Boxing Behind Bars

April, 2002

Boxing Behind BarsWhat happens when you put a cellblock full of thugs in a padded ring? They punch the shit out of each other--and one emerges a pro.He calls himself the Black Rhino, and I'm not arguing. He's 6'2'', 220, dark-skinned, pure muscle. When his half-buttoned shirt blows open in the Louisiana breeze, I spot the head of a rhino tattooed on his right pec. Clifford Etienne could kill me with one fist, and he's got tow. I've seen him fight, and he throws punches with the ferocity of a pri...