We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on.

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.