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Multi-genre boxing writer. Luigi Left. Free Palestine. Fuck ICE. Essays @thefightcity @clereviewbooks @publicdomainrev @ufc21 @fightsatw @satevepost
In 2023, Leslie and I started visiting the graves of boxers. It’s been fascinating. Here’s the ones we made it to, a 🧵
Vol. 4 Master of Reality Black Sabbath Sabotage Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Paranoid Technical Ecstasy Never Say Die! But give Live at Last, a bootlegged live album, a listen if you want to hear them really jam out.
unpopular opinion but vol 4 and sabotage > Black Sabbath
Every major American television network has walked away from boxing.
The Ali Act has helped boxers. It forces promoters to disclose how much money comes in. It prohibits coercive contracts being used as a pre condition for important fights. It gives boxers the right to sue.
The belief that the Ali Act has protected boxers is misguided. The UFC is a better organization than any, including MVP for fighters. Yes UFC could pay the fighters a lot more, give them healthcare and pensions easily but chooses profits. But who in boxing is doing this? No one.…
Already a win for @SalitaProm
UPDATE: Gloria Martinez Rizzo has been REMOVED from judging tomorrow’s undisputed world title fight featuring @Claressashields. Props to @SalitaProm for moving fast.
"I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children." "Uh, they do have a mother, Champ." "Yes, but I would imagine that she would die of grief."
This is a solid, simple breakdown. Whenever the language gets difficult, whenever the phrasing becomes vague, and whenever the interpretation turns foggy — it favors those with the bigger team of lawyers (ie, those with the $$$). This is some more bullshit.
If I could summarize the Ali ‘revival’ Act in a tweet it’s this. - The Ali Act prohibits promoters from having coercive contracts. The ‘revival’ Act says promoters can have all the coercive contracts they want if they create their own titles.
I’m working on a piece about boxing in NYC in the 1930s, when Muldoon was the state commissioner there.
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Hulk Hogan was an expression of our national decay, writes Dave Zirin. He was a racist, Trump-supporting, anti-union mass of steroids in spandex. thenation.com/article/societ…
Stumbled across this Katie Taylor mural on the way down to the National Stadium this morning. She really is (and rightfully so) lauded over here in Dublin! 🇮🇪❤️🥊
Unnamed members of Congress working out The Saturday Evening Post March 18, 1933
RIP Chuck Mangione. One of the greatest King of the Hill running gags was sneaking “Feels So Good” into songs. 🫡
Imagine something like summer of 2026, these two book a series of mid-size shows, headlined by them doing three-round exhibitions together, and filling seats for the next generation on the undercard.
Lennox Lewis believes Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua owe the British public a super fight.
The White House says "South Park" is not "relevant," "hanging on by a thread," and a "fourth-rate show." The $1.5 billion Paramount is reportedly paying for five years of streaming rights begs to differ. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
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They don’t want to “fix” boxing. They want to *own* it and they’re using the present orgy of deregulation to do it. They might destroy some of the parts you don’t like, but they’ll also destroy the parts important for its long-term vitality and athlete protection.