Wildhawke11 wrote:Frank
I was just running through some of the older posts. Thank you for putting up these photo's of your wonderful family. You are such a lucky man in many respects. Never have i heard a bad word said about you from anyone. Your Class, Sheer Class Frank.
You got that right. Frank is generous with his experience and knowledge, as well as being the patriarch of one of California's premier boxing families.
Boy am I behind in my West Coast Boxing education, I purposly stayed away last week becasue I was planning to take my daughter to Tahoe so she could learn to ski and I would have lots of time to catch up and enjoy all of the great posts and of course I couldn't get a signal in the lodge while she skied I'm about 20 pages behind which is a lot further behind than I been since Frank start all of this. Oh well I might have to call in sick one day to catch up! ;;-)
Hope all is well with you guys, Tahoe is so beautiful.
Bobbin & Weavin
Bruce
A woman's husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months, yet she stayed by his bedside every single day. When he came to, he motioned for her to come nearer.
As she sat by him, he said, "You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times. When I got fired, you were there to support me. When my business failed, you were there. When I got shot, you were by my side. When we lost the house, you gave me support. When my health started failing, you were still by my side... You know what?"
"What dear?" She asked gently.
"I think you bring me bad luck."
Wildhawke11 wrote:Frank
I was just running through some of the older posts. Thank you for putting up these photo's of your wonderful family. You are such a lucky man in many respects. Never have i heard a bad word said about you from anyone. Your Class, Sheer Class Frank.
Thanks, Danny, for the kind words but, in reality I'm a S-O-B, just kidding.....
Speaking of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire, " here's another set the same guy sent me. I got a kick out of these as well:
Worst Use Of Lifelines Ever
Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance on the popular TV show, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. '
It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing 'the absolute worst use of lifelines ever.'
After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an extremely easy $100 question. The question was: 'Which of the following is the largest?' A) A Peanut B) An Elephant C) The Moon D) Hey, who you calling large?
Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming
panic as she realized that this was a question to which she
did not readily know the answer. 'Hmm, oh boy, that's a
toughie,' said Evans, as Vieira did her level best to hide
her disbelief and disgust. 'I mean, I'm sure I've heard of
some of these things before, but I have no idea how large
they would be.'
Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 50/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an elephant or the moon.
However, faced with an incredibly easy question, Evans still remained unsure. 'Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!' exclaimed Evans. 'Darn. I think I better phone a friend.'
Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant. 'Hi Betsy!
How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!' said Evans, wasting
the first seven seconds of her call. 'Ok, I got an important
question. Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15 seconds hun.' Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon.
Evans proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds. 'Come on Betsy, are you sure?' said Evans. 'How sure are you? Duh, that can't be it.'
To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.' 'I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I think I'd like to ask the audience,' said Evans.
Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then made the dumbest choice of her life.
'Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking,' said the too-stupid-to- live Evans. 'But you know, sometimes you just got to go with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer.'
Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answe r was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'
Caution...they walk among us!
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This one is actually better! (No comments needed!)
Caution... They Walk Among Us!
Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get
rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung
a sign on it saying: 'Free to good home. You want it, you
take it.' For three days the fridge sat there without even
one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that
people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked too
good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: 'Fridge for
sale $50.' The next day someone stole it!
***They walk amongst us!***
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*One day I was
walking down the beach with some friends when someone
shouted....' Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at
the sky and said...'where? '
While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, 'Does the sun rise in the north?'
When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east,
and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, 'Oh, I
don't keep up with that stuff'
My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the beach. She drove down in a convertible, but 'didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving'.
I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman
with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My
friend said, 'Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she
turned her head?' I had to explain that a person's nose and
ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the
head is turned...
I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, 'Has your plane arrived yet?'... (I work with professionals like this.)
While working at a pizza parlour I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. 'Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces.
***Yep, They Walk Among Us, too.!!!!!!!!
Sadly, not only do they walk among us, they also reproduce !!!!
I can see that you have been through alot. Keep safe and our prayers are for you to be in good health. I am glad that you are posting again. Love to read your interesting comments.
The pictures you posted of Saturday's luncheon are great. Looks like everybody was having a good time. Congratulations to Connie and to all the other "Women behind the Boxer" who were honored.
Tomorrow morning the WBC is flying four of us to Mexico City--Mando Muniz, Rene Arredondo, Carlos Palomino and myself. The WBC is having a celebration to honor one of the wealthiest men in the world, Carlos Slim, who owns all of the telecommunications and television networks in Mexico and other parts of the world. Mr.Slim has been a great supporter of boxing and has given many scholarships to boxing families. We are returning on Wednesday at midnight. Thursday I will have a report for all of you.
A man was riding his Harley along a California beach when suddenly the sky darkened with clouds and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, "Because you have been faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish."
The biker pulled over and said, "Lord, build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over anytime I want."
The Lord said, "Your request is materialistic, think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required reaching the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would take will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify such a worldly thing. Take a little more time and think of something that could help mankind."
The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, "Lord, I wish that I and all men could understand women; I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she mean s when she says nothing's wrong, and how I can make a woman truly happy."
