For some, the goal is wealth; for others, it’s about championship glory and being recognized as the best in the world. What ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Robert Kolodny's boxing biopic The Featherweight is finally hitting theaters on September 20, after a year-long wait. The sports drama premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in ...

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 ...