Pay-per-view television pioneer Joe Hand Sr. took out a $500 loan in 1967 to invest in Cloverlay Corporation, a then-recently formed financial group that subsidized local boxer Joe Frazier. His all-in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new youth athletic program is landing its first jab at Joe Hand Boxing Gym, which is teaming up with the Bucks County Sheriff’s ...
Many have seen the videos of Detroit's teen takeovers, but a local organization is looking to channel that energy into ...
As a sophomore in high school, professional boxer Danny O’Connor won a Division I state championship in wrestling. Nearly six months later, his plans to wrestle in college ended when he failed out of ...
Randy Lopez spent his childhood in and out of juvenile hall, he said. A troubled kid without a father figure, Lopez eventually found stability through boxing, and is bringing that insight to Loveland.
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Kids in southwest Missouri are learning discipline and fundamentals through a police-run boxing program.
NEW HAVEN — Coach Soloman Maye, 51, at Get 'Em Boy Boxing gym was working up a sweat, training two energetic young men as they started to hit the heavy bag with focus. Gloved up, Marcel Carr, 19, and ...
For too many New York City kids, the story is the same: absent fathers, gang ties, and few role models or outlets. On social media, every slight is magnified, every humiliation broadcast — pushing ...