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I was expecting this pretty soon after I posted that thread the other day. I didn't think it would be 4 days. A real shame, he was such a great guy & a real nice fighter. I have to say it's always bugged me that he's not even had his name on the ballot for Canastota. I'm not saying everyone should vote for him (although I would), but he deserved a nomination imo.

I don't know if anyone has seen those Mayweather After Dark things on FightHype (basically At Home With Floyd would have been a better name). His house is full of stuff of him & Genaro. He's got the belt he won from him in pride & place. There's a seemingly never-ending array of photos of the two of them. He has a real genuine warmth about Genaro that doesn't come across when talking about any other person apart from his mother. Both he & Bob Arum, two of boxing most isolated & self-interested figures, have between them paid for medical treatment & helping support his family since he first got the disease. I think that as much as anything else tells you how great a guy he was.

RIP Champ
Every young fighter should have to watch how Hernandez responded to that late shot to the throat by Azumah Nelson. Genaro takes a vicious hook after the bell and goes down. He is given five minutes and if he declines to continue he wins the lineal 130 crown by DQ. What does Genaro do? He gets up and wins the damn title in the ring.

Exemplary.
Totally agree. Or how about when a week before the De La Hoya fight, Shane Mosley broke his nose in sparring. How many people would have pulled out of the fight at that stage or asked to reschedule? Instead, he refused to short-change fans or his opponent & went in. I still had Genaro winning 2 rounds, but Oscar targeted the nose & broke it in an additional 22 pieces forcing the stoppage.