Why You Should Feel Guilty About Boxing-And How To Beat The Guilt

July, 2002

Boxing is my guilty pleasure. When it's good (Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier or Sugar Ray Leonard versus Thomas Hearns), it's exhilarating art—ballet with blood. When it's lousy, it's grotesque burlesque and I hate it.I go to fights. I follow fight news, I write about fights and make documentaries about them. And the guilt persists. I cheer, and then feel like yelling, "Stop the fight!"I deeply admire most of the fighters I have gotten to know over the years, people such as Ali, Frazi...

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