Contents

Introduction: Bittersweetness, Carlo Rotella and Michael Ezra

Good Enough to Get Hurt, Donovan Craig

Throwing in the Towel, Gordon Marino

The Real Million Dollar Baby, Sarah Deming

Why I Fixed Fights, Charles Farrell

Plaster of Torrance: Unwrapping the Meaning of Antonio Margarito, Rafael Garcia

Darius, Hamilton Nolan

Post-Primes and Career Arcs: Navigating Boxing’s All-Time Rankings, Michael Ezra

Bernard Hopkins, Prefight and Postfight, Carlo Rotella

Toxic Non-Avengers: Boxing’s Quarter Century of Acceptable Losses, Gary Lee Moser

What Boxing Is For, Sam Sheridan

The Myth of Dempsey-Wills, Carl Weingarten

My First Stripe, Robert Anasi

Jimmy Bivins and the Duration Championship, Louis Moore

The Masters of Stylishness, Gabe Oppenheim

Roy Jones Jr.’s Long Good-Bye, Brin-Jonathan Butler

Contributors

Footnotes