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Oct 28, 2017

Mike Lacche Magazine: November 2017

November 11: Veterans Day

Welcome to Mike Lacche Boxing: we honor all our veterans, community volunteers and those who give to help others this month which includes relief efforts around the world.

We honor all veterans throughout the history of the United States for their commitment to freedom. We share the story of our veteran hero, 
  

Oct 8, 2017

Mike Lacche Boxing Magazine: October 2017

Mike Lacche Boxing welcomes you, one of the more than unique 5,994 readers in 10 countries. 

Armed Forces athletes are preparing to continue their respect athletic seasons this month in the face of the Federal Government shutdown. This includes the Armed Forces Championships the first week of February 2016. 

Memories of Mike: Long before Mayweather, Ray Leonard, Mosely and De La Hoya was the World Welterweight Champion, Freddie ' Red' Cochrane.  The pride of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Cochrane and was the reigning Welterweight champion in 1942 but would not get to defend his title until the war ended.  

The WWII and Korean War eras marked a unique time in American sports history where many professional athletes joined the Armed Forces and would compete there in the sports they championed. This was perhaps the greatest unified venue of American athletics in our country's history.

Mike Lacche was an amateur but trained with the knowledge the Fort Kamehameha Boxing Championships could be his last. At the end of his journey, Mike would be an Army Champion - and then join his soldiers overseas in the real fight of his life.
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