Origins -- The golden age -- The incredible shrinking sport -- Paying their dues -- Cooking the books : boxing's nutty knockout numbers -- Where have you gone Charlie Goldman? -- Boxing's missing links -- The good, the bad, and the inconsistent -- Fistic forensics : two fights analyzed -- Too much amateur -- The dominance factor, part one: Roy Jones, Jr. and Bernard Hopkins -- The dominance factor, part two: Roberto Duran, Pernell Whitaker, Floyd Mayweather, Jr -- The bigger they are--the harder they fall -- Boxing's snake oil salesmen -- Boxing's death by alphabet -- Epilogue.
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