What is it about boxing that makes the fans continue to go every week to see a fight? Is it the idea that with one punch a man could be knocked out or maybe killed? Or is it the art of quick hands and feet - The smooth handling of the opponent.

Does he have what it takes to win the fight? A Slogan on the wall of the Broadway Gym said. "What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve." Determination, discipline, dreams - all necessary to make the mind and body strong enough to endure the pain and struggle of the match.

When I was a boy, my father always used to take me with him to the fights. It was there where I found my heroes! They could do just about anything - fight one round to fifteen if they had to.

Deep inside I've always wanted to meet my childhood heroes. With the camera as my tool I have achieved my goal. I have not only met them but have come to know them and to belong with them.

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