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Duk da yake shirya don Jumma'a ta Puerto Rican dambe Classic a 2300 Arena a Philadelphia, mai kiran kasuwa J Russell Peltz, Kasa da kasa dambe Hall of daraja, aji na 2004, tuna ya tashi a dambe 46 da suka wuce.
A yau zan yi tasbĩhi game-ko watakila tsayar-da 46th ranar tunawa da na farko yaki a matsayin dambe mai kiran kasuwa. Da zan iya yi jira wani shekaru hudu don rubuta wannan labari, sai dai alama kamar wani dogon lokaci daga yanzu da kuma wani ko da tsawon fare ya kai cewa milestone.
Na ga kawai 'yan mintuna na farko dambe katin. Ya Satumba. 30, 1969, a Blue Horizon-tukuna almara-da nake aiki a cikin akwatin ofishin da inna, sayar da tikiti zuwa na karshe daga cikin 1,606 mutane da muka squeezed a can da dare a duba middleweight Bennie Briscoe halaka Tito Marshall a cikin rematch. Mun zahiri juya mutane tafiya da dare da shi ke wani abu na ba za su taba yi kuma. Abin da aka ina tunanin?
Akwai wani miscommunication tare da ƙungiyar cewa kawota da tikitin masu sayarwa haka a lõkacin da suka kasa nuna, Na haɗa baki inna-gratis, ba shakka-sai ta taimaka wajen sayar da tikiti.
Na yi 22 shekara, 15 watanni bayan kammala daga Haikalin Jami'ar da kasa da 30 kwanaki cire daga aiki cikakken lokaci a kan wasanni ma'aikatan a A Maraice Bulletin. Na coveted da dambe ta doke a A Bulletin, amma na samu m lokacin da Jack Soyayyen, da dambe marubuci, samu wani tsawo a kan m ja da baya yana da shekaru 65 kuma ban kasance game da su rataya a kusa da jiran a gare shi ya ja da baya ko, kamar yadda baba ce, shura da guga.
Saboda haka na yi abin da kõwace 22 mai shekaru kwalejin grad wanda aka tashe shi a kan babbar Main Line zai yi-na zama mai dambe mai kiran kasuwa.
Na cece game $5,000 a kwalejin tun lokacin da na yi aiki cikakken lokaci a kan abin da suka kira Lobster Shift a A Bulletin, lokacin da na fara bazara bayan ta ƙarami shekara a Haikali. Na yi aiki daga tsakar dare zuwa 8 ni, tace labaru, rubuta captions da Adadin labarai da kuma yin sake rubuta. Sa'an nan Ina fitar daga 30th & Kasuwa Street zuwa Arewa Broad Street domin babban jami'in shekara a Haikali, je zuwa aji daga 9 ni zuwa 1 pm, to fitar da gida don Bala Cynwyd don zuwa barci.
Wata post-Olympic shekara a Philly kuma akwai gwaninta a kan kowane titi kusurwa. Na tuna da marigayi rani na 1969, tuki har Columbia Avenue-yanzu Cecil B. Moore-da juya dama bayan 22d Street inda Columbia jũya a cikin Ridge. Biyu gine-gine daga kusurwa tsaya da aptly mai suna Roach ta Café. A saman Roach ta Café, har wani m gudu daga matakala, ya Champs Gym, gudanar da Quenzell McCall, wanda ya yi ƙasusuwansa horo Percy Bassett da Leotis Martin kuma yar kyanwa Hayward da Briscoe da kuma wasu masu saman Philly mayakan.
Na sadu da Sam Sulemanu, mai sada zagaye-fuskanci mutumin da ya mallakar wani injin wanki a yammacin Philadelphia, da ya gabatar da ni zuwa ga sabon jirgin saman soja, a 17 mai shekaru ingarma wanda aka neman juya pro. Sunansa shi ne Eugene Hart. Sam lakabi da shi Cyclone.
A shekarar farko, a wani dakin motsa jiki a cikin ginshiki na Gaske Shelar Church a 12th & Norris, kawai a kashe Haikali ta harabar, Na yi hira da wani matashi mai son ɗan dambe ga wani labarin na rubuta don A Bulletin. Sunansa shi ne Bobby Watts. Suka kira shi Boogaloo.
Akwai bã a pro yaki SIM a Philly tun watan Mayu da kuma gida magoya kasance a shirye domin wasu mataki.
Na mafarkin na da ciwon ta boyhood tsafi, Hall-na-Famer Harold Johnson, a babban taron amma ba zan iya iya da $2,000 ya so. Na zama sada zumunci tare da Pat Duffy, ya rubuta wasu labaru game da mai son dambe yayin da nake a A Bulletin. Duffy sarrafawa da yan koyo a cikin tri-jihar yankin da kuma yake da shi hannu a cikin ribobi da. An hannu da Leotis Martin da Sammy Goss da Bennie Briscoe da wani garanti na $1,000 da wani yawan ƙofar receipts na samu Briscoe zuwa yãƙi a rematch da Marshall, wanda ya dukan tsiya Bennie shekaru hudu a baya.
