New J. Russell Peltz book "30 Dollars and a Cut Eye" OUT NOW!
Posted: 10 Sep 2021, 10:50
At long last, J. Russell Peltz has written a book and having read the first 30 or so pages, I can say it's worth the wait! Absolutely fascinating stuff. I highly recommend this book to everyone. I'm sure this is to be an instant classic.
Boxing promoter J Russell Peltz fell in love with boxing when he was 12, saw his first live fight at 14, and was hooked for life. He was named Outstanding Male Journalism Graduate, Temple University, 1968, but after a short career on the sports copy desk of the Evening and Sunday Bulletin in Philadelphia, he became a boxing promoter when he couldn’t land the boxing beat at the newspaper. In his more-than-half century in boxing, Peltz has promoted fights at every major venue in Philadelphia as well as most of the casinos in Atlantic City. His fights have been televised by ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, Showtime, ESPN, USA and SportsChannel. He has promoted or co-promoted more than 30 world championship fights and his business has taken him around the world, from Beijing to Buenos Aires and from Paris to Tokyo. Peltz was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004, the Temple University School of Communications and Theatre Hall of Fame in 2010, and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
"I had been threatening to write this book for years but never found the time until Covid-19 came along. The internet often is the misinformation highway and I want to set the record straight as to what actually went on in boxing in the Philadelphia area since the late 1960s. I'm tired of reading tweets or Facebook posts or Instagram accounts from people who were not around and have no idea what went on, but write like they do. I saved every contract I ever signed, most profit-and-loss statements, photos, souvenir programs, posters and videos. You name it--I saved it.
It's all there--the facts, the figures and the finances. From the love-of-my-boxing-life Bennie Briscoe, through my hot-and-cold relationship with Tyrone Everett, all the way up to Jason Sosa and covering the Blue Horizon, the old Arena at 46th & Market, to the Spectrum and up to the present. Plus, my years in Atlantic City.
I've been in touch with about two dozen fighters and I included the nice things and the not-so-nice things they said about me. Otherwise, the book wouldn't be real. It's more than just what went on inside the ring. It's also about what went on outside the ring as to how certain fights came about and others did not.
There are never-before-seen pictures from photographers who graciously donated them. So many people helped me with this book but I need to especially thank Bob Levin, a transplanted Philadelphian now living in Berkeley, California, for his incredible editing. Also, former Daily News columnist Jill Porter, a Temple classmate of mine, for her proofreading, as well as John DiSanto, for his help in scanning photos and handling all the technical issues of getting this manuscript together.
Plus my wife, Linda, who had to share me with this book for the last 18 months. She also did some proofreading and discovered things about me she never knew.
Adrian! We did it!"
Boxing promoter J Russell Peltz fell in love with boxing when he was 12, saw his first live fight at 14, and was hooked for life. He was named Outstanding Male Journalism Graduate, Temple University, 1968, but after a short career on the sports copy desk of the Evening and Sunday Bulletin in Philadelphia, he became a boxing promoter when he couldn’t land the boxing beat at the newspaper. In his more-than-half century in boxing, Peltz has promoted fights at every major venue in Philadelphia as well as most of the casinos in Atlantic City. His fights have been televised by ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, Showtime, ESPN, USA and SportsChannel. He has promoted or co-promoted more than 30 world championship fights and his business has taken him around the world, from Beijing to Buenos Aires and from Paris to Tokyo. Peltz was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004, the Temple University School of Communications and Theatre Hall of Fame in 2010, and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
"I had been threatening to write this book for years but never found the time until Covid-19 came along. The internet often is the misinformation highway and I want to set the record straight as to what actually went on in boxing in the Philadelphia area since the late 1960s. I'm tired of reading tweets or Facebook posts or Instagram accounts from people who were not around and have no idea what went on, but write like they do. I saved every contract I ever signed, most profit-and-loss statements, photos, souvenir programs, posters and videos. You name it--I saved it.
It's all there--the facts, the figures and the finances. From the love-of-my-boxing-life Bennie Briscoe, through my hot-and-cold relationship with Tyrone Everett, all the way up to Jason Sosa and covering the Blue Horizon, the old Arena at 46th & Market, to the Spectrum and up to the present. Plus, my years in Atlantic City.
I've been in touch with about two dozen fighters and I included the nice things and the not-so-nice things they said about me. Otherwise, the book wouldn't be real. It's more than just what went on inside the ring. It's also about what went on outside the ring as to how certain fights came about and others did not.
There are never-before-seen pictures from photographers who graciously donated them. So many people helped me with this book but I need to especially thank Bob Levin, a transplanted Philadelphian now living in Berkeley, California, for his incredible editing. Also, former Daily News columnist Jill Porter, a Temple classmate of mine, for her proofreading, as well as John DiSanto, for his help in scanning photos and handling all the technical issues of getting this manuscript together.
Plus my wife, Linda, who had to share me with this book for the last 18 months. She also did some proofreading and discovered things about me she never knew.
Adrian! We did it!"