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Tommymac

(7,334 posts)
3. Godspeed Leon
Sat Feb 6, 2021, 09:01 PM
Feb 2021


I'll never forget that fight. I was traveling and happened to be staying at a Holiday Inn in Salem, VA. They had a lounge, and I sat there sipping a beer and watching the bout with some other travelers.

It was stunning to watch. The excitement was almost as great as what I felt on Nov7, 2020.

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man...remember when he upset Ali... dhill926 Feb 2021 #1
RIP. A truly great boxer. JDC Feb 2021 #2
Godspeed Leon Tommymac Feb 2021 #3
Leon. was a WILD MAN in the day! Mopar151 Feb 2021 #4
RIP Champ H2O Man Feb 2021 #5
I expected to see you here H2O Man True Dough Feb 2021 #6
Leon was a tough man. H2O Man Feb 2021 #8
I remember him and his brother Michael from 1976. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2021 #7
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