Heavyweight Memories… By Bernie McCoy
Its amazing how easy memories come back. I'm watching what I thought would be a very compelling heavyweight fight between Roy Jones Jr. and John Ruiz. The quicker Jones is having no trouble with the plodding Ruiz.
As I attempt to tune out the announcer's inane comments designed to keep the audience interested in this one sided affair, I am suddenly transformed, in my mind, to a long line leading to a movie theater on the upper Westside of Manhattan on a cold February night.I'm with a friend and we're standing right behind Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards, married at the time, 1964, waiting to see what everyone, including these celebrities in front of us, thinks will be a very compelling heavyweight fight.
Similar to the Jones and Ruiz bout, this long ago title fight, featured a big heavyweight Read more [...]