"And she has watched them as girls grow to champions."
He was elevated to full champion on June 5, 2009.
I screamed to my champion for help; but where was he?
One judge called the fight a draw, but the others gave it to the champion, 116-112 and 118-111.
Boston offers $55,000 each to the men's and women's champion.
The 2013 purse was $650,000, with $117,000 going to the champion.
The club sent letters to several older past champions last spring asking them not to play.
The transition from goat to champion couldn't be an easy one.
He continued to play and lost to the eventual champion, 6-7, 4-6.
He did not know if Heard would cotton to the 10-time scoring champion spending time at practice.