Thomas Hauser

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Thomas Hauser

When the Boxing Writers Association of American holds its annual awards dinner in New York on 30 April, it will mark the organization’s 100th dinner and the start of its 100th year of existence. The Boxing Writers Association of Greater New York (as the BWAA was originally known) was founded by Damon Runyan, Paul Gallico, Ed Sullivan, Nat Fleischer, Edward J Neil and Wilbur Wood with the stated mission of improving conditions at boxing events for New York writers and their visiting colleagues.

1 week ago | msn.com | Thomas Hauser

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1 week ago | tss.ib.tv | Thomas Hauser

Jack Dillon’s name doesn’t resonate with boxing fans today. But he was important in his time. Ernest Coulter Price was born in 1891 and turned pro at age seventeen. According to legend, when asked his name by the referee before his first fight, he answered “Sidney Dillon” (the name of a racehorse in a stable where he’d worked). The referee misunderstood him, announced him as “Jack Dillon,” and Jack Dillon was his fighting name from then on. Dillon stood a shade over 5 feet 7 inches tall.

2 weeks ago | ringmagazine.com | Thomas Hauser

La boxe sauve des vies. Malgré tous ses aspects négatifs, malgré tous les dessous sombres, demandez à ceux qui enfilent les gants pour combattre, et beaucoup vous diront la même chose. Shelly Vincent le dira aussi. "Je ne pensais pas que je dépasserais mes 20 ans", a-t-elle déclaré. "Je ne pense pas que quelqu'un y croyait."Vincent a survécu. Aujourd'hui âgée de 45 ans, elle n’est pas seulement en vie ; elle prospère. Et elle doit une grande partie de cela à la boxe.

2 weeks ago | ringmagazine.com | Thomas Hauser

El boxeo salva. A pesar de todos los aspectos negativos, de todo el negocio sucio, la mayoría de los que se ponen los guantes para pelear te dirán lo mismo. Shelly Vincent también lo dirá. "No pensaba que llegaría a pasar de mis 20", dijo. "No creo que nadie lo pensara."Vincent lo logró. Ahora, con 45 años, no solo está viva; está prosperando. Y le debe gran parte de eso a la dulce ciencia. "Ha sido todo para mí", dijo. "Fue cómo encontré mi voz. Mi paz. Mi terapia.