Upsets Accentuate Any Given Sunday Feel of UFC Live 4 Card on Versus
By: Rich Bergeron One second the announcers and crew were questioning Referee Dan Miragliotta for not stopping the UFC Live 4 main event fight between Cheick Congo and Pat Barry. Barry was laying the beating on thick, rocking Congo’s world with lefts and rights. The next second Congo rose off the canvas in a […]
Professional Boxing Returns to Holyoke for only second time in 50 years
Whitley-Hall Headlines “Homecoming” June 25 HOLYOKE, Mass. (May 12, 2011) – Professional boxing returns to Holyoke for only the second time in the past half-century, the first since 2000, on June 25 when American Fighting Organization (“AFO”) presents, “Homecoming,” at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke. Boxing’s roots in Holyoke date […]
THE GREAT RIVALRIES IN BOXING
BY: Steve Farhood Jake LaMotta famously said of Sugar Ray Robinson, “I fought him so often, I almost got diabetes.” Over the years, LaMotta has used that line again and again, and that’s okay because he fought Sugar Ray again and again—six times in all from 1942 through “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” in 1951. […]
“Smokin’” Joe Frazier in fight of life for top heavyweight honors in ‘World’s Greatest Ever’ promotion
Spectacular Three-Day Celebration Dec. 11-13 in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (Nov. 20, 2009) – The great “Smokin’” Joe Frazier has joined a growing list of confirmed boxing legends attending the Dec. 11-13 “World’s Greatest Ever Boxer” (WGEB) festivities, highlighted by an awards dinner and U.S. vs. The World pro boxing show, at The Paris Casino […]
‘The World’s Greatest Ever’ Heavyweight Boxers
‘The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer’ Three-Day Celebration Dec. 11-13 in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (Nov. 19, 2009) – Boxing has traditionally been driven by heavyweights and many of the sport’s most recognizable figures through the years have fought in the highest-profile division. The Heavyweight Division in the “The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer” promotion has two […]
TONY PENECALE’S ROCKY MARCIANO TRIBUTE ARTICLE AND POEM
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO TONY AND RICH TALK WITH A COUPLE BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS FOLKS WHO KNEW ROCKY MARCIANO PERSONALLY [mpinpage] ROCKY MARCIANO By: Tony Penecale Rocky Marciano An Italian Boxing Sensation His Hard-core Fighting Style Captured the Heart of the Entire Nation The Greatest Heavyweight Champ Had the Nickname of “The Rock” He […]