The champ was eating at the Copper Queen Hotel?the former stomping ground of John Wayne, Lee Marvin, and Ronald Reagan?
Boxers are superhuman. Many die badly and die young, but it goes with the territory. They die badly because they don?t manage their money (they let their money manage them). They die young because boxing, the ultimate in competition, as a rule defeats its participants.
But there are exceptions. Some fighters live to a ripe old age with their wealth and wits intact. I?m not sure about his wealth, but one fighter whose wits haven?t abandoned him is former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta.
The Bronx Bull recently celebrated his 92nd birthday over the weekend in Bisbee, Arizona, with his wife. The champ was seen eating a cheeseburger at the Copper Queen Hotel?the former stomping ground of John Wayne, Lee Marvin, and Ronald Reagan.
A waiter brought the birthday boy a cake with a single candle. Everyone sang ?Happy Birthday.? That the Copper Queen Hotel overlooks Tombstone Canyon might spook some people, but Jake thought it was less depressing than ironic.
