“You cannot look back, and you cannot fail.” #JoeTessitore #SurvivorsGuilt

ByALL THE SMOKE FIGHT 16/09/2026

“You cannot look back, and you cannot fail.”

Joe Tessitore opens up to Andre Ward on the sister he lost, the survivor’s guilt he’s carried since childhood, and why he’s spent his whole career trying to be worthy of the life he got to keep.

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