Born on July 12, 1971, Joel Casamayor was not destined for the greatness of a professional boxer because he was born in communist Cuba. Although Cuba is a powerhouse, with an amateur boxing program that is admired and feared, it is also a country where athletes remain in love for the entirety of their lives. […]
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In my previous articles I have talked about boxing techniques, strategies and training that will help you be successful. To fully train someone in all the ins and outs of boxing requires a number of very large volumes of study. I would like you to bring the next level of training though, starting with the […]
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 […]