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My Brush with Greatness
Hammer Swinger,
In 1976 I was a head line cook at the HoJo's in
Landover, Md.
The Summer Olympics had just ended and a young boxer from Palmer Park,
Md. had won a gold medal!
Because his home was located in one of the poorer neighborhoods in the
area, the U.S. Olympic Committee
put him up in our Motor Lodge in order to let the press get acquainted.
I recall hearing that he was in the
restaurant eating the breakfast that I'd cooked for him. I had to go
out
into the dining area to get a look. I walked over to his table and
said, "I've got one question,
Man.....How does it feel?"
Wearing his gold olympic choker, he
looked at me and smiled a smile that would be even more famous
over the next dozen years. "Great
man, just great..thanks for asking", was the reply that Sugar
Ray Leonard gave me.
I won a bunch of money betting on that guy throughout the rest of his
career including huge money
on the second Duran fight and the Hearns/Hagler wins. Lost a few
bets,too, but I never bet against him.
Keep swingin' the Hammer, Bart,
Jimmy Bones
Jimmy, that was good, thanks.
Back then, 4-5 of us would put in $10 each and catch every Suger Ray
fight.
Tyson
killed that business with all the first round knockouts.