By Ted Sares A pier six mind-set involving an inclination to engage in brutal street-like brawls was a part of the old-school mix. The Basilio-DeMarco wars were the sin quo non of Old School, but for a pure, visual definition, the best I can do is recommend the Monroe Brooks-Bruce Curry fight in 1978 in which the fighters fought with both skill and savagery and let it all … [Read more...]
Maybe the Best Pier Six of Them All
"After World War II, everything in life is a cakewalk."-Danny Nardico "On the day my father died, we were informed that he was elected into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. That meant the world to me, and it would have meant the world to him if he had been there to experience it himself."--Charley Norkus, Jr. "Norkus was as honest of a fighter as the day is long, and … [Read more...]