My name is Robert Bolanos. I am newphew of Enrique Bolanos. I am interested in getting Jose Luis Cotero phone number as well. My Father fought Jose luis Cotero and I am usre my father would like to tall to Mr. Cotero.
kikibalt wrote:Photo and caption by Robert Bolanos
Here is another picture. The person on the left is Ricardo Montalbal, Rita Moreno, I don't know this person is, Enrique, Jimmy Lennon Sr, Ruby, and I don't know who the two people on the far right are . Perhaps the other members can help identify them.
Robert jr
I send Hap an email, asking for help in identifying the unknowns in this photo and I received two replies
First reply below
Friend Kiki:
Sorry, I don't seem to recognize any of the others not mentioned in your email. But I did want to let you know about an earlier picture posted that shows Bobo Olson, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Lennon, Sr. and some ladies taken at the beer sponsored television show......I was there, and was interviewed along with Bobo, whom I had taken to that show for publicity purposes.
I had to leave early, but I had a picture taken with Bobo and the lady who is in the center of the other picture you posted, the Spanish actress Sarita Montiel (she is wearing a black dress with spaghetti shoulder straps).. She had been in "Vera Cruz" the movie with Burt Lancaster and Gary Cooper. I think she married Anthony Mann, the director who was with her that night.. When I find the photo I will send you a copy via email
regards
hap navarro.
Second reply below
Kiki:
On second thought, I am sue that the fellow standing to Enrique's right, next to Rita, is an old friend of my dad's Santiago Campbell, who had been Mexican Consul in Los Angeles and later in Fresno. Perhaps the occasion was somewhat political and not necessarily a sporting event.
kikibalt wrote:I have Joe-the plumber here doing some work, and all I can see in his eyes is $ signs...
You probably heard the story about the plumber and the lawyer.
The town's most distinguished lawyer had a problem with his kitchen sink and called a plumber to fix it. The plumber spent about 15 minutes working on the sink, and then presented the lawyer with a bill for $250.00.
"$250!!!" - the lawyer exclaimed. "Why, that's outrageous!! That equals $1,000 an hour!! Sir, I'm the finest lawyer in this community and even I don't earn $1,000 an hour."
"Yeah, I know," replied the plumber, "I didn't make that much money when I was practicing law, either."
kikibalt wrote:I have Joe-the plumber here doing some work, and all I can see in his eyes is $ signs...
You probably heard the story about the plumber and the lawyer.
The town's most distinguished lawyer had a problem with his kitchen sink and called a plumber to fix it. The plumber spent about 15 minutes working on the sink, and then presented the lawyer with a bill for $250.00.
"$250!!!" - the lawyer exclaimed. "Why, that's outrageous!! That equals $1,000 an hour!! Sir, I'm the finest lawyer in this community and even I don't earn $1,000 an hour."
"Yeah, I know," replied the plumber, "I didn't make that much money when I was practicing law, either."
Tom, Don Fraser told me that joke this morning, I was talking to him and I told him that Joe the plumber was here working and he told me the joke, btw, Don is not feeling too good, he fell a few days ago and hurted his back and is having a hard time getting around.
kikibalt wrote:I have Joe-the plumber here doing some work, and all I can see in his eyes is $ signs...
You probably heard the story about the plumber and the lawyer.
The town's most distinguished lawyer had a problem with his kitchen sink and called a plumber to fix it. The plumber spent about 15 minutes working on the sink, and then presented the lawyer with a bill for $250.00.
"$250!!!" - the lawyer exclaimed. "Why, that's outrageous!! That equals $1,000 an hour!! Sir, I'm the finest lawyer in this community and even I don't earn $1,000 an hour."
"Yeah, I know," replied the plumber, "I didn't make that much money when I was practicing law, either."
Tom, Don Fraser told me that joke this morning, I was talking to him and I told him that Joe the plumber was here working and he told me the joke, btw, Don is not feeling too good, he fell a few days ago and hurted his back and is having a hard time getting around.
I'm sorry to hear that about Don. I still need to call him. I feel like I know him already through all the discussion on our board.
An Irish construction worker works in Manhattan but lives in Staten Island.
Every day he takes the Ferry Boat to and from work.
One day after work, he decides to stop at the tavern near the construction site and have a few beers.One or two turns in to six or seven and he is starting to get a little lit.
He glances at his watch and realizes that the last ferry to Staten Island and home leaves in five minutes.
He settles up and runs out of the tavern down to the dock.
In the distance he sees the boat ten feet from the dock and says to himself "shit its leaving".
