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‘Hurricane’ Carter Was Wrongly Convicted, But He Wasn’t Innocent

The Love Punch

Following his death on Sunday, there’s been a rash response to the famed boxer’s life—both pre and post prison. Was he really ‘all love?’

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“This man right here is love. He’s all love,” announced Denzel Washington while swaddling his Best Actor gong at the Golden Globes in 2000. The man of love, former boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, who died yesterday at 76, rubbed his hands nervously, managing a meek smile as Washington spoke while...

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