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1、Antonio was fair, lean, and lanky, while Felix was dark, short, and husky. Antonios hair was always falling over his eyes, while Felix wore his black hair in a natural Afro style.Each youngster had a dream of someday becoming light- 10 weight champion of the world. Every chance they had, the boys wo

2、rked out, sometimes at the Boys Club on 10th Street and Avenue A and sometimes at the pros gym on 14th Street. Early morning sunrises would find them running along the East River Drive, wrapped in sweat shirts, short towels around their necks, and handkerchiefs Apache style around their foreheads.Wh

3、ile some youngsters were into street negatives, Antonio and Felix slept, ate, rapped, and dreamt positive. Between them, they had a collection of Fight magazines second to none, plusa scrapbook filled with torn tickets to every boxing match they 20 had ever attended, and some clippings of their own.

4、 If asked a question about any given fighter, they would immediately zip out from their memory banks divisions, weights, records of fights, knockouts, technical knockouts, and draws or losses.Each had fought many bouts representing their community and had won two gold-plated medals plus a silver and

5、 bronze medallion. Q The difference was in their style. Antonios lean form and long reach made him the better boxer, while Felixs short and muscular frame made him the better slugger. Whenever they had met in the ring for sparring sessions,2 it had 30 always been hot and heavy.。Now, after a series o

6、f elimination bouts, they had been informed that they were to meet each other in the division finals that were scheduled for the seventh of August, two weeks away the winner to represent the Boys Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament. OThe two boys continued to run together along the Eas

7、t River Drive. But even when joking with each other, they both sensed a wall rising between them.One morning less than a week before their bout, they met as 40 usual for their daily workout. They fooled around with a few jabs at the air, slapped skin, and then took off, running lightly along the dir

8、ty East Rivers edge.Antonio glanced at Felix, who kept his eyes purposely straight ahead, pausing from time to time to do some fancy leg work while throwing one-twos followed by uppercuts to an imaginary jaw. Antonio then beat the air with a barrage of body blows and short devastating lefts with an

9、overhead jaw-breaking right.After a mile or so, Felix puffed and said, “Lets stop a while, bro. I think we both got something to say to each other?550 Antonio nodded. It was not natural to be acting as though nothing unusual was happening when two ace-boon buddies were going to be blasting each othe

10、r within a few short days.They rested their elbows on the railing separating them from the river. Antonio wiped his face with his short towel. The sunrise was now creating day.Felix leaned heavily on the rivers railing and stared across to the shores of Brooklyn. Finally, he broke the silence.“Man.

11、I dont know how to come out with it.”Antonio helped. Its about our fight, right?n60 aYeah, right. Felixs eyes squinted at the rising orange sun.Tve been thinking about it too, panin.3 In fact, since we found out it was going to be me and you, Ive been awake at night, pulling punches on you, trying n

12、ot to hurt you.”“Same here. It aint natural not to think about the fight.I mean, we both are cheverote4 fighters and we both want to win. But only one of us can win. There aint no draws in the eliminations.Felix tapped Antonio gently on the shoulder. I dont mean to sound like Im bragging, bro. But I

13、 wanna win, fair and 70 square.”Antonio nodded quietly. Yeah. We both know that in the ring the better man wins. Friend or no friend, brother or no .Felix finished it for him. Brother. Tony, lets promise something right here. OK?”“If its fair, hermano,5 fm for it.” Antonio admired the courage of a t

14、ugboat pulling a barge five times its welter-weight size.“Its fair, Tony. When we get into the ring, its gotta be like we never met. We gotta be like two heavy strangers that want the same thing and only one can have it. You understand, dont cha?” 80 aSi, I know.n Tony smiled. No pulling punches. We go all the way：，“Yeah, thats right. Listen, To