Kaelan Smith ... at The Sweet Science

Kaelan Smith has written for the Boxing Herald, and works now as a staff writer for the Los Angeles arts monthly, Bedlam Magazine. He is also the co-owner and senior editor of www.flatmancrooked.com. His 20-part profile on two Sacramento boxers --- Brute --- is part of his forthcoming book, Brute and Other Stories. Smith currently lives in Sacramento, CA, where he serves on the directorial board of The Words Foundation, a non-profit in Northern California dedicated to establishing the ubiquity of quality literature.

Features by Kaelan Smith

	[May 18, 2009] The End of BRUTE: "He Was Like A Bobblehead In There" Readers, Please Take A Moment To Thank Kaelan For Allowing Us To Read Chapters Of The Forthcoming Book "BRUTE"

	[May 11, 2009] Brute, Part XIX: Why Isn't He Giving a Goddamned Eight Count? Brute, Part XIX: Why Isn't He Giving a Goddamned Eight Count?

	[May 5, 2009] BRUTE Part XVIII: "You Never Know With These Things" SMITH: I had the feeling that Jett was punching Stan there because he couldn't figure out how to hit him in the face.

	[Apr 28, 2009] Brute, Part XVII: You Weren't Good In There SMITH: Only the most cynical sportsman will celebrate a young beagle tearing out the throat of a rabbit that can't run.

	[Apr 21, 2009] "BRUTE" XVI-Stick And Move SMITH: The third, I thought, belonged to Becerra as well, although it was not as pugilistic as, say, a boxing match.

	[Apr 13, 2009] Brute, Part XV: "Write Well For Us, Huh?" If a boxer is going to lose early, the first bout is best. Sentimentality prefers a bad opener if the subsequent bouts inspire a standing O.

	[Apr 6, 2009] BRUTE XIV: "This Thing Was Supposed To Start At Six" SMITH: Rooting for Stan to beat Terrance Jett was like rooting for Theseus to beat Periphetes.

	[Mar 30, 2009] BRUTE XIII: The Calcitrator Became Incalcitrant ONLY ON TSS! BRUTE! Part 13

	[Mar 24, 2009] BRUTE XII: "That's Why I Watch Him Close" KAELAN: I felt that if Stan said that he no longer cared for boxing, his father would drive him home and never mention the sport again.

	[Mar 16, 2009] "Someone Said He Was Training At 5" "BRUTE," PART XI

	[Mar 6, 2009] BRUTE X: "They Tend To Take Off For Vegas" SMITH: "A local just took on the champ. He got promptly murdered." Mark had a look of horror on his face as if I'd been literal.

	[Mar 2, 2009] BRUTE IX: "That Is The Newspaper Biz" ONLY ON TSS: Excerpts from the forthcoming book by Kaelan Smith, "BRUTE"

[Feb 23, 2009]
Brute 8: I Guess You Get A Few Days Off
SMITH: If we'd been in Chicago, or Russia, he would have lost 57-56, despite the knockdown. But we weren't; Simms scraped through. More ...

[Feb 16, 2009]
Brute 7: Don't Be A Soup Can Tonight
HARSH! A Heckler Gives It To Harmon and Simms: "Come on you little girls!" More ...

[Feb 10, 2009]
Brute 6: First Bout Is Coming Your Way
ONLY ON TSS: EXCERPTS FROM THE FORTHCOMING BOOK "BRUTE" More ...

[Feb 2, 2009]
Brute 5: You Won't Be Wearing The Swimsuits
"I saw Mike fight at Arco," the bartender said. "I think he'd just gotten out of jail. Looked like he was fighting somebody's dad." More ...

[Jan 27, 2009]
Brute Pt. 4: "I Just Woke Up. Who's Winning?"
NASSER: "You've got to get more blood work, period. That's what it is: a dictatorship. You've got to have blood work." More ...

[Jan 19, 2009]
Brute Pt. 3-"The Day Of The Fight He Died"
SIMMS: "Now, every time I get paid, all the money I make goes back to make up for the months that went by when I didn't fight." More ...

[Jan 11, 2009]
"Brute," Part II: I Ain't Finished Him Off
SIMMS: "When I fight somebody I want 'em to wake up, and be sore all over, like they just been in a car wreck." More ...

[Jan 4, 2009]
TSS New Year Bonus:"BRUTE"
"Brute" follows two Sacramento boxers: Mike Simms, a cruiserweight, and Stan Martyniouk, a young, Estonian-born featherweight. More ...

[Jan 4, 2009]
Brute Pt 1: I Want To Train The Lefty
SIMMS: "If you land just one, ugly punch, you can do some damage. It don't got to be accurate. Just an ugly punch." More ...