Dangerous Dillard Fightin Flippo Bam-Bam Barch, that be the fightin name he give hissef, but he never have a fight, except one, if that what you call it. Around the gym they cut his name down to Deedee, or Flippy or Orbit. But Danger always talk about hissef the long way, by his fightin name. “My name’s Dangerous Dillard Fightin Flippo Bam-Bam Barch outta Polk County, Missouri,” he say, squinting one eye, “an’ my dream is to fight the Motor City Cobra Thomas Hit Man Hearns for the WBA Welterweight Championship of the whole world.” I done some fighting back before TV, lightweight, course I weigh more now. I wasn’t a contender, nothing like that, but I was a scrapper and I put on a good show every time I lace them up in the local arenas around L.A.—Wrigley Field, Ocean Park, Wilmington, Jeffries’ Barn, and sometimes up in Stockton or Frisco, and down Tijuana Old Mexico. I fight at Hollywood Legion, too, right there off Sunset and Vine, but I had to say I was a Ayrab because they don’t fight coloreds in Hollywood Legion in those days.
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