Bruce Silverglade is the owner of Gleason's Gym in New York City.^[14]

He graduated from Gettysburg College in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in Business/Managerial Economics. He was employed by Sears for sixteen years.

The Silverglade family has been associated with boxing for over sixty five years.

Bruce’s father Edward was one of the founders of the National PAL.

He also worked for the National Olympic Committee and was the team manager for the United States Olympic boxing teams of 1980 and 1984.

Over the last thirty years, Bruce Silverglade has been active keeping boxing alive in New York City.

He is the driving force behind Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn. There has been a version of Gleason's Gym since 1937, and the current version can be reached by crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.

One of the last of New York City’s thriving boxing gyms, Gleason’s has been the training headquarters for such legends as Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali and Roberto Duran. In all, 131 World Champions have trained inside the gym. As of 2020, there are currently five active title holders working out at Gleason’s as well as numerous contenders. Future participants of the New York Golden Gloves train inside the gym.

He took ownership of the gym in 1981.

Mike Tyson trained at the gym when he was heavyweight champion. Silverglade started White Collar Boxing which catered to working professionals. He stated in an interview in 2016, “many of the actors and models say they want to turn professional.However, as good as they become, they are not the level of professional boxers. The one exception that I can recall is Robert De Niro.He trained for the role in Raging Bull and was quite good. His management did not allow him to turn pro. He would have been a tough journeyman."

From 1980 to 1985, Silverglade held some of the most prominent positions in amateur boxing.

He was president of the Metropolitan Amateur Boxing Federation, a chairman of the National Junior Olympic Committee and a member of the National Selection Committee.

By the early 1980’s, Silverglade began devoting his efforts full-time to Gleason’s.

In 1987, he started running live boxing cards at Gleason’s Arena, which was located one block away from the gym.

That lasted until 1990.

Silverglade remains actively involved in the business side of boxing as a matchmaker and booking agent.

On February 8, 2020 an amateur boxing show took place at Gleason's Gym.

The boxing matches were sanctioned by USA Boxing.

He helped to promote the first world title fight in Russia as International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Al Cole defended his title against Glen McCrory. He has also made fights for some of the game’s top attractions,to include: Arturo Gatti, Paulie Malignaggi, Yuri Foreman, Mark Breland and Zab Judah.

Silvergade told Boxing Monthly in 2016:

Bruce Silverglade was contacted by phone by Everipedia editor and reporter Matthew O'Neil on Februaty 20, 2020. O'Neil reported that Silverglade was hard at work in the gym and still exhibited the same passion for the sport of boxing that he developed over thirty years ago. O'Neil's boxing career has been covered by Maxboxing and Intuboxing. O'Neil was on The Grueling Truth and AkHi TV in 2020.^[12]

Bruce Silverglade was inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015.