boxing

Lou Filippo; boxer, referee had role in ‘Rocky’

LOS ANGELES - Lou Filippo, a boxer who became a referee and ring judge, died Monday at Downey Regional Medical Center after suffering a stroke. He was 83. (Los Angeles Times, 11/5/09)

Raymond Brown, 94; lawyer defended Hurricane Carter

Raymond A. Brown, a criminal and civil rights lawyer who deployed a sometimes theatrical manner on behalf of controversial clients like the Black Panthers, a Soviet spy, boxer Rubin “Hurricane’’ Carter, and Dr. X, a New Jersey surgeon accused of murdering patients with an overdose of a muscle relaxant, died Friday at St. Barnabas Medical Center in ... (New York Times, 10/12/09)