Small Town Boxer

It’s my life story about being a two-time National Champion boxer, member of the U.S. boxing team (not Olympic), notorious street/bar fighter, Donald J. Trump’s bodyguard, and then a top 10 world-ranked boxer. A life lived all in and then an afterlife of brain damage, with many nights lived at the bottom of a bottle. I was a lucky man after all the success and then failure, to have met my soulmate of 27 years so far. I was a man of great success and then a victim of brain damage, failing in a sport where opponents hit each other in the head. Not really comprehending the aftereffects of boxing! It wasn’t just brain damage; your shoulders, hips, and knees all take a beating too! A good friend of mine on the Olympic team had all those joints replaced...