Manny Pacquiao, Mikey Garcia among first time IBHOF candidates on 2025 ballot
Former pound for pound great Manny Pacquiao and four-division champion Mikey Garcia are among the names making their first appearance...
read moreThe Travelin’ Man Returns to Canastota Part I – Arriving for Induction Weekend
When one gets to be of a certain age, he or she spends more and more time reminiscing about what...
read moreHall of Famer Diego Corrales’ children carry on a proud legacy
It felt so authentic that Diego Corrales Jr. could swear he heard a voice coming from an ambiguous shape, telling...
read moreWith Hall of Fame nod, Michael Moorer gets the respect that often eluded him
Michael Moorer doesn’t waste his time on what-ifs. It’s a pointless exercise because, as he puts it, "if it was...
read moreDiego Corrales and Ricky Hatton top the 2024 Hall of Fame Class
Maybe Michelle Corrales-Lewis will break an annual tradition Thursday night and go back to that place again, as she and...
read moreThe Travelin’ Man returns to Canastota (with a pit stop in NYC) – part 1
Between September 2003 (when I chronicled my experiences at a card topped by Joe Mesi’s first-round KO against DaVarryl Williamson...
read moreAn Inductee Experiences the International Boxing Hall of Fame – Part Four
Saturday, June 11, began with breakfast in Parlour. That was followed by a bus ride to Canastota for another meet-and-greet...
read moreAn Inductee Experiences the International Boxing Hall of Fame – Part Three
Prior to going to Canastota for Induction Weekend, I asked some previous inductees what the experience was like. "You get a...
read moreAn Inductee Experiences the International Boxing Hall of Fame – Part Two
My induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame came about as a consequence of my writing. So allow me...
read moreAn Inductee Experiences the International Boxing Hall of Fame – Part One
On Sunday, December 1, 2019, I arrived home in mid-afternoon after visiting my mother and checked my telephone answering machine....
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