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We all have great ideas. The perfect excuse to pinch a day off work that loses its credibility the second when we get on the phone to the boss. The get-rich-quick scheme that melts into reality as soon as we’ve mailed the letter and sobered up.
Billy Conn had a far grander notion. He got it into his head that he could knock out Joe Louis. And as ace announcer Don Dunphy famously said, “He was a ****y young kid from Pittsburgh who very nearly did.” [details]
Billy Conn had a far grander notion. He got it into his head that he could knock out Joe Louis. And as ace announcer Don Dunphy famously said, “He was a ****y young kid from Pittsburgh who very nearly did.” [details]