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	IBHOF / Willie Pep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Pep held the featherweight title for six years and outboxed all comers.
		Pep regained the title by decisioning Saddler in a rematch four months later.
		Pep continued fighting until 1959 and beat such notables as Willie Roache, Charles (Cabey) Lewis, Spider Armstrong, Joey Peralta, and world champions Manuel Ortiz and Paddy DeMarco.
	www.ibhof.com /pep.htm (231 words)

	Willie Pep, 84; featherweight reached boxing world's pinnacle - The Boston Globe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Willie Pep, considered pound for pound one of the top boxers to lace on a pair of gloves, died Thursday at West Hill Convalescent Home in Rocky Hill, Conn. The "Will o' the Wisp" was 84.
		Pep was declared the winner, the referee, the esteemed Eddie Josephs, made a remarkable and controversial gesture: He shook Mr.
		Pep lost his crown when he was not able to answer the bell for the eighth round, his shoulder injured after what Mr.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/11/25/willie_pep_84_featherweight_reached_boxing_worlds_pinnacle?p1=MEWell_Pos3 (1522 words)

	two faces of willie pep
		Willie Pep was in the waning days of his career, but still had more than enough in his tank to run rings around most anybody.
		Willie was "Peck's bad boy", with a twinkle in his eye and no muscle tone at all.
		Pep never learned anything; it was all natural with him.
	www.fightbeat.com /williepep.htm (489 words)

	Boxing champion Willie Pep dies at 84 - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — Willie Pep, a hall-of-fame boxer and one of the best fighters of the 20th century, has died at the age of 84.
		Pep turned pro in 1940 and won his first 63 fights, including a victory over Chalky Wright in 1942 for the world featherweight title.
		Pep retired in 1959, although he was back in the ring six years later.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2006-11-24-obit-pep_x.htm?csp=34 (384 words)

	BoxingGreats.info - The Greatest Boxers That Ever Lived!
		Pep lost by a knockout in two rounds and the rumors that he took a dive in this fight were even more persistent than on the case of the fourth Saddler bout.
		Pep boxed in Venezuela, losing to Sonny Leon by a decision in ten, and in his last fight, in 1966, he lost to Calvin Woodland by a decison in six.
		Pep won the lawsuit, and Sports Illustrated had to pay him a large amount of money, on the base that the article was detrimental to Pep's personality and not based on proven facts.
	www.boxinggreats.info /willie-pep.php (1273 words)

	Willie Pep
		Pep had a total of 242 bouts, which is a considerable amount of fights, even for a fighter of his era.
		Pep lost by a knockout in two rounds and the rumors that he took a dive in this fight were even more persistent than on the case of the fourth Saddler bout.
		Pep boxed in Venezuela, losing to Sonny Leon by a decision in ten, and in his last fight, in 1966, he lost to Calvin Woodland by a decison in six.
	www.fact-index.com /w/wi/willie_pep.html (1282 words)

	Speary vs Pep
		Willie outclasses the featherweights of this period and so there could be no other pick in tonight's fracas down there on Wethersfield Ave...
		Pep's world featherweight crown is not at stake; but he's pretty proud of that unsullied record of his and will be out to make it 58 in a row.
		He has won three fights is becoming champion and will be welcomed back to the scene of triumphs that led to the title shot by a crowd of home-town well wishers who have waited long to greet their conquering hero.
	www.speary.com /_pages/pep.htm (1258 words)

	Willie Dynamite (1973) Movie Poster
		Willie's business attire consists of enough fur to successfully compete in the Alaskan Ididerod, including a fuzzy hat to cover his bald head that appears to have been made out of an entire Husky.
		Of course, to be fair, Willie also has some outfits that appear to have been trimmed with glued-on cotton-balls, either that, or he was in a poultry factory explosion at some point.
		Willie's El-D also is loaded with lots of gold trim, including the grille cap, rocker panel cover, and continental spare tire lump on the trunk.
	www.sd455.com /moviewillie.htm (559 words)

	The Cyber Boxing Zone -- Garfield's Corner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Just thinking of Willie Pep brings a smile to my face; he was a party every place he went.
		Pep never learned anything in the gym; it was all natural with him.
		I was once in the 5th St.Gym in Miami and Pep was in the corner of a big, beefy heavyweight.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/garfield09.html (489 words)

