I can’t say I’m a big fan of the sweet science of boxing, but this was a nice feature article in Wednesday’s New York Times on Youngstown native middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/sports/othersports/04boxing.html?th&emc=th
Always nice to hear about a guy that hits it big and stays loyal to his home town. At least he had the good sense to keep his girlfriend and daughter out of Youngstown proper, preferring Boardman instead.