G. Djata Bumpus in his apartment in Northampton in May 2019. Bumpus, a fixture of the Pioneer Valley who trained thousands how to box, died on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/CAROL ...
NORTHAMPTON — G. Djata Bumpus estimates that he has trained about 3,200 fighters in the Pioneer Valley since he began teaching boxing here in 1988. Now, that period of his life has ended. “In boxing ...
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