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Louis Arena on Nov. 13, but his fight
was cancelled because of a problem
with the ring.
"It's almost like he can't let go,"
Leon explained. "I don't think he'll be
content until he gets a title shot." Said
Scotty, "I think I'm about five fights
away from another title shot."
It's the goal of Buck's promoter
Tom Johnson, the former
International Boxing Federation junior
lightweight champion,
to get Buck ranked in
the world top 10.
When Buck fought
as an amateur, Leon
could deal with the
sight of his son getting
hit, but he can barely
watch now. "When he
had the headgear on, it
was alright," said Leon,
who couldn't watch his
son's first professional
fight. "I still have a dif-
ficult time. It's nerve
racking, and I k now
the danger factor.
Scotty's mother Linda has an easier
time watching the fights, standing
ringside with a camcorder.
Although his parents have no objec-
tions to their son fighting, Buck has
already made plans for the child he
doesn't have yet.
"Never will I let my kid fight," he
said. "It's brutal, and it hurts. You
have to put in 110 percent."
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From Young Israel of Oak Park
Tuesday, December 1, 1998
7:30 p.m.
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82 Detroit Jewish News
A Farmington Hills builder
makes a second home in the ring.
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Rabbi Steven Well
11/27
Running The Show
MIKE ROSENBAUM
Special to The Jewish News
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Ten years later, Tarnow is a licensed
boxing referee, judge and timekeeper.
He works about three or four nights a
month, usually judging or refereeing
amateur bouts. He hasn't given up his
day job — a good move, because he
receives no pay for his boxing work,
except for an occasional mileage reim-
bursement. So what does he get out of
boxing?
"The enjoyment of helping people.
This may be their only way out of the
lifestyle they're in," Tarnow said. "And
s a boy, Steve Tarnow
enjoyed watching Friday
night fights on. TV. Little
did he know that boxing
would one day offer him a second
career and a chance to appear on the
big screen.
Tarnow, a 49-year-old West
Bloomfield resident, is the owner of
Preferred Building Company, a cus-
tom remodeling
business. About
10 years ago, he
went to watch a
customer's son
box. At the bout,
Tarnow chatted
with a member
of his health club
who worked as a
boxing official.
Telling Tarnow
that officials were
always in
demand, Tarnow
decided to give it
Steve Tarnow watches 10-year-old boxers Benjamin Fuller and
a shot.
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