Classic American West Coast Boxing

[Randyman]

Heard through the grapevine that Chicanito Hernandez's cancer has come back and that Bob Arum paid all expenses for Hernandez to go to a cancer center in Texas.
If that is true I take my hat off to Bob Arum....

Frank, I'm sorry to hear about Chicanito, I wish him well. If what you say about Arum is true, I take my hat off as well.

Randy

[dagosd2000]

Heard through the grapevine that Chicanito Hernandez's cancer has come back and that Bob Arum paid all expenses for Hernandez to go to a cancer center in Texas.
If that is true I take my hat off to Bob Arum....

Frank, I'm sorry to hear about Chicanito, I wish him well. If what you say about Arum is true, I take my hat off as well.

Randy

Go along with Randy on that

[kikibalt]

Heard through the grapevine that Chicanito Hernandez's cancer has come back and that Bob Arum paid all expenses for Hernandez to go to a cancer center in Texas.
If that is true I take my hat off to Bob Arum....

Frank, I'm sorry to hear about Chicanito, I wish him well. If what you say about Arum is true, I take my hat off as well.

Randy

Go along with Randy on that

I have no reason to belive that its not true, I trust my source, but then again its only one source....

[kikibalt]

Hi good morning guys on page 30 some great stuff so far,Frank I noticed you like old westerns as I watch the western channel all the time,love so many of actors Lee Van Cleef being my favorite also Rick nice story on smoking Joe,good work guys

Hammer...The western channel is my favorite channel....

Frank, I'm a lifelong fan of westerns as well. Watching westerns with my dad when I was a kid is one of my favorite memories!

Randy

Randy...I too have great memories of watching westerns movies, as a kid I used to go to the Royal Theater that was on Whittier Blvd. E.L.A. cost? 14 cents....

[Rick Farris]

For what it's worth. My favorite John Wayne Westerns:Stagecoach and The Shootist.

They wanted John Wayne to be Matt Dillon on Gunsomoke,but he was tied up making movies. Wayne recommended his pal Jim Arness for the part.Couldn't have been a better Matt Dillon. A lot of the people involved with that deries were tied to Jon Ford and John Wayne. Director Andy McLaglin(Victor's son and pal of Wayne and Ford). Ken Curtis(Festus),likewise. Even used some of the music from Stagecoach. A landmark film. A landmark western.

Rog, mine is The Shootist.
My uncle did that one, after doing True Grit & Rooster Cogburn.
Something happened on the set, that had the entire crew (all John Wayne crew vets) upset at Ron Howard.
Howard, who at the time was attending USC Film School, suggested that the director re-write the script.
Howard believed that he should not only kill the one gunfighter, but also shoot Wayne's charactor, to put him out of his misery.
Wayne said nothing, he knew he didn't have to, his crew would.
Luster Bayliss, Wayne's long-time wardrobe man was livid . . . "That arragant little prick thinks he can shoot the Duke like a dog?"
Howard suddenly got the cold shoulder from everybody, except Wayne.
He seems to have learned a good lesson, because he has become a great director, himself.
Lauren Bacall was great in that one. I'd meet her years later. She' is a big boxing fan. Really knew the fighters.


-Rick Farris

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[kikibalt]

For what it's worth. My favorite John Wayne Westerns:Stagecoach and The Shootist.

They wanted John Wayne to be Matt Dillon on Gunsomoke,but he was tied up making movies. Wayne recommended his pal Jim Arness for the part.Couldn't have been a better Matt Dillon. A lot of the people involved with that deries were tied to Jon Ford and John Wayne. Director Andy McLaglin(Victor's son and pal of Wayne and Ford). Ken Curtis(Festus),likewise. Even used some of the music from Stagecoach. A landmark film. A landmark western.

Rog, mine is The Shootist.
My uncle did that one, after doing True Grit & Rooster Cogburn.
Something happened on the set, that had the entire crew (all John Wayne crew vets) upset at Ron Howard.
Howard, who at the time was attending USC Film School, suggested that the director re-write the script.
Howard believed that he should not only kill the one gunfighter, but also shoot Wayne's charactor, to put him out of his misery.
Wayne said nothing, he knew he didn't have to, his crew would.
Luster Bayliss, Wayne's long-time wardrobe man was livid . . . "That arragant little prick thinks he can shoot the Duke like a dog?"
Howard suddenly got the cold shoulder from everybody, except Wayne.
He seems to have learned a good lesson, because he has become a great director, himself.
Lauren Bacall was great in that one. I'd meet her years later. She' is a big boxing fan. Really knew the fighters.


