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01/28/2009 Archived Entry: "Calvin Grove Story..."
Calvin Grove Story
By John "Iceman" Scully
Courtesy of DoghouseBoxing.com
The high majority of my time in this sport has been good. Boxing has been a positive aspect of my life, definitely. Boxing is good for the most part. The bad of the sport, the ugly, the totally irritating and ridiculous are moments and instances that really seem to stand out because of the extreme negativity they hold. There is more good than bad in boxing, though, and sometimes I just think that the real goodness of it all is sometimes something more subtle than anything.
Maybe the beauty is in the eye of the beholder but my eyes see it every day. Sometimes it's very subtle, like I say. Like the expression on the face of a young kid who wins his first fight as a Junior Olympian. Or the kid who never excelled at any other sport in his life but he comes to the boxing game and finds a home for himself. He's not fast enough for wide receiver, not big enough for defensive end, too small for basketball and he can't hit the fastball. But he's got some heart and moxie and some drive that kids his own age and his own size find hard to deal with in a 20x20 ring.
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