Pepé Willie used his music biz knowledge, generous spirit and infectious smile to mentor Prince and others to become a ...

“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 ...

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

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 ...

There’s a story that Willie Pep, the protagonist of Robert Kolodny’s feature debut The Featherweight, likes to tell. It’s about a match with a kid, who, so awed by the boxing champion ...

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 ...

The post-salad days of real-life Connecticut boxer Willie Pep are dramatized with impressive vérité verisimilitude in Robert Kolodny's Venice-premiered debut feature. So convincingly ...

William Papaleo, known to fight fans as Willie Pep, looks like an unhappy jockey who has grown too big for his trade. But the battered, sad, pinched look on 27-year-old Willie’s face is more the ...

Tuckman Media is releasing Appian Way Production’s The Featherweight about two-time World Featherweight boxing champion Willie Pep and has set a September theatrical release date. The pic ...

After having its world premiere this year at the Venice International Film Festival, a movie on Connecticut boxer Willie Pep will premiere in the athlete's home state next month. The Norwalk Film ...

Before his July 25, 1946, match against Jackie Graves, featherweight boxing champion Willie Pep bet he could win a round without throwing a punch. Bobbing and weaving and using deft footwork ...