Curtin, Sean

Sean Curtin and J. J. Johnston, authors of Chicago Boxing, do it again as they take readers on a visual journey of Chicago's amateur ring history. Curtin, who was himself a Catholic Youth Organization champion in the late 1950s, is now a respected referee who has devoted his life to the sport and served as chief of the Illinois Boxing Commission from 1998 to 2003. In 2005, Curtin was inducted into the National Golden Gloves Hall of Fame. Johnston was also a Chicago amateur boxer and is now a nationally known stage and screen actor. Both are noted boxing historians and collectors whose work has...