Final Bell

Reinaldo Oliveira Jr. - Born in Wareham, Mr. Oliveira was the son of the late Jennie T. (Barboza) and Reinaldo A ...

Shoji Tsujimoto - The 75-year-old former Japanese welterweight champ passed away on December 23, 2023. Having scored an excellent amateur ...

Ernest Darick Brown of Zion, Illinois, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at the age of 67. Ernie "Big ...

Dwaine Simpson January 26, 1935 – August 3, 2023 ********* IBRO's Dwaine Simpson, who ran the Miami Dade County Parks ...

Michael Hunnicutt passed away unexpectedly on February 23, 2023, at the age of 68. Michael was a brilliant boxing analyst ...

By Doug Cavanaugh (With comments by Dan Cuoco, DS Cogswell, and Mike Silver)I received word that the Final Bell rang ...

Luckett Davis October 16, 1932 – December 1, 2022 Luckett Vanderford Davis, age 90, passed away December 1, 2022. He ...

My Memories of GorDoom: Stephen Gordon By Thomas Gerbasi It may have been a few weeks into knowing Stephen Gordon ...

Gino Arilotta November 7, 1930 – October 7, 2022 Gino Arilotta of the IBRO passed away on October 7, 2022, ...

Rest in Peace Eder Jofre, Former Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion and Hall of Fame Inductee By Chris Smith Eder Jofre, ...

Gaspar Ortega (October 31, 1935 – December 13, 2021) By Henry Hascup Gaspar Ortega passed away In Naples, Florida, on ...

Steven Lott  (January 17, 1950-November 6, 2021) Las Vegas Boxing Hall of Fame founder and board of director and boxing ...

By Arne K. Lang (Courtesy of The Sweet Science, October 11, 2021) The Sweet Science Former world welterweight champion Tony ...

RON ROSS 1932-2020 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 ...

BILLY JOINER MAY 6, 1938 – JUNE 8, 2019 by Steve Canton Former amateur standout and pro heavyweight contender Billy ...

Harold Lederman June 26, 1940 - May 11, 2019   The IBRO lost a valuable member with the passing of Harold ...

Former Great Middleweight Contender Passes At The Age Of 87 By Bobby Franklin To realize what a master boxer Joey ...

Stefan Redl Passes at age 84 Former 1950s-1960s welterweight Stefan Redl died on February 4, 2018 at the age of ...

Former 1950s and 1960s middleweight contender Ellsworth (Spider) Webb passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 23, 2017 at the ...

HERBERT WEISSBLUM - Of Whidbey Island, Washington, formerly of Winchester, Massachusetts died unexpectedly on December 26, 2017 at the age ...

Terry Downes B.E.M. - Man and Fighter By Derek O'Dell Where to place Terry Downes in the array of British ...

Jake LaMotta - the former middleweight champion whose life in and out of the ring was depicted in the film ...

Muhammad Ali the Fighter: Speed, Stamina and Psychological Warfare The champ was despised and beloved but was a warrior for ...

(Long-time boxing matchmaker, promoter, booking agent Johnny Bos passed away last weekend in Florida at the age of 61.  J ...

Ten-Count for Johnny Bos By Robert Ecksel on May 12, 2013 "Boxing is a brutal form of entertainment because nobody ...

Karel de Vries December 27, 1922 – April 10, 2012   IBRO Boxing Historian and famed Marine photographer J. Karel ...

Laurence Franklin Fielding, 84, of Falmouth, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2009. He was born August 26, 1924 ...

With a heavy heart, I inform you that Paul Zabala passed away on August 21, 2008. Paul joined IBRO in ...