Turns out not just the Pope is a boxer. Bob Dylan is a boxing fan and has trained.
Bob Dylan owns the complex that includes The 18th Street Coffee House in Santa Monica. It has or had a gym in the back. Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini trained Bob Dylan there. In Ray's word's Bob has his own private gym. Best gym Ive ever been in. On the wall there are pictures of Joe Louis, Ali, Frazier, Muddy Waters, the Rolling Stones. The heavyweights of boxing and music. First time I was over there we were sparring and just to keep him honest I would tap him with a left or right. After a couple of rounds, Bob said, Hey Ray. Could you take it a little easy on the head? I have a few songs left in there. I was like oh noare you kidding? Sorry. But he was only joking. He wasnt real fast or strong but he had his own way of moving and could get it done. Afterwards, we would always sit around and talk about the fights. He really knows his boxing. He loved Benny Leonard, Carlos Monzon, both Ali and Frazier.
And "Boom Boom Mancini," written by Warren Zevon, was performed by Bob Dylan during his fall tour 2002... And of course Dylan wrote Hurricane and much earlier, Who Killed Davey Moore. Mancini killed Kim Duk-koo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk40FCp0bXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvI3Y9Kuk5E
Bob Dylan owns the complex that includes The 18th Street Coffee House in Santa Monica. It has or had a gym in the back. Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini trained Bob Dylan there. In Ray's word's Bob has his own private gym. Best gym Ive ever been in. On the wall there are pictures of Joe Louis, Ali, Frazier, Muddy Waters, the Rolling Stones. The heavyweights of boxing and music. First time I was over there we were sparring and just to keep him honest I would tap him with a left or right. After a couple of rounds, Bob said, Hey Ray. Could you take it a little easy on the head? I have a few songs left in there. I was like oh noare you kidding? Sorry. But he was only joking. He wasnt real fast or strong but he had his own way of moving and could get it done. Afterwards, we would always sit around and talk about the fights. He really knows his boxing. He loved Benny Leonard, Carlos Monzon, both Ali and Frazier.
And "Boom Boom Mancini," written by Warren Zevon, was performed by Bob Dylan during his fall tour 2002... And of course Dylan wrote Hurricane and much earlier, Who Killed Davey Moore. Mancini killed Kim Duk-koo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk40FCp0bXM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvI3Y9Kuk5E