The Winner

[glendamae]

Can you help me find this poem. It appeared in a magazine back in the 70s. It tell the story of a fighter who is beaten to a pulp, but sees himself as a winner

[quasimodo1]

To glendamae: It might be possible with a few more clues. Magazine title, closer exact date etc. quasimodo1

[Virgil]

Sounds like a Hemingway short story called "The Battler." But I think that was written in the 1920s.