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UPDATE: Here Is News On Gleason’s Gym Masters Clinic

ALERT: The Gleason’s Gym Master Clinic is OFF, and the new dates will be announced, pending government approval.  Most of you know, with uncertainty swirling with the...

Comeback Time For Paulie Malignaggi

Boxers know comebacks, don’t they? Paul Malignaggi, let go by Showtime in late July following controversial remarks made during an on-the-record chat with a fightgame videographer,...

Teddy Atlas Dinner Is ON; Thursday, Nov. 19, The (Virtual) Show Will Take Place

Regarding the 24th Annual Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation Dinner…it will take place. The podcaster-analyst-trainer-philanthropist put out word that on Thursday, Nov. 19, the dinner will...

Heather Hardy Updates NYF On Climate For Fights, How She’s Made Ends Meet

On March 20, I got the first lengthy lowdown from Heather Hardy, the DUMBO, Brooklyn-based fighter who has a rep for resilience, on her perceptions of...

Cruisers Mairis Briedis and Yuniel Dorticos Make Weight in Munich

“A Spectacular Fight“ – Briedis & Dorticos Make Weight in Munich Mairis Briedis and Yuniel Dorticos both made weight ahead of tomorrow’s WBSS Cruiserweight Ali Trophy...

Who Won the Week? Mike Fuckin’ Tyson, the 80s Menace Threatens Comeback

A ten second snippet got the masses salivating. That is the power of a heavyweight, in particular one with the most potent package of power, charisma,...

GLEASON’S GYM UPDATE: World’s Most Famous Boxing Gym Looks To Re-Open

Hello NYF friends, family and newbie visitors to the site! Check out this message from the uber mensch Bruce Silverglade, the owner of the famed and...

The Pandemic Kid: Lessons on Facing Illness, War & Benny Leonard

When you see a pal dealing with a stressful situation far beyond your control, and you want to help out just the same, so you ask:...

New York State Boxing HOF Class of ’20 Induction Moved To Sept. 20

New York State Boxing HOF Class of 2020 Induction Ceremony Postponed until September 20 NEW YORK (March 19, 2020) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame...

How We’re Living DC (During Coronavirus): “It’s Not Easy To Be In The Boxing Business”

What is coronavirus doing to our business? Well, it’s pulling it apart temporarily. Everyone in boxing is essentially self employed no matter what side of the...

Gleason’s Will Bring the Gym To YOU!

FUCK YOU, CORONAVIRUS: Top Rank MSG Theater Shows Saturday & Tuesday POSTPONED

On Thursday evening, word trickled out, first on the Mike Coppinger and Lance Pugmire Twitter accounts. The Top Rank boxing events at the MSG Theater, on...

Zachary Ochoa Picks Up W on Kownacki-Helenius Undercard at Barclays

After a nearly two year hiatus Brooklyn’s Zachary “Zungry” Ochoa (21-1, 7 KOs) made his return to the ring to pick up a hard-fought, eight-round unanimous...

Lou Savarese To Enter NY State Boxing Hall of Fame

World heavyweight contender Lou Savarese to be inducted into New York State Boxing HOF Class of 2020 Induction Dinner on Sunday, April 19 NEW YORK (March 5, 2020)...

Cletus Seldin Headlines On Long Island TONIGHT

Boxing is back on Long Island, tonight, and you can check out the scene, even if you don’t trek to LI. Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is...

8-Week Krav Maga /Self Defense Course Starts Sunday, At Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn

Starting this Sunday, February 16th, people can learn the art of Krav Maga, the most effective self defense system ever invented. The instructors at the famed...

Fights, TONIGHT, At the Famed and Fabled Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, NY

Boxing is back at Gleason’s Gym, the famed and fabled mecca of pugilism which functions as one of the most successful and long-standing community centers in...

Texas Based Nigerian Efe Ajagba Fighting Razvan Cojanu March 7 in Brooklyn

Heavyweight Sensation Efe Ajagba Takes on Former Title Challenger Razvan Cojanu in Co-Main Event of FOX PBC Fight Night & on FOX Deportes Saturday, March 7...

Danny Garcia, Jarrett Hurd and company work out at Gleason’s Gym

The storylines for the top two guys on the card Saturday night at Barclays Center and being featured on Showtime are this: Welterweight Danny Garcia just...

Super Flyweight Brian Cannady Jr Aims For Big 2020

Undefeated giant super flyweight Brian Cannady Jr set for big 2020 as he sets sights on title fights Undefeated 5ft 10 bantamweight Brian ‘Big Cannon’ Cannady...