Dad grew up in Knoxville. As a kid he would go to a FOP camp every summer and box. He always told the story of how he won his weight division for the county, and then challenged a boy 3 years older and a heavyweight because the kid had insulted my dad when he was 11
Has the medals for being undefeated champion of the county for 9 years. The officers running the camp allowed the match to happen last night of camp
Dad always said I hit him 3 times and he was done. Didn’t last 10 seconds.
Dad is about 5ft 4, 140lbs but still has a 6pack at 64. I always thought he was telling a story
Few years back we went to a funeral. Low and behold a guy comes up and asks my dad if he remembered him. Dad said no. It was the guy he had beaten so badly. The guy corroborated the story and said he hit me 3 times and I was out Guy was considerably bigger than dad, but apparently a puzzy. I never believed him until then
