FRANK CAPPUCCINO ALWAYS HONEST & BLUNT
Frank Cappuccino
San Francisco, CA– Professional boxing referee Frank Cappuccino who was involved in some of history’s great fights of the 80s & 90s passed away at the age of 81 or 86. I’m not going to put any spin on this, death or...
BOXING LOST BORICUA GODFATHER IN EDDIE MAFUZ
Eddie Mafuz & Isaac Logart
New York, NY– Of all the obituaries I’ve written, (and as we get older it gets more often) having to tell the boxing world about the death of Eddie Mafuz in November 2005 was a very hard thing to...
ERIC MARTIN STORY FROM THE ARCHIVES!Engels Pedroza-Carlos Padilla-Eric MartinSouth San Francisco, CA– While jogging weeks before his death, I literally ran into Eric “The Prince” Martin for the last time. Running through the streets of this little city, a community a few miles south of The City by The...
LAST AMERICAN “TV IDOL” MANCINI WAS RATINGS KING
Mancini Beats Deuk Koo Kim
Canastota, NY– Ray “Boom-Boom” Mancini will be inducted into the 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame during the second weekend of June in Canastota, where the IBHOF is housed.
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Born in Youngstown, OH, Ray...
QUICK LOOK BACK IN TIME
Jimmy Lester
San Francisco, CA-I’m sitting here in a somewhat depressed state. The reasons are two-fold. A professional friend of mine for almost 20 years has Cancer spreading through her like fire in a skyscraper, meaning Cancer is jumping from floor to floor. Secondly Jimmy Lester,...
STEVE LOPEZ WAS ONE BRAVE MAN
Steve Lopez
San Francisco, CA– When Phoenix, AZ promoter Steve Lopez was diagnosed with Stage 4 Throat Cancer about five years ago, it looked as if he would be checking out of his room in the hotel of life shortly.
AMATEUR WRESTLER TOOK “BIG C”...
HALL OF FAME REFEREE A “GO TO” GUY
Father & Son Referees David & Marty Denkin
San Francisco, CA– When it comes to West Covina, CA, if you have a pot hole in your street, a street light that flickers at night, a howling dog at 4 AM, don’t call the...
ONE OF FEW TRUE “HONEST” MEN IN BOXING
Elmo Adolph
San Francisco, CA– It is with a heavy and torn apart heart that I have to tell you that referee Elmo Adolph passed away earlier today while sleeping. This news was very painful to hear as Elmo and I had...
George Kimball
HEAVY SMOKER, HEAVY DRINKER, HEAVY WRITER
San Francisco, CA– When Ron Marshall, owner of Pugilibri Boxing Books, the foremost purveyor of boxing books in the world told me he had been chatting with former Boston Herald boxing scribe George Kimball, I had heard he was sick so I inquired....
WEB GLITCH FIXED: DRAGON LADY HAS HER PLACE ON WALL OF FAME
“DRAGON LADY” WAS ALSO “FIRST LADY” OF BOXING
San Francisco, CA– Having been a fixture in the boxing world since 1960 when she married Don Chargin, Lorraine Chargin began working at the Olympic Auditorium for promoter Eileen Eaton in...
