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Holyfield : The Humble Warrior: The Humble Warrior pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
CHAPTER 1<br > RINGSIDE SEAT<br > he postor taped to the wall read"<br > NOVEMBER 6, 1993<br > HOLYFIELD VS. BOWE 11, THE REMATCH<br > The closer the time came for the round one bell, the more<br >essing room seemed to shrink. The small cinder-block chain<br >~s like a miniature Grand Central Station, bustling with the sou<br >clanking ice buckets, ripping masking tape, and the loud vo~<br >:trainers, reporters, and well-wishers~all offering their predicti,<br >,r the night s big fight.<br > Oblivious to it all, the robed boxer sat motionless, quiet, s<br >try. Ignoring the TV lights and cigar smoke, be stretcbc~J ~ut<br > * - i "v,s .s if<br >mscular legs, bowed his head, and clos~:d h s c~ It vas a<br >,ere somewhere other than on a bench in that loud, cn~vdcd ro(:<br > lo()k of cain1 concentration wals on his face~a familiar expressi,<br >ilc that often appeared when hc slipped off to that inner pl<br >ur gra~ldm()thcr txsed to call ~hc prayer closet2 In that self-crea<br >)litudc Evandcr ttolyficld shut ~t~t the chatter ()f a world that t<br >ado I~in~ the talk of the town, and he c()nccr~tratcd (>n the t<br >~urcc ()f his strcngth.<br > From acr()ss the room I recognized the moment. Its appeara<br >ade mc smilc. Over the years that calm, confident air had bccc<br >familiar feature of my brother s face. The expression and its calm<br >frets were contagious. Even in that shrinking, cinder-block roc<br > thick with anxiety as it was with people, 1 found myself virtu:<br >~concerned about the outcome of the night s contest. I simply ki~<br >at when the bell finally rang for round one, there would b<br >txgglc, and that E vander could--and would--go the distance.<br >
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Holyfield : The Humble Warrior: The Humble Warrior pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024