He was the greatest ringman of his time, rivaled only by Sugar Ray Robinson. His career comprised a full generation, from 1940 to 1966, a full 26 years. His 230 victories is an incomprehensible number ...
Willie Pep is my favorite all-time, old-school fighter. Two-hundred and twenty-nine wins against 11 losses and one draw, won and regained the featherweight title, competed in three decades and, this ...
“The Featherweight,” a new movie about prizefighter Willie Pep, is finally bobbing and weaving its way into a Connecticut theater near you starting Friday. The movie is not just about a Hartford ...