Indeed, boxing has been inspirational to some of the best writers on earth. George Plimpton ’48, Norman Mailer ’43, Ernest Hemingway, Joyce Carol Oates and others have all dabbled in writing about the sport.

Despite its past glory, boxing today is filled with corruption and in a miserable state—Sugar mockingly promoted the upcoming fight between old man Larry Holmes and obese blob Butterbean.

It is a niche sport, with a small but loyal fan base, but it is also a billion-dollar industry. The guys who make the money are the Tysons and De La Hoyas, but they are not the best the sport has to offer. The boxers who never quit, who get up off the canvas and keep on battling—these are the warriors who inspire us.

On May 18, Arturo Gatti is squaring off against Mickey Ward in a junior welterweight fight in Uncasville, Conn., to be aired live on HBO. Since most Harvard students don’t watch enough TV to recognize Nick from “Survivor,” it’s unlikely that many have heard of these two fighters, which is a shame.

Gatti is Italian, Ward is Irish. Neither fighter is exceptional, but both are brawlers who know no defense. Both are bleeders—Gatti cuts so easily that he wakes up in the morning with his eyes swelling and starts bleeding “somewhere between O Canada and the Star Spangled Banner,” according to Sugar.

You think Michael Jordan has heart? These guys have so much they make the Care Bears jealous.

This bout has “Fight of the Year” written all over it. I recommend it to anyone with any interest in sports, in never-say-die attitudes and inspirational events, even if you all have to cram into the same house to see it.