Burrell Bad News for first opponent one half of Roca’s twin protegés wins on Duran-Vanda undercard Deano ‘Bad Newz’ Burrell of New York won his professional boxing debut on November 12 in a Lightweight bout at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen, New Jersey. He scored a 2nd round TKO over…
Watch this video interview with Minnesota heavyweight Aaron Green prior to his professional debut in October
Just before the September 28 Golden Boy Promotions press conference with Oscar De La Hoya at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York, I got the chance to speak with the premier boxing journalist of today, Bert Sugar. We had a great exchange. Read the full story on the Literacy and…
On Tuesday, September 28, I was able to attend the press conference for Golden Boy Promotions and the Barclays Center at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York. Oscar De La Hoya announced at the conference that his Golden Boy Promotions will promote 12 boxing cards annually over the next three…
Jim Glancey, beloved Minnesota Boxing Mentor, Photographer, Coach dies at 83 On Thursday, August 19, I attended the funeral of Jim Glancey, a St. Paul boxing photographer and mentor to youth for over thirty years. Born James Ronald Glancey on February 26, 1927, he died on Saturday, August 7, 2010.…
Former Secretary of the Minnesota State Boxing Commission, Board Member of International Boxing Federation, and founder of great boxing gym of the past died on July 3 St. Paul Boxing figure, Joe Azzone, dies of Heart Attack at 79.Josep J. Azzone, Sr., a St. Paul native who was an integral…
Joey Abell weighed in at 245 pounds for tommorow night’s rematch with his nemesis, Arron Lyons, who tipped the scale at 238. Vincente Alfaro and Brad Patraw each weighed 119 1/2 pounds for a match with such competitve promise it’s too hard to predict a winner. Frank Quinn, who’s returning…
This Saturday night Minnesota heavyweight Joey Abell seeks to avenge his first loss with a rematch against Arron Lyons, of Las Cruces, NM. Abell was 9-0 when he lost to Lyons more than four and a half years ago, on December 1, 2006, via 1st round TKO in Philadelphia, PA.…
On Saturday night, June 5, Miguel Cotto proved that those dismissing him from top level professional boxing were wrong. Becoming a World Champion once again, he took the World Boxing Association (WBA) 154 pound Light Middleweight title with a 9th round TKO of Yuri Foreman. It seemed Foreman was on…
It’s almost 8 P.M. Central , or 9 P.M. Eastern on Saturday, June 5, 2010, which means in a little over an hour the HBO broadcast of Yuri Foreman’s World Boxing Association Light Middleweight title defense against former World Boxing Organization Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto begins at the new Yankee…
