For years I opined that actor Christopher Walken talked like Thelonious Monk played the piano, but it also occurred to me that Monk played the piano like Jersey Joe Walcott boxed. In fact, I wrote about it. http://www.boxing.com/jersey_joe_and_the_monk.html And Larry Merchant once said that a prime Roy Jones Jr. was like “Oscar Peterson with Boxing Gloves.” If fast fingers … [Read more...]