Thursday, 24 September 2026 · Philippines

Pete Ehrmann

57 articles published

Articles by Pete Ehrmann

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The incredibly shrinking Harry Wills

“I have had strange eating habits since I was a boy. It is nothing to be proud of, ashamed nor alarmed about. Bears don’t eat all winter and…

Sun, 19 Apr 2020
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?An odd character in the boxing world?

For someone determined as the man called Doc Lunt was to keep his real name a secret and his face out of camera range, he was not exactly a …

Sat, 27 Jul 2019
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One tough hombre

The last boxing saw of Leo Lokovsek, he was sitting on a windowsill in a Seattle, Washington gym, staring into the abyss that had just opene…

Sat, 22 Jun 2019
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Boxing?s inconsequential Rickard

At the same time a gambler and saloonkeeper named Rickard was coming to the fore as a boxing promoter in the first decade of the 20th centur…

Sat, 20 Apr 2019
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The champion of Belleau Wood

From 1921 up to the last newspaper mention of him I found four years later, he was billed as ?Young Wolgast, World?s Champion One-Legged Box…

Mon, 12 Nov 2018
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Boxing?s Robinson Crusoe

What prompted him to take up boxing in his early twenties isn?t known; what is known is that initially he was pretty bad at it? If he hadn?t…

Sun, 07 Oct 2018
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Mr. High Life and Mr. Lowlife

Charlie Metrie fought some of the best lightweights of his era, including world champion Benny Leonard in 1919 (TKO by 7)? Charlie Metrie fo…

Wed, 19 Sep 2018
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A blow for human consciousness

It?s been a long time since a boxer towered over the local landscape. Hurrah for Emil Kayer, whoever he was? Of the wide range of emotions t…

Sat, 18 Aug 2018
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The irresistible spell of King Tut

On a perfect night 89 summers ago, 9,000 fans were lured to the ballpark called ?The Orchard? by the irresistible spell of King Tut? From th…

Tue, 03 Jul 2018
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Happy King Levinsky Day

?King Levinsky was a gladiator of the first order until he ran into (really away from) a youngster known as the Brown Bomber?? Since nobody …

Wed, 25 Apr 2018
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Noble Art, ignoble son

I met James J. Braddock when he came to our house prior to an appearance at the local Eagles club where my dad, Art Ehrmann, was a poohbah? …

Sat, 31 Mar 2018
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The trials of Curley Lee

?The battle of David vs. Goliath came out the way you?d logically expect last night when Curley Lee was bombed into submission by gigantic C…

Wed, 31 Jan 2018
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Gus Christie?s last fight

Several generations of Milwaukee youngsters learned to box from him, among them Spencer Tracy, later one of the greatest actors in movie his…

Thu, 14 Dec 2017
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Local hero

Dempsey wasn?t taking any risks on the exhibition tour he?d kicked off. His opponents were strong, willing but limited bruisers like Pat McL…

Sun, 26 Nov 2017
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Family feud

The trial prompted a terse editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: ?When you are drunk don?t form the habit of adopting pugilists. You may…

Sat, 18 Nov 2017
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Soft name, hard man

Tillie?s previous involvement with law enforcement included arrests for beating up his pregnant and enchantingly-named spouse, Laverna Taver…

Sat, 09 Sep 2017