Coaches training added to this year’s Fantasy Boxing Camp
A training clinic for personal trainers and boxing trainers has been added to the Fantasy Boxing Camp. On Saturday afternoon, August 21,2010, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, our Hall of Fame trainers and staff will work with boxing trainers from around the World. We will answer all questions about training and give instruction in […]
Coaches training added to this year’s GLEASON’S GYM Fantasy Boxing Camp
Coaches training added to this year’s Fantasy Boxing Camp A training clinic for personal trainers and boxing trainers has been added to the Fantasy Boxing Camp. On Saturday afternoon, August 21,2010, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, our Hall of Fame trainers and staff will work with boxing trainers from around the World. We will […]
Ring 8 Awards PHOTO
A capacity crowd turned out for the annual Ring 8 holiday party and awards dinner December 21 at Tony Mazzarella’s Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City, New York. Award recipients and special guests shown in this picture are (L-R) Special Recognition: Tom Gardano, Jr. (accepting for his late father); Promoter of the Decade: Cedric Kushner; […]
FROM BELLBOY TO GAMBLING TYCOON: HOW FRANK JUNIOR BUILT THE FERTITTA EMPIRE IN LAS VEGAS
CHAPTER TWO IN A FOUR-PART FERTITTA FAMILY HISTORY By: Rich Bergeron CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS TO SEE FULL SIZE PICTURES [mpinpage] When Frank Fertitta, Jr. came to Las Vegas from Galveston, Texas in 1960, he quickly found work as a bellboy at the Tropicana. Fertitta’s Texas-bred “family” history included decades of successful casino operations in […]
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
[mpinpage] THE XYIENCE SAGA CONTINUES By: Rich Bergeron From my window-seat vantage point on my under-booked flight back to Boston from Sunny Vegas last Tuesday morning, I counted 15 towering cranes in the skyline of the famous strip. As the economy sours, so too do the big crowds and floods of tourists once willing and […]
KEISHA MORRISSEY: AN INTERVIEW WITH BOXING ROYALTY
KEISHA MORRISEY: AN INTERVIEW WITH BOXING ROYALTY By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] Utilizing her savvy business sense and vast resources culled from her career in politics and the music and entertainment industry, Keisha Morrisey aspires to be the next Don King of the boxing world. She is already more than halfway there. She […]
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