The Lord replied, "You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"
A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles along, for the company
One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep shit now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious Leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?"
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.
The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!" Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"
Moral of this story
Don't mess with old farts, age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!, bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience!
Wildhawke11 wrote:A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles along, for the company
One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep shit now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious Leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?"
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.
The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!" Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"
Moral of this story
Don't mess with old farts, age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!, bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience!
It was a forgotten name from the glorious late 60’s and early 70’s. His name is Hedgemon Lewis. Hedge is now just a footnote in welterweight championship history. He was once recognized as World Champion by New York State Athletic Commission after he whipped favorite son Billy Backus a few times. The real champion of that era was the great Jose “Mantequilla “Napoles. Lewis twice met Napoles for world honors losing the first fight on a very close verdict. In the return match Hedge was halted in nine rounds.
Lewis would later challenge the man who beat Napoles, John H. Stracey and again fail to capture crown. Lewis also had a series of exciting bouts with the popular Ernie Lopez and he held recent International Boxing Hall Of Fame inductee Carlos Palomino to a draw. Hedgemon Lewis WAS Sugar Ray Leonard before there was a Sugar Ray Leonard. Lewis had grace, style and flash. What Hedge didn’t have was Ray’s strength and power. Hedge’s whiskers were not the best but he was skillful in avoiding punches. Ray Leonard had nothing on Lewis when it came to pure boxing ability.
When I think back about Hedgemon Lewis, I just think “class act”. There is no doubt in my mind with the fragmented titles we have today plus the twelve round championship distance that Lewis would not have copped a crown. When he was on his game you could not get to him until the seventh or eighth round. This boxer was MADE for the twelve round distances because he had the heart, style and endurance to go fifteen. In a twelve rounder he would build up such an insurmountable lead that you would have to knock him out. No easy task. In his prime the only ones to really compete with him were the great Napoles and the vastly under rated Ernie “Red” Lopez.
So here’s a hat off to Hedgemon Lewis. It was a pleasure to watch him fight.
The pictures you posted of Saturday's luncheon are great. Looks like everybody was having a good time. Congratulations to Connie and to all the other "Women behind the Boxer" who were honored.
Tomorrow morning the WBC is flying four of us to Mexico City--Mando Muniz, Rene Arredondo, Carlos Palomino and myself. The WBC is having a celebration to honor one of the wealthiest men in the world, Carlos Slim, who owns all of the telecommunications and television networks in Mexico and other parts of the world. Mr.Slim has been a great supporter of boxing and has given many scholarships to boxing families. We are returning on Wednesday at midnight. Thursday I will have a report for all of you.
El Gato
Rodolfo, We all had a good time on Saturday, we miss all you guys, I was the only one from the thread there, anyway you and yours have a good time in Mexico, will be looking forward to the report.
Five Division World Champion and Ring Magazine Number One Ranked Pound For Pound Fighter Manny Pacquiao (Left) and IBO and Ring Magazine Junior Welterweight World Champion Ricky Hatton (Right) pose in London, England on March 2, 2009 at the press conference to announce their May 2, 2009 bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada which will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View in the United States and Sky Box Office in the United Kingdom.
I can see that you have been through alot. Keep safe and our prayers are for you to be in good health. I am glad that you are posting again. Love to read your interesting comments.
El Gato
Thanks Champ.
Don't know where you got the information from Rodolfo because i never told anyone about my problem you must be a mind reader. As it happens i got a phone call from the hospital the other day saying i was in the clear. Rita's health is good these days, of course her arthritis plays her up at times. But the suspected cancer when she had a ten lb tumour removed a few years back has never returned.
I would love to post more on here sometimes but as you know i am not an ex fighter as such, and a little lost when it comes to west coast boxing. Because a lot of the guys here have lived it. I know the names and careers of many of the fighters that they speak about. But its still not the same as having seen the guys live or lived it.
Wildhawke11 wrote:Frank
Rick will come back and think, i go away for a couple of days and the FXXXXXG thread goes to bits. Shall we ban him
I haven't gone anywhere, I'm always in touch with this thread.
And this thread is leading to something I will not speak of at the moment.
But it's something good, real good. Good for all of us who have built this thread.
More will be revealed in the future.
Aside from that . . .
As Chairman of the World Boxing Hall of Fame Selection Commitee, I believe that every regular poster on this thread, should have a say in who gets inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. You know who you are, the ones who I named to receive a disc of the "first year" of the Classic American West Coast Boxing. Armando Muniz and I will include the names of Frank Baltazar & Tom Ray on the WBHOF "Selection Commitee". I know that at least one of you are already are on the Selection Commitee. As a commitee member, we send you a ballot and you'll be able to vote for your favorites. This also gives you the right to submit your own choices for nomination in future WBHOF inductions. Bennie would give the U.K. another voice, and there is Roger, Randy, Pug, and Bruce.
