The IBHOF Class of 2024 includes Ricky Hatton, Michael Moorer, and Ivan Calderon The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum in Canastota, New York, has...
“Of all his assignments,” said the renowned sportswriter Dave Anderson, “[Jimmy] Cannon appeared to enjoy boxing the most.” Cannon would have sheepishly concurred. He dated his...
Larry Goldberg promoted his sixth fight card at Sony Hall on August 10. There was a touch of stardust in the room because Tony Danza and...
On Nov. 12, 2015, the New York Times was the first major news outlet to report that there had been a late-night break-in at the International...
SHOWTIME’s ‘Sho Box; The New Generation’ series, now in its twenty-first season, returns to Central New York on Friday, June 9. The venue is the Turning...
Tiger Jack Fox was 47 years old, or thereabouts, when he suffered a fatal heart attack in front of a movie theater in his adopted hometown...
He probably never should have lasted as long as he did. After famed boxing referee Mills Bee Lane III suffered a debilitating stroke in March 2002,...
It’s been a month of accolades for longtime boxing scribe Bernard Fernandez, a regular contributor to these pages. On Sunday, June 12, he was formally inducted...
The day after the International Boxing Hall of Fame wrapped up its annual festivities, one of its honored members, Carlos Ortiz, passed away at age 85....
Canastota Chronicles: Coffee and Donuts With Smokin’ Bert Cooper Boxing fans often flock to Canastota for Hall of Fame weekend in hopes of meeting a few...