Mixing Business With Pleasure: a Boxing Fan's Dream Come True

By LMT Communications, Inc.

Posted Apr 28, 2011 in Labs & Profiles


Laboratory owner David Baum is a volunteer on the International Boxing Hall of Fame's fist casting committee, but not just any volunteer—he was single-handedly responsible for changing the fist casting procedure by using his laboratory skills.



David Baum, owner of Cayuga Dental Studio in Auburn, NY, has met all but one of his boxing idols, collected much of their valuable memorabilia and revolutionized the fist casting ceremony for the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. Why has Baum had all of these remarkable opportunities? Because he's a dental technician.


A lifelong boxing fan, Baum has attended the International Boxing Hall of Fame's Weekend of Champions every June for the past 15 years. "It's a national holiday for me. The lab is closed and people know not to call me that weekend," says Baum.


One of the highlights of the four-day event is the celebrity fist casting during which boxers being inducted into...

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