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…an at heart, has written “Boxing: Louisiana’s Forgotten Sport.” He hopes to complete the self-publishing process sometime this summer. The book looks back at boxing’s foothold as a varsity sport in Louisiana high schools from 1931-58, as well as the success of LSU and other state colleges during that era. His target are unbeknownst youngsters as much as the old-timers who once threw punches. “Boxing was a big sport,” Landry, a 1956 graduate of Ca… Continue reading →

…Staff Photographer The report, titled “Boxing at Louisiana State University: The Development and Fall of the South’s Premier Boxing Program,” documents the history of the sport when it existed at LSU from 1929 to 1956. The research and report by Seifried is part of a larger project being produced by Don Landry, the former Nicholls State athletics director and former conference commissioner, who participated in the presentatio… Continue reading →