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To: mr.mark who wrote (6415)	10/29/2000 1:40:04 AM
From: Volsi Mimir	Respond to of 13018

more Wepner - the real "Rocky" "The day of the Ali fight I bought my wife a powder-blue negligee and told her ' wear this tonight cause you'll be sleepin' with 'da heavyweight champion of the world.' That night after the bloody fight his wife humorously busted balls, 'Do I go to his room, or will he be commin'' to mine now?!" actually I was looking for a couple of Blues- playing guys-Anson Funderburgh and Derek Trucks when I found this -- inspirational speaking site and Chuck Wepner- users.nac.net He would be interesting to listen to....... never give up. came up the hard way.

To: mr.mark who wrote (6415)	10/29/2000 1:51:05 AM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13018

and more Wepner (thee classic): "My three best punches were the choke hold, the rabbit punch, and the head butt." "We've been trying to get Elvis. He's been dead long enough." ~Ray Foreman, speculating on his brother George's next opponent in the ring.

To: mr.mark who wrote (6415)	10/29/2000 11:26:50 AM
From: Volsi Mimir	Respond to of 13018

knack for bleeding......THE BEST (imho) "And when you got in there with him, you got the feeling, ‘I gotta kill this guy to win; he’s not gonna stop coming.’ No matter what happens…nose gets spit in two, he’s coming…his eyes are fallin’ apart, he’s comin’..he just keeps on comin’. And, it scared half the guys half to death." Ferdie Pacheco In their second fight, Ezzard Charles missed an uppercut and hit Marciano with his elbow, splitting his left nostril wide open. "It's split in half," Goldman graoned in the corner. "How we gonna stop the bleeding?" "You ain't," Allie Colombo shouted. "There's no way you're going to stop that. Rock, you gotta get him! You gotta get him, or they could stop the fight!" "Go after him now or you'll bleed to death," Goldman told Marciano. In a fury, Rocky charged out of his corner, blood flying, and battered Charles to the mat. Ezzard gamely rose at four, but Marciano was relentless, knocking him out with a furious combination of punches. "It was amazing," New England promoter Sam Silverman said. geocities.com