Becoming Joe Pyfer
“Boxer Joe” Pyfer says he nearly killed himself so that his son, Joe Pyfer Jr, could live to become the greatest mixed martial artist in the world.
Joe Pyfer, Jr. says his father nearly killed him to achieve his own unrealized and selfish goals. He says his father used him and treated him like a slave. He says his father beat him down with his hands and belittled him with his words.
Today the son is a contender with The Ultimate Fighting Championship. Dana White, the company’s president, tells prospects that if they want to be in his company, they need to “Be Joe Pyfer.” But what does it mean to “be” Joe Pyfer? Who is Joe Pyfer Jr? And who is his father? Where did the Pyfer men come from? Where are the Pyfer men going?
As the son appears to rise towards fame and fortune, the father may be falling towards isolation and depression. Once inseparable on the fighting circuit, they are worlds apart today. Rejection and resentment threatens any and all possibilities of redemption. They say they hate each other. They say they can’t stand the sight of one another. Are they really going their separate ways? Or are they both on the raging and relentless road to still Becoming Joe Pyfer?
Ulysses “Butch” Slaughter presents “Becoming Joe Pyfer” the classic story of the clash between father and son, past and future, life and death.
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Joe plus Joe equals Joe
It takes a Joe to make a Joe. Five generations later, their story is just beginning.
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Becoming Joe Pyfer
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Becoming Joe Pyfer Trailer
It takes a fighter to raise a fighter
The Promotional Poster
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Becoming Joe Pyfer: Chapter One
Jumping Off A Bridge
At age 20, Joe Pyfer IV had seen and felt enough pain in his life. So he headed to the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in Philadelphia with a simple plan: jump. Head first.
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