Heart, how torn you are,
How blessed to plow down blindly,
To think nothing, to know nothing,
Only to breathe, only to feel.

Hermann Hesse

I am shocked that he has managed to outsmart these fleet-footed men in uniform.

Kiss me passionately in the secluded corner of a used bookstore on a cobblestone side street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm, or kindly stop wasting my time.

Thank you, Tom x

❤️🙏🏻

I am going through a bout of depression but I am fighting it with everything in my arsenal. One day at a time. Hopefully with some grace.

319 wins between the 14 fighters, 235 inside the distance (74%), 12 losses, and two draws.

Average fighter age 30.

Nearly 40 world title fights between them.

An incredible night of boxing to come on February 22.

This is card is unreal. I can’t believe my guy might be the opener 😂 #boxing #zhileizhang

Issue 4 of The Spit Bucket features a conversation with @amandakelley.bsky.social whose wonderful painting adorns the cover of the new book by @donmcrae.bsky.social

Download here to read for free: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...

Are posts on here called flaps?

Larry Holmes vs Tex Cobb YouTube video by coachstrout’s classic fights

On Friday night, November 26, 1982, the day after Thanksgiving, ABC was at the Astrodome in Houston for the heavyweight championship of the world between Larry Holmes and Randall "Tex" Cobb. Howard Cosell was ringside, for what would be his last time.

Thank you!

Ooh I need to watch this!

Bluesky: the go-to place for news?

Boston Globe is reporting that traffic to its site from @bsky.app is 3x that of Threads. Guardian reporting it is 2x that of Threads.

Tellingly, Guardian also says that traffic from Bluesky is higher than the weekly traffic achieved from X at any point in 2024.

Two of the top ten moments of my life right there ☺️

The Last Bell: Life, Death and Boxing Buy The Last Bell: Life, Death and Boxing by McRae, Donald (ISBN: 9781398504189) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

And if my followers would like to read about The Last Bell and preorder it you can find it here www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Bell-Li...

Thank you so much @donmcrae.bsky.social for sending these special books. I am overjoyed to see the cover and read your magnificent book. And it was so kind of Toto Wolff to write this note

"Ghetto Wizard" Benny Leonard retained the world lightweight crown #OnThisDay in 1920 with a Round 14 TKO of Joe Welling at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Boxing Esq. Podcast #72 - Brin-Jonathan Butler The Boxing Esq. Podcast · Episode

My guest is @brinjonathanbutler.bsky.social on this week’s pod. Brin has written extensively on Tyson & we discussed the Tyson-Paul fight & Tyson’s allure after all these years. We also spoke about Brin’s interview with Oleksandr Usyk & Conor McGregor’s court case.
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Why We Need Prison Journalism More Than Ever If we lose incarcerated journalists, we lose a whole voice from the conversation.

Excited to share the artwork and writing of incarcerated folks on this platform! To get going, here's EA co-founder Emily Nonko and EA writer Chris Blackwell on why we need prison journalism, for @thenation.com:

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

okay everyone act chill & normal, our crushes are starting to join bluesky. let’s not fuck this up

Sturgill Simpson speaking some truth last night in Boston

morning work (in progress … the painter and the painting)

Really hoping to get to Rome to see this myself.

He’s wearing Cestus on his hands. I think I’m different periods they were even covered in studs and spikes.

It’s an amazing sculpture (from what I’ve seen in photos).

His life experience is in the scar tissue on his face and that look in his eyes. I have an idea for a gallery show that relates to this that I would love to discuss with you one day.

The Terme Boxer statue from the Hellenistic period of Greece, around 300 BC.

Guy has a crooked nose, cauliflower ears, deep gashes in the face and busted teeth.

Sweet science been around…