My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only place I got hurt was out of the ring.
Besides being a slum kid with no great education in anything except how to fight and stay alive and steal, I also had this temper.
You have to treat everybody the right way. Otherwise, you'll have a short life. God bless.
The world knows me as the Raging Bull.
I purposely lost a fight to Billy Fox because they promised me that I would get a shot to fight for the title if I did.
There's no pensions for old prize fighters.
