By Elliot Worsell MOST of them looked the same. They were bald, as wide as they were long, and firmly of the belief that a scowl says a thousand words. As if created from the same recipe, or mould, these men would stand with their arms crossed, biceps bulging inside a too-small polo shirt, and … Read more
By Elliot Worsell SPEND time in a boxer’s changing room on fight night and you will come away not only certain there are few environments as tense or nerve-wracking but equally certain the success of a boxer has as much to do with controlling their mind ahead of a fight as controlling their body once … Read more
By Elliot Worsell (PART I of The Intervention: Froch vs. Groves can be found here; PART II, meanwhile, can be found here) AFTER Chapter VI NO longer alone, with him both surrounded and human again it is almost impossible to tell whether the boxer on the plastic chair has won or lost. The slight cut … Read more
Elliot Worsell BEFORE Part I: Waiting Room A waiting room in all but name, what the room waits for on fight night is context. That and a boxer. It is the boxer, in fact, who will provide the room with both its context and its story. It is they, the boxer, who will in time … Read more
