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boxing purist, and so I really don't follow other types of "fighting" -- other than some high school wrestling. I watched some of that card out of curiosity, more than anything else.

"Assault in the Ring" was interesting. Resto is, of course, a dishonest man. He came close to telling the truth, but didn't have the spine to stand up to Panama Lewis. The truth is that Lewis is a creep who was constantly cheating, and this is only one time where he was caught.

Resto is a pathetic character. He is a shell of what he used to be. But what he used to be was actually less attractive than the stuble bum he is today.

Billy Collins, Jr., was an undefeated young contender, who probably never would have won the world title. He reminded me of a smaller version of the Quarry brothers -- like Jerry and Mike, he was talented, exciting, and had a father who had been frustrated in their own lives, directing their career. Both of the fathers had issues in dealing with the promoters, and their sons eventually paid a price. In Collins' case, it was a terrible crime.

The thing that bothered me the most about the way the documentary was set up was that some people cast a shadow over the issue of why Collins did not box again, between the loss and his suicide. They made it look like it was simply a case of the father's greed. It wasn't. It had to do with two things: safety issues, and then the fact that Billy had become unstable and absolutely was in no condition to be fighting in the ring. The only people who wanted him to fight when he was that screwed up were parasites.