New South Side gym source of pride for Jack Loew

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Jack Loew

By Joe Scalzo

YOUNGSTOWN — As Kelly Pavlik worked out Thursday afternoon inside the brand spanking new Southside Boxing Club, the discussion turned to how best to describe the smell inside the old gym.

“Well-used,” said Mike Pavlik Sr., Kelly’s father.

That’s it? How about “rhinoceros armpit” or “hobo’s back hair”?

“Aw, I love the smell in that old place,” said Pavlik’s trainer, Jack Loew. “It was a great, grimy place.

“The guys from HBO would tell me, ‘People in Hollywood pay $1 million just to build a set like that.’ ”

Read the story in Sunday’s Vindicator and on Vindy.com.