American Voices

Boxing's Black Eye

March 31, 1999 | ISSUE 35•12

A New York grand jury is investigating whether judges received illegal payments in connection with the controversial March 13 Evander Holyfield-Lennox Lewis title fight, which was ruled a draw despite the fact that Lewis seemed to have easily beaten Holyfield. What do you think about this latest boxing scandal?

  • Can't two black men beat the holy hell out of each other in this country any more without some sort of controversy?

    Christopher Wooten
    Bond Trader

  • Thank heavens Muhammad Ali isn't lucid enough to comprehend this shameful episode.

    Amy Des Jardins
    Graduate Student

  • I saw the fight, and the decision was a complete sham. It was clear that Willie Pep had knocked out Kid Bassey in the fifth. What? The fight wasn't on Classic Sports Network?

    Roger Traub
    Systems Analyst

  • With regard to boxing, I have only one question: Why'd you fuck Joey?

    Rajesh Bhawnani
    Shipping Clerk

  • It's the children I feel sorry for; the doe-eyed, apple-cheeked cherubs who look up to these sledge-fisted brutes.

    Frances Phelan
    Pastry Chef

  • What? A boxing match may have been fixed? That's fascinating. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to go contemplate the fact that I'm basically alone in the universe.

    Larry Mees
    Plumber

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