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The Fighting Life

Ben Fowlkes
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More or less weekly musings about whatever, man. Sometimes dovetailing with my long sports writing career focused on the world of professional fighting. Mostly other stuff, though.

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So I’ve been thinking a lot about Rocky Marciano’s father

Maybe you already saw it, but this week I wrote another one of those boxing history pieces over on Uncrowned. This one was about the heavyweight fight between Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis, which took place 75 years ago this week.

You can...

11 days ago
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This is a hurting game

Probably nigh on a decade ago now I was standing in the Silver Dollar Bar one Friday night, holding a PBR tall boy and talking to Matt Riddle about the differences he’d noticed between MMA and pro wrestling.

He had only recently had the c...

16 days ago
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That time a handful of rich guys kinda caused the worst flood in American history

And faced zero consequences for it. Sound familiar?

There are a few authors whose work I will immediately purchase, no questions asked, the moment I hear they’ve dropped a new joint. That list of authors includes but is not limited to: Pat...

a month ago
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The guy who wanted to live forever has decided he’ll settle for being able to dunk a basketball and I find this very funny but also fascinating

If our aspirations and ambitions are all manufactured absurdity, why not at least make sure you will never have to fake the funk on a nasty dunk?

You know that “don’t die” guy? The one who used to get infusions of his son’s blood as part o...

2 months ago
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A couple questions you need to answer before giving us your opinion on trans women in sports

It’s a very simple test. Almost all of the loudest voices on the topic would immediately fail.

If you get any sports at all in your social media algorithm, by now you have probably seen the video of former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom ge...

2 months ago
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    Sports writer for Yahoo and Uncrowned. I talk on the Co-Main Event Podcast and I've covered fight sports for The Athletic, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and others. But on here I'm mostly writing about ... other stuff.

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