Essays - Summer 2008

The Bout

When George Plimpton, the boyish editor of The Paris Review, went three rounds with the light-heavyweight champion of the world

By Blair Fuller

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Blair Fuller is the author of the novels A Far Place and Zebina’s Mountain, as well as a collection of short stories. He has taught writing at Stanford University and other institutions.