REGIS PHILBIN PUNCHY ABOUT PUGILIST PAST

REGIS PHILBIN PUNCHY ABOUT PUGILIST PAST

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Want to get Regis Philbin in a punchy mood? Just ask him about his boxing past. According to New York gossip reporter Baird Jones, Philbin was an avid boxer during his college years and he credits the sport with releasing a lot of pent-up stress. However, Regis -- who is annoyed at hearing "Is that your final answer?" everywhere he goes -- also thinks questions about his boxing past are below the belt. He confessed to Jones that he's afraid if word gets out he was once a boxer, fans will start punching him on the shoulder as a joke -- or worse, pick a fight out of the blue. And that's Philbin's final answer on boxing.