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Entries tagged with "Tony+DeMarco":

• Greatest KOs in Boxing History – June 18th, 2011

  Everone loves a knockout. And what's not to love? When one man's fists connect with another man's head and he goes crashing to the canvas, everyone's pulse races a little faster. The knockout can not only change the direction of a fight. It can change the direction of a career, the direction of a life...
  
  

• The Stallone Act – July 6th, 2011

  There was no Chuck Zitoesque middleman doing the "hand me the boxing glove, I give it to MISTER Stallone, I hand it back" routine…
  
  

• Love, Hate, and Boxing – September 26th, 2011

  These days, I look, seemingly in vain, for those fighters who remind me of old-school types—a sure sign that I myself am aging…
  
  

• Hall of Fame Ballots for 2012 – October 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Book Review of NARDO – November 10th, 2011

  Someone once said that boxing is a tight fraternity, and unless you have been in the ring, you can never cross the line that separates boxer from fan...
  
  

• Tony DeMarco: I’m a Puncher – December 24th, 2011

  “I met Carbo,” DeMarco said of Frankie Carbo, aka Mr. Gray. “Those guys were wiseguys and they loved to own a fighter. It was like owning a racehorse…”
  
  

• Chico Vejar: Quintessential 1950s – December 26th, 2011

  There is more to Chico Vejar than toughness; there always was nobility and great sense of dignity…
  
  

• When a Boxing Historian Struggled to Maintain His Interest – January 7th, 2012

  That kind of special "leave it all in the ring" style is now the exception and certainly not the rule...
  
  

• Ten-Count for Angelo Dundee – February 1st, 2012

  
  
  

• Old School – May 14th, 2012

  Old school was a behavior influenced by the mores and values of another era. If someone calls me a throwback, I kind of like it…