The New Atomic Age
Music City Boxing is a working boxing gym, located at the top of a hill in a Nashville neighborhood that is equal parts “gentrifying” and industrial. It is a gym in the vein of the Stillman’s and Kronk of old (but much cleaner), and when I arrive there to meet Oliver McCall, there are a handful of local pros working on their craft. There’s an older white guy in jeans – a managerial type – riding slowly on an assault bike and talking on a cell phone. There are plenty of gyms in Nashville where Brentwood soccer moms can take a cardio class or hipster real-estate mavens can work up a sweat on the pads between deals. This is not that gym. Opened originally
FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT TITLEHOLDER OLIVER McCALL DISCUSSES RELATIONSHIPS, REDEMPTION ARCS AND A COMEBACK AT AGE 59 By Ted Kluck
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