Gleason's is a

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gym located on the

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waterfront. The gym was founded by Peter Gagliardi, a former

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, who changed his name to Bobby Gleason. It moved to

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and then to Brooklyn. Gleason's is now owned by Bruce Silverglade. Gleason's Gym, 130 Water Street, Brooklyn NY

There is a sign on the wall at Gleason's, posting an invitation from the poet

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: "Now, whoever has courage, and a strong and collected spirit in his breast, let him come forward, lace on the gloves and put up his hands." (

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5.363-364) Prizefighters have long answered this call at Gleason's and some still do. There is an illustrated book called ''At Gleason's Gym''. Owner Bruce Silverglade and Gleason's trainer Hector Roca co-authored the book ''The Gleason's Gym: Total Body Boxing Workout for Women'', with a foreword by actor

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(she famously thanked Hector Roca when she received her Oscar for her role in the boxing movie "Million Dollar Baby"). There is a book called ''White Collar Boxing: One Man's Journey from the Office to the Ring'', in which John E. Oden describes Gleason's Gym in Chapter 6.John E. Oden, ''White Collar Boxing: One Man's Journey from the Office to the Ring''. 2005. . Published by: Hatherleigh Press, Long Island City, New York. United States. In 2015, part of episode 18, season 4, of the television comedy show "''

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''" took place at the gym. The

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premiere of ''

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'' filmed the gym which was used as the location where 22 artists competed to earn a spot on Team Cleen or Team Christian by tattooing a subject in one of the coaches' specialties for six hours.

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Johnny Rodz wrestling school web site
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