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   Celebrity Boxing

   21.Nov.07, 12:23 EST
   
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   Okay. ..
   
   Everyone on the internet has said that I was trounced by Dustin Diamond in that stupid fight- I don't know how many years ago that was. But no one has ever asked me what happened. Well, here's the story-
   
   The Dick Clark people contacted me and asked if I would fight Davey Jones from the MONKEES. I immediately said 'Yes.' We're about the same height and weight and how much harm could we do?
   
   I went to Palm Springs and had three days training. Suddenly, I receive a phone call saying that Davey had backed out and would I consider fighting Dustin Diamond. I truly had never seen HEAD OF THE CLASS or whatever the name of the show he was on. I answered that I wasn't sure.
   
   Two minutes later, I get a phone call from Dustin Diamond's manager. "You're his hero! Besides, he's a bean pole." I am told. (That's a direct quote.) So I said, "Sure, why not? It'll be fun."
   
   Little did I know what was in store.
   
   Dustin, whose reputation precedes this missive, is at least a foot taller than I. He has the wing span of a pterodactyl (Large prehistoric bird- forgive me if you already knew this.) and looked as if he were six months pregnant! He is also half my age!
   
   About an hour before the 'match' Dustin told me not to hit his face, it seems he had a gig the next night, in Millwaukee, I think it was. I said, 'Okay. If I can even reach your face, I won't hit it!'
   
   Then he informed me that he was a professional kickboxer! And had been since he was fourteen!
   
   He gave that twisted smile of his that I have seen since. Perhaps you've seen it, too.
   
   In the ring, in the second round, the only thing he did was knock a blue contact lens out of my eye, and the match was called. I wanted to continue- it was only a contact lens. (I had just finished playing King Arthur in CAMELOT- hence the blond-white hair and blue contacts.)
   
   There was no black eye and swelling as 'eye-witness' accounts have asserted. I was not hurt.
   
   The fact is- and I have witnesses- the attending doctor came into my dressing room and told me Dustin thought I broke one of his ribs! So I did get one or two in there! Like I said, I have witnesses to it.
   
   But the whole thing has blown so far out of proportion, that now that I have the platform, I just want to set the record straight.
   
   Personally, I blame the Dick Clark Organization for the position they put me in. I believe they always had Dustin in the wings. During the weigh in, they said I weighed more than I did, and that Dustin weighed less than it was obvious by looking at him. I'm thinking that Davey Jones was never part of the mix. And Dustin- a heavyweight by my standards- was always going to fight the little welterweight- me
   
   Bottom line- I got paid.
   
   So did he.
   
   But, it burns my butt when I am called the weakling against a man twice my size and half my age.
   
   Enough!
   
   Now I can let it go.
   
   Thanks for reading this- if you got this far!
   
   If it wasn't for the internet, I would have forgotten this a long time ago.