NYS Golden Gloves

[H2O Man]

4. There are 30 teams

entered this year. Also, "unattached" fighters from other states and Canada. It's the 10th year that upstate has combined all four regions (NYC is unto itself).

We have until March 17 to prepare. My second-cousin, a three-time amateur champion, helped me in the corner, and is helping me prepare my son and our other fighter for March. We all work well together.

Although we are getting a storm, and the roads are bad, the "boys" want to head to the YMCA where we frequently train. There is a growing group of pre-teen boys there that view my fighters as heroic figures. We have started teaching these young fellows some basics, with the understanding that they follow the code of not abusing it. They have a YouTube channel (I think that's what they called it), and have been filming my fighters sparring, etc, the past month for it. I like that.