Will the “sweet science” of boxing remain on the decline while celebrity fights like we witnessed – and will see again soon – gain in popularity?
Growing up in Landover, Maryland, I lived a few minutes away from where Martin Lawrence – the comedian and a local AAU boxer – once resided, and my parents loved the sport. Every Saturday, my family would watch bouts, including Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield and Roy Jones vs. Bernard Hopkins. When we went to North Carolina, my dad had me and my siblings throw hands with our cousins on a small porch the size of a ring behind my grandparents’ house. Those early days cultivated my interest in the sweet science.
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