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THE NEW FIGHT CLUB: TEENS BASHING TEENS
They are all over the Internet, short video clips with titles out of a boxing poster. "Raul vs. Pedro.""Red vs. Robert.""Twinkie vs. Saylor." But these are not professional fighters. These are kids. High school kids, middle school kids....
THEIR BOXING STORY JUST LIKE A LOVE STORY
After all these years, we now know that “Love Story” got it wrong. It’s boxing that means you never have to say you’re sorry.
BOXING FALLS FOREVER OUTSIDE THE RING OF TRUTH
It could have been a night to forgive the sins, to embrace boxing once again. Instead, when the decision was announced, you realized why you threw this dumb sport out of your house in the first place.
BOXING’S BOASTS, BARBARISM ARE JUST GLANCING BLOWS NOW
There was a time, back in college, when I laced up boxing gloves and tried to prove myself in a ring. I was not very talented; I did more ducking than hitting. But one night, while sparring with my coach, I tagged him, unsuspecting, and he straightened up and blinked. At that moment, I felt a surge of naked power, almost primitive, as if my blood had thickened and I was bloated with muscle. It was a manly thing I had done. I felt manly. And then he pounded the hell out of me.
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
