By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart “The Lord gave me a gift.” So said amateur 1970s boxing genius Jesse Valdez to Ken Hissner of Boxing Insider. And he did because Jesse Valdez was a phenomenal boxer – slick, clever and very effective. The fact that he never turned pro means that many miss him when they
By Donald “Braveheart” Stewart The cliché is that history is written by the victors. Those who do not command headlines in their prime tend not to have eulogies prepared well in advance of their demise. Like all sports, boxing is filled with nearly men. There are fighters who faltered and flattered,