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James "Buster" Douglas

Book Tour Update (Part 4)

January 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

  January 12, 2019 – 12 Rounds in Lo’s Gym Reading / Book Signing (Northsire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs, New York); 7pm.  If you are in Saratoga Springs this weekend, please join us for what will likely be the final reading/signing in our 15-stop “12 Rounds in Lo’s Gym Book Tour.” The event will take place at […]

Interview with Vonzell Johnson

January 17, 2018 Leave a Comment

For today’s edition of the “Lo’s Gym Blog,” we take it back to the Buckeye State, the city of Columbus, Ohio. Although Columbus is known for championship football, the city has also produced it’s fair share of professional fighters – most notably, James “Buster” Douglas – the first man to defeat Mike Tyson. Among Columbus, […]

Interview with James “Buster” Douglas

January 15, 2018 1 Comment

He was a kid from the Linden neighborhood of Windsor Terrace in Columbus, Ohio. He was a standout basketball player at Linden McKinley High School, the son of a local amateur boxing hero who packed up and went off to college with dreams of making it to the NBA. But as sons often do, he […]

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Siena College
Loudonville, N.Y.
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