Dear Diary: November 27, 2006:

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

November 28, 2006: I served as a pall bearer to day for Willie Pep and I will always be greatly honored to know that I was one of the six men designated to carry, literally, one of the top five greatest fighters of all time the last forty feet to his final resting place on this earth. Still can't believe it, really.

Another thing I am having trouble believing is the fact that the only professional boxers to show up for the funeral were myself, former champ Marlon Starling and John Wilkinson, a former amateur and local pro from New Britain. One of the greatest boxers, one of the top five in history, passes away and we are the only three from the boxing fraternity (that spans from one end of this earth to the other) who made time and effort to show up? Something just seems very wrong about that, no matter what the reasons were for it. Where was the New York crowd? The guys from Philly and New Jersey? What about the guys from Boston and Providence? The historians, the writers, the old time fighters, the fans??

Something just didn't feel right about that aspect of the services today.

In today's news: "Troy Gentry, half of country music duo Montgomery Gentry, pled guilty to killing a tame black bear that he bought and then claiming that the bear was killed in the wild."

This nitwit actually shot a tamed bear as it sat in captivity in a cage...and then tried to pass it off as a wild bear that he actually hunted and killed. I know alot of people are into it, many of you reading this probably are, but I myself just cannot even begin to try and understand the mentality of a person that would kill any animal, let alone one that is already captured, for sport. I never could understand the reasoning behind people who track down unsuspecting animals and murder them and then call it a sport. I mean even little kids playing tag in the yard don't just go tag random people and expect them to stay still (freeze tag). It seems to me kind of like football players blocking guys from the opposing team that are standing on the sidelines. Give these guys a pair of shackles and let them trick the bear into putting them on then you can be a hero. Shooting one from thirty yards away (or one that is tame and sitting in a freaking cage!) just doesn't seem heroic enough to be labeled a sport, you know?

[supermandathoe]

With ALL due respect and admiration for the well known, versed, and knowledgable Iceman John Scully (who is a great guy from what I hear). You SLIGHTLY come off as an attention whore, slightly.

That being said that is an interesting story, R.I.P. Will of the whisp.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL, but you keep reading my posts? Nah, I like to post stuff, that's all. I am always writing and sometimes I pick out stuff that looks like it might make for a good topic.

[Silencers]

I was shocked when I heard that there were so few boxers that went to Pep's funeral, he truly was one of the greats.

Nice read, thanks for posting.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

I was shocked when I heard that there were so few boxers that went to Pep's funeral, he truly was one of the greats.

Nice read, thanks for posting.

See?? Now THIS is a nice, constructive reply!!

[!! Shawn]

With ALL due respect and admiration for the well known, versed, and knowledgable Iceman John Scully (who is a great guy from what I hear). You SLIGHTLY come off as an attention whore, slightly.

That being said that is an interesting story, R.I.P. Will of the whisp.

That is just ignorance. What Asian Sensation does is attention whoring. You should be grateful. John Scully has had a life time of experience inside the sweet science, and he has the kindness to share his stories with us.

That is like faulting a soldier for telling his war stories. He ****ing earned it. He earned it with sweat, blood, and ****ing tears.

[!! Shawn]

See?? Now THIS is a nice, constructive reply!!

Same reason nobody visits Gerald McClellan. No fighter wants to think about his own mortality. If he does, he is done as a viable fighter.

With that said, what a ****ing honor Ice.

[boxing_great]

With ALL due respect and admiration for the well known, versed, and knowledgable Iceman John Scully (who is a great guy from what I hear). You SLIGHTLY come off as an attention whore, slightly.

That being said that is an interesting story, R.I.P. Will of the whisp.

thats disrespectful of you.

[tyson]

Lack of respect and appreciation is something we see every day in the current society.

Thousands of people are likely to join up when Muhammad Ali dies and gets buried. Half the reason for that are probably because people like to be where it "matters" and have something to brag about afterwards.

"I was in the funeral of Muhammad Ali".

Most people would find that pretty cool. Most people will just say "who?" if you say the same about Willie Pep's funeral.


When it comes to killing animals for sport... I sincerely feel any human being that has a cold heart like that should just be tortured and killed.
Or placed on an Island and being hunted for the sake of sport.

We watch movies with that concept and we think "oh my god how awful and cruel!"
But when it comes to animals, it's all good.
I believe animals have a soul just like you and me. They think, they feel, they show emotion, they show compassion for the ones they love, they take care of their children etc.

But unlike us, they don't kill for fun. They kill because they have to to survive.
Man is the only mass murderer. The only misfit in his own society.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Obviously I hope it is not for a good long while but when Ali does pass away I have plans to be there for the wake/funeral. Ali is one of the main reasons i started boxing, the main influence when I was a kid. I have the feeling, though, that it might be something similar to Elvis' funeral...just mobbed..