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Derric Rossy Could Get Teper Fight

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Derric Rossy Could Get Teper Fight

Long Island heavyweight Derric Rossy is a gentle giant, a genial and humble presence at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn. He chatted with NYF about which is harder, boxing or football, and about a fight he might be getting.

We don’t pretend, we root for the good guys, and the 30-11 ex Boston College footballer is that.

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.