“A boxing gym survives in the west end of Toronto, one of the dozen required to satisfy the interest of a Metropolitan Area of over 5 million whose population grows by 125,000 people each year. This gym, which shares its corner with equally tenuous operations like a public health office, a Catholic high school, and the boarded up showroom of a long dead condominium developer, has somehow managed to keep its doors open for decades.”

Read Notes on A Very Bad Year on The Cruelest Sport.

“The injury was gruesome enough: a sickly swelling encompassing the left side of his face. The insult added, however, was far grosser. Timothy Bradley outfought Diego Chaves over twelve rounds at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday night, and walked away with only a draw.”

Read Mystification: Timothy Bradley D12 Diego Chaves on The Cruelest Sport.

“David Lemieux continued on the road to renown last night, destroying chaperone to the stars, Gabriel Rosado, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Dr.Barry Jordan, Chief Medical Officer for the New York State Athletic Commission, having seen enough carnage, stepped onto the apron and halted the fight at 1:45 of the tenth round. Lemieux, a knockout artist short on artistry, proved himself better than a well-pulped journeyman, which is enough to see you lionized nowadays (and perhaps worse, but we will get to that later).”

Read Le Destroyer: David Lemieux TKO 10 Gabriel Rosado on The Cruelest Sport.