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Mgbe na-akwadebe maka Friday si Puerto Rican Boxing Omuma na 2300 Arena na Philadelphia, akwalite J Russell Peltz, International Boxing Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha, klas nke 2004, ya na-echeta mmalite ọkpọ 46 afọ ndị gara aga.
Taa, m na-eme ememe-ma ọ bụ ikekwe-edebe, na 46th ncheta nke mbụ m agha dị ka a ọkpọ-akwalite. Na m nwere ike chere ihe ọzọ afọ anọ dee akụkọ a, ma na yiri ka a ogologo oge site ugbu a na ihe ọbụna aba nzọ iru na milestone.
M hụrụ naanị nkeji ole na ole n'ime ndị mbụ m ọkpọ kaadị. Ọ bụ Sept. 30, 1969, na Blue Horizon-adịghị ma kpara-na m nọ na igbe ọrụ na mama, ere tiketi na nke ikpeazụ nke 1,606 ndị anyị na-squeezed n'ebe n'abalị ahụ na-ekiri Middleweight Bennie Briscoe ibibi Tito Marshall ha rematch. Anyị n'ezie echigharịwo ndị mmadụ pụọ n'abalị ahụ na nke ahụ bụ ihe m na-agatụghị eme ọzọ. Gịnị ka m na-eche echiche?
E a miscommunication na n'otu na ọnọ tiketi na-ere ákwà mere mgbe ha na egosipụtaghị, M goro mama-gratis, N'ezie-na o nyeere na-ere tiketi.
M bụ 22 afọ, 15 ọnwa mgbe ha gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Temple University na-erughị 30 ụbọchị wepụrụ na-arụ ọrụ oge nile na egwuregwu mkpara na The Anyasị Bulletin. M chọsiri ike inweta ọkpọ iti na The Bulletin, ma m nwetara ndidi mgbe Jack e ghere eghe, na ọkpọ edemede, nwetara ndọtị na ya amanyere bụ iwu ezumike nká na afọ 65 na m bụ na ọ bụghị banyere kpọgidere gburugburu na-eche ya na ịla ezumike nká ma ọ bụ, Dị ka papa m na-asị, agaghịkwa na ịwụ.
N'ihi ya, m mere ihe ọ bụla 22 afọ mahadum grad bụ onye a zụlitere na prestigious Main Line ga-eme-m ghọrọ a ọkpọ-akwalite.
M zọpụta banyere $5,000 na mahadum n'ihi na m na-arụ ọrụ oge na ihe ha na-akpọ Oporo Mgbanwe na The Bulletin, amalite okpomọkụ mgbe m keobere afọ na Temple. M na-arụ ọrụ site n'etiti abalị ka 8 m, edezi akụkọ, ede captions na akụkọ ma na-eme re-ede. Mgbe ahụ, m ga-mbanye si 30th & Market Street ka North Sara Mbara Street m agadi afọ na Temple, gaa klas si 9 m na- 1 pm, mgbe ahụ ụgbọala n'ụlọ Bala Cynwyd ihi ụra.
Ọ bụ a post-Olympic afọ na Philly na e talent na okporo ámá niile. M na-echeta mbubreyo okpomọkụ nke 1969, na-akwọ ụgbọala elu Columbia Avenue-ugbu a Cecil B. Moore-na-esikwa nri mgbe 22d Street ebe Columbia atụgharịa n'ime Ridge. Abụọ ụlọ si akuku guzo na n'ụzọ dabara adaba aha ya bụ roach si kafe. N'elu nke roach si kafe, elu a nkpoda ụgbọ elu akwa mgbago elu, bụ Champs mgbatị, agba ọsọ site Quenzell McCall, bụ onye mere ka ọkpụkpụ ya ọzụzụ Percy Bassett na Leotis Martin na pusi Hayward na Briscoe na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ top Philly alụso.
M zutere Sam Solomon, a enyi na enyi gburugburu ihu nwoke ekesịpde a launduromaati na West Philadelphia, o mere ka m mata ọhụrụ ya fighter, a 17 afọ stud onye na-achọ na-atụgharị pro. Aha ya bụ Eugene Hart. Sam utu aha ya Na naa.
A afọ tupu, na a mgbatị ke Re nke Annunciation Church na 12th & Norris, dị nnọọ anya ụlọ nsọ campus, M gbara ajụjụ ọnụ ọzọ na-eto eto na-amu amu oku okpu maka a akụkọ m dere maka The Bulletin. Aha ya bụ Bobby Watts. Ha kpọrọ ya Boogaloo.
E-enwebeghị a pro agha na kaadị Philly ebe May na obodo Fans ndị dị njikere maka ụfọdụ edinam.
M rọrọ nke inwe m kemgbe ọ bụ nwata arụsị, Ụlọ Nzukọ-nke-Famer Harold Johnson, na isi ihe omume ma apụghị m imeli $2,000 ọ chọrọ. M na-adị Enyi na Enyi na Pat Duffy, ọ dere ụfọdụ akụkọ banyere amu amu ọkpọ mgbe m nọ na The Bulletin. Duffy achịkwa ndị na-enwechaghị ahụmahụ na tri-ala ebe na o nwere aka-ya Uru dị ka nke ọma. Ọ na-etinye aka na Leotis Martin na Sammy Goss na Bennie Briscoe na a nkwa nke $1,000 megide a pasent nke ọnụ ụzọ ámá receipts m nwetara Briscoe na-alụ ọgụ a rematch na Marshall, onye amia Bennie afọ anọ gara aga.
Duffy nwekwara a Heavyweight aha ya bụ Jerry Onyeikpe, si Kensington ngalaba nke Philly, na m kwukwara ya na kaadị ya pro mpụta mbụ. Na posta m mata Onyeikpe dị ka Kensington Heavyweight Champion. N'ezie!
