Entries tagged with "Willie+Pastrano":
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I met James J. Braddock when he came to our house prior to an appearance at the local Eagles club where my dad, Art Ehrmann, was a poohbah…
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Downes decisioned 41-year-old Sugar Ray Robinson in 1962. “I didn't beat Sugar Ray," he said. "I beat his ghost…”
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About the only one who visited McMurtry in the dressing room before the fight was “Blinky” Palermo, top henchman for Mobster Frankie Carbo…
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The determined and business-like Jones was very much his own man. He was never in awe of Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali or anyone else…
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“Tito Trinidad and Miguel Cotto showed me the way to represent our island in the Garden and around the world…”
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There are so many Harold Johnson stories I could tell that would fill up an entire book. Here’s one of them…
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Behind the humor and an eternally rampant desire to seduce any passing female, Pastrano was one of the great boxing troubadours of his golden era...
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Archie Moore, aka The Old Mongoose, had one of the longest and most illustrious careers in history. He had his first fight in 1935. His final bout was in 1963. When he retired his record stood at an amazing 185-23-11. There were few men who didn't cross swords with Moore at one time or another. He fought…
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“I’m going to do things to him that nobody else ever did." And Smokin' Joe was as good as his word. Not that Ellis did badly…
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He wasn't a hard puncher. His style was to stick and run. He could take a punch but didn’t like to mix it up…
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Calling on all his old street knowledge, Downes became the Sergeant Bilko of Paris Island and soon set up a thriving black market...
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Harry Haft lived in a displaced person’s camp where he easily won the Jewish Boxing Championship. In doing so, he was presented with a statue of Apollo...
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It’s sad when a fighter loses his reservoir of skills; it’s justice when he walked on everyone in his path on the way up...
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Boxing had a good run at MSU. Under Coach George Makris, Spartan boxers dominated opponents at regional and national competitions…
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Sometimes cuties are flashy or stylish, but more often than not, their calling card is reliance on a crafty persona…
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The need to call upon my golden memories becomes ever greater in order to ward off despair...