Showing posts with label Cirque d' Hiver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cirque d' Hiver. Show all posts

Monday, November 10, 2008

Boxing In Paris


Cirque d' Hiver



Hemingway loved to box, it was part of his essence, essential to the core of his personality. (That is Hem in the top photo.)
He was a good amateur boxer, even if he embellished his prowess, as he did with most things masculine.
In the preface to "A Movable Feast", Hemingway tells about the boxing at the Stade Anastasie, and the "great twenty-round fights at the Cirque d' Hiver." He was fond of most sports and outdoor activity, but boxing was one of the things - like bullfighting, that was at the top of the list.
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