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Ringside With Reading: Boxing History From Yesteryear

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In Football all players at all positions wear a helmet, uniforms, and are all padded up. In Pro Boxing, other than gloves and trunks, a protective cup is worn to cover and protect your genitalia. Both wear mouthpieces.

Size and strength are important factors in Football. Boxing has weight classes ranging from 100 lbs to 200 lbs. I worked with a few at a low amateur level, and by comparison, they said boxing training was more difficult. These individuals played Jr league and high school football.

I never played competitive football but played in dozens of pickup games as a youth without any protection of any kind.

I also trained and sparred in boxing several times generally speaking I would agree the boxing training at this level was more difficult. I am not or never have been a Tough Guy............

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ABOUT RINGSIDE WITH READING: BOXING HISTORY FROM YESTERYEAR

I would like to announce The Podcast Show Ringside With Reading: Boxing History From Yesteryear brought to you by The Sports History Network. I am your host Frank Reading

I am a middle-aged former boxing mega-fan from the 1980s-1990s. I have no allegiance or affiliation with any Boxing Organization Alliance or Federation. I have a background in research and public speaking as well as boxing training and coaching. I hope you will enjoy the factual information provided on this program. My goal is to educated and inform the listener on the History of "The Sweet Science"

It will be available on The Sports History Network app and will air bi-weekly on Saturday.

HOST: FRANK READING

I am a researcher, public speaker, historian, Boxing History buff, a mega-fan from yesteryear amateur boxing, co-trainer, and worked with 2 golden gloves champions amongst several others. I became interested in boxing in the early to mid-1980s and was fascinated with the one-on-one competition. I trained for a little sparred several times but I was not that good and realized it. I took my interest in other aspects of the sport. Watching and analyzing fight moves styles and recording fights on television back in the days when every home had VCRs.

I am a middle-aged man now and do not follow the sport closely anymore but during a time I was a super mega-fan and did not follow anything closely but The Sweet Science. I hope an interest will be brought to and appreciated through my contribution. I am a high school graduate who barely got through because I was not interested in the subject matter being taught. I work in the Private Contract Security field for over 30 years. I have been happily married for 16 years and have 2 stepdaughters. My wife's name is Erika and the daughters are Andrea and Elena.