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Article: Ward still has some fight left
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 17, 1994
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LOWELL -- The Kid couldn't have been more than 9 or 10, just
another dreamer with sweat-stained boxing wraps dangling from his
tiny fists and an Orlando Magic basketball shirt covering his thin
chest. He was standing in the middle of Mickey O'Keefe's gym on
Mount Vernon Street, a squat building in a section of Lowell that
resembles an old pug's nose.
Alongside The Kid was a professional fighter named Mickey Ward, a
Lowell guy who once seemed headed toward a world title before it all
went sour and his hands began to throb and he got thrown into fights
just for the money until the hopelessness of his situation broke his
spirit and he walked away.
As The Kid sidled up to him, Ward was talking ...