Boxing (172 miles north of) Helena

by Bill Kauffman on April 6, 2010 · 4 comments Print this article

My review of Jason Kelly’s entertaining account of George Babbitt as boxing promoter, Shelby’s Folly, is in today’s Wall Street Journal.

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John Willson April 6, 2010 at 3:43 pm: Sweet, Bill. My grandson was lamenting on Easter Sunday that there aren’t interesting boxing matches any more. Man, do I miss Carmine Basilio and Rocky Marciano!
Jason Peters April 6, 2010 at 7:46 pm: Kauffman– Why are you writing these wonderful reviews for hire and ignoring your duties to The Porch, which loves you without the corrupting influence of Filthy Lucre?
John Gorentz April 6, 2010 at 9:26 pm: Ha. I read that tonight in the cellulose and ink edition without realizing it was written by the guy they’ve been talking about in the comments to John Willson’s latest article. I liked it. Narrative history is good. Even if the analysis turns out to be no good, we’re still left with an account of what people said and did. And people do the strangest things. Doubling down on a bad idea — could there be some parallels with ObamaCare?
Jeremy Beer April 9, 2010 at 10:48 am: We should have a contest on here. In 1,000 words or less, give us the most bizarre and colorful true story you can about your place. Kauffman will be the judge.

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