The program honors names still at the forefront of Philly boxing as well as long-ago retired and deceased notables whose memories deserve to be kept alive.
He faced fellow Philly 160-pound spoilers Willie Monroe and Bobby Watts (who would both retire with wins over middleweight great Marvelous Marvin Hagler) in February and July. Then, a month later, he would square off with New York’s future world champion Eddie Mustafa Mohammed.