Gleason’s Gym is the most famous boxing gym in the world. I am a trainer there. It was a day or two after Ali died and all the television stations were there interviewing fighters.
The owner, Bruce, asked me if I wanted to be on television. I told him I’m not a big fan of Ali and would prefer not to say anything disrespectful.
I went back into my office when Bruce knocked on my door and introduced a television crew from North Carolina. I guess Bruce figured the station was remote enough that I couldn’t do much damage. Also, it seemed they wanted to interview me because I was a poet-boxer.