Andrew Rihn
@andrewrihn.bsky.social
Multi-genre boxing writer
Author of Revelation: An Apocalypse in Fifty-Eight Fights
Prose poetry reader for Pithead Chapel
https://andrewrihn.my.canva.site/
Author of Revelation: An Apocalypse in Fifty-Eight Fights
Prose poetry reader for Pithead Chapel
https://andrewrihn.my.canva.site/
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Andrew Rihn
@andrewrihn.bsky.social
· May 19
Jack London’s Fantastic Revenge | The Saturday Evening Post
In his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt,” Jack London turned truth into fiction, and then some.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
When Jack London arrived in Reno to cover the big fight, he bore a black eye from a barroom brawl.
The story behind that shiner, the ensuing court battle, his grudge with the judge, and how Jack London re-wrote it all into a story of "fantastic revenge."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/jack...
The story behind that shiner, the ensuing court battle, his grudge with the judge, and how Jack London re-wrote it all into a story of "fantastic revenge."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/jack...
Don King
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Don King
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981
The truth is out there
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The truth is out there
On this day in 1910, Jack London published his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt” with The Saturday Evening Post.
His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.
His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.
When Jack London arrived in Reno to cover the big fight, he bore a black eye from a barroom brawl.
The story behind that shiner, the ensuing court battle, his grudge with the judge, and how Jack London re-wrote it all into a story of "fantastic revenge."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/jack...
The story behind that shiner, the ensuing court battle, his grudge with the judge, and how Jack London re-wrote it all into a story of "fantastic revenge."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/jack...
Jack London’s Fantastic Revenge | The Saturday Evening Post
In his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt,” Jack London turned truth into fiction, and then some.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
On this day in 1910, Jack London published his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt” with The Saturday Evening Post.
His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.
His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.
Reading about the time Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s family’s country home in Concord, MA. Henry Thoreau came over and planted a garden of cabbage and beans for them. It’s where Hawthorne wrote Rappacini’s Daughter.
This is an A24 script waiting to happen.
This is an A24 script waiting to happen.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reading about the time Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s family’s country home in Concord, MA. Henry Thoreau came over and planted a garden of cabbage and beans for them. It’s where Hawthorne wrote Rappacini’s Daughter.
This is an A24 script waiting to happen.
This is an A24 script waiting to happen.
Floyd Patterson with a quick joke in response to a hater
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Floyd Patterson with a quick joke in response to a hater
Reposted by Andrew Rihn
A busy and chaotic #MementoMoriMonday
Dancing Skeletons, Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
c. 1871-1889
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Dancing Skeletons, Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
c. 1871-1889
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A busy and chaotic #MementoMoriMonday
Dancing Skeletons, Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
c. 1871-1889
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Dancing Skeletons, Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
c. 1871-1889
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Christy Martin is the only woman boxer to ever appear on a Sports Illustrated cover. She has never been on the cover of The Ring magazine, however.
With the release of her biopic, now would be a great time to remedy this.
With the release of her biopic, now would be a great time to remedy this.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Christy Martin is the only woman boxer to ever appear on a Sports Illustrated cover. She has never been on the cover of The Ring magazine, however.
With the release of her biopic, now would be a great time to remedy this.
With the release of her biopic, now would be a great time to remedy this.
George Chuvalo training, 1965
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
George Chuvalo training, 1965
Thrift store book haul
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Thrift store book haul
Seeing CHRISTY now, with all the trimmings. #boxing #boxingmovie
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Seeing CHRISTY now, with all the trimmings. #boxing #boxingmovie
“Go fuck yourself.”
— famously empathetic and civil Dick Cheney, on the Senate floor
— famously empathetic and civil Dick Cheney, on the Senate floor
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Go fuck yourself.”
— famously empathetic and civil Dick Cheney, on the Senate floor
— famously empathetic and civil Dick Cheney, on the Senate floor
Neighbor’s tree just going wild right now
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Neighbor’s tree just going wild right now
I posted this yesterday, but today is the 10th anniversary of Amos Johnson’s passing. It’s a long thread but his story worth it.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I posted this yesterday, but today is the 10th anniversary of Amos Johnson’s passing. It’s a long thread but his story worth it.
Visiting boxers' graves in Ohio.
#2 Amos Johnson Jr.
#2 Amos Johnson Jr.
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Visiting boxers' graves in Ohio.
#2 Amos Johnson Jr.
#2 Amos Johnson Jr.
Really taken by the shadow and light of this photo, cropped by not edited, as it appeared in a 1960s newspaper.
I’m curious: can you identify the fighter?
I’m curious: can you identify the fighter?
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really taken by the shadow and light of this photo, cropped by not edited, as it appeared in a 1960s newspaper.
I’m curious: can you identify the fighter?
I’m curious: can you identify the fighter?
Last night I sat down and watched the documentary Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes, chronicling the longstanding professional and personal relationship between the two men.
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Last night I sat down and watched the documentary Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes, chronicling the longstanding professional and personal relationship between the two men.
A May 1964 card in Cleveland was headlined by Joey Giardello, but promoters hired former champs to work the card: Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott served as referees while the Rockys -- Marciano and Graziano -- worked as seconds.
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A May 1964 card in Cleveland was headlined by Joey Giardello, but promoters hired former champs to work the card: Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott served as referees while the Rockys -- Marciano and Graziano -- worked as seconds.
Top 5 Misfits Songs
Last Caress
Static Age
We Are 138
Hybrid Moments
London Dungeon
Last Caress
Static Age
We Are 138
Hybrid Moments
London Dungeon
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Top 5 Misfits Songs
Last Caress
Static Age
We Are 138
Hybrid Moments
London Dungeon
Last Caress
Static Age
We Are 138
Hybrid Moments
London Dungeon
German fighter Willi Besmanoff socks Argentinian Alex Miteff, 1957
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
German fighter Willi Besmanoff socks Argentinian Alex Miteff, 1957
One of my favorite details: in this photo of Ali and Foreman in Kinshasa, you can see writers George Plimpton and Norman Mailer (with his mouth open) seated together, looks like second row.
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
One of my favorite details: in this photo of Ali and Foreman in Kinshasa, you can see writers George Plimpton and Norman Mailer (with his mouth open) seated together, looks like second row.
Reposted by Andrew Rihn
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.