
However, Boris’ father had just called Dassler and said it was an impertinence to issue cards where Boris looked so distorted. Too late. Cards were printed and Helmut and Boris were off to the international sports exhibition ISPO in Munich in February 1985. There, no one had heard of Boris Becker. And no one was interested in getting his autograph.
The world was a different one in September that same year, when the two of them went to the ISPO again. Two months before, Boris became the youngest Wimbledon champion ever and the masses almost squashed the PUMA stand – just to get his autograph.