All posts tagged "glen sharp"
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Worldwide2 years agoBill 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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Worldwide2 years agoBorn 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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UK2 years agoMr. 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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Australia2 years agoTHE 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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Worldwide3 years ago
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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Worldwide3 years agoA 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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Worldwide3 years ago
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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Worldwide3 years ago
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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Worldwide3 years agoBoxer 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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Worldwide3 years agoHow 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....
Fight Results: Shields Plays the Hits, Dominates Cornejo in Detroit
UFC Vegas 74 Results: Amir Albazi Wins A Close Fight
UFC Vegas 74 Live Updates And Results – Kara-France vs Albazi Main Card
Claressa Shields v Maricela Cornejo Payout: Shields To Earn Lionesses’ Share of Purse
UFC Vegas 74 Weigh In: Zero Cancellations Means 100% Action
Canelo vs Ryder Predictions: 1 Of 44 Predict Upset
If Spence and Crawford Don’t Fight, That’s Fine
OPINION: Tony Weeks – A Legacy Tarnished
Dmitriy Salita Fondly Recalls Gym With No Heat, No AC, No Bathroom
