Thursday, 24 September 2026 · Philippines

Pete Ehrmann

57 articles published

Articles by Pete Ehrmann

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The odyssey of Orlan Ott

?If you had the talent to be a great boxer, it would be different. But you don?t have the talent and you?ll never go anywhere?? On April 4, …

Wed, 09 Aug 2017
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Our Mr. Brooks

The hands of the timid 15-year-old ?Wisconsin Correspondent for Ring Magazine? were shaking much more than usual? Eddie Brooks made internat…

Mon, 24 Jul 2017
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Killer Joe

In his 1978 autobiography, ?Joe Louis: My Story,? the boxer recalled being ?scared shitless? during his brief time in custody? It was suppos…

Thu, 25 May 2017
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Mickey Riley: ?The Joe Grim of the West?

Battling Nelson fought Riley fought four times. ?That?s one fellow I never could lick,? lamented Nelson in his autobiography? When Mickey Ri…

Fri, 17 Mar 2017
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John the Barber

Dempsey wrote about Reisler in his autobiography. He called him ?a shifty character,? ?a vicious person,? ?poison,? and said, ?I hated his g…

Mon, 06 Mar 2017
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Mark Tessman, Sweet Scientist

While Tessman retained the exceptional boxing skills that marked his first ascent up the ladder, Charlie noticed something new? Charlie Cour…

Thu, 01 Dec 2016
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Big Elmer Rush: A man of the ring

?We want the public to know there will probably be more deaths. But we don?t want them to take our sport. We?re willing to take our own chan…

Wed, 18 May 2016
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The Secretariat of trial horses

?When they saw ?Scrap Fighting Tonight? in the paper, they didn?t care if I win, lose or draw. They just knew I?d put on a good show?? Belat…

Thu, 21 Apr 2016
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Oh, Henry! A tale of two columns

?I hate to make these confessions about a columnist, but there are times that a columnist just has to dream up things?? In the 1930s there w…

Fri, 11 Mar 2016
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The gospel according to Phony Joe

Genuine Joe Percente did give Battling Nelson four epic scraps before the latter became lightweight champion of the world? It was bad enough…

Fri, 19 Feb 2016
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The incredibly shrinking Harry Wills

Ted Rickard and fearful politicians ? reportedly including then-New York Gov. Al Smith ? made sure Wills never went for the big enchilada? ?…

Tue, 02 Feb 2016
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Opera Man

The diva?s summation wasn?t as florid as Floyd?s, but it packed a nice punch: ?I picked him out of the gutter, and that?s where I leave him?…

Thu, 14 Jan 2016
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Yes, Virginia, there was a Santa

?The people are intrigued by his mammoth proportions and they flock to gaze at his huge shoulders, his mastadonic feet, his huge hands?? Thi…

Fri, 25 Dec 2015
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Book of the Year

?One fights only for his sanity. The other faces poverty, unable to practice the only profession he knows?? The mark British light-welterwei…

Fri, 11 Dec 2015
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RIP, Amos Johnson

Probably the high water mark in the boxing career of Amos Johnson Jr. was his defeat of Muhammad Ali in the amateurs? Though he climbed to t…

Thu, 12 Nov 2015
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?I cannot be otherwise than I am?

?If I want to be admired at all ? and I don?t know if I care to be admired at all ? I want to be known for some accomplishment of the spirit…

Mon, 26 Oct 2015
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Winners and Losers

An old Spokane newspaper story says, ?Barrow became a fighter because he neither knows how to do much else nor does he care to?? Unlike the …

Sat, 03 Oct 2015
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When Ad and Packey almost got it on

Acting Gov. Morris, Sheriff Arnold and District Attorney Zabel received hosannas from church groups for their zealous protection of public s…

Sun, 20 Sep 2015
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RIP, Dick Wipperman

Henry Cooper referred to Wipperman as an American ?cowboy.? Maybe that?s because to Brits, all Americans are cowboys? I once edited the maga…

Mon, 14 Sep 2015