Born on July 12, 1971, Joel Casamayor was not destined for greatness as a professional boxer, because he was born in Communist Cuba. Although Cuba is a boxing powerhouse, with an admired and feared amateur boxing program, it is also a country where athletes remain amateurs for the entirety of their career. Casamayor was set ...
In my previous articles I have discussed boxing techniques, strategies and training that should help you be successful. To fully train someone on all the intricacies of boxing would require several large volumes of study. I would like to bring you the next step of training though, heading away from the beginner training and heading ...
Huntsville, Alabama is known as the hockey capital of the south. You might be surprised to find two championship-winning teams in a small southern city, but we proudly boast both the UAH Chargers, and a minor league team, the Huntsville Havoc. If you live in the Huntsville area, and have never attended a Havoc game, ...
Joe Louis Barrow entered the world on May 13, 1914. He was the seventh of eight children. Joe’s father, Munroe Barrow, was a not very successful cotton farmer, and in 1916 he was committed to the Searcy State Hospital for Colored Insane. Joe’s mother remarried and in 1926 the family moved to Detroit. In Detroit ...