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Originally Posted by Lee
It was a shocker for sure. I think I felt the same way you do when Walter Payton died. WB BTW  |
My first real memory of boxing was going over to my grandfather's house in the late 70's and watching Arguello fight. Every time he was on I was there. My grandfather was a mean man but he was always nice to me because of our boxing connection. I even remember taunting him when Arguello fought Mancini saying Boom Boom was gonna get him. He just laughed and told me in broken English just to wait (my grandfather was born and raised in Mexico).
Later he took me to Sarge Johnson's gym and I learned to box there and met Marvin Johnson also. No one spoke to my grandfather for almost 10 years, he had banished everyone. He called my mom back in March because my 87 y/o grandmother had broken her hip. I wasn't able to go up then but he let my mom. Early this afternoon I called my grandfather and talked boxing with him for almost an hour. At 85 he is still as sharp as a tack. He remembered all of it and even laughed at me still for thinking Mancini would beat him.
As I said earlier a part of me died when I heard this news today. Sorry to take up this thread with this ... not much else I have thought about today.
