Boxing Coach ~ Vaughn Edwards

Yes, I was there.

It went something like this. We were in a training session at the University of Wisconsin {Gym}
on April 27, 1959. It was in the late-afternoon.

There were about 40 guys in the Gym, and all were working out doing their own thing. Everybody
was focused on getting ready for the Boxing Tournament. There were coaches working with their
boxers, and trying to squeeze in their last day of training.

I remember Bobby Foster was there, and he was one of the best boxers in at the Pan Am Trials.
He was only {75 Kg}, but he could punch as hard as any of the Light-Heavyweight and Heavyweight
boxers.

Everybody was to their own self, and there was no loud chattering going on.

Suddenly we hear this loud yelling. It sounded like some arrogant Teenage Kid talking trash.
He was in the back hallway yelling out loud >

"I'm the best fighter in the World. Look out Madison, because the Kid from Louisville is about
to shake up this place."

"I'm the best. Yes I said it, I'm the best. Who can beat me. Nobody. I'm bad."

It was really an obnoxious sound.