father, let's say his substitute father was his neighbor who lived across the street from him, charlie burley who was a prizefighter . sort of a figure that you could see a kid getting more about so august idolized charlie and charlie almost adopted august as his son. and charlie's wife julia was august's mother's best friend so there were a lot of ties between the two and august modeled himself after charlie. in addition to being an outsider which august was, he had what he called warrior spirit. >> and of course charlie is a boxer, it's a fighter, somebody who stands up not someone who's necessarily aggressive and hostile because charlie wasn't back. charlie could take a punch, you see. you take a punch, you don't let it get you down. you get back up. charlie is the one in census about a garbage hauler who's angry that he didn't get to play majorleague baseball. charlie was a fires prizefighter who should've been world champion but never got the fight that he needed. it was too early for a black man. joe lewis was enough . charlie never got the break he should have.>> i go out here every mo