Kelefa Sanneh
28 articles · The New Yorker
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The Boxing Business
Last year was a good one for boxing. In December, when Sports Illustrated looked back at 2013, the magazine announced that the promoter of the year was Richard Schaefer, a former banker…
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What It Means When a Boxer Wins
In most sports, a win is a win. The San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat on Thursday night in Texas, and although the circumstances were strange?the air conditioning failed, the arena…
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Should the Alvarez-Angulo Fight Have Been Stopped?
The fight, last year, between Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and Sa?l ?Canelo? ?lvarez was surely the biggest boxing match of 2013, but it wasn?t, just as surely, the most consequential. Before the match,…
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Boxing Is Not About Killing Each Other
American boxing fans, settling in to watch the Manny Pacquiao fight this past Saturday night, probably weren?t too excited to see, leading the broadcast, a flyweight named Zou Shiming. Zou is a…
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Bernard Hopkins, A Champion Boxer at Forty-Eight
On Saturday night, Showtime let Bernard Hopkins introduce himself by means of a promotional video. ?I?ve shown for twenty-plus years, with a legacy that will be talked about way after I?m gone,…
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A Reminder from Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather is the biggest American boxing star since Mike Tyson, although he tends to have a very different effect on the people who see him fight. Tyson was mesmerizing because he…
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Manny Pacquiao: Judging Boxing?s Judges
On Saturday night, millions of active boxing fans, lapsed boxing fans, and potential boxing fans watched Manny Pacquiao, the exuberant welterweight star, fend off a challenge from Timothy Bradley, a determined but…
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Mosley vs. Alvarez: Violent Proof
Just after 10 P.M. on Saturday night, between Round 6 and Round 7 of a dull warmup bout, the HBO pay-per-view broadcast cut to the commentator Larry Merchant, who was conducting a…