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Monday, January 30 2017

Rock ‘N Rumble VII: Nathaniel Short

During the coming months, we?ll be highlighting our fighters in training for the upcoming Rock ?N Rumble VII in Boston, MA on May 18th. They?ve committed to four months of fundraising and training in preparation to get in the ring and literally...

Tuesday, January 3 2017

From Breathless to Badass

All Laura Stokes really had in mind that day, about two years ago, was to get in shape so she could keep up with her very active brother and sister, who loved to go on long hikes in the woods.

Monday, October 31 2016

#ifightforpete

I am participating in Haymakers for Hope to raise awareness about oral cancer in memory of Peter McGee Hoffman. Peter was a high school classmate at the American School in London who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of tongue cancer at the age...

Monday, October 10 2016

Why We Haven't Won The War On Cancer

Why haven?t we won the war on cancer?

Monday, September 26 2016

Welcome To The Marty Party

?Every Friday this summer we?ve had boxing on the M Street Beach at 6 a.m.? and it?s mandatory,? says Marty Farrell, one of the lead trainers at EverybodyFights (EBF) by George Foreman III in South Boston.

Tuesday, September 6 2016

Sparring with Dara Torres

Most people know Dara Torres as a fish, or at the very least, the human equivalent of one.

Friday, June 17 2016

Nonantum: all the grit and none of the bullshit

At Nonantum Boxing Club, you earn your way in.

Friday, June 10 2016

Dancing in the Rain

One doesn?t need to talk to Nicolette Deveau for very long to recognize that she wears her heart on her sleeve.

Tuesday, February 23 2016

Finding hope—and a home—in a boxing gym

The 2016 Haymakers for Hope charity fight in New York City is still close to nine months away, but that isn?t stopping Steve Reynolds or Adam Glazer from talking up the event to anyone they meet at Gotham Gym or elsewhere.

Wednesday, January 20 2016

Sparring with Mark Avery

In 2013, as Mark Avery wiped his own blood from the middle of the ring where he?d just been sparring, he struggled to wipe worry away from his mind as well. Would his participation in his upcoming Haymakers for Hope match be over before it ever...