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Bundini: Virtual Book Launch Event – Featuring Todd Snyder, Jeff Julian (Fighter’s Heaven), and Taryn Brown (Grandaughter of Drew “Bundini” Brown)

August 27, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bundini Book Launch, August 25, 2020

Hamilcar Publications Press Release: Upcoming Drew “Bundini” Brown Biography

January 30, 2019 1 Comment

We’re excited to announce that we’ve signed the talented Todd Snyder, author of 12 ROUNDS IN LO’S GYM, to write a book about Drew “Bundini” Brown, Muhammad Ali’s hype man, and a singular figure in the history of boxing, the genesis of hip-hop, and the culture at large. We thank Drew Brown III for his […]

Interview with Jeremy “The Beast” Bates (WV Series)

January 24, 2018 2 Comments

In anticipation for the upcoming release of “12 Rounds in Lo’s Gym: Boxing and Manhood in Appalachia,” we are checking in with some of the most accomplished and respected boxing figures from the state of West Virginia. These are road warriors, guys who fight anyone, anywhere, anytime — Appalachian underdogs of the squared circle. Their […]

Interview with Jack Loew

January 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

If you are a boxing fan from my neck of the woods, you know the story. It’s the one about a blue collar boxing trainer who spends his days paving and sealing driveways before heading to his gritty boxing gym located on Market Street in Youngstown, Ohio. And then one day in walks the right […]

Interview with Jay Deas

December 4, 2017 1 Comment

“People don’t come any tougher than they are around here,” my father would tell his fighters down at Lo’s Gym Boxing Club. “They ought to be worried about us … we’re from a tough place,” he’d sometimes add. Cowen, West Virginia is an unlikely location for a boxing memoir. Tucked away deep within the Appalachian […]

Interview with Teddy Atlas

November 27, 2017 2 Comments

He learned the sport boxing under the tutelage of Hall of Fame trainer Cus D’Amato. He served as the chief second for boxing greats such as Mike Tyson, Michael Moorer, and Timothy Bradley. You know him as the outspoken voice of ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights and Premier Boxing Champions. His foundation, named after his […]

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Todd D. Snyder, Author
Associate Professor of English
Siena College
Loudonville, N.Y.
tdsnyder@siena.edu

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