ZIGGY OF TEXAS
Nov 12, 2020
4 minutes
Steve Bunce
@BigDaddyBunce
Voice of boxing
THE advert was in The Ring and the message was simple. It was an SOS, a few words to save our sport.
The heavyweight boxing business was in turmoil, under the spell of mobsters, with a felon as champion and a great pretender as the leading contender.
Meanwhile, a young man called Dave Zyglewicz was finishing his duty in the United States Navy and wondering what he was going to do when his service was over.
Zyglewicz read the advert carefully, ticking off the questions and promises in the copy as he mouthed the words slowly. He read it again, he wanted to make sure that there was not
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