Duffy kuma yana da matakin matsakaicin nauyi mai suna Jerry Alkalin, daga Kensington sashe na Philly, kuma na kara da cewa da shi zuwa ga katin a pro halarta a karon. A Poster na gano Alkalin a matsayin Kensington matakin matsakaicin nauyi Champion. Gaske!
George Hill, wanda aka horar a Champs Gym, amince da su sa kansa pro halarta a karon da Alkalin.
Jimmy Toppi, Jr., mallakar da Blue Horizon. Ya ciyar ta faɗa a daban-daban Philly wurare a cikin 1940s kuma 1950s kuma da zaran ya ji game da ta babban taron, ya annabta a sellout. Toppi zai rufe ofishinsa a kowace rana a 2 pm, don haka zan fitar da kan ga Blue Horizon daga Apartment, a cikin Germantown sashe na birnin, kiliya waje da kuma jira a ga wanda abokan ciniki zai nuna sama saya tikiti. A duk lokacin da na ga wani ya ringi da doorbell a Blue Horizon, Ina fita daga cikin mota, kiran ta zuwa gare su da kuma sayar da su tikiti daga gangar jikin ta.
Da katin zo tare, ko da yake Watts’ asali abokin gaba, North Philly maƙwabcinsa Lloyd Bad News Nelson, soke fitar da wani mako biyu kafin a show da shi ba har sai kusa Satumba. 30 abin da na samu Ron Nesby, wanda aka horar a Gil Clancy ta dakin motsa jiki a New York.
Dad yana cikin aikin famfo, dumama da iska-motsa jiki kasuwanci da kuma ya dauki 100 ringside tikiti da ba su fita a kan kasuwanci abõkan tarayya. Ya biya ni ga dukkan su sun kasance- $5 apiece. Ina tsammani ya kasance damu ba zan yi da shi a dambe. Kawuna Bob ya zo da yaki da kuma ya samu rashin lafiya bayan cin wani Blue Horizon hotdog.
Na yi a gyms kowane dare, Champs da 23rd PAL a Arewa Philly, Passyunk da Juniper Gym ta Kudu Philly. Akwai wasu amma wadanda su ne Fab Hudu.
Malcolm “Flash” Gordon, mai tsawo-masu gashi New York dambe junkie wanda ya saya a mimeograph na'ura tare da Bar Mitzvah kudi shekaru a baya, amince da su sayar da yanzu-almara shirye-shirye a yaki don 25 aninai kowane.
Tom Cushman, da dambe marubuci ga Daily News, Wata manyan player. Na sadu da Cushman a Oklahoma City a 'yan shekaru baya. Ya tsaya a can–kan hanyarsa Gabas daga Denver don fara sabon aiki a Daily News-ya rufe Haikalin Ubangiji ta kwando tawagar a cikin wani Kirsimeti gasar da kuma na kasance can a matsayin ɗan jarida ga A Bulletin.
Cushman san cewa dambe marubuta daga wasu jaridu a garin dauki kudi a karkashin tebur daga promoters rubuta pre-yaki labaru da ya ce da ni idan ya taba kama ni yin abin da na iya sumbace mu aminci ban kwana. Ba da damar!
Da mai tambaya kanun labarai da rana kafin ta katin: Ne Peltz Ready To Get Skinned?
Mu sayar da fitar da. A lokacin, da 1,606 magoya a kasancewa wakilci mafi girma a taron da Blue Horizon ta tarihi. Ƙofar ya $6,010 tare da tikiti saka farashi a $3 da kuma $5. Briscoe ta kashi ya zo $1,314.58 da kuma Marshall tafiya fita da $788.75.
Middleweight Oscar Coor doke Clarence Finney a cikin wani Mai gida hudu rounder don buɗe katin-kan lokaci, ta halitta, a 8 pm-da kuma Cyclone Hart busa tafi da Kudu Philly ta Sheldon Moore, wanda bai amsa da kararrawa ga zagaye biyu. Jerry Alkalin yi aiki tukuru da kuma tsaya George Hill a karo na hudu zagaye da Boogaloo Watts fita-boxed Ron Nesby a cikin wani 6. A cikin babban taron, Briscoe yana da tsãwa. Ya samu Marshall kasa da bel da wuri da kuma lokacin da Tito koka ga .Ya ce, Bennie tafi a sama kuma shi ne duk faɗin a 60 seconds. Marshall ba boxed sake.
Columnist Sandy Grady, yana wurin, daga A Bulletin. Ya labarin gobe–Crazy Dream zo True–ya shaida wa game da Hasashen a kwalejin cewa wata rana abokaina za a nufo ni yaki katunan. Ya kuma rubuta cewa ta (na farko) matar kuma na kasance mai rai a cikin wani Apartment a Germantown da kawai kõme da shi sun kasance a katifa, a TV sa da cat mai suna Ophelia. Tare da kudi mun yi wannan dare ($1,438.83), Grady ya rubuta cewa watakila yanzu za mu saya furniture.
Bayan 'yan watanni baya, matata ya tambaye ni abin da Ya sanya ni tunani na iya cin nasara a wannan aiki. Na gaya mata cewa zai kai ni game da watanni shida zuwa busa ta tanadi amma Ina da babban littafin shara wata rana ya nuna mana yara game da lokacin da daddy wani dambe mai kiran kasuwa.
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