Andrew Rihn

Thank you -- it's being published by Cornerstone Press from the University of Wisconsin. I'm extra excited because its a teaching press -- they run courses on publishing and the undergrads get first-hand experience helping throughout the process.

The much-hyped bout between John L Sullivan and Alf Greenfield is stopped by police when they decide it's a prize fight not an exhibition.

The much-hyped bout between John L Sullivan and Alf Greenfield is stopped by police when they decide it's a prize fight not an exhibition. Prize fighting was illegal and Sullivan, Greenfield and Gazette publisher Richard K Fox had to answer in court.

#OTD in @PoliceGazette 1884: The much-hyped bout between John L Sullivan and Alf Greenfield is stopped by police when they decide it's a prize fight not an exhibition. Prize fighting was illegal and Sullivan, Greenfield and Gazette publisher Richard K Fox had to answer in court.

Bureaucracy is the monster we’re running away from, not towards.

Recalling Sailor Steve And The Fight Fiction Of Robert E. Howard Robert E. Howard is best known for his fantasy fiction and Conan books, but he was also a great fight writer.

I also wrote this sort of introduction to Howard’s boxing stories:

www.thefightcity.com/robert-e-how...

I haven’t updated on this much here, but my pulp-genre boxing novel Aboard the Old Buoy is due out in Nov 2026.

It’s based directly on the writings of Robert E. Howard and his Sailor Steve Costigan stories.

Ooh, I haven’t seen Paterson in a few years, but I really enjoyed that one.

Nocturnal Animals went far too under the radar, an excellent flick.

Actually, ok, my whole issue is this: The tension builds around whether or not they’ll uncover the killer. But it’s a true story and we know they’ve never figured it out. So, like, I wasn’t holding my breath.

Totally my type of movie. And I thought it was good, just not great.

I’m in the small minority who didn’t care much for Zodiac.

When it comes to music, I yam what I yam. (This might be the first time Bruce Springsteen hasn’t made my top five.)

Sure — I’m hoping this is morphs into something collective but also self-driven, dispersed as people make it happen themselves.

The Police Gazette World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Belt is stolen from a locked display window in Davenport, Iowa. The Gazette offers $500 for its return (over $18,000 today).

#OTD in @PoliceGazette 1894: The Police Gazette World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Belt is stolen from a locked display window in Davenport, Iowa. The Gazette offers $500 for its return (over $18,000 today).

I am committing to a weekly social media post, probably on Mondays -- a quote, a question, an observation. I'll collect them all into a Google Doc that you can access and add to as well.

We can organize video chats. We can record podcasts. Anything you want -- let's do it.

Announcing for 2026 -- I need to read more books!

So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.

I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.

Nah, a live card out of Fresno tonight. ProBoxTV streams all their stuff for free on YouTube, and their matchmaking is pretty solid.

A women’s title fight just started.

The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.

I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University

www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

ProBoxTV is free on YouTube. Fights are on!

YouTube video by Fight Hub TV Artur Beterbiev does CRAZY PUSH UPS at open workout!

I always dig the boxer Artur Beterbiev’s push-up routine. Crazy wrist/finger/forearm strength.

m.youtube.com/shorts/y-L0w...

Don King
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981

What’s the saying — comparison is the thief of joy?

“Better” is so subjective. And sometimes insidious.

The Police Gazette knew how to paint a picture

“Gentleman” Jim. Errol Flynn played him in a biopic some years later.

Another handsome contemporary of Corbett was Joe Choynski.

The truth is out there

On this day in 1910, Jack London published his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt” with The Saturday Evening Post.

His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.

No, I haven’t. Haven’t read much Hawthorne at all, actually.

Reading about the time Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s family’s country home in Concord, MA. Henry Thoreau came over and planted a garden of cabbage and beans for them. It’s where Hawthorne wrote Rappacini’s Daughter.

This is an A24 script waiting to happen.