Heavyweight Champion Punched Bruce Lee's Mother in Front of 20,000 People — Bruce Lee Stood Up скачать в хорошем качестве

Heavyweight Champion Punched Bruce Lee's Mother in Front of 20,000 People — Bruce Lee Stood Up

October 1970. Madison Square Garden. Friday night. Twenty thousand people. Heavyweight championship. Jack Morales. Iron Jack. Six-four. Two-twenty. Champion three years. Thirty-one and zero. Twenty-four knockouts. Never been down. Carlos Delgado challenging. Bronx fighter. Mother Rosa in fourth row. Sixty-eight years old. Best coat. Came on subway. Never missed a fight. Eight forty-five. Forty-five minutes early. Morales enters ring. White robe. Gold letters. Championship belt. Looking for someone. Points at Rosa. "That's Delgado's mother." Leans over ropes. "She came to watch her son lose." Then worse. "Your son leaving on stretcher tonight." She doesn't look away. Bronx mother. Raised her son. Buried husband. Worked two jobs. Not looking away. Morales draws back his hand. Hits her. Backhanded. Sixty-eight years old. Cut opens. Blood. Fourth row. Two seats over. Bruce Lee. Five-seven. One-forty-five. Black t-shirt. Stands up. Four men grab him. Can't hold him. Climbs into ring. Street clothes. Twenty thousand silent. "Get out of the ring." Quiet voice. Carries. Morales laughs. "Little man." Bruce warns. "Walk away." Morales throws jab. Bruce moves. Six-inch punch. Solar plexus. Champion down. Canvas. Silent. Changed everything. #BruceLee #Boxing #MadisonSquareGarden #Knockout #1970