Bobby Goodman died on Sunday, March 5, at age 83. That’s a loss for boxing. Goodman’s family personified the American immigrant experience of an earlier time....
The phrase “pro debut” is often heard in conjunction with fighters. But promoters make pro debuts too. On October 13 at Sony Hall in the heart...
Nino Benvenuti and Akron, Ohio, were an awkward fit. Benvenuti was something of a Renaissance man, or at least that is how he was portrayed. He...
Nico Ali Walsh, a 21-year-old Las Vegas middleweight, made his pro debut in a 4-round fight on Saturday, Aug. 14, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Walsh’s fight with...
Word arrived yesterday, Jan. 12, that boxing promoter Mike Acri died this past Sunday at age 63. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. Acri was...
On March 7, FOX offered viewers a heavyweight tripleheader from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Frank Sanchez (14-0, 11 KOs), who came out of the Cuban amateur...
The capstone of the annual Hall of Fame Weekend at the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York, a four-day event, is the ceremony...
Halls of Fame ostensibly exist to honor exceptionally high achievers, but some would say their secondary purpose is to at least occasionally generate debate. And the...
PRESS RELEASE: CANASTOTA, NY – DECEMBER 5, 2018 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced today the members of the Class of 2019....
I made a promise to a friend, and I kept it since that is what friends do when they give their word. But in this instance...