Sometimes you just know. Fighters can see it in other fighters.
When I saw Roy Jones fight for the very first time at the 1987 national Golden Gloves in Knoxville, I knew IMMEDIATELY he was going to become something special after watching him fight Anthony Daley on the first night and as a matter fact I told my father that night, "You should see this kid from Florida (Roy JONES). I don't know who he is, but from what I can see he's going to probably make the Olympic team next year."
When my boxer Sammy Vega came back from the international during Olympic tournament in Mexico in 1997 I asked him if anyone stood out to him and he made special mention of a kid he became friends with that week and hung out with named Miguel COTTO from Puerto Rico.
When Felix Cruz came back from the 1993 National Golden Gloves, I asked him the same question and he told me "this 16 year-old kid from Michigan in my weight class (112) Floyd MAYWEATHER. He's nasty."
Then around 2004, I think it was, a local kid named Matt Remilllard came back from a meet in England and I asked him the same question and he told me "this kid on the English team named Amir KHAN was the best one there."
When I saw Roy Jones fight for the very first time at the 1987 national Golden Gloves in Knoxville, I knew IMMEDIATELY he was going to become something special after watching him fight Anthony Daley on the first night and as a matter fact I told my father that night, "You should see this kid from Florida (Roy JONES). I don't know who he is, but from what I can see he's going to probably make the Olympic team next year."
When my boxer Sammy Vega came back from the international during Olympic tournament in Mexico in 1997 I asked him if anyone stood out to him and he made special mention of a kid he became friends with that week and hung out with named Miguel COTTO from Puerto Rico.
When Felix Cruz came back from the 1993 National Golden Gloves, I asked him the same question and he told me "this 16 year-old kid from Michigan in my weight class (112) Floyd MAYWEATHER. He's nasty."
Then around 2004, I think it was, a local kid named Matt Remilllard came back from a meet in England and I asked him the same question and he told me "this kid on the English team named Amir KHAN was the best one there."
Marchegiano
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