Sesquipedalian

七足动物

Love and Radio

社会与文化

2014-07-30

49 分钟
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Charles Farrell was born to a sophisticated middle class family in Boston, but at age 12, he left home and came of age on the street, joining “low-life culture”, the underbelly of boxing, and avant garde piano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The biggest bet I ever made in my life would have been a life changing bet.

  • I made a bet of $425,000.

  • The win would be $1,250,000.

  • I was sort of trying to get out of being a gangster, which I'd been at that point in a number of different ways.

  • And I thought that was the thing that was going to be able to make me be legit for the rest of my life.

  • I could stop being a gangster.

  • I flew into Santo Domingo at a private plane that was arranged for me and landed on a cane field.

  • I had my bodyguard, and they had these two enormous samoan guys, and they had their money, and I had my money.

  • So I made the bet.

  • It was for a middleweight championship.

  • A guy named Stevie Collins and a guy named Reggie Johnson.

  • Both good fighters, both guys who didn't punch very hard, and both guys who were never knocked out in their entire career.

  • So it's going to be a close fight.

  • I mean, you know, this is, this.

  • Can go either way.

  • I've got Reggie Johnson barely ahead by 1.96, 985.

  • Oh, man.

  • My life is flashing before my eyes because I'm either going to lose more money than I ever envisioned losing or I'm going to make enough money.

  • So I'm out of this thing.

  • And I lost.