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Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 273 me off. The match arranged because of my smart mouth changed all that from my perspective. He told the two in the ring what I‟d said and it seemed they each wanted a piece of me. They argued a bit and settled on the one I‟d be fighting. It would be a three round sparring match, but I had no headgear. There were extra gloves to be found, and I had a mouthpiece from my football days, but no headgear. I told „em not to worry about it, the silly bastard wasn‟t gonna hit me in the head, anyways, so it wasn‟t important. That drew some more laughs, but I got into the ring, all the same. Actually, I was dressed the same way I‟d later be outfitted many times when I boxed down south as a semipro heavyweight, in my tennis shoes and blue jeans. (We had no such thing as jogging shoes or Levis at that time). <strong>My</strong> “coaching” to date had been my own self-instruction when fighting some asshole in the street where I didn‟t want to get hurt. I was always wary of letting some guy close enough to hit me. Yeah, I know what boxing‟s all about, but I never saw any rule book that said a fighter must get hit. It may be okay for the other guy to hit me, if he can, but no rule said I had to permit it. <strong>My</strong> opponent was a good two and a quarter, while I was at the one-ninety-two pounds where I stayed for a few years. It was the slimmest I‟d ever be as an adult, but my diet consisted of something from McDonald‟s every second or third day, and all the beer I could drink any and every day. I didn‟t eat much when I was younger. Maybe you‟ve never “enjoyed the experience”, but most people really don‟t want anyone to hit them, especially on purpose, and extra specially when you get hit as hard as possible. Try to imagine getting hit repeatedly by a guy weighing well over two-hundred Leviticus, Limited 33-0505963
Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 274 pounds and you may come to grasp my position. Even a poor quality heavyweight boxer hits hard. It‟s no fun to be on the wrong end of his punches, so I made it my practice to avoid them whenever I could. We got in the ring and someone rang a bell. He and I started circling, both moving to our right. I knew he was sizing me up, as I was him, so I gave him a bit to think about as he looked me over. After every third or fourth step I‟d let fly with a snapping left jab, always hooking him in the face. It wasn‟t doing him any real physical damage, other than a bloody nose by the fourth punch, but it was getting me something I wanted. I was pissing him off. He was supposed to be good. I was a banged up cripple the association wouldn‟t even let in the ring. I‟m sure he thought I wouldn‟t even last one full round, yet I was the only one scoring any points. A boxer is awarded points based on the number of punches thrown, even more by the number that land, even more when a punch does some damage, better yet when it draws blood. The boxer gets a bag full of points for a knockdown, and scoops the whole board for a TKO or a knockout. Now I had him getting mad at me, so he tried taunting me. “You sure that gimpy fuckin‟ leg ain‟t hurtin‟ bad, motherfucker?” “Your Mama said she wasn‟t gonna say anything after I fucked her. Why‟d she tell you, asshole? Maybe I oughta stop fuckin‟ her, huh?” Little things like that can become big things in a boxing match. This guy was white, so there was no racial angle, but he was also not too bright. In a battle of wits with this monkey, I was drawing down on an unarmed man. He tried a few more shots at me and I had him even questioning what a slut his mother must be with all I said to jeer him Leviticus, Limited 33-0505963
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