Thursday, December 14, 2006

Luke Runion Featured in Washington Post!



(photo courtesy of USAboxing.org)

Once again, the Washington Post does a nice story on one of our amateur Beltway Boxers. This time it's Luke Runion, the super heavyweight from the University of Maryland, who is ranked number four in the country. Liz Clarke profiles him in the story "His Major is the Sweet Science" which can be found by following this address:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121302384.html

In just this year alone, the Post has done nice stories on Franchon Crews, the Russell Family and Dominic Wade.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

He's a good kid but with Kelley and those guys in DC its about money not the kids

Anonymous said...

the heavyweight division in the amateurs has been lacking in recent years. it seems as though big kids are turning towards football and basketball.. it would be nice to see a young promising heavyweight for a change. i don't know anything about this kid, but i will be watching..

Anonymous said...

Luke stopped by Old School the other day. He is a very polite and well spoken. I think this guy can help the amatue association in our area. He is obviosly very smart.
And he seems to have great ideas.
He can fight too!!!

Anonymous said...

Gary and osb, thanks for the kind words. I'm still on cloud nine but will keep working hard to make the beltway proud.

Slickwalt, I know your point because I hear it often. I am 4-2 against NCAA D1 football players. Here is a video where I knock out a football player from West Point, the Army academy:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1126185227

Anonymous... I train at Keely's, but Keely is not my trainer, Zeke is. I have issues with their organization but will reserve my comments at this time.

Anonymous said...

that link didn't go through, but it's on my myspace page:

www.myspace.com/jukepsu

Anonymous said...

What happened to that female fighter from DC that got starched on a card at the Lincoln Theater I think back in 2003?

She owned a gym I think in DC.

Gary Digital Williams said...

I believe you are talking about former IFBA champion Lisa "Too Fierce" Foster. She retired from the sport shortly after the bout you mentioned.

She did own Too Fierce Boxing and Fitness Gym in Northeast DC off of Colorado Avenue. I think she still has the gym, but I haven't talked to her in a while.

Anonymous said...

Entirely agreed, Slickwalt. I am currently writing an article that is (in a roundabout way) related to that. BTW - I have never seen Runion, but I will indeed be following him. I have heard good things about him as both a young boxer and a person as well.

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