Pokonzekera Lachisanu Puerto Rican nkhonya Classic pa 2300 Chi mu Philadelphia, kulimbikitsa J Russell Peltz, Mayiko Maseŵera a nkhonya Hall Omveka, kalasi 2004, anafotokoza chiyambi masewerawa 46 zaka zapitazo.

Today ine chikondwerero kapena mwambo-pa 46th tsiku langa loyamba nkhondo monga nkhonya kulimbikitsa. Ndikanasankha anadikira zaka zina zinayi kuti alembe nkhani, koma zikuwoneka ngati nthawi yaitali kuyambira tsopano ndi nthawi yotalikirapo uliwonse kuti zimenezi wosaiwalika.

Ndinaona ochepa mphindi wanga woyamba nkhonya khadi. Iwo anali Sept. 30, 1969, pa Blue yatsala-asanakhale lodziwika bwino-ndipo ine ndinali wotanganidwa mu bokosi ofesi ndi mayi, kugulitsa matikiti otsiriza a 1,606 Anthu ife cholizira mmenemo usiku kuonera middleweight Bennie Briscoe kuwononga Tito Marshall awo rematch. Ife makamaka anatembenuka anthu apite kuti usiku ndi zimene ine konse kachiwiri. Kodi ine ndikuganiza?

Panali miscommunication ndi ogwirizana kuti aziwapatsa tikiti ogulitsa pamene analephera kusonyeza, Ine ganyu mayi-gratis, ndithudi-ndipo iye anathandizira kugulitsa matikiti.

Ndinali 22 zaka, 15 Patatha miyezi maphunziro Temple University ndipo pasanathe 30 masiku kuchotsedwa kugwira ntchito pa masewera ndodo pa Madzulo Bulletin. Ndinali pochikhumba ndi nkhonya kumenya pa The Bulletin, koma ine ndiri akuchedwa pamene Jack Yokazinga, ndi nkhonya wolemba, nawo mbali pa kuvomerezedwa pantchito ku m'badwo 65 ndipo sindinakhala za kucheza akumuyembekezera kupuma kapena, monga bambo anganene, ndinaponyera chidebe.

Choncho ndinachita uliwonse 22 wazaka koleji grad amene anaukitsidwa pa yapamwamba Main Line akanadzachita-ndinakhala nkhonya kulimbikitsa.

Ndinapeza za $5,000 ku koleji chifukwa ndinali pa ntchito zimene anatcha Lobster Kaonedwe pa The Bulletin, kuyambira m'chilimwe pambuyo wanga Junior chaka Temple. Ndinkagwira ntchito ku pakati pa usiku kuti 8 ndine, kusintha nkhani, kulemba mawu olongosola ndi mutu ndi kuchita kukonzanso walemba. Ndiye ine pagalimoto kwa 30 & Market Street ku North Chotakata Street wanga mkulu chaka Temple, kupita ku kalasi 9 ndine kuti 1 madzulo, ndiye anam'funsa kuti Bala Cynwyd kupita kukagona.

Iwo anali pambuyo Olympic chaka Philly ndipo panali luso mu mseu. Ndimakumbukira chilimwe cha 1969, kuyendetsa mmwamba Columbia Avenue-tsopano Cecil B. Moore ndi kutembenukira atangomaliza 22d Street komwe Columbia ukusandulika Ridge. Awiri nyumba ku ngodya anaima moyenera dzina lake Roach a Cafe. Pamwamba Roach a Cafe, mmwamba lotsetsereka kuthawira masitepe, anali Champs Gym, kuthamanga ndi Quenzell McCall, amene anapangitsa mafupa ake maphunziro Percy Bassett ndi Leotis Martin ndi mphaka Hayward ndi Briscoe ndi zina zambiri pamwamba Philly omenyana.

Ndinakumana Sam Solomon, ochezeka wozungulira anakumana munthu amene anali ndi ochapira ku West Philadelphia, ndipo anandiuza latsopano womenya, 17 wazaka sitadi amene anali kuyang'ana kutembenukira ovomereza. Dzina lake linali Eugene Hart. Sam dzina iye Chimphepo.

A chaka m'mbuyomo, pa masewero olimbitsa chapansi cha Annunciation Church pa 12 & Norris, basi kuchoka Temple a pasukulupo, Ndinali anafunsa wina wachinyamata ankachita masewera womenya nkhonya kwa nkhani Ndalemba kwa The Bulletin. Dzina lake linali Bobby Watts. Anamuitanira Boogaloo.

Pakanati pasakhale ovomereza nkhondo khadi mu Philly kuyambira May wamba mafani anali okonzeka kuchitapo.

Ndinkaulakalaka kukhala wanga ali mwana fano, Hall-wa-Famer Harold Johnson, mu waukulu chochitika koma sindikanatha kugula $2,000 Iye ankafuna. Ndinali kukhala wochezeka ndi Pat Duffy, popeza kwalembedwa nkhani za ankachita masewera nkhonya ndili The Bulletin. Duffy ankalamulira Amateurs mu Tri boma m'dera ndipo anali dzanja lake ubwino komanso. Iye anali nawo ndi Leotis Martin ndi Sammy Goss ndi Bennie Briscoe ndi chitsimikizo cha $1,000 motsutsana ndi kuchuluka kwa chipata malisiti ine ndiri Briscoe kumenya rematch ndi Marshall, amene anamenyedwa Bennie zaka zinayi m'mbuyomo.

Duffy anali ndi katswiri woposa onse dzina lake Jerry Woweruza, kuchokera Kensington mbali Philly, ndipo ine anawonjezera kuti iye khadi lake ovomereza kuwonekera koyamba kugulu. Pa tsamba lotsatira ine kuzindikiridwa Woweruza monga Kensington katswiri woposa onse Ngwazi. Kwenikweni!

