Whatever happened to Jimmy Thunder
who crawled back
from down under
a rock and a hard place
well off the pace?
His fastest knockout
was not a cop out
and his medal was made of gold
all told a life
that should have brought success
But boxing brains don't weather pain nor loss
triumph tossed into a Vegas jail cell
a life of destitution and hell.
Roger Smith
July 2016
For a former NZ boxing star - Jimmy Peau (a.k.a. Jimmy Thunder)
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
Jimmy Thunder
Whatever happened to Jimmy Thunder
who crawled back
from down under
a rock and a hard place
well off the pace?
His fastest knockout
was not a cop out
and his medal was made of gold
all told a life
that should have brought success
But boxing brains don't weather pain nor loss
triumph tossed into a Vegas jail cell
a life of destitution and hell.
Roger Smith
July 2016
For a former NZ boxing star - Jimmy Peau (a.k.a. Jimmy Thunder)
who crawled back
from down under
a rock and a hard place
well off the pace?
His fastest knockout
was not a cop out
and his medal was made of gold
all told a life
that should have brought success
But boxing brains don't weather pain nor loss
triumph tossed into a Vegas jail cell
a life of destitution and hell.
Roger Smith
July 2016
For a former NZ boxing star - Jimmy Peau (a.k.a. Jimmy Thunder)
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