- MINNESOTA BOXING HALL OF FAMER HARRIS MARTIN TO BE FEATURED ON CHANNEL 5!
1880’s legendary middleweight contender, Harris Martin, a.k.a “The Black Pearl”, is set to be featured on Channel 5 KSTP’s next […]
- THE SAINT PAUL TOY BULLDOG… THE RISE, FALL, AND UNTIMELY DEATH OF JIMMY COLLINS
BY JAKE WEGNER. There is an old saying that everyone is familiar with, “The bigger they are, the harder they […]
- FRED “KEWPIE” CALLENDER: MINNESOTA’S “OTHER KEWPIE”
BY JAKE WEGNER When someone mentions the word, “Kewpie” in fistic circles in the land of 10,000 Lakes, most boxing […]
- OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD – DICK MOORE
The rise and fall of a boxing master By Jake WegnerI had come across his name many times while researching […]
- THE BLACK PEARL MINNEAPOLIS’ 19th CENTURY DARK DESTROYER
“When I am fighting a man I always let him fool around until I get a good chance to get […]
- BABES IN PUNCHLAND: The Story of Forgotten Lightweight Great—Babe Daniels
By Jake Wegner. Minnesota has had so many great gladiators of the prize ring during the 19th and 20th centuries […]
- WHERE THE RED FERNS GROW…THE STORY OF SILK’S GROVE
South St. Paul’s forgotten paradisaical prize ring I had been reading about it for a while; this “cloak and dagger” […]