I figured this out one time not to the exact amount but in my career and it will be

19 years on the boxing beat starting in mid-March and I've spent probably definitely over one year of my life living sleeping in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas which is the place where I probably covered more fights than any other place that I covered fights that. There were few few things more thrilling in life

forget about boxing than going to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to cover an Artero Gotti fight and I got a chance to cover like nine or ten of them and you know every single one of them was the thrill weather was a highly anticipated fight like the second and third Mickey Ward fights you know

were a fight that maybe wasn't quite at that level but that you never were

disappointed and covering a Turrogotti fight.

I asked them a couple of softballs to get things rolling because I want to make this a decent interview and then it just went downhill and like real quick he started talking about how much he hates people he hates all all white people, he threatened to kill me, he poked me in the shoulder with his like, you know, with his finger very firmly, and it just was a complete and under disaster.

I actually just I pushed my chair away from the table that my laptop was on and I kind of put my head down and I just sat there and like took a few deep breaths and I just sat for like about a minute or two to collect myself before I could actually write the story. And in my mind all I can think about is how am I going to in the next 15 or 20 minutes right like what is essentially

the first draft of history of maybe the greatest fight that ever happened in boxing. Welcome to Boxing Life Stories in Association with Handsome Lee Resourcing.

I'm pleased to say my guest this week is E-SPN's League Boxing Guy Dan Rayfield.

I've known Dan a long time back when he was cutting is E-SPN's League Boxing Guy Dan Rayfield.

I've known down a long time, back when he was cutting his boxing teeth

at USA Today, and has become one of the most influential men

in boxing with a huge social media presence cutting opinions and an enormous audience.

He's also a good guy.

Yes, he may divide opinion, but that's what this sport is all about, isn't it?

And you can't deny his passion.

Just a reminder, Hans and Lee resourcing are leading providers of technology and business change professionals who are proud to sponsor Boxing Life stories.

Whether your business is an SME or multinational PLC, they'll work with

you to identify and recruit the best permanent or interim professionals and mitigate the

risk of recruitment and help retain your talent.

Discover more at Hansan Lee.com.

So without further delay, here is Dan Rayfield.

...