Archive for the Real Men Category

The Straight View from the Middle of Mardi Gras

Posted in Journalism, Observation, Real Men, Ridiculous curiosity with tags , , , on March 4, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle

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Your humble narrator – and the Housewives on Fire – have made today’s Age newspaper.

Mardi Gras, bitches!

 

Peter Graham – New WBF Boxing World Heavyweight Champion

Posted in Journalism, Peter Graham, Real Men with tags , , , , , on February 28, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle

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Some things are stories; others are facts. The fact is Peter Graham is now the WBF world heavyweight boxing champion. He is the first Australian in history to hold a heavyweight boxing  title.

Benjey Zimmerman

Posted in Kickboxing, Martial Arts, MMA, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle

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When did you retire? What made you decide it was time?

I believe that passion is the main ingredient of being successful. I lost my passion after some heavy injuries and disappointment in decisions by management. Continue reading

Wonder Woman Should Join the Lingerie Football League

Posted in Journalism, Love letters, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men, Ridiculous curiosity with tags , , , , , , , , , on January 27, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle

I have come late to the Lingerie Football League. Like most things of this nature, it appeared on my Facebook feed courtesy of my good friend and arbiter of all things that ride the cutting edge of bad taste, Matt Samartzis. Continue reading

Aamer Rahman

Posted in Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 13, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle

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Ahmer Rahman wrote a deeply provocative essay for ‘Vice Magazine’ on the anniversary of the Cronulla riots, attributing them to the inherent racism of the Howard Government. Continue reading

Vale Lemmy Kilmister

Posted in Music, Obituary, Real Men with tags , on December 29, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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Lemmy Kilmister, bass player and vocalist for Motorhead, has died aged seventy. We’d like to believe it is the cumulative result of too much of a good time.

See ya later, Lemmy, and thanks for the racket.

Lion Fight 25: ‘John’ Wayne Parr versus Cosmo Alexandre

Posted in 'John' Wayne Parr, Journalism, Muay Thai, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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International Kickboxer Magazine, Nov/Dec 2015

‘John’ Wayne Parr is scheduled to take on Cosmo Alexandre at Lion Fight 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 23. Continue reading

Peter Graham Versus The World’s Strongest Man: KSW32

Posted in K1, Kickboxing, KSW, MMA, Peter Graham, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 4, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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The entire SSE Arena in London seems poised above us; an immense sphere of mythological darkness, something dreamed, something imagined. Continue reading

Mark Mullan Retires

Posted in Kickboxing, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 27, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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Mark Mullan has had more than thirty fights spread over a fifteen-year career. In that time, he has trained in the Netherlands at the toughest gym in the world and fought in Europe, Asia and Australia. The time has come to hang up the gloves and he intended to go out with a bang when he took on old rival Simon Coutsouvelis this Friday night. Continue reading

Alex Perekrest and Red Giant – 4

Posted in Music, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , on November 7, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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You posted a very interesting article about Jason Everman, a former guitar player for both Nirvana and Soundgarden who, after his tenure concluded with both those bands, joined the special-forces and served in a number of theatres of war. He described war as being a ‘theatre of schooling for the heart.’ What do you think about that? Continue reading