Thursday, 24 September 2026 · Philippines

Pete Ehrmann

57 articles published

Articles by Pete Ehrmann

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?The Battle of the Bums?

?If anyone plans to take this thing seriously, and this includes Antonio and the Kingfish, he ought to stay at home?? Later he boxed a bear …

Tue, 07 Jul 2015
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Leaping Lena Levy

She was as famous in the 1930s as her kid brother Harry, a screwball heavyweight contender known as Kingfish Levinsky? Lena Krakow Levy didn…

Thu, 11 Jun 2015
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A tale of two Harleys

?We pleaded with him to stop and let us out ? alive. He only laughed at us and said, ?Have no fear??? Stanley Ketchel celebrated his 10-roun…

Wed, 25 Mar 2015
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The fighter who kicked winter?s ass

Tommy Roberts had just one more bout (a win) and then apparently retired. Perhaps he found boxing too tame? Here in Wisconsin winter is punc…

Thu, 19 Feb 2015
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A Merry, Happy Berghausen

A reporter asked if he knew Berghausen in Paris during World War I and Tunney replied, ?Oh yes, that scoundrel. He was always in the can?? A…

Wed, 24 Dec 2014
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Greb Lite

Harry Greb reincarnate he wasn?t, nor even a shirttail relative of the legendary middleweight champion? From the raves you?d think the first…

Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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An imperfect union

?The (CCAC) promoters are high-hatting the local boxers to death, and we have been forced to organize for our protection?? For most of the d…

Sat, 18 Oct 2014
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A Grave Interpretation

The word ?nonpareil? ? ?something of unequalled excellence? ? was a nickname applied to and adopted by boxers of that more literate time? On…

Sat, 20 Sep 2014
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10-Count for a Horrible Referee

The only distinction pinned on Schiff after he took up umpiring fights in the 1920s was the title ?Southern California?s most unpopular refe…

Mon, 01 Sep 2014
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The Devil and Mr. Nixon

Ring phenom-turned-politico Orville Pitts came to terms with one, but the other proved even trickier than Dick? When Orville Pitts was elect…

Wed, 23 Jul 2014
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Real fight or just bull?

?Don?t you think it is preposterous to suggest that a man of Dempsey?s ability had to ask a fighter like me to take a dive for him?? Unlike …

Sun, 29 Jun 2014
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Alone and 8,000 Miles from Home

?Poor little Sencio?s body is on its way home. They?ll forget about him in a week. That?s the way of the world?? These little Filipinos are …

Fri, 11 Apr 2014
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Homer vs. Hammer

Ninety-six years ago the Midwest and Homer Smith got their first look at Jack Dempsey. It was a short one? On January 25, 1918, ninety-six y…

Sat, 25 Jan 2014
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The Puncher and The Parson

Splitting George Lawler with that famous right hand punch wasn?t what Aurelio Herrera had in mind for the Milwaukee boxer. He intended to do…

Sun, 05 Jan 2014
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A Sorry Exhibition (of Bigotry)

Langford once joked that he would have been heavyweight champion of the world if Mother Nature had dipped him in a bucket of whitewash inste…

Sun, 01 Dec 2013
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Houdini Unchained!

?Aw, g?wan with your act,? growled Willard to Houdini from his perch in the Orpheum?s balcony. ?I paid for my seat here?? Obviously P.D. McC…

Tue, 29 Oct 2013