Grantland
Apr 2013
The crumbling of an American icon.
boxing
15 articles
Sports Illustrated
Jun 1985
“This is the story of Billy Conn, who won the girl he loved but lost the best fight ever.”
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mar 2012
A group of teens allegedly create a violent game with a simple premise: “to knock out a stranger with a single punch.”
The Los Angeles Times
May 1997
A newspaper writer’s attempt to solve the mystery of a homeless man who claims to be a once-famous boxer.
New York Times
Feb 2012
The story of Olympic boxing hopeful Quanitta Underwood, who was sexually abused by her father as a child.
The Classical
Dec 2011
A travelogue of a three-month tour of Muay Thai boxing camps in Thailand. The author, 28, died in a hit-and-run shortly after returning to the U.S.
The Post
Aug 2010
Manny Pacquiao, possibly the greatest boxer of his era and still in his fighting prime, on the campaign trail for a congressional seat in the remote, untamed Southern province of the Phillipines that spawned him.
New York Times Magazine
Mar 2011
The life that he has created almost from scratch over the last two years has been defined at least as much by what Tyson wants to avoid — old haunts, old habits, old temptations and old hangers-on — as by what he wants to embrace.
ESPN
Dec 2009
Searching for Jimmy Robinson, a boxer who fought Muhammad Ali in 1961, then disappeared.
Details
Jul 2010
The champ is now a vegan, claims to be broke, and says he feels freer than ever before. “I have this uncanny ability to look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘This is a pig. You are a fucking piece of shit.’”
Sports Illustrated
Apr 1988
Muhammad Ali and his followers were the greatest show on earth. Then the show ended, and life went on.
