Gleason’s Gym Newsletter
Greetings! I would like to let you know that Gleason’s Gym sponsors a not-for-profit program for disadvantaged children called Give a Kid a Dream. This program provides kids with boxing equipment and a series of one-on-one intensive training workouts with a world-class Gleason’s trainer. Give a Kid a Dream was created to meet the growing […]
GODFREY GIVES UP THREE BELTS AND KEEPS ONE
Godfrey relinquishes 3 title belts PROVIDENCE (August 15, 2007) – Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) president Jimmy Burchfield announced today that Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey and his manager, Brett Hallenbeck, have agreed to relinquish his NABA, USNBC and WBC Continental Americas cruiserweight title belts. Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs) will retain his NABF cruiserweight championship. […]
DEMETRICE KING BACK IN ACTION
King’s Triumphant Return Demetrice King returns August 24 in Jackson, MI On August 24, respected Michigan promoter Gerald Evans of 1 World Productions, in association with Murack Corporation, will host a night of boxing at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Banquet Hall in Jackson, Michigan. “The Battle to be King” will feature in its main event […]
KEEPPUNCHING.COM TO GET COMPLETE MAKEOVER
Coming Soon: Keeppunching.com Version 2.0! August 6, 2007 Louisiana-based motivational speaker/nutrition expert/boxing promoter Kerry Daigle has commissioned publicity firm Big Media Buzz to redesign www.keeppunching.com, the Internet arm of his far-reaching empire of successful businesses. A treasure trove of information on eating right, living right and landing a hard right, keeppunching.com will be a dynamic […]
BOXING FIRSTS
Boxing first fight facts by Greg Goodrich, boxing press editor in chief BOXING PRESS EXCLUSIVE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED DECEMBER 2004 1st boxing gloves- Greek oxeis himantes (sharp thongs in 4th century) 1st hand wraps- Roman caestus (iron/lead, thistle wrap in1st century) 1st Olympic Boxing Champion- Onomastos (38th Grecian Olympiad) 1st Olympic Programme for ‘boy boxing’- 41st […]
CHRONOLOGY OF BOXING HISTORY AND CLICHES
A chronology of history and boxing clichés by Greg Goodrich, boxing press editor in chief BOXING PRESS EXCLUSIVE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED DECEMBER 2004 Boxing History: Sumerian Boxing (5000 BC) [stone carvings in Iraq] Mesopotamian Boxing (4000 BC – 800 BC) Egyptian Boxing (3500 BC) [hieroglyphics in tombs] Ethiopian Boxing (3000 BC) Babylonian Boxing (2500 BC) [Baghdad […]
FIGUEROA A CHAMP INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE RING
“El Gato” Figueroa All In & On Track MIAMI (August 14, 2007) – Newly crowned NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato” Figueroa, in a reality short time period, has gone from counseling rebellious teens to tormenting opponents in the ring. The Spanish Harlem-born, Bronx-raised Figueroa (17-2, 13 KOs), now fighting out of Miami, captured […]
BOXING IN THE OLYMPICS: A HISTORY
Olympic boxing history, fight folk lore and the mythology of pugilism by Greg Goodrich, boxing press editor in chief BOXING PRESS EXCLUSIVE: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED DECEMBER 2004 Olympic History: *Olympics named after the Greek god Olympus *Olympics (first mythological, then historical) *Olympics reestablished by Iphitus (in 800 BC) *Olympics first held (boxing on 4th day) in […]
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