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BoxingHappy Birthday, Chuck Wepner
As hard as it is to believe, former heavyweight contender Chuck Wepner, who challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1975 and became the prototype...
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NewsCraig Houk, Self Titled Redneck Kid From Indiana, Fought Legends Like Chavez
During a career that lasted from 1989 to 2007, welterweight Craig Houk of Greensburg, Indiana, compiled a professional record of 67-39, with 18 knockouts. Despite squaring...
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WorldwideReggie Strickland Had A Deceiving Record, At 66-276-14, So Don’t Dare Call Him A Loser
Reggie Strickland was a lot better fighter than his record of 66-276-17 (14 KOs) would indicate. If you think the record is a misprint, you are...
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WorldwideJimmy Corkum Is The Only Practicing Gastroenterologist Once Rated No. 10 By Ring
Welterweight Jimmy Corkum was heavily favored when he squared off against local rival Sean Mannion at the Hotel Bradford in Boston in November 1979. Corkum hailed...
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WorldwideAl Braverman, What Used To Be Called Simply “A Boxing Guy”
Al Braverman’s ruggedly handsome face looked like a boxing glove that had been whacked with a bat. His nose was disenfranchised, not knowing which way to...
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WorldwideRest In Peace, Mitchell Rose
Although heavyweight Mitchell Rose of Brooklyn, New York, compiled an unenviable career record of 2-11-1 (2 KOs) between 1991 and 2006, most observers will agree that...
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WorldwideMUST READ: “Championship Rounds” by Hall of Fame Writer Bernard Fernandez
For more than four decades, Bernard Fernandez was a sportswriter. From 1984 until his retirement in 2012 he covered boxing for the Philadelphia Daily News. During...
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Worldwide“The Fighting Hillbilly” Bobby Crabtree Faced A Who’s Who Of Heavyweights
Despite being a veteran of more than 90 professional fights against a veritable who’s who of prominent heavyweights, Bobby “The Fighting Hillbilly” Crabtree’s face is not...
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WorldwideMissing Joe Franklin, Who Was Showbiz “Comfort Food”
Longtime radio and television host Joe Franklin, best known as “Mr. Nostalgia,” was as much of a New York treasure as an egg cream or a...
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WorldwideSALUTING CHUCK WEPNER: Stellar Subject For Writer, As Friend, As Good As They Get
As hard as it is to believe, former heavyweight contender Chuck Wepner, whose challenge of Muhammad Ali made him the muse for Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” character,...
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WorldwideFor Dave Jaco, Fighting Tyson, Foreman, Morrison Earned Him Honors At School of Hard Knocks
A little over a decade ago former journeyman heavyweight David Jaco, now 66, was holding court at the Oasis Bar in Sarasota, Florida, one town over...
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