Pete Spanakos

Name: Pete Spanakos

  • Four-time NYC Golden Gloves Champion.
  • Won 10 Golden Gloves titles throughout America.
  • 1959 Pan-American Games Medalist.
  • Engaged in over 200 bouts.
  • B.A, J.D.
  • Elected to The athletic HOF in Hollywood, FLA.
  • http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/2357/pete-spanakos-was-diddly-bopper/

    Favorite Book: "A Clenched Fist—The Making of a Golden Gloves Champion" by Peter Wood

    "I liked this book a lot. It is a genuine classic about amateur boxing. The author, a former boxer, gets into the head of a fighter. He tells a great, great story."

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