George Hill, amene anali kuphunzitsa pa Champs Gym, anavomera kuti asankhe yekha ovomereza kuwonekera koyamba kugulu motsutsana Woweruza.

Jimmy Toppi, Jr., mwini wa Blue yatsala. Iye analimbikitsa ndewu zosiyanasiyana Philly zimakupatsani mu 1940s ndi 1950s ndipo mwamsanga pamene iye anamva wanga waukulu chochitika, iye ananeneratu ndi sellout. Toppi akanati kutseka ofesi yake tsiku lililonse pa 2 madzulo, kotero ine galimoto ku Blue yatsala wanga nyumba ya Germantown gawo la mzinda, ndiyimikepo kunja ndi kudikira kuti aone ngati makasitomala apangiza mmwamba kugula matikiti. Nthawi zonse ndinaona munthu alire belu la pakhomo pa Blue yatsala, Ndikufuna kutuluka galimoto yanga, kuitana kwa iwo ndipo akagulitsa matikiti mwanga thunthu.

Khadi adasonkhana, ngakhale Watts’ choyambirira Goliyati, North Philly mnansi Lloyd Bad News Nelson, zimafika kunja masabata pamaso bwanji ndi sizinali mpaka pafupi Sept. 30 kuti ndinapeza Ron Nesby, amene anali kuphunzitsa pa Gil Clancy a masewero olimbitsa ku New York.

Adadi anali mu kuikira, Kutentha ndi mpweya malonda ndipo iye anatenga 100 ringside matikiti ndipo anawapatsa kwa ntchito yake mabwenzi. Iye anandipatsa ndalama pakuti onsewo-anali $5 kagawo. Ine ndikuganiza iye anali ndi nkhawa ine izo mu nkhonya. Amalume anga Bob anabwera ku nkhondo ndipo iye anayamba kudwala pambuyo kudya Blue yatsala hotdog.

Ndinali pa gyms usiku uliwonse, Champs ndi 23 mnzako ku North Philly, Passyunk ndi mlombwa Gym ku South Philly. Panali ena amene anali Fab Four.

Malcolm “Kung'anima” Gordon, yaitali tsitsi New York nkhonya junkie amene anagula mimeograph makina ake Bar Mitzvah ndalama m'mbuyomo, anavomera kuti agulitse tsopano-lodziwika bwino mapulogalamu pa nkhondo 25 masenti aliyense.

Tom Cushman, ndi nkhonya wolemba Daily News, zinali zazikulu wosewera. Ndinadziwana Cushman ku Oklahoma City zaka zingapo. Iye anali ataima kumeneko–paulendo East ku Denver kuyamba ake ntchito pa Daily News-kuphimba Temple a mpira timu mu Khirisimasi ya mpikisanowu ndi Ndinali kumeneko monga munthu mtolankhani The Bulletin.

Cushman ankadziwa kuti nkhonya olemba ena nyuzipepala m'tauni anatenga ndalama pansi pa tebulo ku ochirikiza kulemba chisanadze nkhondo nkhani anandiuza ngati atakwanitsa andipeza kuchita kuti ndikhoza kumpsompsona ubwenzi wathu tsanzikana. Osati mwayi!

Wofunsayo mutu dzana khadi langa: Kodi Peltz okonzekera kuti chikopa?

Ife anagulitsa. Panthawiyo, ndi 1,606 mafani pamsonkhanowu ankaimira waukulu khamu mu Blue yatsala mbiri. Chipata $6,010 ndi matikiti wogulira pa $3 ndipo $5. Briscoe za kuchuluka anabwera $1,314.58 ndipo Marshall ankayenda ndi $788.75.

Middleweight Oscar Coor kumenya Clarence Finney mu zonse m'deralo zinayi rounder kutsegula khadi pa nthawi, mwachibadwa, pa 8 madzulo-ndipo Chimphepo Hart lake South Philly a Sheldon Moore, amene sanayankhe belu chifukwa kuzungulira awiri. Jerry Woweruza ntchito mwakhama ndipo anasiya George Hill wachinayi kuzungulira ndi Boogaloo Watts kunja boxed Ron Nesby mu 6. Kwenikweni chochitika, Briscoe anali kuphulika. Iye ankhomera Marshall m'munsimu lamba oyambirira ndi pamene Tito anadandaula kwa ref, Bennie anapita pamwamba ndipo onse anali mu 60 masekondi. Marshall konse kachiwiri boxed.

Wolemba Sandy Grady anali uko ku The Bulletin. Nkhani yake tsiku lotsatira–Wopenga Loto Zimakwaniritsidwa–anauza anga kuneneratu ku koleji kuti tsiku lina anzanga akanati kudza kwanga nkhondo makadi. Iye analembanso kuti wanga (yoyamba) Ine ndi mkazi anali kukhala mu nyumba Germantown ndi yekhayo zinthu izo zinali matiresi, TV ndi mphaka dzina lake Ophelia. Ndi ndalama tinakonza kuti usiku ($1,438.83), Grady analemba kuti mwina tsopano ife kukagula mipando.

A kale miyezi ingapo, mkazi wanga anandiuza zimene anapanga ine ndikuganiza ine ndikhoza kukhala bwino bizinesi. Ndinamuuza kuti ankakonda kunditenga miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuwomba wanga ndalama koma ine yaikulu scrapbook tsiku lina kusonyeza ana athu za nthawi yawo adadi anali nkhonya kulimbikitsa.