I think I was more or less, convinced of that by just the press, the US press. By people who were pressuring you, saying that you gotta beat the Russian's, if you don't win anything else, win the Russian meet and so forth.

In August of the same year he broke the world record in the event held by Jesse Owens for 25 years. Although Boston lost the world record again to Ter-Ovanesyan the national title and the #1 ranking in 1968 he continued to compete. He was an all around athletic star but he is best remembered for his successes in the long jump during the 1960s.

He divides his time between Atlanta Georgia and Knoxville Tennessee. He was an all around athletic star but he is best remembered for his successes in the long jump during the 1960s.