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Player Profiles – Boxing, Wrestling & Martial Arts

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BOXING

Augie Lio

Red Applegate

Prince Badi Ajamu

Abie Bain

Mike Ballerino

Ed Banach

Lou Banach

Warren Barbour

Bruce Baumgartner

Jim Braddock

Glenwood Brown

Johnny Buff

Frankie Burns

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter

Terrance Cauthen

Red Cochrane

Pat Comiskey

Bobby Czyz

Frankie DePaula

Lou Duva

Fireman Jim Flynn

Charlie Fusari

Tony Galento

Arturo Gatti

Marvin Hagler

Steve Hamas

Robert “Swede” Hanson

Larry Hazzard

Kendall Holt

Joe Jeanette

Leavander Johnson

Tippy Larkin

Gus Lesnevich

Rocky Lockridge

Mike Mastrandrea

Al McCoy

Paddy McGuigan

Vito Mielnicki

Stanley Poreda

Percy Price

Dwight Muhammad Qawi

Hackie Reitman

Mike Rossman

Ernie Schaaf

Charlie Spina

Shakur Stevenson

Allie Stolz

Jersey Joe Walcott

Mickey Walker

Jack Warden

Chuck Wepner

Ike Williams

WRESTLING & MARTIAL ARTS

Anthony Ashnault

Bam Bam Bigelow

King Kong Bundy

Jordan Burroughs

Darion Caldwell

Chris Candido

Billy Darnell

Frankie Edgar

Tony Galento

Robert “Swede” Hanson

A.J. Lee

Jay Lethal

George Mehnert

Jim Miller

Steve Mocco

Buddy “Nature Boy” Rogers

Angelo Savoldi

Chief Jay Strongbow

Pete Urban

Bobby Weaver

Henry Wittenberg

Dave Zabriskie


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This site commemorates the great athletes & moments of NJ sports history. Be sure to like this page for facts & bios.

Happy Birthday to Pro Bowl Tackle Stan Walters (#rutherfordnj)

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New Jersey Hoops Fans...we have revised and updated more than 150 biographies of the all-time great Garden State basketball stars...from Alaa Abdelnaby to Al Zingone—including hometown heroes Al Attles, Ricj Barry, Carol Blazejowski, Jalen Brunson, Anne Donovan, Rollie Massimino, Shaquille O’Neal, Dennis Rodman, Valerie Still, Kelly Tripucka, and the Hurleys.

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Happy Birthday to All-Star Pitcher John “The Count” Montefusco (#KeansburgNJ)

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Congratulations to Elizabeth's Art Carrington, the newest member of the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame. Here's an interview I did with Art a couple of years ago...

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