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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

PHOTO: English Youth Boxing Club in Somerville for Cultural Exchange

The Right Stuff Boxing Club, from Staffordshire, has a similar mission to the Somerville Boxing Club.

If you've encountered a group of British teenage boxers recently, there's a reason. Several members of the Right Stuff Boxing Club, from Staffordshire, England, are in Somerville on a 10-day cultural exchange with the Somerville Boxing Club. Like the Somerville Boxing Club, which reopened last year at the Edgerly School in East Somerville, Right Stuff Boxing Club strives to improve the lives of young people through boxing. The Somerville Board of Aldermen honored the group Thursday evening, and Andy Whitehall, a group leader, said the trip to Somerville is "an opportunity of a lifetime" for many of the kids in his program. "Many of my young people here have never been outside their own town, [not to mention] outside their own country," he …

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Watch Former Boxing Champ Tony DeMarco on 'Greater Somerville'

The Boston native, a former welterweight champion, spoke about his new book.

The following is from SCATV's "Greater Somerville": Former and undisputed World Welterweight Champ Tony DeMarco chats with Joe Lynch about the Champs life and times, the world championship fight and DeMarco's new autobiography, "Narco". Watch it on greatersomerville.wordpress.com.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Former World Boxing Champ on 'Greater Somerville' Tuesday

Tony DeMarco will talk about his career and his new book.

The following is from SCATV's "Greater Somerville": Tonight on Greater Somerville, host Joe Lynch speaks with former World Welterweight Boxing Champion, Tony DeMarco, about his life, professional highs and lows and his recently released autobiography, "Narco". Greater Somerville airs live tonight at 7:30 PM, channel 3, Somerville Community Access Television. Watch this space later in the week for the recorded show or go to greatersomerville.wordpress.com. 

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