The A&G sets always have other characters besides baseball players. Most of them I confess I don't know. If they would put some football (the true one you know...) players it would be different.
Box is one of those sports I don't watch. I prefer martial arts. But as all living person at the time I watched Mike Tyson bite that ear off...
But that's why A&G is cool. It makes you go search and learn.
And the coolest thing I found about LaMotta, an American boxer was that he was also a stand-up comedian!
So he could go from this
To this
Mister Hoffman is an other thing. I like X-Games. I had that time of my youth when I thought I was a sk8...and always dreamt of having a BMX, but they were too expensive back then, and when you finally get to make some money you are old enough to think twice before going on a BMX...
So Tony Hawk and Mat Hoffman, thanks to their videogames too, were the thing! Everyone wanted to be like them.
That's why I know well who Hoffman is.
He is a Hall of Famer
Looking at him like this...I looked younger too back then... lol
Of course LaMotta was also the subject of a little movie of some acclaim, Raging Bull.
ReplyDeleteRaging Bull is a classic. Love it so much, I went out and picked up a LaMotta signed 16x20. It's framed and hanging up in my office.
ReplyDeleteReally didn't know him. Just discovering all this!
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