The long history of failed negotiations has spawned an unusual bitterness in reporters and in a lot of fans. For much of the media and some substantial chunks of population, it’s become a kind of cultural thermometer. It’s the first boxing match ever to earn a huge and scholarly Wikipedia entry before it takes place. It’s a boxing classic from the get-go, and should be an interesting fight. You are so right to address this fight in the magazine. The sharp and funny demurral she sent made for a better fight preview than any I could have actually published: (Some of her writing on the sport is collected in One Ring Circus.) I first made her acquaintance a year ago, when I sent her a fan letter and asked if she wanted to write about the upcoming Manny Pacquaio–Floyd Mayweather bout. In addition to publishing two earlier, more experimental novels, Dunn also wrote enthusiastically and energetically about boxing for decades.
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