Hi Breadman, I haven’t written in in a while, but I do try to stay caught up on this mailbag. I don’t really read anything else on this website. Journalism for boxing doesn’t seem to have that incisiveness and artfulness that it did when guys like AJ Liebling were writing back in the Fifties and Sixties. If you’ve not read ‘Ahab and Nemesis’ it’s a great Liebling essay/article in his book The Sweet Science, I highly recommend it. Also, if you haven’t read Mark Kram’s ‘Lawdy, Lawdy, He’s Great’ article, which is about The Thrilla in Manila (top 5 fights in my subjective list) it’s worth reading. Anyway, I had one observation, one piece of trivia, and one question and was curious about your feedback. When I put on old fights, and if they happen to be Mayweather fights, I find myself enjoying his pre-De La Hoya roster more than the other half of his career. Just seemed more high energy. Trivia: Did you know that Harry Greb was blind in his right eye for the last four years, at least, of his career? This is the time when he beat Tunney, Walker, Rosenbloom, Slattery, Loughran and Flowers, Norfolk, and Tommy Gibbons. I mean, yeah, he lost to some of them but they rematched A LOT back then. Half blind…that’s crazy. Not too many people with perfect vision could manage that… Question: What do you make of Joshua and Usyk training together? I think it’s good. Usyk has that steadfastness that has always been a missing piece of Joshua’s overall character. I mean, obviously you gotta have some steadfastness to be a world champion and to unify, but I think that it’s a good move for AJ. Unless I’m missing something, I think it shows an insane level of humility. I don’t think I could easily go to a former opponent who beat me twice and essentially learn from them. It’d be tough. I might keep that chip on my shoulder and I know that’s not a good thing. I guess I’m saying props to AJ. Thanks for your time. Jay
