[ExI] old time pugilistic memories

[William Flynn Wallace]

At one time I had a work colleague who was a really big man. At
university he had fought as an amateur heavyweight boxer. His comment,
which I have never forgotten, is that ordinary folk have no conception
of what it is like to receive a punch from a heavyweight boxer. One
punch would put an ordinary mortal in hospital with severe injuries.
So it is not remarkable than many boxers are permanently damaged.

I read of a story of an old boxer, Jack Dempsey.  He is said to have held
his fist a foot from a bull's head, punched the bull and the bull went down.

bill w

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 11:00 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4 June 2016 at 15:31, spike  wrote:
> <snip>
> > How-ahd Co-sell had an interview with Patterson on the phone.  He sounded
> > drunk to me, but afterwards plenty of people had to wonder if the sport
> had
> > perhaps contributed to his condition.  They had a hard time finding a
> former
> > heavyweight boxing champion who could hold a sustained intelligent
> > conversation.  Now we know more about the cumulative effects of multiple
> > concussions.
> >
>
>
> At one time I had a work colleague who was a really big man. At
> university he had fought as an amateur heavyweight boxer. His comment,
> which I have never forgotten, is that ordinary folk have no conception
> of what it is like to receive a punch from a heavyweight boxer. One
> punch would put an ordinary mortal in hospital with severe injuries.
> So it is not remarkable than many boxers are permanently damaged.
>
>
> BillK
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