Art "Golden Boy" Aragon, From The Fight Magazine 1953,

Lee Boran managed Aragon through his first five years as a professional, then sold him in 1948 just as Art was about to become an established main eventer. Boren says, "I sold Art because I thought I'd rather be friends with him than train him. Boran sold Aragon to Barney Barnett. There personalities clashed, and Barnett, in turn, sold him a few months later to Jimmy Roche, who possesses a shrewd business mind and considerably more patience then his predecessor. Roche steered his Golden Boy to the big-money fights with one hand, and kept him humored by patting him on the back with the other. It has been difficult at times, but Roche says, "Other fight managers have alot of other kinds of trouble with their fighters. Art isn't so bad. He just pops off a little when he shouldn't." Recently the Golden Boy was watching a fight on television in which Elmer Beltz and Phil Kim, another Aragon knockout victim, were the contestants. Someone said, "Beltz seems to have slowed down." Another person said, "Kim doesn't look as fast as he used to, either." Aragon concurred. "Let me tell you something," he said. "Very few fighters look the same after they fight me."