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NNN0LHI

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20. Thank you for reading and understanding my post
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 09:17 AM
Jul 2012

I wasn't trying to criticize anyone with what I said. And I knew you were someone who was intelligent enough to understand that. Or I probably wouldn't have posted it.

I also boxed when I was young. No Golden Gloves or anything like that. Just a guy with kids of his own who used to give classes on the correct way the sport should be done in our elementary school a couple of evenings a week. Nothing ever brutal. I really enjoyed it too. Wouldn't change that for anything even if I could.

My real fighting was done on playgrounds or at school ball fields. I usually always lost. But occasionally I would win one. But I discovered something. Didn't make any difference if I won or lost. I felt like hell afterwards no matter if I won or lost. I felt like I lost even when I won.

Same thing Ray Mancini discovered in the ring. He won the fight. But he still lost. Mancini was never the same after that fight with Kim. I think he eventually admitted that. But it wasn't necessary. I could just look in his eyes and tell that was the case.

Take care and see you later.

Don

A Wolfe in Sweet Clothing [View all] H2O Man Jul 2012 OP
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Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2012 #7
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Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2012 #12
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Introspection is among the most powerful tools The Doctor. Jul 2012 #5
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One of the great things about sport Mopar151 Jul 2012 #14
I haven't been able to watch boxing since seeing Duk Koo Kim die in the ring in 1982 NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #15
It is often brutal. H2O Man Jul 2012 #19
Thank you for reading and understanding my post NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #20
Another ex-fighter H2O Man Jul 2012 #22
"Never treat a brother The Wizard Jul 2012 #16
So I'm at the cafeteria The Wizard Jul 2012 #17
k&r... spanone Jul 2012 #18
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