Joe Harris was on my cave tour today. Joe is a retired heavyweight boxer nicknamed “Cut and Shoot.”

“Joe was a heavyweight contender during the 1950s. He won his first 23 fights, including consecutive wins against Willi Besmanoff, Bob Baker and Willie Pastrano, and was named Ring Magazine‘s progress of the year for 1957.

Before the bout Roy was on the cover of Sports Illustrated.^[4] In August 1958, Harris was given a title shot by world champion Floyd Patterson. Harris knocked down the champion in the second round of their fight, but was himself knocked down four times…” (Wikkipedia)

After the cave tour, Joe and I sat and talked about boxing a bit.

“Joe, give me one piece of advice about boxing,” I begged.

“Duck” Joe replied without missing a beat.

He went on to give me some of his best boxing advice, and I was thrilled.

You never know who is going to be on your cave tour. What fun.