(Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) ? Last week?s 146th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio (brought to you byCWH Promotions) featured exclusive interviews with former three-time world champion ?Terrible? Terry Norris (47-9, 31 KOs). Norris spoke about his Hall of Fame career and also shared some opinions and insight on the currentboxing landscape. Here is a complete transcript from that interview:
JENNA J: Well since we?ve been speaking about Hall of Famers, I?m proud to announce a guest that a lot of our fans have been dying to have us get on the show. He?s our ninth Hall of Fame guest making his debut to On the Ropes Boxing Radio. We?re joined by former three-time world champion, ?Terrible? Terry Norris. How?s everything going today Terry?
TERRY NORRIS: Everything is going good.
JENNA: Well that?s great to hear. Boxing fans have often suggested you as a guest for our show. You?re a guy that a lot of fans wanted to hear from. So I?d like to open things up and ask what you?ve been doing since your retirement, Terry?
NORRIS: Since my retirement I?ve done a number of things. One of the first things here is I?ve been trying to start a boxing foundation. It?s called ?The Final Fight?. Also I?m writing a book with Bob Halloran. He wrote the book aboutThe Fighter.
JENNA: Terry, what?s been the biggest adjustment for you since you did retire in your life after boxing?
NORRIS: Well I guess it?s just pretty much every day life. You know you go out in the real world and just doing everyday things is kind of difficult at first. But then I kind of caught on to it, and I figured out how to do everything and then everything was good.
JENNA: Well for all the fans out there and for some of the fans who maybe aren?t as familiar with you, maybe you can tell them a little bit about how you got into the sport of boxing?
NORRIS: I started boxing when I was nine years old. My Mom put me in boxing just to keep me off the streets, and she did her best.
JENNA: Okay now you were also a very good baseball player. What made you decide to choose boxing over baseball?
NORRIS: Boxing was paying the bills, so boxing kind of took over for baseball because baseball wasn?t making me any money, so I had to go to what was making me a lot of money.
