This Memorial Day, The St. Paul Phantom Recovers the Forgotten WWI Service of Boxing Legend Mike Gibbons

In America’s Semiquincentennial year, historian and descendant Gerard Gibbons reveals how the “St. Paul Phantom” left the ring, trained legions of Army doughboys for trench warfare, and sought a military commission that never came. The St. Paul Phantom publishes Summer 2026. In America’s Semiquincentennial year, historian and descendant Gerard Gibbons reveals how the “St. Paul Phantom” left the ring, trained legions of Army doughboys for trench warfare, and sought a military commission that never came. The St. Paul Phantom publishes Summer 2026.