AS FAR AS ARCHIVES ARE CONCERNED, KAPLAN’S THE MAN
By Boxing News October 18th, 2005
Hank Kaplan, a feature writer and columnist for The Sweet Science, is boxing’s foremost historian, having seen it all over the last 70 years. His archives are easily the most extensive in the world, numbering millions of documents. How did he accumulate it all? Charles Jay of Boxing Channel Radio discusses it with him, in this fascinating piece.
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October 20th, 2005 at 8:44 am
How the nicest guy in the world got mixed up in the meanest, toughest game in the world I will never know, but Hank makes it work beautifully.
December 29th, 2005 at 5:43 pm
HANK, I JUST WANTED TO SAY MERRY X-MAS AND HAVE A BLESSED HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! YOU ARE THE GREATEST- THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE YOU!!!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
HAROLD “SHADOW” KNIGHT
January 5th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Hank,
I had the pleasure of meeting you on several occasions over the years at various fight cards & functions. The most memorable of them being back in 1988 or ‘89 at a place called Bathtub Billy’s in Rochester, NY following a Don Elbaum show. Back then I was doing a lot of work with Don & Kipp where ever they promoted.
Hey, what can I say? I was young & foolish back then… LOL!
Seriously though, they always treated me well & though my work for them wasn’t financially rewarding, it paid me a lifetime of wealth in experience & memories.
Such as having dinner with you at that postfight gathering & having an in depth discussion with one of my idols. See, I’d grown up with your magazine BOXING DIGEST as my REAL “Bible of Boxing”. My collection of which, is still one of the prizes of my boxing magazine & memorabilia collection!
Anyhow, I wanted to pick your brain for details about a fight that you mentioned here on this site in an interview with Rick Folstad & described as being one of the bloodiest, most ferocious of all time. It being the one between Vernon McIntosh & Florentino Fernandez.
It sounds as if it must have been something else!
And McIntosh interests me particularly because he fought two fighters from my area here in Buffalo in Tommy Hicks & Don Rucker. He went 0-3 against Hicks & 0-2 against Rucker, but I’ve heard great things about his first bout with Rucker. Appearently it was a barnburner as well, so though McIntosh didn’t have a very good record, he must have been a LOT of fun to watch.
February 13th, 2006 at 10:35 am
TO HANK KAPLAN
Hank- I’m doing some research on Sergio Eligio Montalvo, aka Kid Chocolate, the great featherweight Cuban fighter. Any insight you can give me would be most greatly appreciated. I hear tell you are in Miami and as I often travel there for business, perhaps you would do me the honor of making some time for an interview.
Best regards,
KEN KREISLER
August 22nd, 2006 at 7:10 pm
Dear HanK:
It’s me: Eleanore in NY. I just spoke to Teddy and Bobbie. I hope all is well. Take care!
Eleanore Friedman
HOA