Status Updates From The Knockout

‘…I know it sounds foreign to people, but they refused to be a co-conspirator in their own knockout, in their own demise, if you will. They refused to go along with it. They got hurt, they got hit, they saw the flashes that we see, they saw the darkness that we see. But then they insisted that they get back to light. And that insistence is what kept them from being knocked out, to get back to the light.'’ p37

‘… I just couldn't really move. I could remember it so clearly. And it didn't hurt one bit. Lomachenko came over after and said he'd broken his hand and I told him he'd broken my heart and pride!'’ p30

‘Concussion isn't always so apparent, at least not to the untrained eye; it's more insidious than exhaustion, more of an ambush than a clear and present danger, and once the seeds of it are sown then that fighter most likely has an insurmountable problem.’ p21

‘Atlas is a character who exudes boxing. If you closed your eyes and slowly, gently, ran your hands over his face traced the contours and contusions, it would be like reading, boxing life story in Braille. That's the kind of face he possesses.’ p16