Robert "Too Few" Pew

I remember the name. I remember Murray Sutherland not only survived Pew but stopped him early.

 

Pew got the early hyperbole push from the early USA crew for some frightening undercard knockouts and were hoping he'd pull through. I remember him dismantling Nestor "The Beast" Flores and thinking he might have something, but he dropped a decision to sneaky vet Leroy Hester and he never won another fight, getting one big fight with Murray Sutherland that he lost for a USBA or NABF belt. One of his step kids posted on BoxRec and talked about him developing a cocaine addiction that was the reason his career went south but gave testimony that he was a good influence on him/her. Seems like he did a long stretch in prison too, if I remember.

Those early USA network days were really "The Wild, Wild West" as far as pushing unknown guys to the forefront. Some made it over the hump and others faded quickly into obscurity....

 

Mugabi was probably the best success story of the early USA series. He was on quite a bit. I didn't have cable at the time but have seen many of Mugabi's early '80s USA fights on youtube.

 

I’m Robertdaughter and is currently searching for footage and pictures of my father fights.

 

You bring back some good memories.

It felt like Oba Carr grew up in all our living rooms. Baby Jones, too. IIRC, they fought to a draw.

To me it wasn’t so much that every USA Network ‘flavor of the month’ guy they got behind was necessarily bound for greatness, but they generally had something about them that made them worth watching and got us behind them.

Jesse James Hughes was another, RIP.

 

I would say your best bet would be to start with the Tampa boxing scene and try to find out who managed and trained him. They’d be your best bets.

Good luck.

 

Pew was 5’10” wore dark blue shorts, his nickname was Mandrill, Jimmy Williams was his trainer in Tampa, he shared an apartment with stablemate Roger Kirkpatrick, Roger Nunez was his “managerish”. I have the glove he wore when he knocked out Nestor Flores, he did sign it but the signature has worn. I used to have his fights on vhs, I may still have them, Mandrill and Kirk were a big part of my teenage years. I remember going swimming with Mandrill in the canal behind our house, he did not like that very much.

 

I may still have the tapes of Mandrill, I’ll have to root around for them,

 

Welcome to the Forum! Another woman is most welcomed! All the best in your search!

 

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/26007

14-0-0, with 10 knockouts at one point in his career!

 

I loved USA Tuesday ( sometimes Thursday ) night fights. Lots of great names on that network and good commentary . I used to look forward to it. That was when boxing was boxing