The Colonel retires

HALL of Fame broadcaster Colonel Bob Sheridan, who has called the biggest
fights since 1970, including the Rumble in the Jungle, Muhammad Ali versus
George Foreman, has decided to hang up the microphone for health reasons.
“This is the last farewell,” Sheridan told Fightnews.com®. “I am retiring as of
October 1 here in the United States of America. I have had a really rough year
with disease and the passing of my wife, the late Annie Kelly, and I have made
the decision along with my three sons to take a back seat for a while.
“Over the weekend while I was in hospital in Las Vegas, I was given the final rites
– meaning I could have been close to death. I don’t think I am. You can’t kill a
cockroach and they can’t kill the Colonel. With that in mind and taking everything
into consideration, and the fact I have just recovered from a gunshot wound I
have decided to semi-retire. My boys will take overall boxing issues. They will
take over the farms and the trucking business.
“I also would like the thank Father McCabe – the Archbishop from Boston and
Father Steven from the hospital in Las Vegas. I am not done. I just want to pick
and choose what I want to do. My mind is still sharp and while my mind is still
sharp – I will work.
The man above is in charge. I learned that this week when I was given the last
rites by Father Steven in hospital. I was shot over a month ago in California and
was in the Cedar Sinai hospital and I have been under twelve physicians.
“My thanks to Fightnews.com® for your support over the years and thanks to the
boxing fans around the world for your support for over fifty years. It has been
fantastic to broadcast some of the greatest fights of all time.”
(Fightnews)