ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Some of this writing in other forms has appeared in Vice, the Violence Issue (November 2002), and Grappling magazine. Invaluable assistance was also offered by gentleman and scholar Todd Hester, editor nonpareil Doug Grad, Kjetil Kausland, Gabriella Marks/www.triggerfinger.com, Lorne Brown/www.acasuallook.co.uk, Christian Anthony/www.theoxbow.com/musicforadults, Dr. Steve G. Ballinger, Tie Domi, Kevin Weeks, Joe Donnelly, Mike Gavin, Todd Conner, and finally Vinnie Rose/www.skullgame.com.

Photo editor: Gabriella Marks

Illustrations: [On The Punchline…] Michael Manning/www.thespidergarden.net; Pilar Newton, and Abram Hall.

Photo credits for FIGHT: Pages ii, vi, 3, 21–23, 92–100, 118, 119, 121, 124, 155, 157, 159, 162, 164, 166–68, Todd Hester; 4, Richard Morganstern; 8, Christian Anthony; 10, M. Gallagher; 12, Mike Hadley; 16, Lorcan Otway; 19, Eugene Robinson; 25, Columbia Pictures/SONY; 30, Kjetil Kausland; 31, 33, Richard Corman; 38–39, 127, Gabriella Marks; 46, 109, Associated Press; 56, Courtesy of James Painter; 71, Alexa DeGennaro; 74, Sheryl Perlow; 76–78, Michael Manning; 80, 82, Sandy Sokolowski; 87, Pilar Newton; 101, Courtesy of Karl Gotch; 105, 107, Courtesy of Gene LeBell; 130, 134, 152, 188, 197, Getty Images; 136, Don Smith; 141, Abram Hall; 154, Sotaro Shinoda; 182, 185, 186, Lorne Brown; 190, Hank Olen/New York Daily News; 194, 199, Wes Strome; 196, Damian Strohmeyer/Sports Illustrated; 206, Luke Sonnier; 209, Pat Moriarity