Spike's Roses
Jimmy at the Anvil
Spike Looking On
Tough Guys
Press Conference
Jimmy in Tights
Jimmy & Annie
As stated previously, we had a great time in Belfast. I took a lot of pictures and Jimmy's wife and sister were video taping everything to put a documentary of some sort together. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone got a picture of the coolest looking tattoo I've ever seen. This young guy showed up there with John L. Sullivan's picture on the top of his arm with St. Pat's church spire in the background and Belfast written along the bottom of it. I'm not all that big on tattoos but I really liked that one.
Matt, one of our fighters, came out to spar with Jimmy. His dad brought him out on Friday after leaving about midnight, took a 30 minute tour of the place and then turned around and headed home. Nothing like a father's love - not many of them would do that.
Matt, one of our fighters, came out to spar with Jimmy. His dad brought him out on Friday after leaving about midnight, took a 30 minute tour of the place and then turned around and headed home. Nothing like a father's love - not many of them would do that.
The sparring sessions were the highlight of the day normally. We usually had a few people checking things out even though it was a work day. We got quite a few old farts who used to do a little boxing back when Hector was a pup. Once it's in your blood you just can't shake it.
The local press gave us a lot of coverage. We had several newspaper articles and Jimmy and Scott did a live radio spot that was really nice. This is quite the labor of love for Scott. He's got a lot of time and money invested in this operation and hopefully he'll get some kind of return on his investment one of these days.
I'll post the final installment in a couple of days. You'll get a few more photos and the ghost stories. Pretty scary!
2 comments:
Sounds like you guys had a great time. Good for ya both.
Something for ya to read -
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/why-your-teenager-cant-use-a-hammer/
We had a great time, no doubt about it. I would have like to have seen a little more of the area while we were there.
I read the article you sent the link for. About the only good thing that can be said about it is that my students, at least the good ones, should have a leg up on most of the other mopes when it comes time to look for a job.
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