How Hard Do They Hit?

December, 1997

I hooked up with Johnnie Woluewich at the Elks Lodge in Elmhurst, Queens on Friday, September 5. USA Boxing Metropolitan of New York, of which Johnnie is a board member, was co-sponsoring an evening of bouts that pitted New York Golden Gloves winners against New Jersey Golden Gloves winners.The air in this fabled venue was acrid with cigar smoke, hot dogs and beer. We were waiting for a substitute fight doctor to arrive (the scheduled one had been in an accident) and had plenty of time to contin...

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