Taps For A Career, Part Two
January, 1985
"You've Got To fight Swanson," the coach said. He was a short, tough Chicago Pole who had been a pro boxer himself. "You guys are two of the best in your weight class."The year was 1950. I had just turned 14. The summer camp was a military one, and it took its boxing very seriously. We trained daily and fought weekly. We also marched in formation to meals and classes, hiked and paraded, canoed and competed. We wore uniforms, held rank, shouted orders, obeyed them."I'm no...
