Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.
My first fight in Hamilton was against Rocky Thompson. Everybody was saying, 'Be careful, he can punch with both hands. ' I'm saying, 'Look how skinny he is. ' I was cocky. But he beat me. After that fight I said to myself, man, this is going to be a tough job.