Dad was in a boxing tournament, I don't remember the year but I'm sure I could go through some of his old stuff and figure it out. He wasn't feeling great that day, he said he was coming down with a cold or something. He'd had one fight which he won, then they threw him right back into the ring with no rest to fight with a fellow he'd beaten before. He lost that one on a split decision. The other guy went on to fight Cassius Clay in the tournament. Dad never turned pro, but he was Golden Gloves several times.
Dad was an old time gentleman boxer like Ali, and like my grandfather who was his trainer. He always stuck up for the little guy and for what he believed was right. Even though Dad was white, his physical similarity to Ali is striking, in fact the Mr just hollered from the TV room how much he looked like Dad. Dad developed dementia very young likely exacerbated from the head injuries he received from boxing, just like Ali's Parkinson's. We lost Dad just last year and Ali's passing sure brings it back. It is a sad day indeed.
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