Celebrate Mother's Day at the Pizza King with Boxers and the Women They Love

Jimmy Connors with his wife Carol in 1957. The two met while playing PingPong.

One favorite old sight gag of a photo was the shot of a boxer washing dishes under the direction of his wife or his mother. Not only did we get to see that, yes, boxers are humans and have relatives, but we also got to see them doing housework. A big Palooka washing dishes was a standard and you can almost hear the photographer saying funny things to loosen them up.

Anywise, I took 9 of my favorite images and blew them up BIG and hung them on the walls at Pizza King in South Lawrence. 

Stop in if you're in the area and take a look. Bring your mother. Think of this as an unofficial house tour as you get a brief glimpse at their kitchens.

Also featured are Jack Sharkey, Tony DeMarco, Wilbur Wilson and others.

Click here if you want to read Jimmy's brief bio written by one of my favorite boxing writers and fellow IBRO member, Austen Killeen.