Never any justice for Augustus.

On October 13, 2014, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Augustus was shot in the back of the head and spent 10 days in a medically induced coma due to brain swelling.

He was in hospital for another six weeks and had a feeding and breathing tube before being transferred to a Touro rehab facility for another month to help with speech therapy among other things. Although he suffered a myriad of injuries, including being deaf in his right ear, double-vision and mild stroke he is doing very well.

“He misses the theater of competition more than anything and would compete again if given the chance,” said Morvant, who spends time with Augustus every day. “He shows more gratitude than anyone I know and always asks what more he can do to pay me back. In truth, I’m the one who feels like I owe him.

“It’s such an honor to be inspired daily by a man who refuses to make excuses or play victim. He often puts my own life into perspective and helps me to be more productive with his daily motto ‘Don’t talk about it, be about it.'”

Augustus, now 44, is engaged to Dorothy and has two children from a previous relationship. He lives in Baton Rouge and enjoys video games and going to the gym.

The former contender graciously took time to speak to The Ring about the best he faced in 10 key categories.

BEST JAB
Omar Weis: He was popping that thing from every direction. He changed his jab up in speed and power. Really good at jabbing going backwards. I couldn’t time his jab.

BEST DEFENSE
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: His jab and movement made it difficult to catch him clean. His shoulder roll made it hard to land clean head shots, so I punched his elbow, shoulder and forearms.

FASTEST HANDS
Mayweather: What he lacked in power he made up for in speed. After him everybody looked like they were in slow motion.

BEST FOOTWORK
Mayweather: I just wanted to put my head in his chest and punch everything. He’s another dude who could fight going backwards. He was really agile and could fight going backwards to run you into that counter right.

SMARTEST
Wale Omatoso: He set up that right hand over multiple rounds and changed it up. He’s the kinda’ guy that hits you so many times with the left that you’ll beg for the right. But he was outside of my weight class.

STRONGEST
Ruslan Provodnikov: Everything he touched me with had me saying, ‘Oh my God’. That dude was strong. I couldn’t back him up and was so strong that even the shots I landed were draining me.

BEST CHIN
Micky Ward: I kept catching him clean and he just kept coming. That fight was so fun. I’m not known as a big puncher but I just couldn’t hurt him with hard clean shots. We were in there slinging leather like two men possessed.

BEST PUNCHER
Provodnikov: Everything he hit me with hurt. Some guys you can block and some you better just make miss. It’s like he had bad intentions on everything. Even his jab hurt.

BEST BOXING SKILLS
Mayweather: I wasn’t a fan of his style but he did his thing. He had fast hands, good footwork and a defense that forced combos because his reflexes made it hard to catch him with one shot.

BEST OVERALL
Mayweather: As much as I hate to say it [laughs]. I didn’t see him as special then. I would have loved to fight him again at my weight of 140 pounds. He was good at what he did, though. Not being a big puncher forced him to excel in the things he became known for; good jab, speed, footwork, defense, counter-punching and distance control