Sport: Hawaiian Businessman

When Bobo Olson was a 15-year-old in Hawaii he was so keen to be a professional fighter that he had his arms tattooed and shaved his chest every day to make the hair grow faster—all so he would look old enough to get a fighter's license. Last week Middleweight Champion Olson, a balding 25-year-old, was candidly bored by the whole business: "I'm tired of fighting. I don't like it anymore. I'm doing it for the money alone—until I get enough to go into some kind of business to provide security for my family."

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