Join Mike Goodpaster as he gives you the story of Boxer Billy Miske, who found out as a teenager that he had a terminal disease but continued to fight on. Miske retired in 1923 because his disease was so debilitating that he could no longer train anymore. He would return a year and a half later to fight Heavyweight contender Bill Brennan because he wanted to give his family one last great Christmas. Billy won the fight while dying and being unable to train. The fight was November the 7th, his family had one last great Christmas, and Billy passed away a week later.
The story of Billy Miske shows that people can overcome any adversity, and we live in a day and age where guys like Billy Miske are almost non-existent. Miske was a man that in October 1924 was on his deathbed and couldn't even train but requested one last fight on November 7th so his wife and kids could have one last great Christmas. Not only did he fight that fight, he won that fight! On top of all that, he died one week later on New Year's Day. Miske had fought most of his career with a debilitating disease that would eventually end his life. Miske's toughness through all of this was incredible and hard even to fathom.
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