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By Ian Aldous: Considering he had an episode of the Netflix documentary series ‘Losers’ entitled ‘The Miscast Champion’ dedicated to his story, it’s immensely ironic when studying everything that Michael Bentt achieved in the amateur and professional games. European super league proposals are nothing now, so what should we make of the latest one, and how does this particular plan differ from its predecessors? “I still had a fascination with boxing, I just didn’t want to get hit. Tagovailoa made his NFL debut on Sunday against the Jets. He is probably best known for playing Sonny Liston in the film Ali. He told his dad that there had been several people around him who had been telling him that he shouldn’t post it, that he should just let it go and not do anything about it. The knockout-artist had amassed a 38-1 record with most of those wins coming by virtue of brutal stoppage.
Sports Illustrated host Robin Lundberg and SI's Emma ...read more. He knows that when the phone rings in the middle of the night, something bad has happened. And we spoke about London and we spoke about Jamaicans, my mom and dad, Mike spent time in Jamaica, he was very, very engaging and non-threatening. Fellow amateur teammate, Frankie Liles pointed Bentt in the direction of the legendary Emanuel Steward with whom he would reluctantly turn pro. A role playing Sonny Liston in ‘Ali’ was perfect for the former heavyweight champion as well as countless other roles. But we do. If you've been watching new Netflix documentary series Losers, you'll have come across Michael Bentt's story. We get back to the States and my father is having a conversation with the president of the Jamaican amateur boxing team and my father had won some money back then, quite a substantial amount of money, by the way. The next person he would see is the brain surgeon whose name is etched in his mind to this day. There shouldn’t be two sides to racism.
My dad had built a huge amount of resentment at me not making the 88 Olympics and this was my ticket out, so I said: ‘Let’s sign.’”, Bentt was an exceptional amateur but he was not accustomed to the hard atmosphere among the pros at Steward’s dank basement gym in Detroit. As Anthem Protests Expand, Fans Speak Out Strongly, Pro and Con, “The person that says how could this happen? He says that black parents need to teach their kids how to handle those situations. But, to get to that moment, a rocky rollercoaster ride preceded and followed his crowning moment. Long after the physical bruises had healed, he remained fragile and that pain was exacerbated when he found a note on his car from a stranger mocking him for the knockout against Jones. I’m a loser? “Where I grew up was a decent and affluent place but some horrible stories went on behind those manicured lawns and nice cars.
“Today I’m living between LA and Atlanta and I’m still a full-time actor and director. “Well, I’m glad I could entertain you guys over there in the UK (laughs)! Despite his significant success in the ring, Michael Bentt’s relationship with boxing was deeply conflicted. He—like most logical, forward thinking people would—sees this as a pretty straightforward, right v. wrong issue.
In 1993, Tommy Morrison was a star in America.
He had grown up in relative comfort and was used to high-quality training facilities in the US boxing team, so the Kronk Gym came as something of a surprise. Disaster would strike in his debut when Jerry Jones stunningly knocked the amateur star out in the very first round of his professional career. Both pugilists were fined for their actions and the violent scenes were beamed across TV screens worldwide. The unexpected champion had arrived but he failed to fully invest and believe in himself. It’s been a long experience to get to where I am but I’ve found it incredibly gratifying. In a 13-fight career, the former heavyweight boxer won … Fortunately, he would indeed make the very most of the road that was chosen for him and blossom into a sublimely skillful heavyweight. “That’s why they’re kneeling.”, Heading into the World Series there has been a lot of talk about the Los Angeles Dodgers but less about the Tampa Bay Rays. Why? He was like a Ken Norton meets Jimmy Young with Earnie Shavers type power!”, “Before the fight, I was concussed in a sparring session. The reaction to the post was mixed and charged—as anything that deals with race and the police in America in 2017 will be. I’m a bum? The niceness could be a mask.”, Bentt began fighting regularly in amateur contests aged nine, winning some and “getting tuned up” in others. “I was flying back from the trials in San Francisco and a teammate told me he was signing with Emanuel Steward and that he could put in a good word for me. I’m probably an alcoholic on skid row.”, “I don’t win that fight without having the wonderful gift and experience of working with Georgie Benton who, in my estimation, is on the Mount Rushmore of boxing instructors. They take me to a doctor and this doctor’s prominent in amateur and professional boxing in the U.S. “Emanuel Steward was one of the first men to ever love me like I wanted to be loved. Those who tweet their horror, their surprise that something like this could still be happening in this country. You love me when I win, but not when I lose.”.
Then, after I won, there were 10 people waiting to congratulate me in the dressing room, congratulating each other. Their son, Michael Jr., a defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks, was in Las Vegas, watching the fight ringside. “I never trusted or believed in the hype.”.
My ass was tight as f*ck because I’m scared! Because that’s what it’s about.” And so much more! I would go into the school library, pick out some books and ride the subway all day reading them. Again, he found solace in reading and writing.
How a group of police officers pointed their guns at him “for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time.” How they ordered him to the ground, how he complied with their commands to not move, how one officer put a gun near his head and told him he’d “blow his f***ing head off,” and how another jammed a knee into his back.
If I didn’t have that contempt for my father, I would never have beaten Tommy Morrison.”, Bentt upset the odds and stopped Morrison in the first round to become a world champion. Then I thought I should work out and I sparred with my brother at the gym. How, as he was leaving the fight in Las Vegas, he heard what sounded like gunshots and, like dozens of people around him, fled the area.
As Michael Sr. relayed the story to his wife, he realized that because of his experiences, because of the hatred and racism that he grew up around, his son was alive today.
It all started in the Swinging Sixties. I wanted them to see not Michael Bentt but Sonny Liston when I walked in the door, into his office. At his very lowest, he took a gun and put it in his mouth. When I sparred Evander Holyfield, man – I gave that motherf*cker fits (laughs)! Out of darkness – light would eventually prevail. His story is not the typical ‘rags-to-riches’ that boxing so often produces. The film shows a boxer who felt he had not only lost a fight but his own masculinity, which had always been framed by boxing and his father. I was working but managed to blow all of my money. When Michael Sr. got off of the phone with his oldest son, he turned to his wife and reminisced about growing up in Amite, Louisiana 40 years ago. I had no interest but Emanuel drove up to our house and wanted me to sign. You don't have to worry about that. When someone opposed his masculinity, it was time to clear out.
His pride was torn to shreds and a two-year hiatus from the sport ensued.
So, he packed his bags and travelled to Jamaica. I wondered: where would all these have people have been if I lost? I’m a quitter? At another point in our conversation, Bentt even refers to himself being a “coward” during this period in his life.
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