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"ROCKY REDUX"

"ROCKY REDUX"

When I returned to the boxing gym well past middle age, I wasn’t looking back but forward, determined not to “go gentle into that good night.”

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Apr 20, 2022
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“ROCKY REDUX”

Count me among the millions motivated by a fictional character created by Sylvester Stallone. The “Rocky” movies have been my inspiration as a writer, weekend athlete and boxing enthusiast, who returned to the gym well past middle age. While some may dismiss such endeavors as a sad effort to recapture lost youth, my late-life pugilism spark…

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