Unfortunately, the batteries in Steve's digital camera gave out right as the bell for the first round in JJ's match rang. My digital camera only caught about 40 seconds of that round before it stopped recording.
JJ does have quite a fan club. When we were at St. Andrews last week, a 10 year old boy who also boxes, hung around JJ for awhile, engaging him in conversation about the sport. Later, I asked JJ who the kid was, and he said he didn't know. But the boy sure knew who he was. During his fight tonight, they were many calls of "Go, blue!", as JJ was fighting out of the blue corner. When he won, there was a lot of applause.
Steve figured that JJ may be featured again in the Golden Gloves program book like he was a couple of years ago. Boxers who show a lot of promise are always featured in that book, which is sold during the final week of the Gloves. JJ could also be up for a best boxer in the tournament award, as well, if he gets another win during the finals.
Now there are two guys -- JJ and Mike -- in the finals. Steve commented that this year saw the lowest number of boxers out of Loyola Gym who participated in the finals. I kept wishing that Mort would have come back in, but he didn't. Jordan made noises about getting into the Gloves, as did Igor, but neither one of them had a chance for various reasons. I hope both JJ and Mike bring trophies back to the gym. It would really be cool for JJ for bring one in, because that would be the second trophy for him.
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