Browsing Tag A.J. Liebling

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  McIlvanney On Boxing

  A.J. Liebling will always be boxing’s literary standard bearer, his masterwork The Sweet Science and other books certain to find appreciative fans through the generations. If there’s a ...

  On September 4, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Reading The Fights

  At first glance, Reading the Fights is a compendium of insightful essays which alternate between examining the responses boxing evokes and bringing to life stories of its past, thus providing ...

  On June 14, 2020 / By Rafael García
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  The Sweet Science

  One of the obvious realizations upon re-reading A.J. Liebling’s The Sweet Science is that while much has changed in the sport over the last sixty years, some things ...

  On April 12, 2020 / By Rafael García