Listen to Puerto Rican music long enough, and you may hear the phrase, “La bomba no es la plena y la plena no es la bomba.” Meaning that bomba and plena, although connected, are not the same musical genre—there are key differences that make them distinct at their cores, so don’t call one by the other’s name. In English, you might connect this to a phrase like, “Let’s call a … [Read more...] about Dear Networks and Promoters, Stop Lying to Me: The Cost of Boxing’s Hype Machine
American Boxing and the Death of the Sweet Science
I remember being thigh-high, glued to the screen, bug-eyed and likely drooling as I watched the violent poetry of Roy Jones Jr., the precise destructiveness of Felix “Tito” Trinidad, the technical mastery of Pernell Whitaker, the infinite hearts of Arturo Gatti & Evander Holyfield, and the absolute spectacle that was Oscar De La Hoya. … [Read more...] about American Boxing and the Death of the Sweet Science