Leila Smith
Leila Smith
care promised ray son took work
Ray had promised me back in 1940 that I would never have to work again. And I never had to. My son always took care of me.
call degrees dropped felt guess night people ray rounds sat whatever
It was 104 degrees that night. It was 130 degrees ringside, that's what they said. I was there. It felt like it. Whatever you call 'great' nowadays, I guess Ray was that then. I went to his fights. I wasn't superstitious. When Ray sat between rounds that night, I dropped my head. People said, 'Why do you drop your head? You crying?' I was praying.