Marcy my deepest condolences to you and the fam. He was a great man who was taken from us much too early. Big Al and I always got along we are two very different people but we both have a bit of a wild side that allowed us to have some good laughs together. The thing that I really respected about Allen was that he was one of the most real human beings I have ever met, he was a genuinely kind and funny person and he just told it how it was. I will always cherish the day we spent in Del Mar and then going back to Tyson's condo, where Al and Tyson made us all dinner. That evening at condo was such a great night, my girlfriend at the time had come over and prior to her arrival we had to make an agreement that we would not bring up any stories Tyson had told y'all in the days prior. The whole dinner Allen kept hinting at one of the particularly embarrassing stories, she did not understand but the rest of us had a good laugh. That's what I loved about Big Al, we liked to tease and poke a fun at each other, but it was always in good spirits. He was a great man, who truly did live life to the fullest. He will be deeply missed but he will live on in our memories forever.
Love,
Willie