He gathers a head of steam and leaps off the end of the dock and lands on the deck of the boat.
He gets up, brushes himself off ,looks at the ticket taker and says, "did you see that freakin leap? I oughta be in the Olympics".
The ticket taker looks at him and says yeah pal, it was beautiful but we were just pulling in".
"How do you know how great you are without doubters?"
That's the question Bernard Hopkins asked Monday during an extended explanation of how he shocked the boxing world with a unanimous (119-106, 118-108, 117-109) decision over previously unbeaten Kelly Pavlik on Saturday.
"When I was done, I looked out at media row, stared out at the audience and I said, 'I'm tired of proving myself.' I had reached my boiling point. In and out of the ring, there's nothing else I can do."
What the 43-year-old Hopkins proved in his conquest of the 26-year-old middleweight champion from Youngstown, Ohio, is that when experience is teamed with fitness, youth and a powerful right hand stand little chance.
"I'm hearing about a lot of 40-year-olds who saw the fight walking with their chest out ... you have to be skinnin' and grinnin' after seeing that," Hopkins said.
Hopkins said his Saturday night masterpiece -- which he claims surpassed his previous high-profile victories over Felix Trinidad and Oscar De La Hoya -- was triggered by homework. In studying Pavlik's victories over Jermain Taylor, Edison Miranda and Gary Lockett, he said he noticed Pavlik continually "jabs and tries to line you up with his right."
"I asked myself, 'Why not go to his left and make him punch across chest?' That's awkward to do. That was his problem.
"I knew you can't beat a great athlete in just one way. I admit sometimes the way I fight is not pretty, but I do what I got to do. I wouldn't let him connect."
Roiled by predictions that he'd suffer his first knockout loss, Hopkins spent the night sticking to his strategy, delivering a steady diet of rarely used jabs and punches that left the favorite bloodied and confused.
"I took a page from the sweet science of boxing: hit and not be hit," Hopkins said. "We got too used in this sport to the Ultimate Fighting, big punch-type of fighting. I was sidestepping and he had to keep churning his legs. He had to adjust and didn't know how. It was all about position, position, position."
Now, Hopkins has a Nov. 8 fight to watch between the man who edged him by decision in April, Joe Calzaghe, and the veteran fighter who could secure a long-awaited date perhaps by the spring, Roy Jones Jr.
"If we can get that fight [with Jones] everyone's been waiting a decade for, in the [Madison Square] Garden, that's a fight you don't want to miss," Hopkins said.
Every time someone criticized boxing for becoming a virtual Legends Tour, the response from those who still think the sport return to its former glory was: Kelly Pavlik.
I don't think we'll be hearing that so much in the near future.
Neither does Joe Calzaghe, who didn't seem as surprised as most by Pavlik's unanimous decision loss to the ancient Bernard Hopkins.
"I said all along Kelly Pavlik was overrated, overhyped and hadn't done anything in his career to warrant a fight with me,'' said Calzaghe, who fights Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 8. "This was evident Saturday night when Hopkins destroyed and exposed him for what he is ...
"They told me the place was packed with Pavlik fans who either sat stunned or actually started cheering for Hopkins.''
Promoter Dan Goossen just announced that his world welterweight champion fighter Paul Williams will fight next month in Ontario for the International Boxing Federation junior middleweight belt owned by 38-year-old Verno Phillips.
Phillips, who'll be 39 on fight night Nov. 29 at the new Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, has held a junior middleweight title three times.
He's fought since 1988 and has taken on the likes of Lupe Aquino and Gianfranco Rosi, losing 10 times (including twice to Kassim Ouma and once to Ike Quartey).
Williams (35-1, 26 knockouts) is coming off two early knockout victories, one to recapture his World Boxing Organization welterweight belt and another at middleweight.
Also on Nov. 29, Riverside's Chris Arreola (25-0, 22 KOs) will fight NABF heavyweight champ Travis Walker (28-1-1) and Los Angeles' Olympian Shawn Estrada will make his professional debut.
Former Middleweight Contender Mustafa Hamsho, Goes on the Record with RSR
Exclusive Interview by “Bad” Brad Berkwitt
Ringside Report
“It’s very nice to be remembered from an Era that was very strong in the Middleweight Division”--Mustafa Hamsho
In the history of boxing, we have had so many diverse personalities come through the sport. Some were hailed as the “Golden Boy’s” while others were labeled as “Black Bart” the guy who wore all black in the movie westerns and was supposed to be the bad guy. Mustafa Hamsho throughout his career was labeled the bad guy, but titles can be quite deceiving. During our interview, Hamsho was honored to be remembered and spoke fondly about his boxing career that saw him rise to the top of the middleweight ranks, twice challenging, Marvelous Marvin Hagler for his Undisputed Middleweight Championship of the World.
