Joe Hand Sr.

As an original member of Cloverlay Corp. in 1964, Joe Hand, Sr. guided Joe Frazier to the heavyweight championship. A few years later, he formed Joe Hand Promotions and became the nation’s leading TV distributor of closed-circuit and pay-per-view sporting events. More recently, he established the Joe Hand Boxing Gym and Computer Lab, a city landmark that serves as a learning center and safe haven for his community. Joe takes great pleasure in seeing children enter the gym with a gym bag on one shoulder and a school bag on the other.