By Rodger M. Wood Jimmy “The Fighting School Teacher” Holmes fought tough against veteran middleweight Jimmy Lange at the George Mason Patriot Center last Saturday, but came up short on the referee and judges’ scorecards. The win made Lange’s record, 35-4-2, 24 KO, while Holme’s record dropped to 19- 2, … Continue reading
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Rodger and Jimmy Lange Talk Boxing
I enjoyed talking with middleweight boxer Jimmy Lange between halves at the JMU/George Mason basketball game last Saturday. Since I’m from Detroit and did some boxing there, we talked about Detroit boxers. He thought Joe Louis was the best boxer to come out of the city, while I told him, … Continue reading