Frank Smith’s unusual combination: Boxing and fishing

Frank Smith fighting Jesse Martin in Golden Gloves in the 1970s. (Provided)

A fishing-hook pin decorated the bill of Frank Smith’s white baseball cap. The souvenir came from a crappie-fishing trip to Grenada Lake in Mississippi.

Smokey Robinson wafted through the empty boxing gym at 4716 S. Ashland as we talked before the after-school crush.