Oliver W. Tuthill Jr. is an author and journalist who has worked as a boxing publicist, columnist, and commentator. He was an official correspondent for Ring Magazine forthree decades. His writing has been published by Inside Sports, The Sporting News, Baseball Digest, Boxing Beat, and The New York Times. He has been featured as aguest analyst on USA Today’s Tuesday Night Fights and as a boxing script writer on the NBC Today show. Tuthill lives in Portland, Oregon. This is his first novel.