Paul Beston
Paul Beston, author of The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring, is the managing editor of City Journal, the quarterly urban-policy magazine published by The Manhattan Institute. His writing has appeared in City Journal, The Wall Street Journal, PopMatters, The American Spectator, The American Conservative, Real Clear Sports, The Millions, The Christian Science Monitor, and others. His piece on Warren Zevon is included in the anthology Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003. He has published boxing essays for The Sweet Science as well as some of the publications above.
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