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Entries tagged with "Norman+Mailer":

• Write on the Money – May 18th, 2011

  “With each punch, the glove did something different, as if the fist and wrist within the glove were also speaking...”
  
  

• Emile Griffith—“Ring of Fire” – September 23rd, 2011

  Emile Griffith was born on Feb. 3, 1938 and was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion. He turned pro in 1958 and was a favorite in New York City. Griffith won the welterweight title from Benny "The Kid" Paret on April 1, 1961. Six months later Griffith lost the title back to Paret in a narrow split-decision. Griffith regained the title from Paret on March 24, 1962, in a fight that Paret did not survive. Griffith had memorable bouts with Luis Rodriguez, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Dick Tiger, Nino Benvenuti, Carlos Monzón, and José Nápoles, before retiring with a 85-24-2 record.
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito: A New York State of Mind – November 28th, 2011

  Two can play rough. There is nothing simple to these two different warriors. Not a simple life, this boxing...
  
  

• George Plimpton Awarded the Liebling – January 5th, 2012

  Prima donnas are great in grand opera, but not so grand when it comes to a great sport like boxing…
  
  

• Emile Griffith: The Natural – January 12th, 2012

  The death of Benny Kid Paret was a great tragedy, not only for those involved but for boxing as well...
  
  

• George Bellows' Stag at Sharkey’s – January 16th, 2012

  "I am not interested in the morality of prize fighting. But let me say that the atmosphere around the fighters is a lot more immoral than the fighters themselves…"