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Ngesikhathi ulungiselela SangoLwesihlanu Puerto Rica Boxing Classic at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, umgqugquzeli J Russell Peltz, International Boxing Hall of Fame, class of 2004, ukhumbula isiqalo sakhe wesibhakela 46 iminyaka edlule.
Namuhla I ukugubha-noma mhlawumbe bagcine-esenzeka 46th lokulwa wami wokuqala umgqugquzeli boxing. I wayengase walindza iminyaka emine ukubhala le ndaba, kodwa ukuthi kubonakala isikhathi eside kusukela manje bese i ukubheja ngisho isikhathi eside ukuba ufinyelele lowo ingqophamlando.
Ngabona nje imizuzu embalwa ikhadi yami yokuqala boxing. Kwaba Sept. 30, 1969, at the Blue Horizon-ungakabi edume-futhi mina ngangimatasa ebhokisini ehhovisi nomama, ukuthengisa amathikithi owokugcina 1,606 Abantu thina isibambo lapho ngalobo busuku ukubukela middleweight Bennie Briscoe ukubhubhisa Tito Marshall in rematch yabo. We empeleni kwenza abantu ukuthi ubusuku ukuthi into ngangingeke ngisaba ukwenza. Pho ngangifunani ngicabanga?
Kwakukhona miscommunication nenyunyana eyakunika nabathengisi ithikithi ukuze lapho behluleka ukukhombisa, Ngiqashe umama-gratis, Yebo-futhi wasiza ukuthengisa amathikithi.
Bekade ngi 22 ubudala, 15 emva kwezinyanga iziqu ethempelini University and esingaphansi 30 izinsuku asuswe ukusebenza isikhathi esigcwele on the abasebenzi yezemidlalo at The Evening Bulletin. Ngase ayesifuna ngabomvu lesi isibhakela ishaye at The Bulletin, kodwa mina ngikwazile isineke lapho Jack Fried, umlobi boxing, got isandiso umhlalaphansi yakhe amandla eneminyaka engu 65 futhi ngangizimisele ukuba uzihlanganisa babemlindile umhlalaphansi noma, njengoba Ubaba bangathi, iseva yesigcinalwazi.
Ngakho ngenza lokho njalo ekolishi Grad engu-22 ubudala owakhulela on the ohlonishwa Main Line ayeyokwenza-ngaba umgqugquzeli boxing.
Ngase igcinwa nge $5,000 ekolishi kusukela Ngangiye ngasebenza isikhathi esigcwele kulokho zabiza Lobster Shift at The Bulletin, kokuqala ehlobo ngemuva konyaka wami junior eThempelini. Mina ngangisebenza kusukela kwamabili kuya 8 am, ukuhlela izindaba, ngokubhala imibhalotihumusho futhi sematheni futhi ngokwenza kabusha uthi. Khona Ngizobe ngemoto usuka 30 & Market Street eNyakatho Broad Street unyaka wami wokugcina eThempelini, iya eklasini kusukela 9 nginguye 1 pm, ke ukushayela ekhaya Bala Cynwyd ukulala.
Kwaba ngonyaka post-Olympic ngo Philly futhi kwakukhona talent on zonke izitaladi. Ngiyakhumbula Ngasekupheleni kwehlobo lika- 1969, ukushayela up Columbia Avenue-manje Cecil B. Moore-waphendukela ilungelo emva 22d Street lapho Columbia liphenduka Ridge. Izakhiwo ezimbili ekhoneni wema kuchazwe ngokufanele okuthiwa Café Roach sika. On top of Café Roach sika, up indiza emaweni of izitebhisi, kwaba Champs Gym, run by Quenzell McCall, ababenze amathambo akhe ukuqeqeshwa uPercy Bassett kanye Leotis Martin kanye Kitten Hayward kanye Briscoe kanye neziningi ezinye phezulu Philly fighters.
Ngahlangana Sam uSolomoni, a friendly round abami umuntu ephethwe elondolo lomphakathi e West Philadelphia, futhi wangethula fighter yakhe entsha, a stud engu-17 ubudala eyayibheke ukuvula pro. Igama lakhe kwakungu Eugene Hart. Sam ngelika kuye Cyclone.
Onyakeni owawandulele, at a gym egumbini we Annunciation Church at 12th & Norris, off campus Temple nje, Ngase yaxoxa elinye boxer young amateur for indaba wabhala I for The Bulletin. Igama lakhe kwakungu Bobby Watts. Bambiza Boogaloo.
Yayingeyena mpi ikhadi pro e Philly kusukela May Kukhona futhi abalandeli wendawo base bekulungele okuthile.
Ngase ngiphupha kokuba idol yami ebufaneni, Hall-of-Famer Harold Johnson, uma kwenzeka main kodwa engingakwazanga ukuyikhokhela the $2,000 wayefuna. Ngase friendly ube Pat Duffy, sebezivumisile ebhaliwe ezinye izindaba amateur boxing ngisemzini The Bulletin. Duffy elawulwa nayizimfundamakhwela endaweni tri-state futhi kwadingeka isandla sakhe elithola kanye. Wayengene shí kanye Leotis Martin kanye Sammy Goss kanye Bennie Briscoe kanye isiqinisekiso $1,000 ngokumelene iphesenti namarisidi kwesango ngathola Briscoe ukulwa rematch kanye Marshall, owayeshiye eminyakeni emine edlule washaywa Bennie.
Duffy futhi kwadingeka okuthiwa Jerry iJaji sosondonzima, kusukela esigabeni Kensington of Philly, mina wanezela kuye ikhadi DEBUT yakhe pro. On the iphosta I akhonjwe iJaji njengoba Kensington wesibhakela Champion. Ngempela!