There is no doubt in today’s boxing; Hamsho would have been a World Champion and excited fans as he did in his heyday…
BB: First of all for the boxing fans who watched many of your exciting matches in the early to mid 1980’s, what are you doing today?
I am an average guy working hard to get ahead. Currently, I do public relations for a New York restaurant and own a small deli.
BB: You turned pro in 1975 in a middleweight division that was filled with tons of talent. What are your recollections of your first professional fight?
My first opponent was Pat Cuillo and he was a tough kid. He was very popular in his town and the crowd was behind him all the way. In the end, I won the decision and was happy to have my first professional win.
BB: On September 21, 1978, you face tough Philadelphia fighter Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts. In this fight, you knock out Watts in the sixth round. What are your recollections of this fight?
Watts was looking for a tune up fight, but the opponent was not supposed to be a south paw fighter like I was. It was funny he wanted a picture of me before we fought. We sent him a picture with me fighting in the conventional stance. Well, we get in the ring, and I go south paw on him. Watts turned to his manager and said, “I thought this guy wasn’t a southpaw”? His manager turns to him and says, “Too late.”
BB: You go undefeated in a 4 ½ year span in your boxing career, (1977-1981). During those years, you have big wins against top contenders Wilford Scypion, Curtis Parker, and former World Middleweight Champion, Alan Minter. Tell me about your recollections of the Minter fight.
I can remember Minter promising the Queen he would beat me in the ring. Minter couldn’t do anything to me on that night because I was in great shape. At no time did he hurt me in the ring and I felt the referee for that fight was favoring him which had me fighting two people, but only getting paid for one.
BB: After the Minter fight, you face then World Middleweight Champion, Marvelous Marvin Hagler on October 3, 1981. You gave a gutsy performance against Hagler, but were stopped on cuts in the 11th round. What are your recollections of this fight and how would you rate Hagler as a champion?
I cannot take anything away from Marvin Hagler. He truly was one of the greatest fighters to step into the ring. When he retired, they finally gave him the credit he deserved as one of the greatest middleweights of all-time. To have the opportunity to fight him twice, I think was an honor and made me one of the tops guys in the middleweight division.
BB: The main event fight when you faced Hagler, was WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver vs James “Quick” Tillis. What do you recall about this fight and the atmosphere around it?
After my fight with Hagler, we both had to go straight to the hospital to get sewn up, so I wasn’t able to see the WBA Heavyweight Title fight.
BB: After the Hagler fight, you go right back into tough competition taking on Curtis Parker again winning a decision. You have another knockout win over Gil Rosario and from there, you face, NBC darling the “Matinee Idol” Bobby Czyz who was being groomed as a future champion. You scored a huge upset when you took the decision over the then 20-0 Czyz. What are your recollections of this big win?
I can remember my manager at the time was hearing from the Czyz camp that he really wanted to fight me. We did a mind game on them by saying, “Mustafa is not training, and he is up in Canada drinking along with partying.” Czyz was a very easy fight for me, but once again, I felt the referee was helping him. My late manager, God rest his soul, told me not to do anything wrong in the ring or they would stop the fight, giving it to Czyz.
BB: On June 16, 1983, you have one of your career best wins, when you defeated former Welterweight and Junior Middleweight Champion Wilfred Benitez. With Benitez being the Master of Defense, what was your game plan going into this fight?
I really went into that fight in top shape and the winner was supposed to be made the IBF Middleweight Champion, which was until I beat him. My game plan going in was to take away his body. On our flight home (Benitez was on the same flight as Mustafa), he was urinating blood from the body work I did on him.
BB: The Benitez win puts you back in another title fight with Marvelous Marvin Hagler on October 19, 1984. This time around, you are stopped in the third round of the fight. Which fight do you think Hagler was better in?
Hagler was better the first time around. Even though we only went three rounds, he was missing a lot of punches.
BB: Were there any other fighters in your career that ended in 1987, which you wish you could have faced?
I was supposed to fight Tommy Hearns and really wanted that fight, but he pulled out for some reason.
BB: Do you favor a mandatory retirement fund for all boxers and if so, how would you like to see it accomplished?
