Boxing Links (1-30-12)
Utah boxing legend Don Fullmer dies Salt Lake Tribune By Jay Drew West Jordan • Told last November that he only had a month or so left to live due to the effects of a 15-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Utah boxing legend Don Fullmer again beat the odds, making it longer than doctors … See all stories on […]
FIGHTRADIO.INFO JOE FRAZIER TRIBUTE SHOW TONIGHT AT 8PM EST
Rabble Rousin’ Rich Bergeron and Tony The Tornado Penecale will salute the late, great Joe Frazier tonight on the Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show. We will also be joined by boxing historian Patrick McElligott and Author John Greenburg. We welcome our audience members to call in and share their memories of Joe during the […]
TORNADO’S FANTASY DREAM FIGHTS: JOE FRAZIER VS MIKE TYSON
By: Tony Penecale ============================= EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a special tribute to Joe Frazier’s recent passing after facing the final fight of his life against liver cancer. Though Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier were good friends, they would have made excellent opponents for each other in their respective prime years. This piece is a […]
Amazing! Lee Roy Smith To Accept Ancient Wrestling Artifact from Columbia in NYC
STILLWATER, Okla. – The sport of wrestling received further validation that it is the oldest athletic contest in the world. The oldest known written instruction on any sport happens to be about wrestling, and it is in the possession of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame […]
Brooklyn College Library’s Archives and Special Collection
The Brooklyn College Library’s Archives and Special Collection And The Friends of the Hank Kaplan Boxing Archive Invite you to join us for a the opening of a Special Exhibit, Program and Lecture On Professional Boxing: Its Past and Present On Thursday, February 11th @ 4pm in the Woody Tanger Auditorium Come and Hear Mike […]