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...today. Divinity School Professor Baber Johansen and his wife Mariapia DiBella—an anthropologist conducting research at Harvard—live directly below the site of the fire. “All the water is in my working room, on my computer, in my laptop,” DiBella said. “My books are all swimming in the water.” Neighbors of the elderly woman heard alarms and rushed to her aid. “There was just black smoke pouring out of the apartment on the top stairs,” said...
...Rich guys don’t become fighters” proclaimed Lou DiBella, and it’s true. In the early 20th century, Irish, Italian and Jewish immigrants ruled the sport—now Blacks and Hispanics reign supreme...
During one exchange, DiBella provided an astonishing and counter-intuitive statistic. Though big boxing events are only available to the masses on expensive pay-per-view, the ethnic group that (in terms of percentage) watches the most pay per view events is Latinos...
Indeed, all three speakers were characters, interrupting one another repeatedly. DiBella provided authoritative information on the miserable state of boxing, presenting himself as a no-nonsense class act in a world of scoundrels. Skeeter came off as a tough guy who knows his business. Sugar, nonetheless, stood out. With his classic fedora and cigar, he contributed the insightful information of an experienced journalist and the humor of an old vaudeville performer...
Sugar was not the only panelist with good lines. After DiBella stated that no boxer had ever bled to death in the ring, yet observed that many fights were being stopped because of cuts, Skeeter cut in with: “Sissies...