Post-fight, the pundits had to deal with Garcia's miraculous transformation, from a game fighter for whom the title shot had come way too early, into a hard-punching champ ready to take on the world.
"I tossed him in the air, and he flew off like a champ, ready to make a life for himself with the other eagles," said Robert Horvath, the wildlife rehabilitator who rescued Jake from Tappan Beach and cared for him at his Massapequa home.
When Rudy finally gets his chance, the Notre Dame team captain asks, "Rudy, are you ready for this, champ?" Replies Rudy: "I've been ready for this my whole life!" When I asked Oppenheim a similar question at The Arnie on Saturday, his reply was telling: "When I got my card, this is the event I wanted to play.
Defending national champs ready to run out … nice to have an opener with national implications.
"I think I am ready to be unified champ.
Nevertheless, the courageous young champ was ready to jump right into the deep end again and defend his belt against the dangerous Paul Williams.
"I'm quite sure they'll be champing at the bit ready to get out there.
Other teams haven't played for a long time, so they're there champing at the bit, ready to roll and we need to get back and get going.
Donald decided that he "ain't ready to see Jimmy," so Peta enlisted defending "DWTS" champ Karina Smirnoff to join their "Trio Dance".
Many of the old hands are ready to go when the time comes; indeed one hound - Champ, who used to spend his summers near Helvellyn - did not need to be fetched, he just went on his own.