I totally agree with you that it needs to be done for all fighters. Last week, I was at a fight that had the NY police versus the police from Ireland. In the crowd with me was a great former champion who many know as “The Blade” Iran Barkley. He is walking around broke with hardly any money to eat. Guys like him and so many others need a pension plan like other sports such as football, baseball and basketball have.
The promoters need to pay in as well because they don’t take any punches. So many boxers are such great people and to see them broke after what they gave in the ring, breaks my heart.
BB: Now that you are retired from boxing for over 21 years, how do you want your fans to remember you?
I know that many people liked me and many didn’t. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I always gave everything I could when I stepped into that ring.
BB: Finally, what is the saying you live your life by?
“Do the best at everything you do no matter what it is in life”.
Mustafa wanted to add the following to our interview:
I really appreciate you remembering me and taking the time to do this interview. My manager once told me, whether they say good or bad things about you is not the problem. The problem comes when they say nothing about you at all.
Everytime I go back to Canon Jhonson,It seems that the distance I put between the barrio and myself gets wider and wider. 40 years ago when I first stepped into the place,I found it charming. Me and the wife lived in a little shack that had a concrete floor. We had a bed and a chair. A electric light bulb hung down from a cord. It was one room. The outhouse was in the back. It was home.
The woman who rented us the shack,which she laughingly called our Penthouse,was visited by her son who returned from school in Monterrey ,California. His name was Moises. He had lived with his sister up there while he was going to high school. A happy kid who had run on the cross country and track squads at the school. As a junior he finished third in the State Championships in the mile run. The winner ran 4.08 mile and Moises was just fractions of a second back from the first place guy.
His mother was very happy to see him. Of her six children,it looked like Moi had the brightest future ahead of him. He showed me a letter from his track coach. The coach hoped that Moi would return for his senior year because the fellows that beat him at the State Championships had graduated. The coach also said that Moi was certain to get a college scholarship if he continued to run like he had in his junior year. I read the letter to his mother. She was very proud of Moises.
But Moi never went back to school. He remained in Canon Jhonson and slowly started to deterioate. He hung around drug dealers and was arrested trying to bring cocaine into the United States. He lost weight,went to jail several more times for drugs,and eventually was living out of his old car. He parked the car in front of his mother's house. Long ago she stopped letting Moi live with her because he would steal her things to buy drugs. His brothers displyed contempt for him because they felt he had the best opportunity to make something of himself ,and blew it.
It was sad to see the kid waste away. He never lost his friendly personality and his smile.He tried to dress up and look presentable but you could tell he was a mess. You could see he was sick. Everyone thought it would a matter of time before he would overdose. One day they'd find him in has car with the needle in his arm. Finally at peace. But it didn't happen that way.
Moi was found in a ditch on the other side of town. Hands tied behind his back. A bullet in the back of his skull. The family came down for the funeral. I think Moi was his mother's favorite despite all his problems. But she didn't cry.She had cried her tears out years ago. Nobody cried. We just guessed wrong on how it would happen.
When the service ended I decided it would be a long long time before I went back to Canon Jhonson.
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kikibalt wrote:Former Middleweight Contender Mustafa Hamsho, Goes on the Record with RSR
Exclusive Interview by “Bad” Brad Berkwitt
Ringside Report
“It’s very nice to be remembered from an Era that was very strong in the Middleweight Division”--Mustafa Hamsho
In the history of boxing, we have had so many diverse personalities come through the sport. Some were hailed as the “Golden Boy’s” while others were labeled as “Black Bart” the guy who wore all black in the movie westerns and was supposed to be the bad guy. Mustafa Hamsho throughout his career was labeled the bad guy, but titles can be quite deceiving. During our interview, Hamsho was honored to be remembered and spoke fondly about his boxing career that saw him rise to the top of the middleweight ranks, twice challenging, Marvelous Marvin Hagler for his Undisputed Middleweight Championship of the World.
There is no doubt in today’s boxing; Hamsho would have been a World Champion and excited fans as he did in his heyday…
BB: First of all for the boxing fans who watched many of your exciting matches in the early to mid 1980’s, what are you doing today?
I am an average guy working hard to get ahead. Currently, I do public relations for a New York restaurant and own a small deli.
BB: You turned pro in 1975 in a middleweight division that was filled with tons of talent. What are your recollections of your first professional fight?
My first opponent was Pat Cuillo and he was a tough kid. He was very popular in his town and the crowd was behind him all the way. In the end, I won the decision and was happy to have my first professional win.
