Erie resident Don Elbaum, whose eight-decade involvement in boxing warranted induction for the sport's hall of fame, died ...

Don Elbaum, a legendary promoter, matchmaker, and IBHOF inductee, has died at age 94 and will be honored with flags at ...

Don Elbaum died Sunday night in Erie, Pennsylvania. I have been in this business for 75 years, and when it comes to boxing promoters, I have known them all — from Madison Square Garden’s handful of ...

Marfinetz, who competed for the YellowJackets from 2016-20, overcame Logan Johnson’s early takedown for a win by technical knockout. Their 170-pound amateur bout, which was scheduled for three rounds, ...

Don Elbaum is one of the great - redundant phrase coming up - boxing hustlers. If he could sing, he'd qualify for a part in "Guys and Dolls." Come to think of it, maybe he does sing.

His name is Carson McCaurry. We think. “That’s what it says on the poster, anyway,” says Don Elbaum, the fight promoter. “It’s the third spelling I’ve gotten.&#8… ...

Elbaum is often credited for helping promoter Don King start working in the boxing business. In the HBO film titled "Don King: Only in America" about King's life in 1997, Elbaum played a role as ...

Don Elbaum promoted two fights involving boxers he advised in matchups against Muhammad Ali. But Elbaum doesn't consider those his fondest Ali memories. He's just as quick to share a story about th… ...

Elbaum met her when he promoted a show in Aspen. Vinnie Pazienza, the star that night, celebrated his victory, Elbaum said, by “drinking about $2,500 worth of Dom Perignon.

Elbaum matched another Detroit boxer, Alvin “Blue” Lewis, against the now-Ali in Dublin in 1972. Lewis was a tough boxer who gave Ali a battle, but eventually was knocked out in the 11th round.

You can thank—or blame—Elbaum for giving Don King his start in the Sweet Science. "In 1971 King got me to put together a Muhammad Ali exhibition in Cleveland," he says.

“Don wanted to raise money for a black hospital, so we co-promoted a fight,” he says. “The hospital got $1,500, I got $1,500, and Don walked out with $50,000. We worked together for a year.