-Rick Farris

I don't think I ever seen the "Shootist"

[Norm]

I, too, love the Westerns channel. Am really glad to see they brought back the b&w episodes of Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel. I didn't realize it back when, but sometimes Gunsmoke seems to have much better writing.

And a little trivia, Buddy Holly wrote "That'll Be the Day" after watching John Wayne's "The Searchers". Kinda fun to watch that film and count the number of times he says those words.

[THEHAMMER321]

Sorry Randy in an earlier post I made a mistake when I credited Rick as writing the story on Smoking Joe,I thought it was a great story as I loved Joes fighting style and huge heart

[dagosd2000]

For what it's worth. My favorite John Wayne Westerns:Stagecoach and The Shootist.

They wanted John Wayne to be Matt Dillon on Gunsomoke,but he was tied up making movies. Wayne recommended his pal Jim Arness for the part.Couldn't have been a better Matt Dillon. A lot of the people involved with that deries were tied to Jon Ford and John Wayne. Director Andy McLaglin(Victor's son and pal of Wayne and Ford). Ken Curtis(Festus),likewise. Even used some of the music from Stagecoach. A landmark film. A landmark western.

Rog, mine is The Shootist.
My uncle did that one, after doing True Grit & Rooster Cogburn.
Something happened on the set, that had the entire crew (all John Wayne crew vets) upset at Ron Howard.
Howard, who at the time was attending USC Film School, suggested that the director re-write the script.
Howard believed that he should not only kill the one gunfighter, but also shoot Wayne's charactor, to put him out of his misery.
Wayne said nothing, he knew he didn't have to, his crew would.
Luster Bayliss, Wayne's long-time wardrobe man was livid . . . "That arragant little prick thinks he can shoot the Duke like a dog?"
Howard suddenly got the cold shoulder from everybody, except Wayne.
He seems to have learned a good lesson, because he has become a great director, himself.
Lauren Bacall was great in that one. I'd meet her years later. She' is a big boxing fan. Really knew the fighters.


-Rick Farris

Thanks for sharing that Rick. Very interesting stuff.

[dagosd2000]

For what it's worth. My favorite John Wayne Westerns:Stagecoach and The Shootist.

They wanted John Wayne to be Matt Dillon on Gunsomoke,but he was tied up making movies. Wayne recommended his pal Jim Arness for the part.Couldn't have been a better Matt Dillon. A lot of the people involved with that deries were tied to Jon Ford and John Wayne. Director Andy McLaglin(Victor's son and pal of Wayne and Ford). Ken Curtis(Festus),likewise. Even used some of the music from Stagecoach. A landmark film. A landmark western.

Rog, mine is The Shootist.
My uncle did that one, after doing True Grit & Rooster Cogburn.
Something happened on the set, that had the entire crew (all John Wayne crew vets) upset at Ron Howard.
Howard, who at the time was attending USC Film School, suggested that the director re-write the script.
Howard believed that he should not only kill the one gunfighter, but also shoot Wayne's charactor, to put him out of his misery.
Wayne said nothing, he knew he didn't have to, his crew would.
Luster Bayliss, Wayne's long-time wardrobe man was livid . . . "That arragant little prick thinks he can shoot the Duke like a dog?"
Howard suddenly got the cold shoulder from everybody, except Wayne.
He seems to have learned a good lesson, because he has become a great director, himself.
Lauren Bacall was great in that one. I'd meet her years later. She' is a big boxing fan. Really knew the fighters.


-Rick Farris

I don't think I ever seen the "Shootist"

Frank
It was Wayne's last film. He was fighting stomach cancer. He was thinking of his pal Pedro Armendariz who had committed suicide because he had brain cancer. John Wayne was really afraid(who wouldn't?). In the Shootist it is a story about an old gunfighter(Wayne) who goes back to this town he had a gunfight in years ago to die. The old gunfighter is told he has cancer by the town doctor(Jimmy Stewart). A bunch of low lifes find out he has cancer and want to kill him to gain a reputation. Richard Boone and Hugh O'Brian play two of the guys that want to gun down Wayne. My opinion,but Wayne should have won the Oscar for this performance. His best effort.

[Norm]

Hope you don't mind if I proxy in, I'm about 500 miles from the West Coast. This pic is from the official program of Bob Foster's title defense against Roger Rouse of Anaconda, MT. The bout took place at Missoula on April 4, 1970 with Foster winning by 4th round TKO.

