It comes from Warren Zevon’s song “Boom Boom Mancini,” as tough and hard a song as you will ever hear.… Mancini won by TKO in the 14th round. Zevon tells the tale of Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, a true story, but the art comes in selecting the facts and telling them right. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. He said, "Some one should have stopped the fight On October 18, 1979, Mancini made his professional debut and defeated Phil Bowen with a first-round knockout. In what was often called the best first round in boxing history, Frias wobbled Mancini and bloodied the challenger's nose in the fight's opening minute, only to have Mancini drop him and win the fight by knockout in the last minute of the first round. The story did not end when Kim climbed off the mat and headed for the locker room. Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon [8], Mancini went to the funeral in South Korea and fell into a deep depression afterwards. Zevon wrote this song about his personal friend, boxer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. ("And he put him away in round number one.") Mancini has a son also called Ray who appeared in the YouTube reality series SummerBreak, in which he also has a guest role. Bob Dylan: “Lawyers, Guns and Money.” “Boom Boom Mancini.” Down hard stuff. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). But the name of the game is be hit and hit back. Hurry home early - hurry on home Mancini lost when referee Mills Lane stopped the fight in the seventh round. We learn that Ray’s carrying on in the family business (“like father like son”). From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas Change ). Cool J has a strong contender in “Mama Said Knock You Out,” not a boxing song per se, but one that captures the spirit. On November 13, 1982, a 21-year-old Mancini met 27-year-old South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim. “The name of the game is be hit and hit back”, Write a line like that and you can go home knowing you’ve done your job. Some have the speed and the right combinations For the song, see. Kim wobbled in the next round, but managed to land a few punches that let the fight continue.  -  “My birth name is Mancino [pronounced Man-ch-ino], but my professional [boxing] name was Mancini [Man-ch-ini]. After many unanswered blows, referee Richard Greene stopped the fight at 2:54 in the first round, and the Mancini family finally had a world champion.[1]. Boxing played a prominent role in the Mancini family history. ( Log Out /  Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon His musical patterns are all over the place, probably because he’s classically trained. ( Log Out /  The event was selected by many (including The Ring and ESPN) as one of the most spectacular fights of the 1980s. [11] Mancini lost the title, but not before a fierce effort that resulted in an overnight stay at Millard Fillmore Hospital and 71 stitches around one eye. Hurry home early, hurry on home Five days later, Duk Koo Kim died from the head injuries suffered in the fight with Boom Boom. In an interview with Nick Hasted Zevon said:“Every song I write I try to make sound like the songs I like,” he deadpanned. [Chorus] He also appeared in the 2000 remake Body and Soul. starts and ends within the same node. Mancini went through a period of reflection, as he blamed himself for Kim's death. Mancini practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and holds a purple belt in the martial art. In the months that followed, Kim’s mother committed suicide, as did the referee of the fight. The song is greatly based on lightweight boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini. [6] Fifteen seconds into the fight, Frias caught Mancini with a left hook to the chin and another combination made Mancini bleed from his eyebrow. Song Statistics Stats; Tour Statistics Stats; Other Statistics; Songs. Hurry home early, hurry on home Hurry home early hurry on home Hurry home early - hurry on home A lightweight contender, like father like son Seven weeks later he was back in the ring “Hurricane” is an impassioned story song with some good glimpses of boxing (“Rubin could take a man out with just one punch/But he never did like to talk about it all that much/It’s my work, he’d say, and I do it for pay”). Around the time of Zevon’s death in 2003, Dylan paid tribute to his fellow songwriter by performing a selection of Zevon’s songs, including “Boom Boom Mancini.” (You can hear a performance here.) So hurry home early, hurry on home Boom Boom makes good on his promise, taking the title from Arturo Frias in Vegas, where else? In a rematch with Bramble, Mancini lost the fight by one point on all three judges' scorecards in a 15-round decision.

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