Peter M. Carvill ... at The Sweet Science
Peter M. Carvill has been writing about boxing for the last year under the name of 'John Conrad' for www.secondsout.com . He was born in the UK twenty-five years ago and has followed the sport for five of them. He agrees with the old maxim that "If you can't write well about boxing, then you can't write full stop." He thinks it was George Plimpton that said it but if no one owns up to it, then he's claiming it as his own.
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Features by Peter M. Carvill
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[Feb 4, 2007]
Loose Change
Call it loose change. Every work of fact is a work of fiction. Most thoughts are memories. Show me your truth and I'll show you mine. Call it loose...
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[Jan 17, 2007]
A Kind of Requiem
When news of Mike Tyson's arrest in Arizona became public knowledge, the media's response was entirely uniform and entirely predictable.
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[Jan 13, 2007]
The Harder They Fall
Somebody much, much smarter than me once wrote that the best boxing films are not, at their core, films about the sweet science.
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[Dec 4, 2006]
Some Books About Boxing
Boxing attracts writers in much the same was as politics attracts money. The list of those who have written about boxing resembles a list of the...
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[Nov 29, 2006]
The First Fight, April 2002
I have a special place for Tony Dodson, the Liverpool super-middleweight who lost to Carl Froch. That place is the Everton Sports Park Centre,...
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[Nov 16, 2006]
A Civilized Veneer
They paid to watch him train in the lobby of a hotel. Later, even more people paid to watch him fight a four-round exhibition in Ohio against a...
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[Oct 24, 2006]
Joe Liebling's Sweet Science
He brought elegance to a brutal art and demonstrated that it was form, not subject that distinguished literature from mere copy.
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[Sep 21, 2006]
The City of Second Chances
Atlantic City sits on the east coast of America as a monument to the vulgar excesses of mankind.
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2009 Reader Of The Year Weighs In On Legacies Of Pacquiao And Mayweather
"Pacquiao has proven....in the ring... time and time again that he is the greatest of this time. He has earned his respect. He begs for nothing. He is a man content with his growth, his family and his achievements. A man the world has now turned it's eyes to behold. Floyd Mayweather is not even close in stature. He may possess the greatest skills but he is not the Face of Boxing today. Google Manny Pacquiao. There are 20 million searches. Google Floyd. There are 6.5 million. Look at the NYTimes, the Wall Street Journal and Time. Count how many words were used these past years to mention Floyd Mayweather. Then count the words still being printed about Manny. And keep counting. As I've said many times, Floyd has been too clever by half. He has short changed his public.....and has out-smarted himself. Manny will fight but a few more times. Enjoy it while you can. He is an all time great pugilist. Floyd, with all of his remarkable skills lack the will to be truly great in the biggest sense of the word. His legacy will look more like Holmes that Ali. He has earned it." ---November is half-way gone, but we don't need to keep counting ballots. It's a landslide. Fe'Roz has won the 2009 Reader of the Year award. His comments add to the website immeasurably, and he epitomizes the thoughtful, respectful, educated fan of pugilism we strive to cater to at TSS. Congrats, Fe'Roz, and please accept my thanks for being the valued member of this community that you are. Sincerely, Editor Mike
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