"People Who Died for Our Entertainment"

Back in the 1930s, a New York subway conductor named Manuel Velazquez befriended a middling boxer named Pete "Kid Indian" Nebo. Like many pugilists of the era, Nebo fought two to three times per week in order to make ends meet. As a result of his athletic pursuit, Nebo suffered terrible brain damage, and was forced to live out his final days in a mental hospital. Saddened by his pal's decrepit end, Velazquez decided to crusade against boxing. To that end, he began clipping out newspaper...