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RENO (AP) - The 100th anniversary of the legendary heavyweight title fight between African-American champion Jack Johnson and "white hope" James Jeffries in Reno on July 4, 1910, is fast approaching and a group of boxing enthusiasts is planning a multi-day celebration to commemorate the event. "It's going to be very cool," said boxing historian Gary Schultz, who is organizing the celebration ...
"The idea is to hit your opponent, to batter him if necessary. If you don't, he'll hit and batter you. Every so often, a boxer dies. Whenever that happens, some people like to shout that boxing should be outlawed, that it's unnecessarily brutal. Most of the time, the shouters are politicians who know it's an easy way to get their name in the newspapers. But an occasional death doesn't mean a ...
In the early afternoon of a Black Friday that wasn't living up to its name, Bill Garland was boxing up a girl's shirt and pants outfit at the Perpetual Childhood store for customer Melissa Eckroth of Johnstown.
DUARTE - Rhonda Luna is a guidance counselor at Santa Fe Middle School in Monrovia. She helps kids whose grades are falling, and with what she refers to as "social emotional" issues.
LOWELL -- The Lowell West End Gym will be hosting a fund-raiser/boxing show at the Billerica Elks on Old Ferry Road in Billerica on Saturday, Dec. 5. Tickets are $20 per person, $10 for those under 12.
If this were a boxing match, the bout would be stopped for excessive bleeding.But it’s not, and for the liner operators issuing their latest round of financial reports, the suffering will continue until their aggressive rate hikes and cost cutting reverse the tide — or the final bell rings.
Our Lady of Humility Catholic School in Waukegan is the site of an amateur boxing show toinight.Doors open at 6 p.m. and the first fight is at 7:30 p.m. Ten fights are scheduled, and tickets cost $20.The ring will be set up in the school gym, which is located at the corner of West Street and Grand Ave. (Route 132) near the lakefront.Local fighters expected to compete include J ose Vega, Juan ...
(NOV 27) Young Mutley believes his boxing future is on the line in next week's Prizefighter Light-Welterweights. Mutley, 33, has seen his career go backwards in the last two years after he lost to Colin Lynes in July 2007 with the British and European belts up for grabs.
Cincinnati is encouraging young people to turn in their guns for boxing lessons.
A woman lost her husband. A baby lost her father. Chicago lost a pro boxer who was on the cusp of bigger success in his sport. Francisco Rodriguez was well-known in Chicago Park District circles. To the guy who runs the boxing program there, Rodriguez was like a son. To the kids learning the basics, he was a mentor.
HARRISONBURG — The Staunton Boxing Club had three amateur boxers compete in bouts Saturday, and two came away victorious.
Former kickboxer Otgonbayar Daivii will replace WBC Continental America light heavyweight champion Cedric Agnew in tonight's main event of the 25th annual Erie Boxing Classic at the Avalon Hotel.
Chicago's boxing community is mourning the death of a rising star -- Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez.
* HBO’s "Boxing After Dark" telecast Saturday night will start at 10 o’clock with an intriguing IBF lightweight championship bout between Joan Guzman (29-0, 17 KOs) and Ali Funeka (30-2-2, 25 KOs).
When former heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev and Nagy Aguilera square off at Memorial Auditorium on Dec. 11, it will be a trip down memory lane for Sacramento boxing fans.
With his career just waiting to explode into national prominence, unbeaten middleweight Edwin Rodriguez of Worcester could give it a little push when he fights on the un-televised portion of the Shane Mosley-Andre Berto "HBO Championship Boxing" undercard on Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
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