Name: Russell "The Boy Wonder" Peltz
Boxing Promoter (since 1969)
- Promoted his first bout on September 30, 1969 featuring Bennie Briscoe in the main event at the Blue Horizon.
- Boxing's most consistent promoters and is synonymous with Philadelphia boxing and, in particular, the Blue Horizon, where he promoted bouts for 32 years.
- Served as director of boxing at the Philadelphia Spectrum from 1973-1980.
- Among the fighters who boxed on Peltz promoted cards include:
- Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts, Eugene "Cyclone" Hart.
- Willie "The Worm" Monroe & Stanley "Kitten" Hayward.
- Marvin Johnson & Mike Rossman.
- Billy Douglas & Antonio Tarver.
- Hall of Famers -- Jeff Chandler, Matthew Saad Muhammad, George Benton & Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
- Honored with the James J. Walker Award for "Long and Meritorious Service to Boxing" by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 1999.
- Avid boxing historian and archivist.
- http://www.peltzboxing.com/photo.cfm
Favorite Book: "We Are Not Afraid" by Seth Cagin & Philip Dray
"The infamous murder of three civil rights workers by a Ku Klux Klan mob and Mississippi law-enforcement officers in 1964 takes on the dimensions of a personal, political and national tragedy in this amazing book. This book is the dramatic and historic story about a murderous rage fueled by racism in The South. I've read a lot of books about the civil rights period and this one is the best. You know, I once did a boxing show in Mississippi and police were following our car. The feeling was a little unsettling. I thought, "This is what those three murdered civil rights workers must've felt like. Only worse--much worse." |