As a kid, I remember seeing Joe Louis beat Max Schmeling. I must say, being Jewish, I loved it. I used to love to watch Sugar Ray Robinson fight. Rocky Marciano came from Brockton, a town close to my hometown of Brookline, Massachusetts. So I obviously paid a lot of attention to his career.
Some people see a fight and just think of it as someone knocking somebody out with a left hook.
I like watching all the footwork and coordination because it's always more than just a left hook. There are other things that set up the left hook. It was knowing that and understanding some of that as I got to cover boxing and observe training and things like that. So part of the attraction for me is understanding what it's all about. If you watch somebody who's a good boxer and not just a slugger, you're gonna see someone who is a graceful athlete.