BB: On September 21, 1978, you face tough Philadelphia fighter Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts. In this fight, you knock out Watts in the sixth round. What are your recollections of this fight?
Watts was looking for a tune up fight, but the opponent was not supposed to be a south paw fighter like I was. It was funny he wanted a picture of me before we fought. We sent him a picture with me fighting in the conventional stance. Well, we get in the ring, and I go south paw on him. Watts turned to his manager and said, “I thought this guy wasn’t a southpaw”? His manager turns to him and says, “Too late.”
BB: You go undefeated in a 4 ½ year span in your boxing career, (1977-1981). During those years, you have big wins against top contenders Wilford Scypion, Curtis Parker, and former World Middleweight Champion, Alan Minter. Tell me about your recollections of the Minter fight.
I can remember Minter promising the Queen he would beat me in the ring. Minter couldn’t do anything to me on that night because I was in great shape. At no time did he hurt me in the ring and I felt the referee for that fight was favoring him which had me fighting two people, but only getting paid for one.
BB: After the Minter fight, you face then World Middleweight Champion, Marvelous Marvin Hagler on October 3, 1981. You gave a gutsy performance against Hagler, but were stopped on cuts in the 11th round. What are your recollections of this fight and how would you rate Hagler as a champion?
I cannot take anything away from Marvin Hagler. He truly was one of the greatest fighters to step into the ring. When he retired, they finally gave him the credit he deserved as one of the greatest middleweights of all-time. To have the opportunity to fight him twice, I think was an honor and made me one of the tops guys in the middleweight division.
BB: The main event fight when you faced Hagler, was WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver vs James “Quick” Tillis. What do you recall about this fight and the atmosphere around it?
After my fight with Hagler, we both had to go straight to the hospital to get sewn up, so I wasn’t able to see the WBA Heavyweight Title fight.
BB: After the Hagler fight, you go right back into tough competition taking on Curtis Parker again winning a decision. You have another knockout win over Gil Rosario and from there, you face, NBC darling the “Matinee Idol” Bobby Czyz who was being groomed as a future champion. You scored a huge upset when you took the decision over the then 20-0 Czyz. What are your recollections of this big win?
I can remember my manager at the time was hearing from the Czyz camp that he really wanted to fight me. We did a mind game on them by saying, “Mustafa is not training, and he is up in Canada drinking along with partying.” Czyz was a very easy fight for me, but once again, I felt the referee was helping him. My late manager, God rest his soul, told me not to do anything wrong in the ring or they would stop the fight, giving it to Czyz.
BB: On June 16, 1983, you have one of your career best wins, when you defeated former Welterweight and Junior Middleweight Champion Wilfred Benitez. With Benitez being the Master of Defense, what was your game plan going into this fight?
I really went into that fight in top shape and the winner was supposed to be made the IBF Middleweight Champion, which was until I beat him. My game plan going in was to take away his body. On our flight home (Benitez was on the same flight as Mustafa), he was urinating blood from the body work I did on him.
BB: The Benitez win puts you back in another title fight with Marvelous Marvin Hagler on October 19, 1984. This time around, you are stopped in the third round of the fight. Which fight do you think Hagler was better in?
Hagler was better the first time around. Even though we only went three rounds, he was missing a lot of punches.
BB: Were there any other fighters in your career that ended in 1987, which you wish you could have faced?
I was supposed to fight Tommy Hearns and really wanted that fight, but he pulled out for some reason.
BB: Do you favor a mandatory retirement fund for all boxers and if so, how would you like to see it accomplished?
I totally agree with you that it needs to be done for all fighters. Last week, I was at a fight that had the NY police versus the police from Ireland. In the crowd with me was a great former champion who many know as “The Blade” Iran Barkley. He is walking around broke with hardly any money to eat. Guys like him and so many others need a pension plan like other sports such as football, baseball and basketball have.
The promoters need to pay in as well because they don’t take any punches. So many boxers are such great people and to see them broke after what they gave in the ring, breaks my heart.
BB: Now that you are retired from boxing for over 21 years, how do you want your fans to remember you?
I know that many people liked me and many didn’t. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I always gave everything I could when I stepped into that ring.
BB: Finally, what is the saying you live your life by?
“Do the best at everything you do no matter what it is in life”.
Mustafa wanted to add the following to our interview:
I really appreciate you remembering me and taking the time to do this interview. My manager once told me, whether they say good or bad things about you is not the problem. The problem comes when they say nothing about you at all.
I stopped reading this after Hamsho's comments on Minter. Cobblers!
