Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the fight before Tyson took a read more

Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the fight before Tyson took a second helping.

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.

Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do read more

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'

Boxing is a rather amorphous body, though recognizable because it is headless.

Boxing is a rather amorphous body, though recognizable because it is headless.