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Ferdie Pacheco

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Dr. Ferdie Pacheco and Luisita Sevilla Pacheco Seen Eating...Tomato Soup at Buena Vista Deli

    Courtesy of Ferdie and Luisita Pacheco​The Pachecos are a true Renaissance couple. Dr. Ferdie Pacheco is known as "The Fight Doctor," and most famously as Muhammed Ali's physician and corner man. A famous talker, Pacheco was also a TV sports analyst for decades. He's also a prolific painter and wr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Nino Pernetti's Caffe Abbracci Cookbook

    ​Nino Pernetti graciously sent me a copy of his then just-published cookbook after I'd done a short interview with him about it for Short Order  in 2008. The subtitle, His Life Story and Travels around the World, pretty much describes the narrative, in which Nino's co-authors Ferdie Pacheco a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Miami Free Times: Boxing Icon Ferdie Pacheco, Photographer Paul Strand, and Former First Lady Laura Bush

    Ali gets greased up at Miami's 5th St. Gym.​Monday: Pick up the phone and make an appointment to see new work by resident artists of the David Castillo Gallery, including Susan Lee-Chun, Frances Trombly, and Glexis Novoa.Tuesday: There's no charge to hear tales of the 5th Street Gym and prize figh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    Doctor of Sweet Science

    Ali gets greased up at Miami's 5th St. Gym.​Monday: Pick up the phone and make an appointment to see new work by resident artists of the David Castillo Gallery, including Susan Lee-Chun, Frances Trombly, and Glexis Novoa.Tuesday: There's no charge to hear tales of the 5th Street Gym and prize figh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Fight Doctor Ferdie Pacheco Pays Homage to 5th Street Gym

    Courtesy Ferdie PachecoFerdie Pacheco talks to Muhammad Ali between sparring sessions at the 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach.​If you grew up in Miami Beach prior to 1993, the floor above the neighborhood drug store on Fifth Street at Washington Avenue was a magical place.For more than a quarter-cent ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2008

    Art That Floats Like a Butterfly

    Courtesy Ferdie PachecoFerdie Pacheco talks to Muhammad Ali between sparring sessions at the 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach.​If you grew up in Miami Beach prior to 1993, the floor above the neighborhood drug store on Fifth Street at Washington Avenue was a magical place.For more than a quarter-cent ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 22, 2008

    Nino Pernetti

    Caffé Abbracci

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007
  • Blogs

    February 9, 2007

    Viva La Baker

    Caffé Abbracci

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2004

    Biblio Blowout

    Caffé Abbracci

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2004

    Renaissance Man

    Caffé Abbracci

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    Riley as Patton

    Did Steve Javie really wish the coach and the Heat dead?

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    The Great Contender

    True fame and hard truth don't mix in the TV-sportscasting biz

  • City Life

    May 16, 2002

    BEST MAGIC CITY ICON

    Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, "The Fight Doctor"

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    Ring Cycle

    Miami boasts a boxing legend who has kept on swinging through good times and bad. He's the king of the clubs. He's Tuto Zabala.

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Nice Guy, Wrong Job

    Miami boasts a boxing legend who has kept on swinging through good times and bad. He's the king of the clubs. He's Tuto Zabala.

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1998

    Night & Day

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Requiem for a Heavyweight

    For 60 years Chris Dundee was a boxing mastermind. Last month he was laid to rest.

  • News

    September 19, 1996

    Freedom Fighters

    Boxing is the quintessential individual sport. Unless you're a Cuban champ who has defected to turn pro in Miami, in which case it's a team effort.

  • News

    May 26, 1993

    The Lure of the Ring

    Former champ Frank Otero needs to sell real estate to make a living. But he needs boxing to live.

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