George Hill, bụ onye na-azụ na Champs mgbatị, kwetara na-eme ka ya onwe ya pro mpụta mbụ megide Onyeikpe.
Jimmy Toppi, Jr., nwe Blue Horizon. O na-akwalite ịlụ ọgụ na dị iche iche Philly venues na 1940s na 1950s na ozugbo ọ nụrụ banyere m bụ isi ihe omume, ọ buru amụma a sellout. Toppi ga-emechi ya ụlọ ọrụ ụbọchị ọ bụla na 2 pm, otú ahụ ka m ga-ụgbọala n'elu ka Blue Horizon si m ulo na Germantown ngalaba nke obodo, ịpasa n'èzí na-echere iji hụ ma ọ bụrụ na ihe ọ bụla ahịa ga-egosi ruo ịzụta tiketi. Mgbe ọ bụla m hụrụ onye iba mgbịrịgba ụzọ na Blue Horizon, M ga-esi n'ime ụgbọala m, akpọ n'elu ha na-ere tiketi m akpati.
Kaadị wee ọnụ, ọ bụ ezie na Watts’ mbụ iro, North Philly agbata obi Lloyd Bad News Nelson, kagbuo si a di na nwunye nke izu tupu show na ọ bụghị ruo mgbe nso Sept. 30 nke m chọpụtara na Ron Nesby, bụ onye na-azụ na Gil Clancy si mgbatị na New York.
Papa bụ na Plumbing, kpo oku na ikuku-oyi azụmahịa o wee 100 ringside tiketi na nyere ha si ahịa ya enyi. Ọ kwụrụ ụgwọ m n'ihi na ha niile-na ha bụ ndị $5 otu. Echere m na ọ bụ nchegbu m na-agaghị eme ka ọ ọkpọ. My nwanne nna Bob wee na-agha o wee na-arịa ọrịa mgbe eri a Blue Horizon hotdog.
M bụ na gyms kwa abalị, Champs na 23 PAL na North Philly, Passyunk na osisi junipa mgbatị na South Philly. E nwere ndị ọzọ ma ndị bụ ndị Fab Anọ.
Malcolm “Flash” Gordon, a ogologo ntutu New York ọkpọ junkie onye zụtara a mimeograph igwe na ya Bar Mitzvah ego afọ tupu, kwetara na-ere ya ugbu a-kpara omume na ndị agha nke 25 cents ọ bụla.
Tom Cushman, na ọkpọ dere maka Daily News, bụ isi ọkpụkpọ. M zutere Cushman na Oklahoma City a afọ ole na ole tupu mgbe. Ọ kwụsịrị n'ebe–na ụzọ ya East si Denver na-amalite ya ọrụ ọhụrụ na Daily News-na-ekpuchi ụlọ nsọ basketball ìgwè na a Christmas ndorondoro na m bụ n'ebe ahụ dị ka a mmekorita maka The Bulletin.
Cushman maara na ọkpọ dere site na ndị ọzọ akwụkwọ akụkọ na obodo were ego n'okpuru table si promoters dee tupu agha akụkọ na ọ gwara m ma ọ bụrụ na ọ dị mgbe ọ na-ejide m na-eme na m nwere ike susuo ọbụbụenyi anyị goodbye. Ọ bụghị a ohere!
The Inquirer isiokwu ụbọchị tupu m kaadị: Bụ Peltz njikere iji nweta gbara akpụkpọ?
Anyị rere si. Oge ahụ, na 1,606 Fans bịaranụ na-anọchi anya ndị kasị ibu ìgwè mmadụ na Blue Horizon akụkọ ihe mere eme. Ọnụ ụzọ ámá ahụ $6,010 na tiketi ọnụ na $3 na $5. Briscoe si pasent wee $1,314.58 na Marshall jere ije na $788.75.
Middleweight Oscar Coor iti Clarence Finney na ihe niile na-Obodo anọ na-rounder imeghe kaadị-on oge, ndammana, na 8 pm-na Na naa Hart adaha pụọ South Philly si Sheldon Moore, onye azaghị mgbịrịgba maka gburugburu abụọ. Jerry Onyeikpe rụsiri ọrụ ike na kwụsịrị George Hill-anọ gburugburu na Boogaloo Watts si-boxed Ron Nesby na a 6. Ke isi omume, Briscoe nwere a gbawara. Ọ kpọgidere Marshall n'okpuru belt n'oge na mgbe Tito mere mkpesa na Onye na-egbu egwuregwu, Bennie wee elu na ọ bụ ihe niile n'ime 60 sekọnd. Marshall mgbe boxed ọzọ.
Columnist Sandy Grady bụ n'ebe ahụ site The Bulletin. Akụkọ ya na-esote ụbọchị–Crazy Dream-emezu–gwara banyere m amụma na mahadum na otu ụbọchị enyi m ga-abịa m agha kaadị. O dekwara na m (mbụ) na nwunye m na-ebi ndụ na ulo na Germantown na naanị ihe nọ na ya dị a matraasi, a TV set na a cat aha ya bụ Ophelia. Na ego anyị mere n'abalị ahụ ($1,438.83), Grady dere na ikekwe ugbu a, anyị ga-azụta ụfọdụ ngwá ụlọ.
A ọnwa ole na ole tupu mgbe, nwunye m ama jụrụ m ihe mere ka m chere na m pụrụ ịga nke ọma na nke a azụmahịa. Agwara m ya na ọ ga-ewe m banyere ọnwa isii ịfụ m ego Ma m ga-enwe oké scrapbook otu ụbọchị na-egosi anyị ụmụaka banyere oge ha Papa bụ a ọkpọ-akwalite.
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