Even Mandela asked: “Where is Eddie Futch?”
The problem with idols and models of goodness is that they tend to infuriate people so much the instinct is to smear or in some way denigrate them. If one person comes out and says a person was as close to perfection as is possible another person will come out with a negative story of some kind. Pure goodness is a model, something to shoot for and in boxing we are blessed with few such models of goodness and integrity.
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