“The Featherweight,” a new movie about prizefighter Willie Pep, is finally bobbing and weaving its way into a Connecticut theater near you starting Friday. The movie is not just about a Hartford ...

He was the greatest ringman of his time, rivaled only by Sugar Ray Robinson. His career comprised a full generation, from 1940 to 1966, a full 26 years. His 230 victories is an incomprehensible number ...

They called him "The Will O' The Wisp" for his elusiveness, but at the 84, mortality has caught up to one of the greatest fighters to ever grace the ring. I use the word grace because it is ...

There’s a story that Willie Pep, the protagonist of Robert Kolodny’s feature debut The Featherweight, likes to tell. It’s about a match with a kid, who, so awed by the boxing champion, asks for an ...

Venice: James Madio plays boxer Willie Pep, who unretired for a comeback at age 42. Like its subject, this film won't be brushed aside. When the English soccer star Harry Kane finally decided to leave ...

James Madio portrays legendary boxer Willie Pep in the upcoming biopic The Featherweight. The film follows Pep's attempt at a comeback in 1964 while dealing with personal turmoil. Directed by Robert ...

The post-salad days of real-life Connecticut boxer Willie Pep are dramatized with impressive vérité verisimilitude in Robert Kolodny's Venice-premiered debut feature. So convincingly, in fact, that ...

A still frame image taken from a video trailer for the new film 'The Featherweight," which was filmed in Hartford and chronicles the life of Connecticut boxing champion Willie Pep. A movie about ...

After having its world premiere this year at the Venice International Film Festival, a movie on Connecticut boxer Willie Pep will premiere in the athlete's home state next month. The Norwalk Film ...

In his feature directorial debut, Robert Kolodny chronicles the featherweight champion's attempts to get back in the ring. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic There’s a story that Willie Pep, the ...