This gives YOU a voice, and a vote. We are not passing out memberships, you are the only new selection commitee members that will be added this year- Our Boxrec "regulars". My E-Mail is: [email protected]
Just E-mail me if you want to be a member of the "new" World Boxing Hall of Fame Selection Commitee
The collective knowledge of this thread is educating the boxing community, your experience is needed in determining which boxers are to be immortalized.
Wildhawke11 wrote:Frank
Rick will come back and think, i go away for a couple of days and the FXXXXXG thread goes to bits. Shall we ban him
I haven't gone anywhere, I'm always in touch with this thread.
And this thread is leading to something I will not speak of at the moment.
But it's something good, real good. Good for all of us who have built this thread.
More will be revealed in the future.
Aside from that . . .
As Chairman of the World Boxing Hall of Fame Selection Commitee, I believe that every regular poster on this thread, should have a say in who gets inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. You know who you are, the ones who I named to receive a disc of the "first year" of the Classic American West Coast Boxing. Armando Muniz and I will include the names of Frank Baltazar & Tom Ray on the WBHOF "Selection Commitee". I know that at least one of you are already are on the Selection Commitee. As a commitee member, we send you a ballot and you'll be able to vote for your favorites. This also gives you the right to submit your own choices for nomination in future WBHOF inductions. Bennie would give the U.K. another voice, and there is Roger, Randy, Pug, and Bruce.
This gives YOU a voice, and a vote. We are not passing out memberships, you are the only new selection commitee members that will be added this year- Our Boxrec "regulars". My E-Mail is: [email protected]
Just E-mail me if you want to be a member of the "new" World Boxing Hall of Fame Selection Commitee
The collective knowledge of this thread is educating the boxing community, your experience is needed in determining which boxers are to be immortalized.
-Rick Farris
I am practically speechless, Rick. (Lawyers are never speechless - practically is as close as we come.) Thank you and Mando for selecting me as a member of the committee. Thank you for honoring me in this way. This means more to me than you could ever know.
Thank you Rick.Im honored you thought of me.
I have some catching up to do here on the thread. Ive been ridiculously busy lately.
I hope everyones doing well.Im pleased Rick and Rog got through their surgeries ok.
Wildhawke11 wrote:Frank
Rick will come back and think, i go away for a couple of days and the FXXXXXG thread goes to bits. Shall we ban him
We can't ban him, he owns the f#*king thread....
Bit late to tell me that now old buddy :)
Well looks like for the first time in my life i will be kicked off a forum
What's that supposed to mean? We don't do that here. The guys that move this thread have balls.
The guys running the other forum don't. Trouble makers are booted for good. Nobody fucks with our thread. This is the best thread anywhere! The numbers don't lie, and neither does the quality of information and friendship. We all give here, and we all respect one another. We don't play sides, we root for our friends. We put each other up and most important, we put up the best prizefighters you'll find anywhere or at anytime. This little Website is inspiring something much bigger than anybody here is fully aware. As I said before, more to be revealed. As for you Danny, I have always respected you and thought we were friends. I welcome your presence here and hope you'll continue to post. This is the place!
-Rick
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Wildhawke11 wrote:Frank
Rick will come back and think, i go away for a couple of days and the FXXXXXG thread goes to bits. Shall we ban him
I haven't gone anywhere, I'm always in touch with this thread.
And this thread is leading to something I will not speak of at the moment.
But it's something good, real good. Good for all of us who have built this thread.
More will be revealed in the future.
Aside from that . . .
As Chairman of the World Boxing Hall of Fame Selection Commitee, I believe that every regular poster on this thread, should have a say in who gets inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. You know who you are, the ones who I named to receive a disc of the "first year" of the Classic American West Coast Boxing. Armando Muniz and I will include the names of Frank Baltazar & Tom Ray on the WBHOF "Selection Commitee". I know that at least one of you are already are on the Selection Commitee. As a commitee member, we send you a ballot and you'll be able to vote for your favorites. This also gives you the right to submit your own choices for nomination in future WBHOF inductions. Bennie would give the U.K. another voice, and there is Roger, Randy, Pug, and Bruce.
This gives YOU a voice, and a vote. We are not passing out memberships, you are the only new selection commitee members that will be added this year- Our Boxrec "regulars". My E-Mail is: [email protected]
Just E-mail me if you want to be a member of the "new" World Boxing Hall of Fame Selection Commitee
The collective knowledge of this thread is educating the boxing community, your experience is needed in determining which boxers are to be immortalized.
-Rick Farris
I am practically speechless, Rick. (Lawyers are never speechless - practically is as close as we come.) Thank you and Mando for selecting me as a member of the committee. Thank you for honoring me in this way. This means more to me than you could ever know.
It's our honor, Tom. And by the way, Mando said he put the photo in the mail. Mando has your E-mail info and Frank's, we'll contact you both in due course. As for the rest, I want everyone interested included before we make our ballot selections. Next year, all well be invited to submit potential inductees. However, this year, lets just get your vote in place. Guys, remember, being on this committee does not obligate you to anything. It just gives you a vote, and in the future, a voice.
I'm about 20 pages behind which is a lot further behind than I been since Frank start all of this. Oh well I might have to call in sick one day to catch up! ;;-) 
