Return of the Deji
| Sunday, May 1, 2011 9:12PM | | | | Writing about boxing... | Posted By: Deji Olukotun
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| | "Two men raise their fists."
It's not a great sentence. But it's enough to demonstrate the tension inherent in the sport of boxing. Boxing at its best is high drama.
Boxing was once the U.S.'s most popular sport, with larger-than-life stars, and rivalries born out of ethnicities and color lines. Teams of writers around the country dedicated their lives to boxing. The Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight even presaged the coming second World War.
Yet today the sport of boxing has waned, drained of viewership and advertisers.
This was the most fascinating panel at PEN World Voices that I attended all week. The event took place at Mendez Boxing Gym, a New York boxing staple with a full ring under the... | | | | | | | |
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