Don’t Play, Vote
Fistic Notes
Paul Gallico: “A Farewell to Sport”
“Rope Burns” and “Dangerous”
“The Murder of Sonny Liston”
Literary Notes
The New York State Athletic Commission Under Fire
Turmoil Grows at the New York State Athletic Commission
Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Athletic Commission
A Note on Arnold Palmer
A Letter from Angelo Dundee
Howard Bingham: A Remembrance
Thoughts on the Passing of Muhammad Ali