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LIST OF PHILLY GYMS |
THE LEGENDARY PHILADELPHIA GYMS |
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| ABC Rec Center* Champs Passyunk Gym Johnny Madison Gym Juniper Gym 23rd PAL Southside Gym Eastside Gym Pen-Mar Gym Arcadia Gym Olympia Gym Joe Hand Gym* Front Street Gym* Harrowgate Boxing Club* Hennelly Boys Club Joe Frazier Gym (Cloverlay) Augie's Gym Reddish A.C. Regular Fellows Philadelphia Boxing Club East Germantown Rec. Center |
Most of the original Philly boxing gyms are long gone now, but these renowned pain palaces are an important piece of the city's fight history. Gyms sprouted up all over - in North Philly, South Philly, West Philly. And when it was time to fight, the talented stables of boxers developed in these gyms carried their pride and local honor into the ring with them. The result was an ongoing series of inter-city rivalries that helped to shape the very history of boxing in Philadelphia. In addition, great rivalries emerged within each gym, as fighters clamored to reach the top of their own neighborhood mountain. The resulting gym wars became as legendary as the official bouts of record. It has been said that Philly fighters cared more for their gym status than they did their world ranking. This section of the Website explores this critical component of Philly Boxing History. As this section develops, it will include all the key info about each gym and compile the great stories, the cast of characters, the chronology, the rivalries and the geography of the great Philadelphia boxing gyms. |
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Upper Darby PYA Cambria Gym Executioner's Gym Shuler Memorial Gym* Corsac Older Boys Center Hard Knocks Gym Slim's Gym Frankford PAL Martin Luther King Rec Center* Christian Street YMCA Jimmy Wilson's Gym Mickey McEvoy's Gym Allegehny Rec Center* (Rivera) Bozy's Dungeon* Kingsessing Rec Center* Marian Anderson Rec Center* Manayunk Boxing Club* Harry Gimble's Gym Philadelphia Jack O'Brien's Gym More to come... *These gyms are currently active. |
ACTIVE AREA BOXING GYMS
Delaware |
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