Iyada oo isku diyaarineysa Friday ee Puerto Rican Boxing Classic ee 2300 Arena ee Philadelphia, horumariyaha J Russell Peltz, International Boxing Hall of Fame, fasalka ah 2004, Ugu Yeeray inuu ku soo bilowdo ee feerka 46 sano ka hor.

Maanta waxaan u dabaal-ama laga yaabee inaad dhawrtaan oo-ka-guuradii 46aad ee aan dagaal ugu horeysay horumariyaha feerka ah. Waxaan sugayay yaabaa afar sano oo kale si ay u qoraan sheekadan, laakiin in ay u muuqataa sida muddo dheer ka hadda iyo bet xitaa dheer si ay u gaaraan in ay guul.

Waxaan arkay oo keliya daqiiqado yar oo aan card feerka hore. Waxay ahayd Sept. 30, 1969, ee Blue-Horizon aan weli halyeeyga-iyo mashquul xafiiska sanduuqa la hooyaday baan ahaa, iibinta tikidhada ugu dambeeya ee 1,606 dadka aan habeenkaas la tuujiyaa in ay jirto si uu u daawado dhexe Bennie Briscoe baabbi'in Tito Marshall in ay ku reebeen. Dhab ahaantii waxaan jeediyey dad habeen iyo in uu ahaa mid aan marnaba lahaa mar kale sameeyo. Maxaan ka fakarayey?

Waxaa jiray inaysan ururka in bixisey iibinaya tigidh si markii ay ku guuldareystay in ay muujiyaan, Waxaan soo kiraystay-hooyaday gratis, dabcan-oo waxay ka caawiyay inay iska iibiyaan tigidhada.

Waxaan ahaa 22 sano jir ah, 15 bilood ka dib ka qalin Temple University oo ka yar 30 maalmood laga saaray shaqeeya waqti-buuxa ah oo ku saabsan shaqaalaha isboortiga ee Warsidaha The Evening. Aan damcay feerka ah garaacdo at Warsidaha The, laakiin waxaan ka helay Dedejisanaysaan markii Jack la shiilay, Qoraaga feerka ah, helay dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan inuu ka fariistay khasab ah da ' 65 oo anna ma aan ahaa oo ku saabsan inay ku dhegto agagaarka filanayeen inuu ka fariisto ama, sida aabihiis dhihi lahaa, laado baaldi.

Sidaas daraaddeed waxaan sameeyey wixii Goon walba kulliyad 22-sano jir ah oo kor loo qiimaha Main Line samayn-waxaan jeclaan lahaa noqday horumariyaha feerka ah.

Aan ku badbaadi oo ku saabsan $5,000 kulliyadda tan iyo markii aan u shaqaynayey waqti-buuxa ah oo ku saabsan waxa ay u yeedheen Shift Aargoosato at Warsidaha The, laga bilaabo xagaaga ka dib markii aan sanad yar Macbadka. Waxa aan ka shaqeeyey ka saqda dhexe si ay u 8 waxaan ahay, sheekooyin tafatirka, qoraal qoraalka iyo cinwaannada wararka iyo qabanayaan dib-u-qoray. Markaas waxaan ka eryi lahaa ka 30- & Suuqa Street si North Broad Street, waayo, sanad ka tirsan Macbadka, ay tagaan fasal ka 9 ahay in 1 pm, ka dibna la wado guriga si Bala Cynwyd in ay seexanayaan.

Waxay ahayd sannad post-Olympic ee Philly oo waxaa jiray tayadooda ku geeska jid kasta. Waxaan xusuustaa xagaaga dambe 1969, baabuur-wadidda ilaa Columbia Avenue-haatan Cecil B. Moore-iyo jeestay midig ka dib markii 22d Street halkaas oo Columbia jirsado galay Ridge. Laba dhismayaasha dhankiisii ​​istaagay macneeyeen magacaabay Roach ee Café ah. On top of Roach ee Café, ilaa diyaarad uga yaacday ilaa jaranjarada, ahaa Champs Gym, maamula Quenzell McCall, kuwaas oo lafaha tababarka Percy Bassett iyo Leotis Martin iyo carabiyo Hayward iyo Briscoe iyo Xarakada badan oo kale Philly sare dhigay.

