All posts tagged "glen sharp"
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WorldwideBill McMurray Was A Good Second Tier Heavyweight
Bill McMurray was an outstanding athlete at San Bernardino High School and then junior college, where he played football and ran hurdles on the track team...
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WorldwideBorn Alfred Valine, Fought As Tommy O’Leary, Sacramento Fight Fixture Lived Colorfully
Tommy O’Leary was born Portuguese in 1901, with no hint of any Irish ancestry until he began fighting on the Sacramento fairgrounds and a handler thought...
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UKMr. Smith Goes To Sacramento
I met Terry Smith about a hundred and twenty seconds before being punched unconscious in my second professional boxing match. This is not a story about...
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AustraliaTHE GREATER LOVE OF RUDELL STITCH
Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13) Rudell Stitch died on a Sunday –...
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Ode To Otis Grimble
If Otis Grimble left a suicide a note when he shot himself in his home on February 14, 1988, that note has not been shared with...
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WorldwideA Prayer For Frankie Ryff
When Benny Paret fell into a coma as he lost his welterweight championship to Emile Griffith in Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1962, he was...
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Why, Glen Sharp, Do A Story On A 71-76-5 Fighter?
The life arc of Teddy “Red Top” Davis impacted author Glen Sharp, to the point the writer spent oodles of hours poring over old newspaper clips,...
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LEE STREET, ZANESVILLE, OHIO
While researching the history of West Sacramento boxer Joey Lopes I came across an Associated Press release in the April 18, 1956, issue of the Sacramento...
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WorldwideBoxer Sings the Blues
Pete Ranzany was scheduled to fight Jimmy Heair on a Tuesday, in December, 1978, and Heair arrived in Sacramento the Wednesday before. His luggage had been...
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WorldwideHow We’re Living During Coronavirus: “A Tidy Mess”
One of my favorite lines in literature comes from Pete Dexter’s novel, Train, when the shop-worn boxer Plural comments, “The world is a hungry place, man....
Seeing Double: Navarrete vs Valdez 2 & Espinoza vs Ramirez 2
Paro vs Hitchins: Road Warrior Looks For Second Win In PR
Shields Biopic “The Fire Inside” Makes Los Angeles Debut Wednesday
Pacquiao, Paz and Nunn Lead Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Serhii Bohachuk Set For Saudi Showdown
Paul vs Tyson Weigh-In Photo & Final Prediction
Latino Night Delivers Action Fights, Wins for Zurdo, Zepeda, Barboza Jr., Collazo
Jake Paul Defeats Mike Tyson – Taylor Serrano 2 Steals the Show
Latino Night: Zurdo vs CBS Headlines Golden Boy Riyadh Lineup Saturday
