May
8
Recent boxing page. I have always been fascinated by choreographed fighting and the representation of violent sports in cinema and comics. The dramatization of a fight is often more fun than the reality. Choreography is a dance and an art that is separate from fighting. Watching a real fight, especially boxing, can be grueling for me. The participants are often literally beaten to a senseless pulp and the guarded apprehension of the fighters, which is reasonable, is not the glorious caricature seen on the sliver screen. In the real world only the most gifted fighters seem ever to have moments of magic. But in comics and movies that magic can go on forever.
