While at the Statesman Newspaper in Boise, I was assigned boxing and covered a single pro wrestling event.

The promoter of both boxing and wrestling in Boise was Al Berra, who operated a tavern in the downtown area.

Al was constantly finding ways to build the gate for his events, and of course filling his pockets at the same time.

He had built a stable of pretty good boxers, with two of them endin...