Corkman Crowley building a reputation in Empire State

Bryant ‘Peewee’ Cruz’s life changed when a local policeman took him off the Port Chester streets and hand delivered him to a boxing gym called Champs in New Rochelle, just north of New York City.

Corkman Crowley building a reputation in Empire State

That’s where Carrigtwohill’s Kevin Crowley first met the 130lb 24-year-old.

In spite of the wrong track he was on at that time, Peewee Cruz was a surprisingly unassuming character. He was simply hanging around with the wrong crew, was how it was explained to the regulars at the gym.

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