At 38:37, Silverglade tells of the origin of the camp:
“We were having a tough time paying our bills,” he recalled, “after 2001 (Sept. 11 attack on the city). A lot of people were out of work, a lot of people weren't using their discretionary money to train in boxing gyms. So I decided I would come up with an old-fashioned fight camp, that we had up in the Catskills, many, many times, and invite people from around the world to spend time with people like Mark Breland, Juan LaPorte, Iran Barkley, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Carlos Ortiz, Emile Griffith, so many good champions..people would come up to the camp, and train with them.”
Then, ten years ago, he started having kids from hisGive A Kid A Dream program come to the fantasy camp. Many of these kids really haven't been able to experience gorgeous nature, the trees and the peaceful vibe of the facility. So, this is a win-win deal. Campers come and have the experience of a life-time, and these kids also get to commune with nature and see a bit beyond that concrete jungle.
Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson.
The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999.
Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.