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Continued from page 40 with young Tony with a smile. I will
never forget that moment. Marvin
and Sugar Ray Leonard in mega-
fights. His bout with Hearns, in gave me a wink when I thanked him
Whistle Stops
April 1985, still ranks as one of the sincerely. That corner pad is still in Whistle Stops
best middleweight fights ever. The Angelo’s basement by his wet bar. It
will never be sold on eBay.
first round is still considered the The “Team” has just completed Issue # 100,
best action round in the history of Marvin was a typical New England and as always, I would like to thank Lynn (Graphic
boxing. Marvin stopped Hearns in product, hard working, down to Design), Carrie (Editor), Bernadette (Website), our
the third round. earth, and a private individual. He
was weary of people and did not writers, Molly, Victoria, Thom, Casey, Jim, and
In April 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard open up easily. He worked hard at Christine. Thanks to our editorial columnists, Jim,
claimed victory over Hagler in in a his trade and gave 100% of himself
very controversial split decision, a every time he went into the ring. Jorge, Dave, Peter, Justin, Perry, Nikolai, Janeen, Alex,
bout still debated to this day. Marvin and Roxee. Cheers to The Sports Panel: Peter, Jake,
He took care of his family and was
Hagler retired at 32-years-old, a wise with his money. He was one and Jim. Appreciation goes out to our neighbourly
millionaire, surrounding himself of the few champions to walk away advice columnists Brian, Mike, and Max, as well as our
with good people and investing from the ring clean and wealthy. He distribution manager, Rene, our ad salesmen, Gord and
wisely while living a conservative never made a comeback. He was a
lifestyle. He had personal problems man of principle and conviction - he Robert, our distribution locations, our advertisers, and
with his wife Bertha. After they never gave up, achieved his goals, of course the people who are featured in our stories. I
settled and divorced, Marvin went to hope you enjoy # 100.
and walked away on his terms. He
Italy where he made action movies
stayed true to himself and remained
and commercials. He invested in I always liked Jason Spezza and thought he was
loyal to his friends and the Petronelli
real estate and grew very wealthy. a class act. He recently reinforced my opinion of him
Bros to the very end. They never
We met Marvin Hagler in had a contract signed between them! when he spearheaded a movement to get his teammates
Canastota, NY in 1999. My son Tony Word and a handshake, that’s it. to chip in and cover some salaries to Marlies players.
was 11 years old. My friend Angelo Marvin passed on March 13, 2021. The Marlies are the Leafs farm team, play in the AHL,
Scanga strapped an Everlast corner Rest in peace Marvin. Rest with
pad around Tony (it was almost champions. You were a champion and salaries have been hit hard by the pandemic.
as tall as Tony). Tony got all the in the ring, and more importantly, Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki are two reasons
former champions to sign. Marvin outside the ring.
was not signing autographs or the Habs are interesting to watch again.
Yours in Youth and Sport,
taking pictures, but he could not and
Jorge Luis I hear renovations at the Civic Complex/Ed
did not refuse little Tony. He signed
the corner pad and took a picture Proud Head Coach Lumley Arena are proceeding well. Can’t wait to see
of Champs Eastside the updates.

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to determine your value as most I am so proud of the Sports Energy “Team”,
on the open market with a local homes are selling well over the working together over the years and now publishing
realtor. People that sell privately
appraised prices we see. The only
want to save on the commission cost, way to get top dollar for your home our milestone 100th edition. It seems like yesterday
but what they do not realize is that when I was tossing the idea around about starting this
in today’s market is to list your
they are probably leaving money home through organized real estate paper. A good friend, Jake Lapierre, encouraged me
on the table when selling using this and create a bidding war. In some to take the plunge, as well as my wife, Shirley. It’s
method. As I had mentioned in my
cases, we are receiving as many
previous article, in most cases we are as 20 offers on a property. People funny, other people looked at me and said, this won’t
getting offers well over asking price last 3 months. (I guess they were wrong). While I’m
selling privately are not going to get
which covers your commission and this kind of response by placing an not getting rich, this venturae has been very rewarding
puts extra money in your pocket. ad in Kijiji or Market Place. These to me in other ways. Being able to share the success
It’s not only the money you lose sites do not get the traffic that our stories of so many local people put a smile on my
out on. It’s also about your time and multiple sites do. In fact, realtor
more importantly, the possibility listings are automatically uploaded face each month. We have so many positive things
of ending up in a lawsuit. Real to Kijiji and several other real estate happening in our area each month, and it’s great to
estate is a very complex world and sites - the biggest being realtor.ca be able to share them each month. I can’t thank our
when using a realtor, the weight As a footnote, I would like to advertisers, distribution locations, readers, the people
of responsibility is taken off your
mention that the last offer I saw we feature, and the Sports Energy Team enough.
shoulders and put in the hands of come through my office was
a professional. We also have better
$110,000 over the asking price on a Sorry, still not much to talk about on the local
negotiating skills which ends up listing that appeared to be priced at
with sellers getting more for their market value. Of course, this type sports scene.
homes with less hassle.
of result does not happen on every
As I stated in my feature article sale but if you talk to a realtor, they Winners Never Quit, and Quitters Never Win!
in the last addition of Sports Energy should be able to give you their ‘Signing out until next month,’
News titled “MARKET VALUE”, opinion of how much you may get Mike Piquette, Publisher
you cannot depend on appraisals over your asking price.