documentary

Paul Pender–Boxing’s Forgotten Champion
Paul Pender–Boxing’s Forgotten Champion
Paul Pender–Boxing’s Forgotten Champion
Felice Leeds, director of the upcoming documentary Unforgotten: The Story of Paul Pender, joined me to discuss the film and the life story of her first cousin once removed, former middleweight boxing champion Paul Pender. Pender--a Massachusetts native--beat Sugar Ray Robinson twice and was part of the "Golden Era" of boxing in the 1950s, yet has become widely forgotten in the boxing wor