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Gen X, The Boomer, and the Fight of the Century

Heavyweight boxing; once truly the greatest prize on the planet is now though behaving as a baby boomer in the modern world; cognizant of its once former dominance, yet strangely aware of its fragility on the world sporting stage.…

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Settling down to a task of writing something of value for boxing fans of heavyweight fighting hasn’t rested easy upon me.

I’m not writing for the Nobel prize, goddam, I’m writing for folks out there, who likely as I do drop exteriors that life makes us wear and simply put on the prizefighting garb; the same veneer that makes ‘fight fans around the world’(jimmy lennon jnr.,don’t you just love him), regardless of station…

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smoking packets of cigarettes

)original lyric junkieland)



this is killin' her

and she can't go on

it's only work

why's she frozen what's wong?



perhaps it's expectation

of payin' her way

perhaps it's her addictions

who can really say



but it's gettin' her down

and she's fallin' apart

nightly all alone

walkin' the dog in the park



not disposed to suicide

she couldn't be more depressed

lonely at… Continue

the fight (written in a beijing cab, mar - april 2007)



The jab seemingly innocuous took him on the right temple, grazing more so than hitting and more hurtful because of his opponent’s lacing on the underside of the glove rubbing on the side of his head as in anticipation he slightly ducked the targeting offense of his fellow combatant.



An audible grunt from the pressing Hispanic fighter accompanied the blow along with a distinct rise in the level of the audience watching… Continue

shane mosley, christmas and peanut butter



it's just gone 12 pm and it's a Wednesday placing it thus 3 full days post the events of last saturday night's los angeles staple's centre fight, which for me came in on a sunday due time zone differences between the united states and china.



I'm writing now in recline, having exhausted myself in getting wiring assembled for upcoming recordings that i want to beam onto my private television station. yet again another wanna be… Continue