Last night I dragged Lori to the Pikesville National Guard Armory for a night at the fights. Overall, it was a pretty underwhelming show with very little drama in any of the matches. Gary “Digital” Williams from boxingalongthebeltway.blogspot.com has a good write-up on the fights here. We went up to support the owner of my gym, Laurence Jones, who was fighting in his 4th professional bout. Laurence fought hard but he was fortunate to leave the ring with a majority draw.

The highlight of the evening (aside from the sweet neon fried chicken marquee sign, shown above) was getting to meet 5 time World Champion Vinny Paz. This is a guy who after winning his first world title (IBF Lightweight) was in a brutal car crash that broke his neck; he was told he would never fight again. Vinny, against his doctor’s recommendation, came back to win 4 more world titles. Bad ass.