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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Salita's Mentor Dies

Jimmy O'Pharrow, Dmitriy Salita's boxing mentor, died this past Sunday night. O'Pharrow was 85 years old. Here is a touching tribute about the man affectionately known as Jimmy O. written by Salita. O'Pharrow is survived by his wife and two sons.

2 comments:

  1. ..Interesting it's not on Salita's own site..

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  2. Yeah Brian, they're not always so good about updating the site. Until late last year, Winky Wright was still #2 on Salita's pound-for-pound list until they took the list down. And "Hitch" is still listed as his movie recommendation!

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