He used to get asked about it so often that he was sick of it. He was very embarrassed and I think it may have been his first fight as well. He felt a lot of pressure and was very nervous so he went out and beat the kid down. They were close in age at the time. From what I remember he's not proud of it. This is what I remember from interviews about 10 years ago so I could be wrong.
I saw an interview where Ben talk about this one time. I think he said it was a late replacement for an amateur fight. He said the state he was in didn't have many regulations for amateurs, so they pretty much grabbed a guy willing to fight from the crowd on a days notice. Ben turned pro shortly after that.
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