Longtime New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame & Ring 25 member and a wonderful friend of all who knew him, Bert DeWitt passed away today.

Bert attend the Ring 25 meeting on Tuesday, January 13th and within a week he was in the hospital fighting for his life. Members of Ring 25, including President Don McAteer visited him last Thursday and I took a trip to see him Friday. The doctors told him that he had pancreatic cancer.

Bert got his introduction to boxing when a journeyman middleweight Joe