Hutchinson Gets Tough Draw

By Saúl Berríos-Thomas     Nestled just over the West Virginia border, in a ballroom filled with Pittsburgh fight fan, a full weekend of fights excited from the opening bell until the lights were turned off the next night. Cupid’s Knockouts at the Serbian American Cultural Center in Weirton, W.Va. put on by Made Men Promotions featured a full amateur tournament and nine professional fights … Continue reading Hutchinson Gets Tough Draw

Spadafora Continues Comeback

By Saúl Berríos-Thomas     The only sound that can be heard over the crack of wood burning in the wood-burning stove that heats the room is the pit-pat of leather pounding flesh. The leather is wraped around the the fists of super lightweight Paul Spadafora and the flesh belongs to whoever his sparring partner is that day. Spadafora, 38, has been training since his … Continue reading Spadafora Continues Comeback