	ESPN.com - CLASSIC - Little Big Men: Willie Pep
		Willie Pep, left, connects with a left to the head of Bobby Singleton on May 21,1958 during 10-round bout at Boston's Mechanics Building.
		Willie Pep fought as if he didn't like to get hit, having developed a great respect for his teeth at a very early age.
		Pep's greatest virtuoso performance came the night he gave the fans a run for their money, literally, winning a round without throwing a punch.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/classic/news/story?id=2622504 (716 words)

	Willie Pep - Independent Online Edition > Obituaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Willie Pep (as his name was anglicised) was drawn to boxing from an early age after being taken to watch the Italian-American world featherweight champion, "Battling" Battalino, at his training quarters in nearby Hartford.
		As a boy, Pep helped to supplement the family income by selling newspapers and shining shoes, before realising that he could make more money as an amateur boxer (in those days, winning amateurs were often presented with a gold watch, which they later quietly returned to the promoter for a few dollars in hand).
		Pep suffered damage to both eyes and, after nine rounds, he was again forced to retire.
	news.independent.co.uk /people/obituaries/article2018716.ece (998 words)

	Boxing Coverage updated 24/7 at MaxBoxing.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I believe that that’s clearly a hypocritical statement because Willie Pep was a master boxer who was more defensive than offensive.
		Pep would dance around the ring with his hands low, taunting his opponents to hit him if they could.
		Pep certainly would not be involved in his historical series with Sandy Saddler because all of these “experts” would be screaming that no one wants to see him in the ring perform.
	www.maxboxing.com /Adams/Adams030606.asp (866 words)

	APSE \| Associated Press Sports Editors
		Pep told veteran boxing writer Don Riley that he was not going to throw a punch in the third round.
		Pep bitterly fought the state, claiming his reputation was being hopelessly damaged.
		But when Pep looks at the wall inside the entrance of his favorite restaurant, where he has a lifetime supply of free meals if he wants it, he sees Nick Micilli and Mickey Miano grinning back at him in fl and white from the front of Mickey Villanova's on Market Street.
	apse.dallasnews.com /contest1999/writing/100-250.hartford3.html (1496 words)

	Former boxing great (Willie) Pep died Thursday at 84
		The embodiment of finesse and speed in his prime, the 5-foot, 6-inch Pep was 229-11 during a career that spanned 26 years.
		In 1999, Pep was listed fifth among the best fighters of the 20th century as chosen by a five-member panel for The Associated Press.
		Willie Pep was one of the great ones.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1743345/posts (558 words)

	BBC SPORT \| BOXING \| Featherweight fury hits New York
		Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler had started up their rivalry in 1948 and, by the early fifties, were literally knocking lumps out of each other.
		Pep, who admitted that he was not mentally ready for such power, prepared hard for the following year's rematch.
		Pep - the artist - fought until 1959, recording a remarkable 229 wins in 241 contests and fully justifying the description of one boxing writer, who labelled him "the tap dancer with gloves on."
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/1468722.stm (672 words)

	Willie Pep Boxer
		Pep was so fast that the dean of American sportswriters, Red Smith, dubbed him "the artful dodger".
		I asked Willie to tell me about that night in Minneapolis in 1946, when he predicted he would win Round 3 from Jackie "The Austin Assassin" Graves without throwing a single punch.
		Willie took me to his basement den, a private hall of fame.
	www.skypoint.com /members/schutz19/willie.htm (530 words)

	Willie Pep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pep had a total of 242 bouts, a considerable number of fights, even for a fighter of his era.
		On their rivalry's second installment, Pep recovered the world's featherweight championship by beating Saddler by a 15 round decision, and then he engaged in a series of exhibition and ten round bouts before defending the crown against Eddie Campo, winning by a knockout in the seventh.
		It is frequently noted by boxing writers that he once swept the 3rd round on the three judges' scorecards without throwing a punch in a bout against Jackie Graves on July 25, 1946 in Minneapolis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willie_Pep (1375 words)

	WAIL!... The CBZ Journal \| April 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		He met the great Willie Pep in a non-title bout in 1946, twice knocking down the Featherweight King before succumbing to the Wisp’s assault, via TKO in the 8th.
		Don Riley is the one most commonly credited for saying that Pep told him before the fight that he would not throw a punch in the third.
		Pep himself after the fight says in Riley’s small piece on the fight that it took in four rounds to figure out Graves’ style.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/w0403-jw.html (3141 words)

