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Wednesday, August 15 2012

Visits to Mendez Boxing and Trinity Boxing

Yesterday, the Haymakers team got an early start to the day (6 am!) and met up with Patrick Barrett (pictured left) at Trinity Boxing down by Wall Street. Patrick, who used to room with one of our favorite veteran fighters, Jim Ramella, at BC, was...

Friday, August 10 2012

Olympic Athletes are Juicing... Beetroot that is

In a blog post that can be found on the NY Time's website, a study shows beetroot juice is having a positive affect on athletes performances at the Olympics.

Thursday, August 9 2012

Grapefruit can reduce the cost of cancer care

In a very intriguing article posted on abc news' website, a team of researchers have discovered that grapefruit juice can reduce the cost of cancer care.

Thursday, August 9 2012

Stopping in at Trinity Boxing NYC

Yesterday, the Haymakers team made their way back to Trinity Boxing Club downtown to meet up with Eric Goldfisher (pictured left) and John McDonald (pictured below). Eric has been training at Trinity on and off for the past eight years, and has two...

Wednesday, August 8 2012

USA Boxing isn't dead yet

Over the passed few days everyone in the media, including famed ESPN analyst Michael Wilbon have declared USA Boxing dead. All of these analysts have very valid points, but they seem to be missing a key point...

Wednesday, August 8 2012

Visits to Gleason's Gym and Church Street Boxing

Yesterday afternoon, we met up with Ari Untracht (pictured left) at the famed Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn. Ari has previously worked in the UK and South Africa as an investment banker, currently, working as President and CEO of an Ethical Mining...
Tuesday, August 7 2012

Randy Newsom training at Boston Boxing

Today the Haymakers team checked out Randy Newsom at Boston Boxing. Randy is a recent Boston College Law School graduate, and is moving to NYC in September. He is splitting his training between Boston Boxing and Mendez Boxing in NYC.

Tuesday, August 7 2012

Crazy Diet by Kazakhstan Boxers

CNN posted a great video highlighting the prowess of the Kazakhstan boxing team at the olympics. They enter these 2012 London games having won 5 boxing gold medals since the Atlanta olympics in 1996, and 13 medals overall.

Monday, August 6 2012

Boxing greats and their Olympic experiences

There is an extremely interesting piece posted by ESPN boxing analyst Dan Rafael on his blog. He interviews some of boxing's greats to see how their olympic experience was.

Tuesday, July 31 2012

Breakthrough by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute along with a team of other research facilities  have linked mutations in specific genes to each of the four recognized subtypes of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor of children.