Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Hurry Home Early, Hurry on Home

So I've been reading a book called "The Good Son:  The Life of Ray "Boom-Boom" Mancini."  It's an intriguing book about one of the most famous fighters in history from his upbringing in Youngstown as the son of a boxer (the original "Boom") through his rise to becoming champion and the fight that seems to have defined his career when Duk Koo Kim died shortly after his fight with Mancini.  Anyway, in 1987 Warren Zevon, a big Boom Boom fan, actually put out a song called "Boom Boom Mancini"...  



"Boom Boom Mancini"

by Warren Zevon
from the album:  Sentimental Hygiene
Sentimental Hygiene
Studio album by Warren Zevon
ReleasedAugust 29, 1987
Recorded1987 at Record One and A&M Studios, Cheshire Sound, Atlanta
GenreRockhard rockalternative rock,folk rock
Length36:49
LanguageEnglish
LabelVirgin
ProducerWarren ZevonNiko BolasAndrew Slater


Who is Bobby Chacon?  Here's their fight from January, 1984...

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