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In 1994, James 'Lights Out' Toney had battled to the top of the boxing world. A stunning knockout of undefeated 20-1 favorite Michael Nunn had brought Toney the middleweight title and crossover celebrity. Heralded as 'throwback', Toney's dazzling skills and constant activity recalled the Golden Age fighters who had been his role models. Brash, vola

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Robert Edward Anasi is the author of The Gloves: A Boxing Chronicle and The Last Bohemia: Scenes from the Life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). His work has appeared in the New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, New York Observer, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Standard, Salon, and Publishers Weekly, among others. Anasi's story First Fight was recently published in The Bittersweet Science (University of Chicago Press). He is a regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and has received numerous fellowships and grants. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Anasi now lives in Los Angeles.

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