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Scott MacNeil lived in Halifax and Scott MacNeil had a passion for boxing which was in equal parts erotic and serious. It was hard to find willing opponents to fight and explore the erotic side of boxing in Halifax but he did manage to find one hot man with whom he was able to sustain a long term series of ring wars and he became adept not only at punching but keeping it a turn-on for both of them. He enjoyed a life as a fully ‘out’ gay man in Halifax and was actively involved in progressive political activities. Apparently through Meetfighters he flagged me down a long time ago but there was little chance of our traveling between New York City and Halifax and we stopped being in close touch. Then suddenly in the summer of 2018 he contacted me again and asked if I’d be willing to receive his massive collection of boxing gloves. I was overwhelmed at his generosity and the largesse and I asked him why he wanted to get rid of them, and why me? He then confessed he had ALS disease and wouldn’t be able to use the gloves and he could think of no one close to him who would appreciate them. Because of all my erotic fight videos and wide rep as a passionate aficionado in this realm, he said he could think of nobody else he’d rather give them to. Humbled by all this I said yes, of course I would be happy to acquire them and, at his own expense, he packed his enormous collection ranging from 6 oz to 14 oz Reyes, Everlast, Spalding, etc (you name it ) vintage to brand new boxing gloves and fight appurtenances into huge cardboard boxes which I received a week later. It was a spectacularly magnanimous gesture and to this day I’m stunned by his generosity. I heard less and less from him & then nothing at all not long after this. Sadly, I just learned that he succumbed to ALS disease in October 2019. I shall never forget him.