Manny Pacquiao: I’m just [an] ordinary fighter… Freddie Roach (interrupting): –You’re not ordinary. Manny Pacquiao: Sorry about that, master. “He finds gaps,” said Emanuel Steward after...
“….we got a thing goin’ on…” The first time I laid eyes on Roy Jones Jr. was on NBC’s Sportsworld. It was a Sunday afternoon twenty...
Ricky Hatton recently told the Manchester Evening News that he “looks at boxing from a different angle now and it is dying a death compared to...
Brockton, MA. A man and his son stand outside of what appears to be an abandoned building on Petronelli Way. Yellowing classifieds roll by in the...
The quiet sun is mystifying astronomers all over the world. There has been no activity on its surface for months on end, no sunspots that would...
“Life loves the liver of it.” ~ Maya Angelou July 18, 2009. Providence-based promoter and President of Classic Entertainment & Sports Jimmy Burchfield had a birthday...
Lenny Mancini sat in a wheelchair at ringside on the night of October 3, 1981. In the archives of the old man’s head were images of...
“Nothing so challenges the American spirit as tackling the biggest job on earth.” ~ Lyndon B. Johnson, 1941 The Fourth of July marks the 233rd anniversary...
June 28, 2009. The Cappiello Brothers Boxing and Fitness Gym, located in downtown Brockton is where promoters Rich and Mike Cappiello make their headquarters. Together they...
Joshua Clottey’s struggles in the ring mirror his struggles with finding a suitable nickname. Americans, nonplussed by the nuances of accent despite our multicultural reputation, heard...