Boxing Exhibit
Credentials for Boxing Matches
Credentials issued to J. Russell Peltz
Dressing Room Ticket to World Title Fight
Alfredo Escalera defended his super featherweight championship by defeating Tyrone Everett in 1976 in a highly controversial split decision. A rematch was being negotiated when Everett was murdered.
Harry Blitman Boxing Pose
Jewish League Alumni Award
Presented to David Beloff
Lew Tendler in an Action Pose
Ring Magazine’s editor/publisher Nate Fleisher called Tendler the “greatest southpaw in ring history”
Lew Tendler Selling Newspapers
Called the greatest southpaw boxer who ever lived, Lew Tendler was also known as the “boxing newsboy”
Marty Feldman with “Choo Choo” Brown, IBF World Lightweight Champion in 1984, and his manager Fred Jenkins
Marty Feldman working out
Newspaper Highlighting Visit from Lew Tendler
Allentown Evening Chronicle features a story on visit from boxing champion