Good as gold

Regarding the passing of Art Aragon, I remember one of Jim Murray’s many great columns. I can only poorly paraphrase. Art had been knocked to the canvas, one of many times, at the Olympic Auditorium and the referee needed to see if the bout should be continued.

Standing over Aragon, the ref asked his name and the Golden Boy replied correctly. He asked if he knew where he was and Art was indeed aware he was at the Olympic. The final and determining question was, do you know what’s happening? And Art declared, “Yeah, I’m getting the crap beat out of me.”

God bless them both.

Bob Coburn

Calabasas