Joliet Hall of Fame welcomes 4 heavy hitters

Joe Bennett, Walter Downing, Mary Ann Grabavoy and the late Doug Oram will be inducted today as the sixth class in the Joliet Area Sports Hall of Fame.

State Boxing Hall Of Fame Class Is Announced

Seven new inductees to the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame were announced during a press conference Monday at the Mohegan Sun Arena, which houses the hall.

Peter signs for Wlad fight

Sam Peter will fight for the world heavyweight championship, Hall of Fame Top Rank promoter Bob Arum announced today. The Nigerian Nightmare Sam Peter inked the contract today to take on IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladmir Klitschko on September 11 in Frankfurt Germany.

Wortham Headlines Connecticut Boxing Hall Of Fame Class

"Irish" Mickey Ward will be the first non-state boxer to be inducted into the Connecticut boxing Hall of Fame As an eighth grade math teach at Rawson Elementary School in Hartford, the lessons taught by Troy Wortham aren't always about the intricacies of addition, subtraction or long division.

Emanuel Steward discusses his first Boxing Clinic

by Geoffrey Ciani - Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward recently kicked off the first in a series of boxing clinics last Wednesday, July 21 in Atlanta, Georgia, at Sweet Science Fitness.