{"id":52677,"date":"2015-05-18T21:47:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T02:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=52677"},"modified":"2015-05-18T23:54:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T04:54:48","slug":"legendary-award-winning-feature-boxing-writer-packy-boom-boom-goldstein-signs-exclusive-contract-and-joins-ringside-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=52677","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Award Winning Feature Boxing Writer Packy &#8220;Boom Boom&#8221; Goldstein Signs Exclusive Contract and Joins Ringside Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=52677 \" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=52677 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-52671 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PACKY-ARTICLE2.jpg\" alt=\"PACKY-ARTICLE2\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>RSR Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RSR is excited to announce that the legendary award winning Boxing Writer Packy &#8220;Boom Boom&#8221; Goldstein has signed an exclusive contract with Ringside Report &#8220;The Heart of Boxing&#8221; where he will be writing his column&#8221;Packy&#8217;s World&#8221;. &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt the CEO of RSR said in a statement, &#8220;To have my father&#8217;s closest friend as a Feature Boxing Writer, along with a dear family friend who has been around the boxing scene for over 70 years is an honor. \u00a0Packy was always loyal to my father and me, so to have him aboard, is very touching for me. On behalf of the entire team, we welcome Packy aboard.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Packy&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong><b>BIOGRAPHY<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Packy &#8220;Boom Boom&#8221; Goldstein is a former New Yorker who was born in 1930. When he was 19 years old, he would meet a fellow boxing fan at the Kid Gavilan \u2013 Ike Williams match on April 1, 1949, at Madison Square Garden. That fellow boxing fan was, Alvin Berkwitt, who also happens to be the late Father of the CEO of Ringside Report, \u201cBad\u201d Brad Berkwitt. Berkwitt knew Gavilan from Miami Beach and took Packy to Kid\u2019s dressing room to meet him after his win over Williams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A lifelong friendship would be forged between Packy and Alvin which a pre \u201cBad\u201d Brad was always around to see. Sadly, his good friend and fellow boxing lover, Alvin would pass away on July 2, 1998.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Packy would also meet many other boxing legends and become friendly with them through Alvin, such as Beau Jack and Rocky Graziano, to name just a few. Being a former New Yorker, Packy is not filtered and always tells it like it is. He has forgotten more than most know about boxing. His nickname \u201cBoom Boom\u201d as he will tell you proudly was given to him by Alvin. One day in the early 1960\u2019s while they were at the old Wolfie\u2019s Restaurant on 21st Street located on Miami Beach, a woman who will remain nameless came up to their booth as they ate breakfast, and told Alvin, \u201cyour buddy Packy sure knows how to \u201cBoom Boom\u201d in the BEDROOM\u201d. Alvin and Packy fell out on the floor and the nickname has followed Packy for life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His column \u201cPacky\u2019s World\u201d will be his boxing voice\u2026.Like his best friend of so many years, Alvin was, he is not afraid to use it. In the weeks and months to come, look for \u201cPacky\u2019s World\u201d to bring you his thoughts about boxing and many other things if we know Packy \u201cBoom Boom\u201d Goldstein. As he always says, \u201cOy Vay, you are going to hear it today\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We look forward to hearing it for sure Packy\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RSR Press Release RSR is excited to announce that the legendary award winning Boxing Writer Packy &#8220;Boom Boom&#8221; Goldstein has signed an exclusive contract with Ringside Report &#8220;The Heart of Boxing&#8221; where he will be writing his column&#8221;Packy&#8217;s World&#8221;. &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt the CEO of RSR said in a statement, &#8220;To have my father&#8217;s closest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12809],"tags":[12810],"class_list":["post-52677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","category-packys-world","tag-legendary-award-winning-feature-boxing-writer-packy-boom-boom-goldstein-signs-exclusive-contract-and-joins-ringside-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}