But nobody wants me to box because they say that my eye is damaged. I've got to make a living somehow. Boxing is my job. This self-destructive pattern has repeated itself so often in the ring that it has become a cliche. Boxing always has been a refuge for the uneducated, the unskilled and the desperate.
Participants accept the risks in the hope of huge rewards.
Hey, we're in the traumatizing business. Enquirer columnist Tim Sullivan welcomes your e-mail. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.