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A Big Man Will Hurt You, A Little Man Will Kill You

The Arena gym known as Mooksie’s was a famous Newark boxing landmark which used to be located at 230 Market Street. I heard about it one day while training at the East Orange YMCA in New Jersey in the early 1960’s.

“Champagne on Ice” – The Griffith Visit

It was about 11:30AM Saturday morning and I kept looking out of my kitchen window for a green Lexus to be turning onto my block. Emile Griffith and his adopted son Luis had called me about 10:AM and told me that they were leaving Hempstead, NY and w...

Old School - The Story of Nick Arcuri

The great former heavyweight champion of the world Rocky Marciano, coined a phrase which he used on his old TV show “The Main Event,” from the 1950’s where he showcased vintage fights. He would end the show by saying, “The bigger they are, the nicer...

Divorced But, Not Forgotten - Monon Gonzalez

The phone rang in my hotel room. The familiar voice of Mario Rivera, the famous boxing writer, was on the other end.