The “Deadpool” star appeared to offer some words of encouragement — and a couple of quick smooches — to his wife, Blake Lively, moments before she gave an emotional speech at the Time100 ...

Willie Pep was an American professional boxer who was a two-time world featherweight champion from 1942 to 1950. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Pep fought ...

became a boxer – adopting the nickname Willie after the Italian-American boxer Willie Pep – and learned to stand his ground. Most people thought it was a lesson he learned too well.

Willie Pep is my favorite all-time, old-school fighter. Two-hundred and twenty-nine wins against 11 losses and one draw, won and regained the featherweight title, competed in three decades and ...

appeared at a Hempstead High School pep rally Friday, ahead of the school's homecoming football game. “We have Dwight ‘Doc’ Gooden, Willie Randolph and Mookie Wilson!” Victor Pratt ...

In 1946, boxing history may or may not have been made. It was a featherweight bout between Guglielmo Papaleo, better known as Willie Pep, and Jackie Graves. The fight lasted for 8 rounds (out of ...

“The Featherweight,” a new movie about prizefighter Willie Pep, is finally bobbing and weaving its way into a Connecticut theater near you starting Friday. The movie is not just about a ...

Kolodny, working with a script by Steve Loff, tells the story of the real-life former champion boxer Willie Pep’s effort, starting in 1964, to make a comeback at the age of forty-two.

A movie about featherweight boxing champion and Connecticut native Willie Pep will debut in theaters across the state on Friday, Sept. 20. The film, “The Featherweight,” is set in mid-1960s ...

WTNH Hartford Wethersfield 'Italian Mama' stars in Willie Pep film Posted: September 15, 2024 | Last updated: September 15, 2024 Imma Aiello had never acted before until she was tapped to play the ...