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Come to Fighter's Heaven - Muhammad Ali's former training
camp at Deer Lake, PA - on Saturday, June 28, 2025, for a
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His name was Gil Turner. He was one of the most exciting
boxers to ever come out of Philadelphia. Turner won his
first 31 professional fights (25 by KO) before suffering his
first defeat in a spectacular 1952 welterweight championship
fight against world champion Kid Gavilan. Turner gave
Gavilan all he could handle before the Cuban marvel ended
the fight in round eleven. Turner fought 46 more pro fights,
many on national television, and his exiting career
(56-19-2, 35 KOs) earned Turner a reputation as a fan
favorite and one of Philly's greatest legends |
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IBF welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis defeated Lithuanian Eimantas Stanionis at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to add the WBA and Ring Magazine title belts to his collection. The Philadelphian won the fight by TKO between rounds six and seven, when Stanionis retired in his corner. Ennis’ victory was the best of his career, and improved his professional record to 34-0, with 30 KOs and 1 No Contest. Ennis dominated the fight, winning five of the six rounds of the scheduled 12-rounder before forcing the previously undefeated Stanionis to quit the bout. Boots started quickly, establishing an early body attack... (MORE) |
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Philadelphia’s IBF world welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis (33-0, 29 KOs, 1 NC) finally gets an opportunity for a unification bout on April 12th in Atlantic City at Boardwalk Hall. In the Philadelphian’s first chance to take on one of the other three world welterweight champions, Ennis is scheduled to meet WBA world welterweight champion, Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KOs, 1 NC), of Lithuania. After chasing every other top 147-pounder over the past few years, was this sudden opportunity due to his last performance? In November, Ennis won a repeat decision victory against the Number 1 IBF contender, Ukraine’s Karen Chukhadzhian (24-3, 13 KOs). Ennis won with scores of 119-107, 117-109, and 116-110. Normally, this type of win would be considered impressive. (MORE) |
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The Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame
(PABHOF) announced the names of 25 individuals who comprise
the 2025 class of inductees. This latest crop of
Pennsylvania notables is the 67th annual group to
be honored by PA Hall. Leading the Class of 2025 are former
world champions Kermit Cintron and Jason Sosa,
world title challengers Mike Jones, Eric Hunter,
and Lajuan Simon, as well as former national amateur
champion Anthony Thompson. Rounding out the boxers to
be honored are Frankie Mitchell, Jimmy Clark |
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