Life As A Standing Eight Count

Life as a Standing Eight Counta harvard astrophysics major reaches critical mass--fighting in the golden glovesI saw it as an innocent obsession. My colleagues, my friends, the American Medical Association, the press and this aging, frustrated wrestler from the Y.M.C.A. all disagreed. "Ahhh, the boxer," said the wrestler in his nasal voice, after accosting me on Broadway. "I'd get out if I were you. Boxing is a serious sport for blacks, not for whites. Better quit; otherwise, you'...