Category: Boxing

Williams wins provincial boxing title

Williams wins provincial boxing title

Dave Gough- January 5, 2024

Xander Williams Wallaceburg's Xander Williams is a third-generation boxer with a promising future in the sport. Williams won a Novice provincial title in October in ... Read More

Joe Louis’ Ties To Chatham-Kent | Black History Month

Joe Louis’ Ties To Chatham-Kent | Black History Month

CKSN Staff- February 4, 2022

Joe Louis remains one of the history's greatest boxers. Louis also had ties to Chatham-Kent. Louis’ parents were born of freed slaves. When he came ... Read More

The ‘Great White Hopes’ Aimed To Rescue The White Man From A Black Boxing Champion

The ‘Great White Hopes’ Aimed To Rescue The White Man From A Black Boxing Champion

CKSN Staff- March 19, 2021

Jack Johnson (right) defeated Jim Jeffries in a 1910 boxing showdown - Photo by PA Images via Getty Images In 1908, in the height of ... Read More

Throwback Thursday: The Sad History Of Arthur Pelkey

Throwback Thursday: The Sad History Of Arthur Pelkey

CKSN Staff- November 19, 2020

On this week’s Throwback Thursday, brought to you by CK Tubs and Taps,  we look at the sad history of Arthur Pelkey. Arthur Pelkey was one ... Read More

Rolls Gets Back In The Win Column

Rolls Gets Back In The Win Column

CKSN Staff- January 30, 2020

Steve Rolls celebrates his win in TorontoChatham boxer Steve Rolls got back in the win column this week at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, ... Read More

Chatham Native Boxer Steve Rolls Hungry to Shake Loss To Golovkin

Chatham Native Boxer Steve Rolls Hungry to Shake Loss To Golovkin

Dwight Wakabayashi- June 24, 2019

CKSN PRO WEEKLY with DWIGHT WAKABAYASHI Chatham is a town of fighters but did you know that you have a native son boxer who is ... Read More