Photo by Attentie Attentie on Unsplash If you aren’t careful, boxing can break you. And if you’re too careful? Well, boxing will still bloody your nose and drop you on your ass. So what are you gonna do? By now, I’ve been writing about the sport for more than 15 years, and I’ve been a journalist for twice as long. That’s a lot of bloody noses and bruised backsides. The latest: My two-year tour with BoxingScene came to a close a couple weeks ago when the phone rang with the bad news.