Current boxing news from around the world of Boxing.
Luckett Davis October 16, 1932 – December 1, 2022 Luckett Vanderford Davis, age 90, passed away December 1, 2022. He was born in Smyrna, Tennessee on October 16, 1932 to Warmuth L. and Florence Vanderford Davis. Luckett graduated from Smyrna High School in 1951, then received his B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University (1955), M.S. […]
My Memories of GorDoom: Stephen Gordon By Thomas Gerbasi It may have been a few weeks into knowing Stephen Gordon that I realized that was his name. Prior to that, he was always GorDoom (his email address) or the Bucket (short for The Ol’ Spit Bucket), and that was fine for a budding writer and
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Gino Arilotta November 7, 1930 – October 7, 2022 Gino Arilotta of the IBRO passed away on October 7, 2022, after a long illness. Gino joined the IBRO in 2016. Although Gino was terminally ill, he worked tirelessly up to his passing, finalizing last-minute details on The Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony, which
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Rest in Peace Eder Jofre, Former Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion and Hall of Fame Inductee By Chris Smith Eder Jofre, former world bantamweight world champion (1960-1965) and featherweight champion (1973-1974), passed away in the early hours of Sunday, October 2, 2022 in his native Brazil. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia which Jofre
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Gaspar Ortega (October 31, 1935 – December 13, 2021) By Henry Hascup Gaspar Ortega passed away In Naples, Florida, on December 13, 2021, at the age of 86. Ortega turned pro on New Year’s Day 1953 at 17, scoring a first-round knockout over Miguel Ocana in Mexico City. Half Indian, half-Mexican, Ortega was a top-rated
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Las Vegas Boxing Hall of Fame founder and board of director and boxing historian icon Steven Lott died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his loved ones at a Las Vegas Hospital.
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By Arne K. Lang (Courtesy of The Sweet Science, October 11, 2021) The Sweet Science Former world welterweight champion Tony DeMarco, inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame with the class of 2019, passed away October 11, 2021, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston at age 89. A Boston native, born Leonardo Liotta to immigrants
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Ron Ross succumbed to the coronavirus on March 23, 2020, at a hospital in Boca Raton, Florida.
Pete Ehrmann Pete Ehrmann 1950-2019 by Bill Schutte I am very sorry to have to pass along the news that my best friend Pete Ehrmann of West Allis, Wisconsin has passed away. Pete was struck by a brain aneurysm on Saturday, November 16 and died the next day. He was well-known and greatly respected by
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