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Based in NYC, Jerry Glick has been a fan of boxing since 1959 (50 years!). First he read a boxing magazine that peaked his interest. But after watching Ingemar Johansson KO Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title Mr. Glick was hooked on the sport. After years of drawing and painting scenes and portraits, often with a boxing theme or subject, he tried writing on the advice of renowned boxing authority, Jack Hirsch, who, for a while, was his mentor in the art of covering boxing. Mr. Glick started out writing for Ringsports Magazine and now a decade later Mr. Glick writes for Boxing Digest Magazine, and, of course, SecondsOut.Com where his artwork and humor can be seen by clicking on the box marked Punchline.
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Features Articles
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Jerry Glick reporting from ringside: The fight was a purist’s delight; Guillermo Rigondeaux, the Cuban exile with an astounding 400 fight amateur career with two Olympic Gold Medals and enough medals won in countless other tourneys to stock a bank vault, put on a display of boxing skills that should be used as a how to box lesson for all young people looking to try the ring. 
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Jerry Glick reporting: Apparently the problem that the hugely confident Adrien “The Problem” Broner is referring to when he uses the nickname “The Problem” is recalling his opponent’s name for this Saturday’s WBC Lightweight title fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. For the record his challenger is former WBA Light-welterweight champion Gavin Rees, from Newport, Wales.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Bob Arum rolled into the Theater at Madison Square Garden for the final press conference for his ocean deep Top Rank show featuring three championship fights. The best thing about the show is that the three main events are all competitive.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Well it’s back to the Barclays Centre come this March 9th with the grand old man, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, who will one day occupy a large room in the International Hall of Fame, challenging Tavoris “Thunder” Cloud for his IBF Light-Heavyweight title on a show promoted by Golden Boy in conjunction with Don King Promotions.
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Jerry Glick reporting: With the grit of "Somebody Up There Likes Me," and fight scenes that make you feel as though you’re at Madison Square Garden, “The Fighter”, starring Mark Wahlberg as “Irish” Micky Ward, and Christian Bale as his half brother Dicky Eklund, is an engaging story of one of boxing’s most interesting, colorful, and likable characters."
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By Jerry Glick: He fought everyone and anyone who meant anything in the heavyweight division in the 50’s, 60s and 70’s. No one ever knocked him down, and only Joe Frazier and George Foreman were able to stop the man who Muhammad Ali called “The Washer Woman.” Make no mistake; George Chuvalo was no washer woman.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Thomas Hauser is commonly thought of as the premier boxing writer in the business and that is a well deserved designation. He has authored some 40 books and all have been well received including this one, "Boxing Is ..."
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![Thomas Hauser: "Boxing Is"](http://d2fmj9q21jcbgm.cloudfront.net/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/1000/BoxingIsbookcoverThomasHauser_lxth.jpg "Thomas Hauser: "Boxing Is"")
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Jerry Glick reporting: There is a meeting coming up that will have important ramifications for the safety of boxers. On November 4th until the 6th, the American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians will gather for their 10th annual meeting scheduled to take place at the Omni Resorts Championsgate, Orlando, FL to talk about our sport in a way that most boxing people never do.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Golden Boy’s CEO Richard Schaefer took to the podium and announced that only 15 minutes had passed since the tickets went on sale and the MGM Grand had already sold 14,000 of the available 17,000 seats. He then predicted that Mayweather vs Mosley pay per views sales will top three million.
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By Jerry Glick: I recently had the opportunity to view a video that brought back some grand memories for this old boxing fan, but also brought onto focus the often life and death struggles and hard decisions that come with being a boxer in a communist nation.
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Jerry Glick reporting: One of the hottest fights that is in danger of not happening is between two of the finest young fighters in the business today; Paul Malignaggi and Juan Diaz.
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