Press Releases
Bobby Cassidy Jr. To Speak at Ring 8
Bobby Cassidy Jr from Newsday will be the Guest Speaker. He is also bringing Dave Schuster, the producer of the play Kid Shamrock.
“Kid Shamrock” is the story of ex fighter Bobby Cassidy, a middleweight and light heavyweight hitter out of Long Island who fought professionally from 1963-1980. He came quite close to receiving a title shot but it can’t be said of Cassidy that he “coulda been a contender, coulda been somebody.” The play, written by son Bobby Cassidy Jr., who works at Newsday, makes it quite clear that his pop is somebody, because he’s fought the good fight in and out of the ring, rising up from a demoralizing childhood to become a world-class boxer, and then kicking a nasty booze habit. Cassidy Sr, who hasn’t had a drink since 1974, had a rough time as he tried to make the transition from active fighter to whatever it was he was going to do with the rest of his life. He is the narrator in the play, and oozes credibility when he talks of “faces that have been molded and shaped by other men.”

-
Featured Articles3 weeks ago
Avila Perspective, Chap. 330: Matchroom in New York plus the Latest on Canelo-Crawford
-
Featured Articles1 week ago
Vito Mielnicki Jr Whitewashes Kamil Gardzielik Before the Home Folks in Newark
-
Featured Articles4 weeks ago
Remembering the Under-Appreciated “Body Snatcher” Mike McCallum, a Consummate Pro
-
Featured Articles4 weeks ago
Avila Perspective, Chap 329: Pacquiao is Back, Fabio in England and More
-
Featured Articles3 weeks ago
Opetaia and Nakatani Crush Overmatched Foes, Capping Off a Wild Boxing Weekend
-
Featured Articles3 weeks ago
Fabio Wardley Comes from Behind to KO Justis Huni
-
Featured Articles2 weeks ago
Catching Up with Clay Moyle Who Talks About His Massive Collection of Boxing Books
-
Featured Articles4 weeks ago
Delving into ‘Hoopla’ with Notes on Books by George Plimpton and Joyce Carol Oates