OPINION: What boxing taught me about life2017-04-25 · MyDaytonDailyNews
You may not know that Dayton has a rich history of boxing, including bouts by Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey and other boxing greats. Joe Louis knocked out Biff Bennett during an exhibition match at Memorial Hall in 1935. Nowadays, ?Knockout Dayton? and …
LONG READ The man behind Adrien Broner2016-12-21 · Boxing News Online
Stafford comes from a rich boxing tradition in the Midwest, a region that has produced some of the finest fighters to ever lace 'em up. From Ray Robinson to Joe Louis to James Toney to Floyd Mayweather Jnr, many of boxing's greatest practitioners honed…
Pro quartet join Battens Boxing Gym2013-07-30 · Daily Echo
Four new pro fighters ? Tommy Watson, Shane Watson, George Wegener and Rich O'Connor ? have joined Batten's Boxing Gym, based at Shamrock Quay. Pictured from left: Joe Pigford, Richard O'Connor, Shane Watson, Steve Bendall, Wayne Batten, Alan …
Two local boxers hope to follow in the footsteps of champions2011-03-31 · Boston Globe
Bettencourt (left) gets a drink from trainer Joe Ennis while sparring with Gerald Schifone (right) at the Big East Boxing Gym in Stoughton. (Photos By Robert E. Klein for The Boston Globe) By Rich Fahey STOUGHTON ? It's just a few miles from the Big…