Antonio replied by saying that in the ring the better man wins. There are no draws in the eliminations.įelix tapped Antonio gently and told him he wanted to win. Both are fighters and they both want to win. He said that it is natural they thought about the fight. Felix said that since he came to know the fight was between them, he kept awake at night pulling punches on Antonio, trying not to hurt him. Felix suddenly stopped and told Antonio that they must speak to each other.Īntonio knew it was about their fight.
He was practising some leg movements and hitting an imaginary jaw. Antonio glanced at Felix who kept his eyes straight ahead. One morning, less than a week before their bout, they met as usual for their workout. But even when joking with each other, they both sensed a wall rising between them. The winner would represent the koy’s Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament.
#Antonio from amigo brothers series#
They also had some, cuppings of their own.Īfter a series of elimination bouts, they were told that they were to meet each other in the division finals scheduled for the 7th of August. They also kept the torn tickets of all the boxing matches they had gone to see. They had a collection of Fight magazines. While some youngsters were into street doing wrong things, Antonio and Felix slept and had positive dreams. They would run every day morning, wearing sweat shirts and short towels around their necks. Whenever they got a chance they exercised, sometimes at the Boy’s Club and sometimes at the gym. They both had a dream – becoming a light-weight champion of the world. Felix wore his black hair in an Afro style. Antonio’s hair was always falling over his eyes. They grew up in the same building on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.Īntonio was fair, lean and lanky. They had known each other from childhood. They were so together in friendship that they felt like brothers. Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas were both 17.
0 kommentar(er)
