Meanwhile, my HBO colleagues were filming in Crawford’s old haunts and spending time with his family, and in particular his mother, Debbie – aka Miss Debra. If Crawford was reserved in front of a camera or microphone, the same could not be said of Miss Debra. She was and remains a force of nature, diminutive in stature but not in spirit, and there was never any doubt when she and her family were around. The Hilton was connected to the CenturyLink Center by a skybridge that entered the hotel via the lobby bar, and after every press conference or weigh-in, the bar’s volume would increase exponentially when the Crawford clan rocked up.
