All posts tagged "Gerry cooney"
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WorldwideNYF Archival Hit: White Collar Boxing
White collar boxing, many if not most readers of this site know the term. I wrote this critique in February 2006 for The Harlem Times. I...
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New YorkNY Golden Glovers Tested Michael Spinks
After winning a gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Michael Spinks went on to defeat Eddie Mustafa Muhammad for the WBA light heavyweight...
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WorldwideRest In Peace, Victor Valle Jr
Victor Valle Jr, the trainer from the fighting family, has passed away, from cancer, at age 73. The son of the famed trainer Victor Valle Sr,...
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WorldwideRing 8 Gala Sunday Spotlights Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney Battle
Limited tickets available for this Sunday’s Ring 8 Holiday Event & Awards Ceremony in NY Celebrating 40th anniversary of the Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney fight NEW YORK...
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Teddy Atlas and Russell Peltz To Be Lauded At RING 8 (NY) Holiday Bash
NEW YORK (October 25, 2021) – The award recipients for the 34th Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony, highlighted by the celebration of the 40th...
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The Top 5 Knockouts From George Foreman
As I have mentioned before, lists can be very difficult to put together. This is especially true when it comes to boxing lists. But I am...
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Jack Dempsey, An Awesome Man and Champion
John Huston, who directed the 1972 boxing film “Fat City” and won two Academy Awards – for best director and best adapted screenplay – for the...
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WorldwideRest In Peace, Boxing Fixture Joe Winters, A Long Island, New York Business Titan
Joe Winters, looked up to on Long Island for helping to build a thriving waste management business, his involvement in the New York boxing scene, and...
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WorldwideHere’s An Idea: Gerry Cooney Training Mike Tyson For A Comeback
Count big Gerry Cooney as one who believes in Mike Tyson, and thinks at 53, we shouldn’t all dismiss out of hand that the wizened being...
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WorldwideNo, Cooney-Holmes Was Bigger, Says Gerry Cooney, But Wilder v Fury 2 Is HUGE
Gerry Cooney is in Las Vegas, right now, soaking up the pomp and pageantry and exulting in it. “This is big,” the SiriusXM radio host, who...
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WorldwideDiscussing A Ring Return For Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko has been out of the ring since he took on Anthony Joshua in April 2017 and he will be 43 on Monday, March 25....
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WorldwideEddie Hearn Looks At New Boxing Landscape, Wonders If Sho Can Hang In
Eddie Hearn has been a fairly fascinating addition to the American boxing promotional scene. He’s parachuted in and put a heavy stamp on the sport, with...
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Heather Hardy Likens Boxing To A “Bad Boyfriend”
She is one of the best known female boxers in this country, and yet, she is still having to work on non fighting gigs to stay...
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Sunnyside Garden Doc Shows The Beauty Of A Venue That Had Major League Soul
“It wasn’t the nicest place, Sunnyside Garden, but it was our place,” the man with the boxer’s nose tells us, describing what another fight-game lifer calls...
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Listen to “At the Fights” on Sirius Friday
It is always a pleasure and honor to travel to NYC to Sirius headquarters and do “At the Fights” hosted by Randy Gordon and Gerry Cooney....
Women’s Awards 2024: Taylor Serrano II Is Fight of the Year
Grand Arrivals: Usyk vs Fury 2 Week Gets Underway in Riyadh
Bruno Serace Scores Upset Of The Year, Knocks Out Jaime Munguia
Alexis Rocha and Raul Curiel Deliver An All-Action Draw
Akhmadaliev Gets Impressive Win, Calls Out Inoue
Seeing Double: Navarrete vs Valdez 2 & Espinoza vs Ramirez 2
Galal Yafai Sends Sunny Edwards to Retirement
Shields Biopic “The Fire Inside” Makes Los Angeles Debut Wednesday
Serhii Bohachuk Set For Saudi Showdown
