The boxing world might know me as Gennady Golovkin's Korean cousin, or that guy with the hat.
Two and a half years ago, Ryan Garcia fought a grueling 10 round fight against the grizzled Jayson Velez who physically punked him around for… Read More »On Ryan Garcia’s Past, His Present Love Triangle, and His Future
There is a dating game in Kazakhstan that couples play on horseback. Given a head start, the woman gallops towards a finish line while the… Read More »On Kazakh Machismo and ‘The Big Drama Show’
I have made the trip to Dagestan, Russia, to visit the most prominent Shaolin outside of China. Nestled in the Caucasus Mountains of Russia, “Dagestan”,… Read More »The Fifth Direction of The World
At first I thought I was following Conor McGregor’s footsteps. To the casual American fan, fighting and the Irish might go hand in hand. After… Read More »Europe’s Most Interesting Gym
Down the street from Tijuana’s famed brothels, there is a bar with a boxing ring built into the middle of the floor. It’s standing room… Read More »Tijuana Fight Nights
It wasn’t the first big fight I went to, but it certainly was one of the most impressionable events of my young life. Dad was… Read More »Here’s to You, Manny Pacquiao
Kazakhstan is the wild west in a way. There I was, riding in a Hummer down a dirt road chauffeured by the undefeated champion Kanat… Read More »The Wild and Bizarre Boxing Utopia Called Kazakhstan
Author’s Note In A Requiem For a Nun, the great American author William Faulkner once wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past”.… Read More »Life Goes On in Philippines as Manila Slums Dispel the Cult of Manny Pacquiao