The Smokey Eye

From Smokey, the Melville Cat:

There’s something wrong with my eye.

Yeah, so my face looks a little funny. What’s it to you?

Heather said my eye is not “dialing” properly. At least that’s what I think she said. I didn’t even realize that cats’ eyes are supposed to dial.

Fight Club, Part 2

Second in a two-part series. Read Part 1.

“Hi champ i am going to have tournament on 5 may. coach”

George Khosi, trainer at the Hillbrow Boxing Club, sent this SMS to my friend Anita and me a few weeks ago. I wasn’t sure what he meant so I ignored the message. Anita, on the other hand, tapped a quick response:

Fight Club, Part 1

First in a two-part series. Read Part 2.

Yesterday there was a tournament at the Hillbrow Boxing Club. It was my first time watching a live boxing competition. Young kids competed, as well as youth and adults. There were eight three-round bouts. Seven of the fights were male fights and one was a female fight.