George Hill, owayebizwa ukuqeqesha at Champs Gym, bavumelana ukwenza DEBUT yakhe pro ngokumelene Judge.
Jimmy Toppi, Jr., ephethwe the Blue Horizon. Wayeke kugqugquzelwa ukulwa ezikhungweni ezahlukene Philly zemicimbi 1940 futhi 1950 futhi ngokushesha nje lapho esezwile ngesigameko yami main, ebikezela a Sellout. Toppi singase sivale ehhovisi lakhe nsuku zonke 2 pm, ukuze ngingabi ngemoto phezu Blue Horizon ukusuka efulethini yami esigabeni Germantown of the city, park ngaphandle alinde ukubona uma amakhasimende ezaziyobonisa kuze ukuthenga amathikithi. Kwakuthi uma ngibona umuntu ngiyangqongqoza at the Blue Horizon, Ngizobe ukuphuma emotweni yami, shayela phezu kubo ukuzidayisa amathikithi out of trunk yami.
Ikhadi weza ndawonye, nakuba Watts’ Umphikisi original, North Philly umakhelwane Lloyd Izindaba Bad Nelson, ukhanseliwe amasonto ambalwa ngaphambi show futhi kwaze kwaba eduze Sept. 30 ukuthi ngathola Ron Nesby, owayebizwa ukuqeqesha at gym Gil Clancy ngo New York.
Ubaba waba in the amapayipi, Ukushisa air-conditioning ibhizinisi futhi wathatha 100 amathikithi ringside wabanika out bangani bakhe ibhizinisi. Wakhokha kimi bonke-babengayi $5 ucezu. Ngicabanga ukuthi wayekhathazeke bengingeke alenze wesibhakela. Umalume Bob weza ukulwa kanye egula emva kokudla a hotdog Blue Horizon.
Ngisendlini gyms njalo ebusuku, Champs kanye PAL 23 in North Philly, Passyunk kanye Juniper Gym in South Philly. Kwakukhona nabanye kodwa labo babengamadodana Fab Four.
Malcolm “Flash” Gordon, a long-onezinwele ezimhloshana New York boxing ngokudla ababethenge umshini wokwenza amakhophi ngemali yakhe eminyakeni Bar mitzvah phambilini, wavuma ukuthengisa izinhlelo zakhe manje-edume at ekulweni 25 amasenti ngamunye.
Tom Cushman, umlobi boxing for the Daily News, kwaba umdlali enkulu. Ngahlangana naye Cushman e Oklahoma City eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambili. Wayeke wama kule ndawo–endleleni yakhe East kusukela Denver ukuqala umsebenzi wakhe omusha ngesikhathi Daily News-ukumboza basketball team Temple ngo umqhudelwano kaKhisimusi futhi bengikhona njengoba ukubhala for The Bulletin.
Cushman wayazi ukuthi isibhakela abalobi ezivela emaphephandabeni nezinye edolobheni wathatha imali ngaphansi kwetafula kusukela abagqugquzeli ukubhala pre-mpi izindaba futhi wangitshela uma uyoke bangibamba ukwenza ukuthi ngangingase ngikwazi kiss ubungane bethu goodbye. Not a chance!
Obuzayo kusihloko usuku ngaphambi ikhadi lami: Ingabe Peltz Ready To Get abanesikhumba esikhanyayo?
We badayise. Ngaleso sikhathi, the 1,606 abalandeli ababekhona lalimelele isixuku esikhulu kunazo zonke emlandweni Blue Horizon sika. The besango $6,010 abanamathikithi ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $3 futhi $5. Iphesenti Briscoe lafika $1,314.58 futhi Marshall waphuma wahamba $788.75.
Middleweight Oscar Coor ishaye Clarence Finney in an yonke-zendawo ezine-Rounder ukuvula ikhadi-ngesikhathi, ngokwemvelo, at 8 pm-futhi Cyclone Hart ngakuphephetha South Philly sika Sheldon Moore, ababengamkhulekeli ukuphendula insimbi for round amabili. Jerry IJaji wasebenza kanzima futhi wayeka George Hill in the nxazonke wesine kanye Boogaloo Watts out-Boxed Ron Nesby in a 6. In the umcimbi main, Briscoe kwadingeka blast. Wathi abethelwe Marshall ngezansi ibhande ekuseni futhi lapho Tito bakhalaza Ref, Bennie wakhuphukela phezulu kwase e 60 seconds. Marshall never Boxed aphinde.
Wengosi Sandy Grady kwaba khona kusukela The Bulletin. Indaba wakhe ngosuku olulandelayo–Crazy Dream Kuba Yiqiniso–ukutshelwa sibikezelo yami ekolishi ukuthi ngelinye ilanga abangane bami ngabe eza mpi amakhadi ami. Wabuye wabhala ukuthi yami (kuqala) nomkami babehlala efulethini Germantown nezinto kuphela ayekuwo a kumatilasi, isethi TV kanye cat okuthiwa Ophelia. With the imali thina wenza ngalobobusuku ($1,438.83), Grady wabhala ukuthi mhlawumbe manje thina ungathenga ifenisha ezinye.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambili, umkami wabuza kimi okwangijabulisa ukuthi nami ngingaphila kube yimpumelelo kule bhizinisi. Ngamtshela ukuthi kuzongithatha cishe izinyanga eziyisithupha ukushaya imali yami kodwa ngingathanda ngelinye ilanga abe Kunama omkhulu ukukhombisa izingane zethu mayelana nesikhathi daddy sabo kwaba umgqugquzeli boxing.
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