Jem Carney and Randolph Turpin boxing belts auctioned2014-07-31 · BBC News
Belts that belonged to two former world champion boxers from the Midlands are being put up for auction. A silver belt won by Birmingham-born boxer Jem Carney in a 74-round fight with Jack McAuliffe in 1887 is expected to go for £10,000. Randolph Turpin…
Rochester boxing pioneer dies - Post2013-04-03 · Bulletin
Jack O'Connor, who died at age 83 on Monday, was a boxing pioneer in Rochester. He grew up in Rochester, boxed for the Lourdes boxing team as a youth and later was one of the founders of the Silver Lake Fire Hall boxing gym in the early 1950s…
Boxer Poonia settles for silver at Comonwealth Youth Games2011-09-12 · Deccan Herald
Indian boxer Rahul Poonia lost 6:13 to England's Jack Bateson in the finals of the 49 kg category to settle for a silver at the Youth Commonwealth Games in the Isle of Man here Sunday. Poonia, the Cuban Youth Olympics gold medallist,…
'Raging Bull' celebrates 25 years with special 2-disc package2005-03-20 · Waterbury Republican American
Raging Bull" to me is still the standard by which all (boxing movies) are judged " says filmmaker Ken Burns whose recent documentary "Unforgivable Blackness " was about black boxing champion Jack Johnson. This year marks the silver anniversary of "Raging Bull " but from their earliest pairings boxing and Hollywood have enjoyed tremendous success using the fight canva…