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The road back to a shot at a world title for Light-Heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara began against Doudou Ngumbu on November 1st at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Fonfara entered this fight looking to rebound after dropping a hard fought twelve round unanimous decision to current WBC Light-Heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson in May of this year. In facing Doudou Ngumbu Fonfara faced a fighter who was somewhat an enigma and was not well known in the United States, despite having fought thirty-eight professional fights prior to his encounter with Fonfara. Although he was not well known prior to the fight Ngumbu, who was fighting for the first time in the United States showed that he came to fight. Ngumbu’s awkwardness in using his lateral movement and ability to throw and land punches at odd angles seemed to give Fonfara difficulty periodically throughout this fight. The first four rounds in particular were an example of “Swing Rounds” where there was lik...

When top Light-Heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara challenged WBC Light-Heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson in May of this year, there may have been some who were not expecting Fonfara to have much of a chance against one of Boxing’s hottest rising stars, who entered the fight having knocked out his previous ten opponents. Fonfara however, would provide the champion with a stern test in putting forth a “Game” effort in defeat. Despite suffering knockdowns in rounds one and five, Fonfara consistently pressed forward and would score his own knockdown of the champion in round nine in losing a hard fought twelve round unanimous decision. Although Fonfara did not come out of the fight with Stevenson as a world champion his stock definitely went up in terms of his standing as a contender in the Light-Heavyweight division. The first step toward another world title shot for Fonfara will come when he returns to the ring on Saturday night against veteran contender Do...

Corporal Murphree, wife Ashley, and son Brody  Photo Credit: FDNY Press Release: October 23, 2014 By Tony Shultz-  The NYPD and FDNY are going at it again, this time for bragging rights and a great cause. Boxing teams for both of the city’s Elite First Responders are hard at work training for their upcoming charity boxing rivalry, and stakes couldn’t be higher! Proceeds from ticket sales to this years event are going to an incredibly heroic Army Veteran who enlisted to serve because his family was affected by the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. Corporal Jesse Murphree tragically lost both his legs and is dealing with a traumatic brain injury, due to being hit by an anti-tank mine while on a mission in the extremely dangerous Taliban stronghold of Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. This area is notorious for being a key to breaking the Taliban and has been the site of numerous fierce firefighters with enemy forces, so much so in fact, it’s been dubbed "The Val...