Review of "Willie Pep Remembers...Fridays Heroes" |
By Brett Conway
The boxing autobiography almost always fit the same template. And its theme can usually be boiled down to one sentence: "I was once a down and outer; but now I'm an up-and-comer -- loo...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:04:00 GMT |
Willie Pep: A Personal Perspective (slightly edited) |
By Lee Groves
I'll never forget the first time I met Willie Pep. It was during my first visit to the International Boxing Hall of Fame's induction weekend in 1993. Back then, I only attended the Satur...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:42:00 GMT |
Willie Pep Idea Gains Traction |
March 18, 2006Column By Stan Simpson
OK, maybe it's premature to call the effort to recast Front Street as "Willie Pep Boulevard" a groundswell. But the idea of honoring the Connecticut original and l...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:12:00 GMT |
Willie Pep and the Hormel Hammerer |
CHAMP HAILS JACKIE
Graves Can BeatAnybody Willie
By FRANK DIAMOND
"He's a tough kid & it was a tough fight. I hit him as hard and as often as I've ever hit anyone. Yes, he has the style to beat any...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:45:00 GMT |
"Little Big Men: Willie Pep" by Bert Sugar |
The man who scissored his given name of "Papaleo" into the pallindromic "Pep" was boxing's version of the three-card monte player: Now you see him, now you don't. His movements, which took on the took...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:16:00 GMT |
Sugar Ray Robinson considered Pep the "Pound-for-Pound" Best |
Portion of a speech by Bill Gallo, longtime writer and cartoonist for the New York Daily News:Another time I was fortunate enough to be the M.C. (master of ceremonies) at a boxing dinner. To my right ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:19:00 GMT |
my motto |
He who hits and runs away lives to fight another day.
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:05:00 GMT |