Waxaan la kulmay Sam Sulaymaan, nin saaxiibtinimo wareega-soo foodsaarayso oo laga leeyahay dharka ah ee West Philadelphia, oo isna wuu ii soo bandhigay in uu dagaal cusub, haraaga ah 17-sano jir ah oo laga raadinaya inuu ka soo leexdo pro. Oo magiciisuna wuxuu ahaa Eugene Hart. Sam isaga naaneeso Duufaan.

Sannad ka hor, at gym ah qaybta hoose ee Church Annunciation ee 12aad & Norris, kaliya off Temple ee campus, Aan waraystay feeryahanka kale oo yar oo aan rasmi ahayn ee sheeko aan ku qoray, waayo, Warsidaha The. Oo magiciisuna wuxuu ahaa Bobby Watts. Oo iyana waxay isagii ku baaqay Boogaloo.

Waxaa Jirin kaarka pro dagaalka ee Philly tan iyo May iyo taageerayaasha maxalliga ah ay diyaar u yihiin in tallaabo qaar ka mid ah.

Waxaan ku riyooday isagoo aan ku daydo barbaaray, Hall-ka-dhacay ritiga Harold Johnson, haddii ay dhacdo ugu weyn laakiin ma awoodin in ay $2,000 inuu doonayo. Waxaan uu noqday ciyaar saaxiibtinimo la Pat Duffy, isagoo ku qoran qaar ka mid ah sheekooyinka ku saabsan feerka hiwaayadda halka aan joogay Warsidaha The. Duffy gacanta ku amateurs ee aagga Tri-state oo uu sidoo kale gacanta ku faa'iidada ugu. Waxa uu ku lug leh Leotis Martin iyo Sammy Goss iyo Bennie Briscoe iyo damaanad ah $1,000 ka dhanka ah boqolkiiba rasiidhada iridda waxaan ka helay Briscoe si ay ula dagaalamaan ku celis ah la Marshall, kuwaas oo garaacay Bennie afar sano ka hor.

Duffy ayaa sidoo kale la saadaalinayaa in magacaabay Jerry Judge, qeybta Kensington ee Philly, oo waxaan isaga ku daray in ay kaarka in uu kulankiisii ​​ugu horeeyay pro. On waraaqaha aan loo aqoonsaday Judge sida la saadaalinayaa in Kensington ee Champion. Si dhab ah!

George Hill, oo ahaa tababar ugu Champs Gym, isku raacay inuu u safto pro gees Judge.

Jimmy Toppi, Jr., ay leedahay Horizon Blue. Waxa uu dalacsiiyay dagaal goobaha Philly kala duwan ee 1940naadkii iyo 1950naadkii iyo sida ugu dhakhsaha badan uu maqlay oo ku saabsan dhacdo aan ugu weyn, ayuu saadaaliyay sellout ah. Toppi xiri doonto xafiiskiisa maalin walba ugu 2 pm, sidaa darteed waxaan ka eryi lahaa in Horizon Blue ka qolkayga qaybta Germantown ee magaalada, ka baxsan dhigan oo sug si aad u aragto haddii ay macaamiisha wax ku tusi lahaa si ay u iibsadaan tikidhada. Mar kasta oo aan arkay qof gambaleelka ee Horizon Blue, Waxaan ka heli lahaa ka mid ah aan gaari, wac iyaga oo sii iibin tigidhada ka mid ah aan jirridda.

Kaarka isugu yimid, inkastoo Watts’ hor jeeda asalka, North Philly deriskiisa Lloyd Bad News Nelson, kansalay labo toddobaad ka hor show ah iyo waxa aan ahaa ilaa ayaa ku dhow inay Sept. 30 aan ka helay Ron Nesby, oo ahaa tababar ugu gym Gil Clancy ee New York.

Dad ahayd in tuubooyinka ah, kululaynta iyo hawo-conditioning ganacsi oo wuu qabsaday 100 tigidhada ringside oo wuxuu siiyey baxay si uu ganacsiga. Wuxuu ii bixisay oo dhan iyaga waxay ahaayeen $5 meeriskiisuna yahay. Waxaan u maleynayaa in uu ka welwelsan Anigu taas ma ka dhigi lahaa in feerka. My adeerkiis Bob in dagaalka ka yimid oo uu helay buka ka dib markaad cunto ah Axmed Blue Horizon.

