Boxed in tearful

Memory Served: Sometime in 1979, Makati City

Memories of childhood have become sketchier. Not sure if I was with my father, or my mother, or them both, but I saw The Champ, starring Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway and Ricky Schroeder in cinema (most probably at Quad, now part of Glorietta, Ayala Center, Makati City). This movie was what I remembered and associated the first time I learned the word "tearjerker." Not a single eye in the moviehouse left dry - I cried too, and I was only six then.

Last month, I facilitated a meeting with government hospitals that were helping Filipino professional boxers with their medical, diagnostic and neurological requirements. Alvin Lagumbay, who just won his welterweight title in Tokyo this year even came to personally thank the hospitals. At one lighter, more casual moment in the meeting, I was able to take some of the attendees down memory lane with memories of The Champ.

It spoke of the mutual devotion between father and son. So, Happy Fathers Day to you all.