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Bad hair days
A bad hair day took on a whole new meaning for Omeo based 75kg boxer Cassy Lear in her Victorian state title bout on Sunday (December 16) against Warrnambool based Gabrielle Brown. Your hair can lose you a fight, so … Continue reading
Answering the call
It seems only a moment ago that I was on the edge of my seat watching rare footage of women boxing. As one of the early practitioners of the sport, I was always on the lookout for others; role models, … Continue reading
Watch out for the ‘mitt men’
A pair of focus mitts do not instantly make someone a boxing trainer. But it’s very easy for the untrained eye to think so. Pads are all about sound and movement, that’s why they are used in open training sessions … Continue reading
He ain’t heavy…well, actually he is
They call him Blimp, although his real name is Delen Parsley. Gleason’s regulars will know him for his operatic voice projection, glinting gold teeth that flash every time he breaks into a smile and, well, his enormous size. The dude … Continue reading
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Sex and violence
Tonight (Thursday September 8) at the Sidewalk Cafe in the East Village in New York I’ll be appearing with Francis Levy, somewhat of a New York legend, and the author of Seven Days in Rio, his latest novel, which somehow … Continue reading
Facing the demons
Boxing provides all the best metaphors in life – for politics, war, history and even other sports. But it seems to require none itself. As boxing historian Burt Sugar says in the documentary After the Last Round, it provides a … Continue reading
No fooling
On April Fool’s Day I’ll be leaving Melbourne to return to the scene of the crime, New York City and Gleason’s Gym where the story of The Sweetest Thing really began. It will be four years since I first walked … Continue reading
Boxing birds of a feather
I don’t want to go on too much about Lauryn Eagle’s public and high-priced boxing lesson on Main Event. But a few more things have struck me about it. In case anyone thinks I wish Lauryn ill, let me say … Continue reading
Still boxing in the shadows
Once again women boxers are making history in a Fox Sport black hole. An international bout for a world title – the first female WBO title to be contested locally – is not worthy of a live broadcast and will … Continue reading
