As he entered the ring for his 38th professional fight, veteran Philadelphia heavyweight Joey “Tank” Dawejko was clear about his current position in the sport. During...
The Hauser Report: A Club-Fight Card in Philadelphia Prentiss Byrd worked as a trainer with Emanuel Steward at the Kronk Gym in Detroit from 1978 to...
The glimpses are not as sharp as they once were, but they still provide me with guilty pleasure. Now closing in on 85, I’m not about...
On the night of October 21 at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia, Hall of Fame boxing promoter J. Russell Peltz signed copies of his new...
Russell Peltz’s “Thirty Dollars and a Cut Eye”: Book Review by Thomas Hauser Russell Peltz has been promoting fights for fifty years and is as much...
Before the Pacquiao-Spence fight was taken off the wagering board, Manny was a plus 170 underdog. When the new line was posted on Pacquiao-Ugas, the Filipino...
On June 3, 1997, Darroll “Doin’ Damage” Wilson met Courage “No Limit” Tshabalala at Philadelphia’s legendary Blue Horizon where no seat was a bad seat. The...
When he was a 22-year-old kid embarking on a boxing journey that might have ended almost as quickly as it began, J Russell Peltz – with...
Bernard Hopkins, the renowned former middleweight and light heavyweight champion from Philadelphia, once explained his compulsion for adding layers to his boxing legacy by noting that...
Definition of a “hero,” from the Merriam-Webster dictionary: “A person admired for achievements and noble qualities; one who shows great courage.”