Read this, about boxing announcer Colonel Bob Sheridan, unbelievable story. Col. Bob Sheridan was scheduled to do the Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson rematch in 1997 at the MGM Grand (you know, the one where Tyson bit a piece of Holyfield's ear off?). Well, the night before the match Sheridan had a MAJOR heart attack (one of several he would eventually have) and was hospitalized in Las Vegas. He underwent an angiogram and an emergency angioplasty. In a bizarre yet devoted act of both stubbornness and loyalty, after the procedure he signed himself out of the hospital against medical advice and was transported to the MGM in an ambulance where he called the fight before a crowd of thousands and a television audience of millions (his physician, Dr, Singh, sitting right behind him giving him fluids and taking his blood pressure between rounds). Immediately following the fight, he was transported back to the hospital where he underwent yet ANOTHER emergency angioplasty!
To some people there are some things more meaningful than life. This may not be a smart act on his part, but he sure deserves respect for this. Mark
His doctor was right behind him at least. That would have been crazy to see though, while the fighters were being worked on in their corners in between rounds, a doctor would be working on the announcer between rounds too.
No wonder they call him Col. Bob Sheridan. I heard when he was born, Bob slapped the doctor and took a cab home
