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Comments (0)story by Alan Goldstein Holding the title “”boxing editor’’ of the Baltimore Sun for 40 years created a lot more baggage than simply covering fights. All calls to the sports department concerning the ancient sport were quickly transferred to my desk. We were instantly cast in the role of final arbiter to settle all barroom debates, even if the fight in question took place some 50 years earlier. We soon prepared ourselves for the trick questions: “”Who was the last man to box John L. Sullivan? A: The undertaker. More often, however, we were asked to use our “expertise’’ to decide the eternal argument over who deserved to be called “the greatest fighter of all time,’’ (as Ali regularly boasted), or simply the best “”pound-for-pound.. After our friends at the neighborhood saloon had downed a few beers,… read more
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