Off The Ropes
January / February, 2013
STOP SAYING THE SWEET SCIENCE IS DEAD•There are two popular opinions regarding the health of professional boxing: It's dying or it's dead. But a flurry of explosive fights and millions of pay-per-view buys make it obvious that the sweet science is far from dead. If boxing is merely dying, it's going out in one hell of a blaze of glory.The past few months have seen a series of fights that capture what makes boxing so uniquely riveting. Junior welterweights Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado, both sa...
