The Cincinnati native, who was instrumental in arranging two of Muhammad Ali’s earliest professional bouts, was 97. ...

Don Elbaum spent longer in boxing than many spend alive, and will be honored by half-mast flags at the International Boxing ...

Don Elbaum died Sunday night in Erie, Pennsylvania. I have been in this business for 75 years, and when it comes to boxing promoters, I have known them all — from Madison Square Garden’s handful of ...

When he returned home to Erie, Pa., the graduate of Strong Vincent High School made sure he made the most of every day. His ...

Elbaum is often credited for helping promoter Don King start working in the boxing business. In the HBO film titled "Don King: Only in America" about King's life in 1997, Elbaum played a role as ...

Don Elbaum is one of the great - redundant phrase coming up - boxing hustlers. If he could sing, he'd qualify for a part in "Guys and Dolls." Come to think of it, maybe he does sing.

Don Elbaum promoted two fights involving boxers he advised in matchups against Muhammad Ali. But Elbaum doesn't consider those his fondest Ali memories. He's just as quick to share a story about th… ...

Elbaum met her when he promoted a show in Aspen. Vinnie Pazienza, the star that night, celebrated his victory, Elbaum said, by “drinking about $2,500 worth of Dom Perignon.

You can thank—or blame—Elbaum for giving Don King his start in the Sweet Science. "In 1971 King got me to put together a Muhammad Ali exhibition in Cleveland," he says.

Elbaum matched another Detroit boxer, Alvin “Blue” Lewis, against the now-Ali in Dublin in 1972. Lewis was a tough boxer who gave Ali a battle, but eventually was knocked out in the 11th round.

Then a photographer asked him to don them on for a picture and he discovered they were both left-handed remainders, snaffled by Elbaum from a dusty corner of some gym when he dreamt up the gimmick.