Habeen walbana waxaan ahaa ee lagu jimcsado ee, Champs iyo Pal 23aad ee North Philly, Passyunk iyo Gym geed rotem la yidhaahdo ee South Philly. Waxaa jiray dad kale laakiin kuwa ahaayeen Fab Afar.

Malcolm “Flash” Gordon, New York junkie ah feerka muddo dheer lehba oo mar hore soo iibsaday mashiinka mimeograph kula sano lacag Bar Mitzvah hore, isku raacay in ay iska iibiso barnaamijyada uu haatan-halyeeyada ah ee la dagaalanka for 25 senti kasta.

Tom Cushman, Qoraaga feerka ee ku Daily News, uu ahaa ciyaaryahan weyn. Waxaan la kulmay Cushman ee Oklahoma City dhawr sano ka hor. Waxa uu halkaas ka joojiyey–inuu ku East ka Denver inuu ku soo bilowdo oo uu shaqo cusub ee Daily News-si ay u daboosho kooxda basketball Temple ee tartanka Christmas ah oo halkaas waxaan ku ahaa sidii Wariyaha ah Warsidaha The.

Cushman ogaa in qorayaasha feerka ka wargeysyada kale ee magaalada ka qaaday lacagtii miiska hoostiisa ka hirgelinaya inuu qoro sheekooyinka pre-dagaal waxaana uu ii sheegay haddii uu qabtay igu sameeyo inaan dhunkado yaabaa macsalaameyn saaxiibtinimo naga. Fursad ma ah!

Weyddiista cinwaan maalin ka hor aan card: Ma Peltz diyaar u Hel hasyo?

Waxaan iibsaday. Isla mar, ka 1,606 Taageerayaasha xaadir ugu badnaa ee Blue Horizon ee taariikhda matalayay. Iridda waxa uu ahaa $6,010 la tikidhada jaban $3 iyo $5. Briscoe ee boqolkiiba u yimid $1,314.58 iyo Marshall baxay la $788.75.

Dhexe Oscar Coor garaacday Clarence Finney in loo wada dhan deegaanka afar uriya in la furo card-ka waqtiga, si dabiici ah, at 8 pm-iyo Duufaan Hart iska afuufeen South Philly ee Sheldon Moore, kuwaas oo aan ka jawaabi dawan ee wareega laba. Jerry Judge hawshoonnay, oo joogsaday George Hill wareega afaraad iyo Boogaloo Watts ka baxsan boxed Ron Nesby in a 6. Haddii ay dhacdo in ugu weyn, Briscoe lahaa qarax. Waxa uu qodbay Marshall hoos ku suunka hore iyo markii Tito u ashkatooday Garsooraha, Bennie dabaqa sare u kacay iyo waxa u talin jiray oo dhan 60 seconds. Marshall mar dambe ma boxed.

Columnist Sandy Grady waxaa jiray ka Warsidaha The. Maalinta ku xigta uu story–Crazy Dream run–sheegay ku saabsan saadaasha in college in maalin maalmaha ka mid saaxiibaday la lahaa in kaararka dagaalka aan soo socda. Waxa uu sidoo kale qoray in (ugu horeysay) xaaskiisa iyo aniga ayaa ku nool guri ku yaal Germantown iyo waxyaalaha kaliya way ku furaash, set TV iyo cat la odhan jiray Ophelia. Iyada oo lacagta aanu ka Yeellay Habeenka inay ($1,438.83), Grady qoray in laga yaabo in hadda waxaan soo iibsan lahaa qaar ka mid ah alaabta guriga.

Dhowr bilood ka hor, xaaskayga ayaa waxa iga dhigay qabaa inaan noqon kartaa guulaha ganacsi iga weydiiyay. Waxaan iyada u sheegay in ay i qaadi lahaa lix bilood si ay u soo afuufi doonaa kayd aan laakiin waxaan lahaa sawrirrada weyn hal maalin si ay u muujiyaan caruurta ku saabsan waqtiga ay aabo ahaa horumariyaha feerka ah.