As a tribute to the old Yankee Stadium (or the newer incarnation of the old Yankee Stadium) we made a short documentary last year about Fred Schuman aka Freddy Sez. On the way from his Upper West Side apartment to the Bronx for the Stadium’s last opening day, the eighty-three year old tells tells the story of his transformation into the Yankees’ pan-and-spoon-carrying unofficial mascot. We’ve saved it for this moment, and we hope you enjoy.

We are very excited to announce that The Undercard will make it’s broadcast TV debut tonight at 8pm on SNY as part of Broadway Boxing. The “Notorious” and “Willpower” shorts will appear before Tor and Will’s fights, respectively. Special thanks to Lou DiBella, Meredith Greenberg, Joe Quijambo and everyone at DiBella Entertainment for partnering with us to make this happen. And a huge shout out to Tor Hamer, who in addition to starring in the Undercard shorts and the Broadway Boxing telecast, was instrumental in conceiving this partnership and connecting us with DiBella Entertainment.

Congratulations to our man Nick Strini who shot and edited both pieces.

This is a very proud day for us at No Mas, and hopefully just the beginning of getting our video work out to more people.

If you miss the broadcast, you can see all the Undercard episodes on NoMasTV.

Fellas, you missed a good one last night at BB King. KOs for our dudes Tor Hamer, Will Rosinsky, and Sadam Ali. But not to worry: There Will Be Video.

Ben Younger (writer and director of Boiler Room and Prime) who helmed an Undercard special feature yesterday about Tor. We stepped production up with a sound man and two cameras: highly coveted free agent DP Darren Lew and our homegrown star Nick Strini on camera two. Was an amazing day (besides a near nervous breakdown from I-Berg when our digital offloading system briefly failed), and we are all psyched to see the finished product.

Photos by Jason Mcdonald, who was late to the party, but came with guns blazing.

No Masios…

Here’s the deal on Broadway Boxing Wednesday the 25th. No Mas TV guys Tor Hamer and Will Rosinsky are both gonna be on the card. Tor is fighting a 5-0 guy (Chris Hancock) so this is his first real step up. The Headliner is Shaun George vs. Jaffa Ballagou. Doesn’t mean a ton to me, but in my experience, the best thing about these cards is rarely the headline bout.

The fight is at BB King’s rather than Hammerstein. Ticket options are $150 ringside, $100 stage, and $55 general admission. I was not able to get discounted pricing or special food and drink on this one as we are not rolling deep enough. We can get tickets in Tor’s stage section if we want, or general admission is also a good option because the space is so small you have a great view from the bar. Our crew will get a Tor poster (we designed it.) and some face time with Tor and Will. Let me know who’s down for what in the comments and purchasing is best done through torhamer.com

Please check out the newest episode of the Undercard, starring Will Rosinsky. As some of you will remember, Will was one of the original subjects of Brooklyn to Beijing and we have been following him since he won the he gloves in 2007. After a year where had decided to forgo a pro career and focus on teaching, Will changed his mind.

“Willpower” was shot around his pro debut in August. He is also gonna be on the Wednesday Oct. 22nd Broadway Boxing at BB King’s. We will be in there shooting. If anyone is interested in tickets give me a shout as I believe some are still available through Will.

Please let us know what you think, and please forward a link to www.nomas.tv to anyone you think would be interested. Congrats to Nick Strini on what I think is the best episode yet.

The Undercard is up on Nomas.TV in high-resolution splendor. Four episodes you may already have seen on youtube (Kid Chocolate, Gary Stark I and II, and Gotham Boxing) plus a brand new profile on Cedric Kushner, which gets into the game from the promoter’s point of view. We are working on a way to integrate commenting into the video site, but until then would love to hear any feedback from true school No Masians here. Hope you enjoy.

No Mas and Round1 are proud to introduce “The Undercard” a new series of videos about the untold stories of the boxing universe: up and coming prospects, down and out train wrecks, unsung cut men, promoters on the make, refs not on the take, Vegas and AC late night shake and bake. Under the radar of the fair weather fan and right on your frequency.

Episode 1: “A night out with Kid Chocolate” includes a backstage peek at the man in brown as he prepares to squash tomatoes at the Roseland ballroom. The Kid delivers insightful conversation, then delightful devastation.

We do hope you enjoy.