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...
The year 2019 was the first year that women appeared on the ballot for the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The ladies were sorted into two...
On Aug. 3, 1953, Tod Morgan died a pauper in his home state of Washington. He was 50 years old. After more than 200 pro fights,...
PRESS RELEASE: (Dec. 7, 2021) — The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced today the members of the Class of 2022. Living inductees include...
On the night of October 21 at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia, Hall of Fame boxing promoter J. Russell Peltz signed copies of his new...
Former world welterweight champion Tony DeMarco, inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame with the class of 2019, passed away late last night at Massachusetts...
Twenty-five years ago this month, sportswriter Dan Parker was formally ushered into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the non-participant category. Parker wasn’t there to...
“More than anyone else,” Kenneth Bridgham writes, “John Morrissey personified the links between sports, gambling, high finance, politics, and crime in nineteenth-century America.” That’s the theme...