Bobby Stitch

“Bobby Stitch was as good an’ complex a man as evuh walk the good Lawd’s earth. Kind. Sensitive. Generous. Heart made ‘a platinum. But Bobby, he be jes as ruthless, jes as calculatin’ an’ brutal as he be kind. That probly the hahdest thing ‘bout Bobby tuh unduhstand. How could a man, a gentle man, also be ya wuhse nightmayuh? Take mah breath away jes thinkin’ ‘bout that look he get in his eye. That demon look. That when ya know his mind gone dahk. Not crazy dahk. No, Suh. Col’, calculatin’ dahk. With that ‘Ah’m gonna kill ya’ look settin’ off yo’ alahm. Freezin’ ya heart an’ soul. Whew! You be in big trouble then. Yes, Suh. You be in biiiiiig trouble then!”

So says Dowie Howard of his best friend, prizefighter Bobby Stitch. But Bobby’s story is about much more than boxing. It is a story of love, hate, friendship, and fear. A story of laughter and tragedy. A story of eternal love between a man and a woman.