	TIME.com: Willowy Willie -- Mar. 27, 1950 -- Page 1
		For willowy Willie from Hartford, Conn, is the featherweight champion of the world, and his ability to stay under 126 Ibs.
		Willie stepped on Famechon's toes, nudged him off balance, jabbed his pon iard left into the Frenchman's face again and again, backpedaled from Famechon's bull-like rushes and won his tenth title defense.
		Fast-stepping Willie Pep, who knows the true value of his artistry, was unimpressed.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,805323,00.html (550 words)

	ESPN Classic - No fix - Saddler shows a lot of Pep
		While Pep lacks the quality from which he took his name, the spindly Saddler pounds away.
		The 3-1 underdog floors Pep twice in the third round and knocks him out with a smashing left hook to the jaw in the fourth to take his title.
		The defeat is only the second and the first knockout suffered by Pep in 137 pro fights.
	espn.go.com /classic/s/moment001029saddler-pep.html (110 words)

	ESPN Classic - Saddler shows more Pep, regains title
		This is the third bout in a grudge-match series between popular featherweights Willie Pep and Sandy Saddler.
		Saddler registers a knockdown with a looping left hook in the third round, but Pep rebounds to take control of this nasty bout, with each boxer committing his share of dirty tactics.
		Pep says Saddler beat him with a double arm lock; Saddler says a punch to the kidneys made the difference.
	sports.espn.go.com /classic/s/moment010908-saddler-pep-three.html (201 words)

	The Villages Daily Sun
		Willie Pep, the world featherweight champion from 1942-51, fought Sugar Ray Robinson, a Golden Gloves featherweight champion.
		Pep and Formisano, you see, both grew up in Middletown, Conn. Pep's dad operated a downtown shoe repair business and nearby was O'Rourke's Diner, a hangout for the sports crowd.
		Willie eventually found out that Ray Roberts was a phony name.
	www.thevillagesdailysun.com /articles/2006/02/01/news/news03.txt (632 words)

	Willie Pep - Reviews on RateItAll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Regardless of his fights with Sandy Sadler, Willie Pep was one of the greatest ever.
		Willie and I were both born in Hartford.
		Willie was really gracious, friendly, and happy to share..He was also like "nails".
	www.rateitall.com /i-20543-willie-pep.aspx (632 words)

	Jo Sports Inc.
		History: Willie Pep was born on September 19, 1922 in Middletown, Connecticut.
		Presented here is a signed photo of Willie Pep with a LOA from Jim Stinson.
		Full description: Willie Pep has boldly signed this 8" x 10" photo in blue marker.
	www.josportsinc.com /catalog/view.php?id=4540 (85 words)

	Willie Pep
		Gil Cadilli 30 March 1955 Parks Air Force Base, California Willie Pep in his corner at the end of the fourth round.
		Allie Stolz 29 January 1943 Madison Square Garden Willie Pep, Featherweight Champion of the World, won a ten round decision over Allie Stolz.
		Willie Pep by Murray Tinkelman Circa 1995 Original Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Artist's Proof 15 of 25 Signed and Numbered by Murray Tinkelman and Signed by Willie Pep
	www.antekprizering.com /pep.html (316 words)

	FIGHTWORLD The Side of Fighters You’ve Never Seen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Just thinking of Willie Pep brings a smile; he was a floorshow every place he went.
		I was once was in the 5th St. Gym in Miami and Pep was in the corner of a big, beefy heavyweight.
		Pep just couldn't get it in his head that what he did, as natural as breathing, nobody else could.
	www.fightbeat.com /garfields/TheSideofFightersYouveNeverSeen.htm (1998 words)

	Learning the Ropes
		Pep, wiry and bony-faced and surprisingly tall for a man who fought at 126 pounds, introduced us to his companions with their famous flat mugs and hoarse voices, but then we coaxed him away and he allowed us to buy him a drink.
		Twice the featherweight champ, Pep had been the subject of a nasty article in a national magazine.
		Willie Pep would have liked me a lot less if he had known one important fact I had withheld.
	www.evesmag.com /hadad.htm (1621 words)

	Wille Pep, the greatest feather weight champ - Boxing Forum - Boxing Discussion Forums
		Willie Pep, the greatest featherweight ever, and one of the greatest P4P fighters ever.
		I had remembered telling you that my dad had been a sparring partner once for Willie Pep in the early 1950's.
		Willie Pep was the greatest P4P boxer ever.
	www.boxingforum.com /boxing-videos-downloads/805-wille-pep-greatest-feather-weight-champ.html (239 words)

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