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  Requiem For A Heavyweight

  In its visual style and heady narrative, Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) resembles few other films of its genre and ranks among the greatest boxing movies of all ...

  On May 12, 2018 / By Marko Sijan
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  Scribe Of “The Fancy”

  Great stories always involve great characters, so it makes sense that so many fiction writers have taken boxers as their subjects. Few sports make such drastic demands on ...

  On January 15, 2018 / By Joshua Isard
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  One Night In Vegas

  It was inevitable that somewhere in ESPN’s acclaimed 30 for 30 series there would be a film on Mike Tyson. But instead of a conventional documentary on Tyson’s life, which ...

  On September 1, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Cut Time

  In Cut Time: An Education at the Fights, Carlo Rotella expounds deeply on a thesis boxing fans have heard before; namely, that the fight game serves as a ...

  On July 5, 2015 / By Rafael García
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  The Champion of Writers

  “Foreman now nodded, gave an unexpected smile, and proceeded to make his kind remark about a champ at writing.” – Norman Mailer, meeting George Foreman for the first time. ...

  On March 1, 2015 / By Eliott McCormick