Champ Ray was real gent; YourSay.IN REPLY to Kim Williams' letter (Friday, July 3) about autograph hunting, I also have a similar hobby. I meet great sports stars from the past and I go to the sports and science fiction show at the NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , which is held in March and November. When I was a kid my hero was Jairzinho, the great Brazilian winger, so imagine my surprise when he was due to be there, and he lived up to my expectations of a great sportsman and celebrity. I have also met Rivelino, Jake LaMotta Giacobbe La Motta (born July 10, 1921), better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former boxer who was world middleweight champion and whose life has been as controversial outside the ring as it was inside it. , Tommy Smith and Sugar Ray Leonard Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer. He was one of the leading boxers in the world in the late 1970s and 1980s, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas . Sugar Ray was one of the nicest people I have met. The Birmingham NEC shows are ones that Birmingham can be proud of. The two people I would like to meet now are Holland's Johan Cruyff and boxer Marvin Hagler, so through the Mail I would like to thank the staff and management at the NEC for putting on these great events. Rob Hawkins, Redditch CAPTION(S): Handshake: Rob Hawkins with Sugar Ray Leonard at a sports and science fiction show at the NEC. |
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