So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.

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.