The Ballad John Joe Nevin

THE BALLAD JOHN JOE NEVINBoxer John Joe Nevin has seven Irish amateur national titles and a silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics. He also has two broken legs courtesy of a cousin also named John Joe Nevin, which is all part of the life that comes with being a traveler, a.k.a. pikey, tinker and gypsy. Can Nevin fight his way out? A typical late-summer afternoon in Ireland: mid-60s, windy, sunny, cloudy and a 99 per­cent chance of rain. I am in Mullingar, a town of 20,000 in Westmeath County...