By F. Daniel Somrack Jack Dempsey The Nonpareil is the life and career of the first World Middleweight Boxing Champion of the modern era. Dempsey was champion in the 1880’s during the transition period between bare-knuckle fighting under the London Prize Ring rules and the gloved era of the modern Marques of Queensberry rules. Jack […]
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F. Daniel Somrack served as Production Supervisor and Actor (Bartender) in this 1994 release. Click on the poster above to see Somrack’s addition film credits at IMDb.
“Two Seconds of Glory” by F. Daniel Somrack In 1939, New Jersey prize-fighter Tony Galento came within seconds of dethroning the “Brown Bomber” Joe Louis for the Heavyweight Championship of the World. Check out the article “Two-Ton Tony’s Two Seconds of Glory” and the video below for the full story.
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Interview with Legendary Boxing Trainer of Champions Eddie Futch The Eddie Futch Interview is a conversation with one of the greatest boxing trainers and life coaches in sports history. The interview was tape recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1993 and stored away for almost twenty-five years. Recently discovered, the interview was recorded when Mr.
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PANCHO VILLA: The Filipino Legend ~ First World Boxing Champion from the Philippines Born Francisco Guilledo in Iloilo City, Philippines in 1901, he rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest Flyweight Champions in history. As Pancho Villa, he began his professional boxing career in Manila in 1919, winning the Flyweight Championship of
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Boxing’s First Champion tells the story of fabled Old West lawmen like Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Tex Rickard and how they’re part of boxing’s storied past.
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The following article by F. Daniel Somrack appeared in Cigar Magazine Winter Edition 2000. Dan Somrack with Gregorio Fuentes at Cojimar, Cuba May 2000 Reeling in the Years with Papa Hemingway by F. Daniel Somrack
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