The Baron of Leiperville
The latest work from local sportswriter and author Rich Pagano, entitled “The Baron of Leiperville,” recounts the life and times of James F. Dougherty
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Press Release: Steve Canton’s Tributes, Memories & Observations of the Sweet Science
A collection of wonderful articles intricately woven, remembering and detailing many of the long forgotten gladiators of the ring, and how their lives and careers have impacted so many people in and out of the sport.
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Friday Night World: A Tribute to Fighters of the 1950s
A tribute to the author’s favorite prizefighters of the 1950s (Jake LaMotta, Rocky Castellani, Walter Cartier, Wes Bascom, and others), the book is also a memoir of sorts about growing up in New Haven during the nineteen-fifties.
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Press Release: The Choynski Chronicles, A Biography of Hall of Fame Boxer Jewish Joe Choynski, by Christopher J. LaForce
In this first and only biography of light-heavyweight champion and boxing legend Joe Choynski
New Book: “Muscle and Mayhem: The Saginaw Kid and the Fistic World of the 1890s”
Lauren Chouinard Sheds Light on Infamous Lightweight Boxer George Henry Lavigne, known as the “Saginaw Kid. in New Book.
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Joey: An Extraordinary Life & A Dream Fulfilled
The true story of former Middleweight Champion of the World Joey Giardello.
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A Brief History of the Heavyweights 1881-2010
The Heavyweight Championship has long been the most valued prize in all of sports. Famous names among the champions include John L. Sullivan, Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko.
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Tony DeMarco Biography
Nardo is the story of an Italian kid from Boston’s North End, and his rise through the boxing ranks to eventually become World Champ during the Golden Era of boxing.
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Boxing in New Mexico, 1868-1940
On June 28, 1868, a group of men gathered alongside a road 35 miles north of Albuquerque to witness a 165-round, 6-hour bare-knuckle brawl between well-known Colorado pugilist Barney Duffy and “Jack,” an unidentified fighter who died of his injuries.
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