Was at a local boys club when I was probably 10 years old and they had a boxing section and I was just drawn to it and started to learn.
My father was a huge boxing fan. Just became a part of my weekend since I was a old enough to remember.
Mayweather Vs Dela Hoya really got me into but always the crazy British heavyweight scene in early 2000s was wild all the fighters gave everything just for that Lonsdale belt
it was gradual.. The names just stuck out at me and the magazines did help. They were so exciting to read at that time. Today does not have 5 percent of the excitement as those early years and fighters.
It was during the great depression. The year was 1931. I couldn't get a job so I decided to fight for a living. I became a journey man, and after I broke my hand they black listed me from boxing. My manger worked out a deal to get me a fight, one last fight so I can pay the electricity bill and buy food for my family. I won that fight, a total fluke. I got another fight and won, and then another and another as I kept winning. Some people today still call me Cinderella Man.