Category: New Jersey Boxing
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Prospects Vito Mielnicki and Joey Spencer Score Stoppages in Newark
With the New Jersey Devils season put on hold boxing headlined the The Rock in Newark, New Jersey Christmas night. Roseland, New Jersey’s own Vito Mielnicki fought his first main event and reached the tenth round for the first time in his career in his tenth career victory. At age nineteen and standing six feet…
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Jersey Joe Walcott Honored In Camden, New Jersey
Born Arnold Cream but famous as “Jersey Joe Walcott” the former heavyweight champion of the world in 1951 has been honored with a statue in Camden, New Jersey. Walcott at thirty-seven years old became the then oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Ezzard Charles in their fourth meeting. He lost the title to the…
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Boxing Returns to New Jersey! PRudential Center to Host Coffie vs Washington at Heavyweight
Boxing is back in New Jersey as Premier Boxing Champions on FOX returns to the Prudential Center on July 31st. Headlining the card is a crossroads fight at heavyweight as undefeated Michael Polite Coffie faces former WBC Heavyweight Title challenger Gerald Washington. Coffie is in the proving stages of his career after getting a late…
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Shakur Stevenson Dominates Jeremia Nakathila: A Decisive Unanimous Decision Divides Fans
Shakur Stevenson won as dominant a decision as you can see in boxing but still came away disappointed last night in Las Vegas. The Newark, New Jersey born twenty-three year-old Olympic Silver Medalist won the boxing match but may have lost in the court of public opinion. On one hand, Stevenson won the fight 120-107…
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NJ Indoor Sports Executive Order Does Not Apply to Boxing
Governor Phil Murphy has released an executive order regarding COVID-19 and new regulations to go back in place. Fortunately, the executive order does not apply to professional sports and does not apply to gyms. The regulations cancel interstate high school and collegiate indoor sports. Boxing gyms or gyms in general are not currently effected by…
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Boxing News 24: Published 9/24/2020 Enforcer Fitness Interview
Continuing from my site news section the interview of Chris Conca of Enforcer Fitness in Nutley, NJ has been published. I will link below to encourage any readers of this blog to take a look. Also while you are there please take time to read the other work produced on Boxingnews24.com. “ “Just as small…
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Upcoming Interview With Chris Conca of Enforcer Fitness
In a drive to cover boxing at the local level and highlight the stories forming in the New Jersey boxing scene I have an interview in the works with Chris Conca of Enforcer Fitness. I conducted a meeting and interview last Thursday September 17, 2020 and have a rough draft completed. I submitted to my…
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