Philadelphia boxing legend George Benton, who was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001, died Monday after a battle with pneumonia. He was 78. Benton was a top middleweight ...

A highly regarded middleweight in the 1950s and '60s, George Benton was best known as the trainer who helped mold such modern-day greats as Evander Holyfield and Pernell Whitaker. (V.J. Lovero/SI) ...

THESE two were distantly related to each other, — seventh cousins, or something of that sort. While still babies they became orphans, and were adopted by the Brants, a childless couple, who quickly ...

To his wife, George Benton was “a man’s man.” To his firefighting buddies, he was “a fireman’s fireman.” The quiet man, who was among the first to work at the Kennedy Space Center fire department and ...

2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Philadelphia boxing legend George Benton, who was elected to the ...