RING 8 met for about an hour and a half this night, and the issue in mind was fighter safety. Lenny Mangapione presided at the dais as he introduced the first guest , artist Robert Ecksel. Ecksel is an artist that publishes artwork with the great quotes associated with some fighters —
Willie Pastrano — I don’t like to get hit. Why? Because it hurts.
Georges Carpentier — Feet brought me into the ring, and feet will bring me out of the ring.
and Larry Holmes — the only thing that hurt me was his attitude after the fight.
Roberto Duran — I will make his (my opponents) wife a trembling widow
Ray Arcel, Duran’s trainer on commenting on a “heart condition” of his fighter. Heart Condition? I didn’t know he had a heart! VIEW FULL STORY…