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Cleveland Arena featured professional boxing from 1937 to 1973 and left a lasting legacy that can never be duplicated. Many Cleveland boxers fought there during those years, including Jimmy Bivins, Joey Maxim, Chuck Hunter, Georgie Pace, and Carmen Barth. These men all came out of the Cleveland Golden Gloves. Cleveland Arena was the mecca of Ohio boxing with appearances from 50 fighters who at one time held recognition as world champions. Thos...

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Professional boxing is filled with stories of dreams, determination, blood, and will. A Few More Rounds: A Collection of Boxing Tales, by Jerry Fitch and John J. Raspanti, examines the sights, sounds, and assorted types that populate the fistic landscape. The 20 chapters include unique stories from Fitch, who writes lovingly of his lifetime friendships with legendary fighters of the past, and Raspanti, whose prose includes instances of racism,...

In a season of unrelenting assaults upon our nation, schools, churches and seemingly every other fabric of our society, there's another season that has broken out of this darkness and has offered a contrast that cannot be mistaken! This season doesn't bring destruction, it brings hope and deliverance to those who are willing to be constant in their commitment to Christ. The Season of Suddenlies are upon us, and now is the time to capture Heave...

Grief is a universal enemy. We must all deal with it at one time or another in life, and most of us don't do it very well. Grief is the result of loss, usually the loss of a loved one, and that loss is often unexpected, and we suddenly find that we are unprepared for the aftermath. Dr. Jerry Fitch not only knows about grief from forty-six years of ministry, he has had to face grief himself several times in life, beginning with the death of his...

Who should be "permitted" to partake of the Communion table? When Paul wrote to the Corinthian church, "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body" (1 Corinthians 11:29), was he relegating average Christians to remain second-class citizens in the Kingdom? Did he intend that only the perfect have this privilege that Jesus paid for on the cross of Calvary? What does "unwor...

Jerry Fitch is a man of an anointed spirit, with a vision and burden for the move of God to be experienced by the Church in the revival of this hour." -- Fuchsia T. Pickett, Shekinah Church Ministries"Rev. Jerry Fitch is a successful pastor/evangelist who is used in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and people are blessed by his ministry." -- Dr. Maurice Hard, President, Anchor Bay Evangelistic Association"Jerry is 'in the stream of God.'" -- Rick...

Cleveland's Jimmy Bivins fought in one of boxing's toughest eras. He beat eight world champions in three different weight divisions, yet was never given a shot for any world title.Author Jerry Fitch tells the real story of his friend of 40 years, Jimmy Bivins, and details his fights with Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Charley Burley and many others.

Boxing began in Cleveland in the 1880s. As pugilism was an illegal activity, brawling workers from the iron ore docks surreptitiously met on Whiskey Island to settle disputes. They would be followed by crowds of spectators who cheered them on and often ended up fleeing from the sheriff. Boxing grew in popularity and soon became a legitimate sport that brought packed houses to such local venues as Cleveland Municipal Stadium, the Cleveland Aren...

Boxing began in Cleveland in the 1880s. As pugilism was an illegal activity, brawling workers from the iron ore docks surreptitiously met on "Whiskey Island" to settle disputes. They would be followed by crowds of spectators who cheered them on and often ended up fleeing from the sheriff. Boxing grew in popularity and soon became a legitimate sport that brought packed houses to such local venues as Cleveland Municipal Stadium, the Cleveland Ar...

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