Tales from the 5th Street Gym
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Tales from the 5th Street Gym

Ali, the Dundees, and Miami's Golden Age of Boxing

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Tales from the 5th Street Gym

Ali, the Dundees, and Miami's Golden Age of Boxing

About this book

In its forty-year existence, the 5th Street Gym housed the training grounds for three of the greatest fighters the sport has ever known--Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Sugar Ray Leonard--and became the locus for a grand total of fourteen world champions. The site was also a magnet for a wide range of international celebrities including Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jackie Gleason, Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, and Sylvester Stallone, who were all absorbed into the gym's legend. The 5th Street Gym's beginnings trace back to 1950, when Chris Dundee, along with his brother Angelo, began promoting big-time boxing at Miami Beach.

Tales from the 5th Street Gym includes a wealth of never-before-seen photographs and is the first to chronicle the fascinating history of the 5th Street Gym from one of its insiders--Dr. Ferdie Pacheco--with crucial contributions from Tom Archdeacon, Angelo Dundee, Suzanne Dundee Bonner, Enrique Encinosa, Howard Kleinberg, Ramiro Ortiz, Edwin Pope, Bob Sheridan, and Budd Schulberg. Discover the secret history of one of boxing's most hallowed grounds, as Pacheco recalls the rise, heyday, and fall of the "sweet science" at Miami Beach.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Preface: The Wizard of Oz
  8. 1. The 5th Street Gym
  9. 2. My Impression of the 5th Street Gym, by Edwin Pope
  10. 3. My Memories of the 5th Street Gym, by Angelo Dundee
  11. 4. Chris Dundee: An Appreciation
  12. 5. Chris Dundee’s Laws of Boxing and Promotions, by Enrique Encinosa
  13. 6. The Spring That Flows Eternal: Ali
  14. 7. The 5th Street Gym, by Howard Kleinberg
  15. 8. Chris Dundee and the Ali Circus
  16. 9. A Conversation with John Underwood: Notes Taken in a One-on-One Interview, April 18, 2004
  17. 10. When Ali Took On Marciano: The Fake Fight
  18. 11. The R. J. Reynolds and Al Jones Saga
  19. 12. Supper with Chris Dundee (and Willie Pastrano)
  20. 13. The Rise and Fall of the Mendoza Group
  21. 14. The Cubans
  22. 15. My Education, by Ramiro Ortiz
  23. 16. Old Hands in the Gym, by Tom Archdeacon
  24. 17. My Memories of Chris Dundee, by Bob Sheridan
  25. 18. The Life and Times of Luis Sarria, by Enrique Encinosa
  26. 19. Sparring Partners: Willie Johnson
  27. 20. The Greatest Fight in Miami History, by Frankie Otero
  28. 21. My Memories of Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, by Budd Schulberg
  29. 22. Death in the Ring
  30. 23. The End of Chris Dundee, by Suzanne Dundee Bonner
  31. Index