@NigelBoxing

Former editor of The Ring, KO, Boxing Illustrated & World Boxing. Inducted into the IBHOF in 2015.

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Joined December 2011
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"In the 1980s Marvin Hagler became the standard bearer for a time when boxing seemed somehow purer. Not the business side so much but the fighters. Hagler was the real thing, a god among mortals who once walked among us." Available at Amazo.com
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There's a Marvin Hagler chapter in Hooking Off The Jab called "A God Among Mortals." Available at Amazon, Digital and Paperback.
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Replying to @boxing_esq @WilliamDettloff
If you are interested in what led to Jeff's downfall, there is a chapter in Hooking Off The Jab about his career.
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On our way to DC.
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"I'm gonna show you my fight with Art Aragon. He had a smart mouth, so I enjoyed beating the crap out of him." Above is a quote from "Lunch With Carmen Basilio", just one of the more than 40 stories in Hooking Off The Jab.
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"If you are a boxing fan, you will love this book. But you don't have to be a fan of the sport to appreciate Nigel's writing and his unique stories." --Kristen Amazon.com $19.00
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"Blue hat reached into the pocket of his djellabas, and with one well-practiced movement, produced a switchblade and flicked it open!"
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The perfect gift for a boxing fan. Paperback $19 at Amazon.com
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Have a high Holiday. $15 0n Amazon.com
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"This is an exceptional book. This anthology covers fighters and topics from the '80s through to the very recent past. Nigel can join my other dream dinner party guests Hugh McIlvanney and A.J. Liebling, although it would be probably be better as a night at a bar." --Steve Hunt
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People who have read TRAVELS WITH MARY JANE: CONFESSIONS OF A 70-YEAR-OLD STONER, say it’s the best writing I’ve ever done. Check it out & decide for yourself. Available at Amazon.com
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I’m reading Aldous Huxley’s ISLAND for the second time. The first was decades ago.
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Many believe this was the best fight ever held at the Blue Horizon. There is tribute to Kitten Hayward in my book HOOKING OFF THE JAB.
b0xingfan@b0xingfan6 Oct 2024
Stanley “Kittens” Hayward stopping future welterweight champion, Curtis Cokes in the 4th round. Hayward came back from a 2nd round knockdown to stop Cokes, who won the world welterweight title just 2 years later & reign for three-years. May 1, 1964.
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Nigel, Deb, Don & Bill
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"Blue Hat then reached into the pocket of his djellabas, and in one well-practiced movement, produced a switchblade and flicked it open." Available at Amazon.com Paperback: $14.96 Digital: $3.99
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"Excellent book! Nigel makes everything come to life. Great read for those who love boxing." --Tracy C. Paperback $18.99, Digital $9.99 At Amazon.com
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"The author has a unique and beautiful way to discuss the lives we live, and how we lead them in context of ourselves and of the culture of the time." --Mathew Swain
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Boots and Bozy. As a member of the media, I'm neutral when the bell rings, but until then, I'm pulling for Boots.
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My latest book,Hooking Off The Jab, is available for $18.99 at Amazon.com
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Ring editors present and past: Dougie and me
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