(This story was originally published in Maxfighting.com) By Frank Forza Curreri LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Come Saturday morning, Dewey Cooper expects to walk into a room at Kindred Hospital and address his father. Barring a miracle, it will be one-way conversation. Floyd Cooper, a decorated Vietnam veteran who made a habit of never showing weakness, can…
By Frank Forza Curreri Richard Abraham, who faces Ky Hollenbeck in the Lion Fight 24 main event Friday night, has been hailed for his remarkable toughness. A probing into the 29-year-old Chicagoan’s upbringing – a prison guard father and a breast cancer-battling mother – might explain the source of his fortitude. I spoke with “Maximus”…
By Frank Forza Curreri Several years ago I was advising an elite athlete, a world champion in his sport. Despite his amazingness, he was the super-nervous, Type A personality, high-anxiety type. Professional psychologists would label him OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (in my mind, OCD characteristics can be an awesome blessing; channeled properly, I’ve seen that neurotic behavior…
