title: Boxing Short Stories
author: Colleen Aycock
description: <b><i>'<span>BOXING</span>SHORT STORIES'</i></b>, is a fantastic fictional compilation of professional and amateur boxing stories. <br /><br /> <b>Colleen Aycock</b>, whose father was a depression-era boxer, and<b>Mark Scott</b>, a product of the<b>Texas Golden Gloves</b>, are both accomplished boxing historians who have taken some of the old war stories relayed to them (through the numerous boxing conversations they've been privy to), producing this amazing book of fictional short stories that I'd strongly encourage anyone and everyone to read.<br /><br /> <b>Stephen Johnson</b>feature writes for<b><i>Boricua Boxing.com</i></b>
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  _“One,” by Nancy Kress, is a science fiction novella about an angry young
  boxer who, after experiencing a concussion in a bout, is able to sense what
  people are thinking and predict their every move. He finds this useful in
  boxing but not great for personal relationships and turns to artificial means
  to deaden the sensations._
  
  
  _This novella was acquired for Tor.com by consulting editor[Ellen
  Datlow](https://www.tor.com/tags/edited%20by%20Ellen%20Datlow)._
  
  
  “I doubt if anyone ever touches the limits at either end of his personality.
  We are not our own light.” —Flannery O’Connor, private letter, 1962
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **I.**
  
  
  “It’s a long way to fall, Zack.”
  
  
  Zack scowled up at Anne, wishing she would go away. Bad enough to be lying on
  this damn hospital bed in a thin cotton dress that left his ass bare. Bad
  enough to be going into surgery 