I have a wonderful picture of my name and lights and the marquee of Madison Square Garden,

and I'm like, oh my god, we'll have to hang that, but I'm often reminded when I see that in my

office that my name was in the marquee of Madelae Bay, Madison Square Garden, and those nights

don't quite even hold a candle to being in downtown Buffalo, which is not even a fight town,

and having 20,000 of your friends, neighbors, fans, and community behind you, you want to talk about

pressure, you know, that's pressure, you know, that's real pressure.

Financially, maybe with that it may sense, I would have been a circus. The brain damage kid is

going to be, you know what I mean, like, what is he hungry for money? I didn't want people to

think that of me. It's not the only reason I had boxed and I wasn't hungry for money.

There's a quick email about Brock Lesnar for a second. Why don't I box him?

And at that time I thought, look, I'm just a local draw. Yeah, it's Friday Night Fights.

I'm the main event. I've been fighting a Friday Night Fights as a co-feature and a main event a

little bit, but I still think, and it's fun for Buffalo. We'll see how long you'll last, you know.

Hello, and welcome to Boxing Life Stories with me, Kristix. What happened in the ring after

Tyson only got his child's play compared to that? Instead of goosebumps to this day.

You couldn't even take the tears from his eyes or the smile of his face, could you?

I know. He's been beating me. He's a bullet for you in the back.

And a baby name made me look like Al Capone.

And if he's going to beat you all night, there's a winning and there's nothing else.

Hello, welcome back to Boxing Life Stories. This week I've been in Buffalo in upstate New York

to spend time with former heavyweight contender, Baby Joe Messy. Joe has moved away from the public

eye, seemingly working on healthcare or working in healthcare and spending time with his family,

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