Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.

Following his return in 1946 Neiman studied briefly at the St. He was 91. Hoelscher of St.

LeRoy Neiman (June 8 1921 – June 20 2012) was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes musicians and sporting events.