Dear Breadman, I’m writing to you with a heavy heart today my man, having just heard the news about the passing of the great Dwight Muhammad Qawi. My first instinct after processing that was: I have to write Bread. I’ve mentioned in the past – you and I are about same age (I was born in ‘75) and growing up in South Jersey, “just over the bridge” from Philly, Dwight Braxton (as he was known at the time) was the first local boxing star of my lifetime and the first professional boxer I ever met. My grandparents owned a deli in Westville NJ, just a couple storefronts down from a golden gloves boxing gym in the 80s and the boxers used to come into the deli for drinks and food after working out. Shortly after his showcase performance against Leon Spinks, Dwight Braxton came in the deli one day and couldn’t have been friendlier or nicer to our family and anyone else in the store that day, taking pictures and signing autographs. I couldn’t have been older than 5-7 years old at the time, but I’ll never forget him. He was my first favorite fighter and I still remember those Puma boxing shoes he used to wear (I’ve liked Puma my whole life because of him, lol). You just mentioned him in last week’s breadbasket ironically, and I wanted to write asking you to do a deep dive breakdown on our local legend like no one else could. I know he started boxing late (in prison if I’m not mistaken but that could be incorrect) and went much farther than most who started much younger than him. As you just mentioned, he was very short for his weight class, though that didn’t prevent him from becoming a world champion and giving both Michael Spinks and Evander Holyfield all the trouble they could handle in brave losing efforts. He even hung in there pretty impressively for a few rounds with Big George at the tail end of his career fighting heavyweight. It was the one and only time I ever watched George Foreman fight that I wasn’t rooting for George. One last thing I want to mention is, working in mental health, I had learned the former Champ had been working as a drug and alcohol counselor down here in Atlantic County a few years ago, and I regret not having the opportunity to cross paths with him professionally, but it never happened. Anyway, could you give us a breakdown of the career Dwight Muhammad Qawi, the Camden Buzzsaw (may Allah forgive him his sins and grant him Paradise). Thanks Bread, Sean, Atlantic City