Staredown

About

Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. Reviewing his 2019 collection, Booklist proclaimed, “It’s hard to think of another sports journalist who knows more about his or her sport of choice. As it does every year, Hauser’s anthology laps the field. The man is a treasure.”

Staredown continues this tradition of excellence with reporting from inside the dressing room before some of the year’s biggest fights, in-depth probes into corruption in boxing, and more. Hauser also offers new and creative insights into subjects ranging from street fights to high school football to boxing’s storied past.

Thomas Hauser on the podcast Tourist Information with Brin-Jonathan Butler

Author

Thomas Hauser is the winner of the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism and the author of fifty-three books, including Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, and Missing, which was adapted into an Academy Award–winning film. He was recently inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Contents

Fighters and Fights
Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz: There Are No Sure Things in Boxing
Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner: “AB” Punks Out
Errol Spence vs. Mikey Garcia: What Did You Expect?
Crawford–Khan and the State of Boxing
History in the Making: Behind the Scenes at Canelo–Jacobs
Wilder–Breazeale and the Heavyweight Puzzle
Gennady Golovkin vs. Steve Rolls: As Expected
Manny Pacquiao Turns Back the Clock
Caleb Plant Is Making His Mark
A Sad Night for Chris Arreola
Fight Notes
Smokin’ Joe
Dempsey–Willard at 100
Andy Lee: Fighter
Kevin McBride: “I’ve Been There”
What the F Is Paulie Malignaggi Thinking?
Punching from the Shadows
Sergiy Derevyanchenko and the Harsh Reality of Boxing
Canelo Alvarez: Contemplating Greatness
Ruiz–Joshua 2 from Afar

Curiosities
Street Fights: Violence Outside the Ring
Boxing’s Satellite Promotional Tour
Smartphones on Fight Night
Fistic Nuggets
Fight Night Music
Before Video Games, There Was All-Star Baseball
Going Home for a High School Football Game

Issues and Answers
Behind the Facade at the New York State Athletic Commission
Fighting with a Concussion
When Muhammad Ali and Gerald Ford Met
Jarrell Miller, PEDs, and Boxing
Matchroom, Chavez Jr., PED Tests, and Forum Shopping
The Future and FITE
When Red Corner vs. Blue Corner is Unfair
Fighter of the Decade
At Home with Muhammad Ali
Fistic Notes
In Sunshine or in Shadow
12 Rounds in Lo’s Gym
Literary Notes
The Silence on Marcus Browne
Ruiz–Joshua 2: Cash on the Dunes
What’s Happening With DAZN?
In Memoriam
Saying Goodbye to Harold Lederman