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I did really like several of the stories: Pop's Boy by Irvin Ashkenazy, His Brother's Keeper by Dashiel Hammett, Champion by Ring Lardner, A Piece of Steak, and The Mexican both by Jack London, Death of a Prize Fighter by Robert Switzer, and A Boxer: Old by Harry Sylvester. Champion is shockingly mean-spirited simply because of the character it follows a real champ with a real stinging ironic climax. A Piece of Steak is a real kick in the stomach as an old prize-fighter attains the wisdom of an old prize-fighter i.e. too late. The Death of a Prize Fighter to me felt like an episode of the Twilight Zone (the original 60's incarnation) though its ending seemed almost more something from Boris Karloff's Thriller (though nowhere near dark enough for that old t.v. series). The Mexican is just a good story all around and A Boxer: Old really communicated to me how the ring-weary protagonist Coburn felt his age in a fight reminiscent of Ground Hog's Day.
I would definitely recommend this book and the stories I mentioned to those interested in reading some boxing stories, stories that occur around (or in) an often brutal and sometimes strategic set-piece. ( )