WALLACE COLLIER “BEAT ROCKY MARCIANO”
DESERVED MEDAL OF HONOR & FOUGHT MARCIANO THRICE Wallace Collier San Francisco, CA– Being of the belief that few real American heroes get their acknow...
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BOB ARUM ADDED TO “WALL OF FAME”
ATOP BOXING WORLD ALMOST 50 YEARS Ali, Rachman Ali, Bob Arum San Francisco, CA– When you look at big time boxing for the past 40+ years, there was alw...
THE “AMERICAN DREAM” HAS DIED
Espedito Martinez San Francisco, CA– If someone were to ask people outside of myself, they’d say the “American Dream” (Dusty Rhodes) died June 11. For...
REFEREE FRANK CAPPUCCINO TAKES TEN COUNT!
FRANK CAPPUCCINO ALWAYS HONEST & BLUNT Frank Cappuccino San Francisco, CA– Professional boxing referee Frank Cappuccino who was involved in some of hi...
EDDIE MAFUZ HONORED ON WALL OF FAME
BOXING LOST BORICUA GODFATHER IN EDDIE MAFUZ Eddie Mafuz & Isaac Logart New York, NY– Of all the obituaries I’ve written, (and as we get older it gets...
BOXER ERIC MARTIN TAKES ON SICILIAN MAFIA
ERIC MARTIN STORY FROM THE ARCHIVES! Engels Pedroza-Carlos Padilla-Eric Martin South San Francisco, CA– While jogging weeks before his death, I litera...
RAY MANCINI TO ENTER HALL OF FAME
LAST AMERICAN “TV IDOL” MANCINI WAS RATINGS KING Mancini Beats Deuk Koo Kim Canastota, NY– Ray “Boom-Boom” Mancini will be inducted into the 2015 Inte...
JIMMY LESTER AND ANA REMEMBERED
QUICK LOOK BACK IN TIME Jimmy Lester San Francisco, CA-I’m sitting here in a somewhat depressed state. The reasons are two-fold. A professional friend...
SADLY MISSED DEATH OF STEVE LOPEZ
STEVE LOPEZ WAS ONE BRAVE MAN Steve Lopez San Francisco, CA– When Phoenix, AZ promoter Steve Lopez was diagnosed with Stage 4 Throat Cancer about five...
REFEREE MARTY DENKIN ON “WALL OF FAME”
HALL OF FAME REFEREE A “GO TO” GUY Father & Son Referees David & Marty Denkin San Francisco, CA– When it comes to West Covina, CA, if you have a pot h...
WALL OF FAME HONORS REFEREE ELMO ADOLPH
ONE OF FEW TRUE “HONEST” MEN IN BOXING Elmo Adolph San Francisco, CA– It is with a heavy and torn apart heart that I have to tell you that referee Elm...
REMEMBERING BOXING WRITER GEORGE KIMBALL
George Kimball HEAVY SMOKER, HEAVY DRINKER, HEAVY WRITER San Francisco, CA– When Ron Marshall, owner of Pugilibri Boxing Books, the foremost purveyor...