We stop beneath a red lettered sign reading: BOBBY GLEASON'S?BOXING INSTRUCTION. He opens the door and picks his way through a crowd of trainers, ex-fighters and boxing fans. Vito, a scrappy middleweight contender and former European…
Founded in 1937 by Italian-American Roberto Galiardi (who changed his name in Bobby Gleason to better fit in an Irish neighborhood), over the years it has hosted 124 world champions.…