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Article: GOLD METTLE | ON HIS OLYMPIC JOURNEY AND IN HIS PRIVATE LIFE, CHICAGO BOXER MICHAEL BENNETT `LEARNS FROM HIS MISTAKES AND JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER.'
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- The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2000
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A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn. Phrase on boxers' workout schedule at U.S. Olympic Training Center
COLORADO SPRINGS -- The bulky headgear shielding his face did little to hide the intensity in Michael Bennett's eyes as he danced around the turquoise boxing mat defaced with the blood and sweat of million-dollar dreams.
His sparring partner here at the U.S. Olympic Training Center was a southpaw, so Bennett concentrated on keeping his right foot on the outside and throwing his punches straight down the middle.
Hands up.
Stay to the right.
Leave no doubts.
This mantra played out repeatedly in Bennett's mind as his powerful arms delivered ...