There is a statue of Tony DeMarco, the boxing champion, in the North End. It is where he was born and where he lived. He died last week, age 89. Well into his 80s, DeMarco would every so often set up ...

It's half past 12 at the gym — the Long Life Fighter Gym on Patrick Lane — when the fighter strolls in from brilliant sunshine. He is wearing a gray flannel sports jacket, floral print shirt, dark ...

Generously employing an explosive left hook, Tony DeMarco pummeled welterweight champion Johnny Saxton in Boston Garden on April Fool’s Day in 1955, letting loose a seemingly endless flurry of punches ...

Tony DeMarco was fearless and ferocious in the ring, an undisputed world welterweight title holder, the son of Italian immigrants, born in the North End and raised but a short walk from Paul Revere’s ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Friends, family, officials and well-wishers all crammed into the locker room. In a corner sat Carmen Basilio, who had just stopped Tony DeMarco in the 12th round to claim the world ...

BROOKLYN, Ohio – City Councilman Tony DeMarco want to reduce the city’s income tax rate in order to help attract a replacement for the departing American Greetings headquarters. With roughly 2,000 ...