Originally Posted by Flyertall

Sugar Ray Leonard, at the LA SC. Would not have recognized him had I not been told in advance by that friendly sales lady who hawks Delta credit cards in the hallway of the 50 series gates. But there he was, sitting right there in that chair in front of the help desk. I felt fairly certain that I could take him on. "And in this corner, we have.."

Television makes people appear larger than life, especially decades ago, when that was the only window we had to the world outside of our own lives. But in real life, his entire arm is about the length of my forearm. I may not pack much of a punch, but he'd have a hard time reaching me with his formerly furious flurries..