[Rick Farris]

For what it's worth. My favorite John Wayne Westerns:Stagecoach and The Shootist.

They wanted John Wayne to be Matt Dillon on Gunsomoke,but he was tied up making movies. Wayne recommended his pal Jim Arness for the part.Couldn't have been a better Matt Dillon. A lot of the people involved with that deries were tied to Jon Ford and John Wayne. Director Andy McLaglin(Victor's son and pal of Wayne and Ford). Ken Curtis(Festus),likewise. Even used some of the music from Stagecoach. A landmark film. A landmark western.

Rog, mine is The Shootist.
My uncle did that one, after doing True Grit & Rooster Cogburn.
Something happened on the set, that had the entire crew (all John Wayne crew vets) upset at Ron Howard.
Howard, who at the time was attending USC Film School, suggested that the director re-write the script.
Howard believed that he should not only kill the one gunfighter, but also shoot Wayne's charactor, to put him out of his misery.
Wayne said nothing, he knew he didn't have to, his crew would.
Luster Bayliss, Wayne's long-time wardrobe man was livid . . . "That arragant little prick thinks he can shoot the Duke like a dog?"
Howard suddenly got the cold shoulder from everybody, except Wayne.
He seems to have learned a good lesson, because he has become a great director, himself.
Lauren Bacall was great in that one. I'd meet her years later. She' is a big boxing fan. Really knew the fighters.


-Rick Farris

Thanks for sharing that Rick. Very interesting stuff.

Roger . . . Another upset John Wayne loyalist was his make-up artist, Dave Greyson. I met Dave doing the Rockford Files and he told me that when Ron Howard made that suggestion, he started to laugh.

"Can you imagine, John Wayne being offed by Opie Taylor???"

[Rick Farris]

Hope you don't mind if I proxy in, I'm about 500 miles from the West Coast. This pic is from the official program of Bob Foster's title defense against Roger Rouse of Anaconda, MT. The bout took place at Missoula on April 4, 1970 with Foster winning by 4th round TKO.

Great photo, Norm!

[Norm]

Great photo, Norm!

Thanks Rick! I have a few photos of Rouse, Marvin Camel, Livingstone Bramble and Todd Foster that I want to add. I might just start a Montana boxing topic for them.

[Rick Farris]

It was the Light . . .

I can still "feel" the magic of the Olympic Auditorium.
As an artist who paints with light, I guess I always had a natural eye for it.

The light, the colors, the smell and the energy of the Olympic Auditorium is so imprinted in my soul I shall always see it clearly.
However, if the old girl was all dressed up and ready to go on TV nights, she got a little help from the lighting.

First off, like most fight arenas of the era, the Olympic Auditorium ring was lit from directly above.
Strong halogen globes were focused downward toward the canvas, throwing hard shadows and creating an umbrella of light when the smoke of ringside fell in backlight.

On thursday nights, boxing from the Olympic was televised.
That means that extra light would be needed to supplement the over head lights.
The hard light from above throws all the shadows downward.
To fill those shadows from the camera angle, ten 2000 watt studio spot lights were mounted right above the lens, right off the edge of the balcony.
With 20,000 Watts of hard light focused on the ring, the place really came to life. There was an etherial quality.
The light made the powder blue ring canvas pop, it came alive, as did the ringside celebs caught in the beam.

Frankie Duarte and I have similar memories of the Olympic.
Frankie laughed when he told me it reminded him of the catacombs, from back in the days of the Christians and Lions.
We both remembered sitting down in those cement dungeons, hearing the crowd above roar as a boxer gets rocked.
You listen carefully. You are up next. If the fight ends, you'll be in the ring in moments.
And the smell . . . the smell of cigar smoke, and beer, and some kind of industrial sanitizer in the dressing rooms.

But in the arena, it was the light brought the Olympic to life.
After the broadcast ended, and the TV lights shut down, the place lost something.
On nights of amateur tournaments when the TV lights were off, it wasn't quite as exciting.

The light made a difference.


-Rick Farris

[bennie]

The boxing history books flap as Ricky Burns, an unlikely lad from Scotland, steps into the shoes of the great Ken Buchanan on March 6 in distant Puerto Rico.
Forty years ago Edinburgh’s just-as-unlikely Buchanan made his way to the same tiny island which has unearthed one gifted fighter after another and wrested the world lightweight title from the head of Ismael Laguna on a split 15-round decision in the blazing heat of a September afternoon, Buchanan required a parasol in his corner but threw too many punches for the oh so smooth Laguna as he ‘willed’ his way to the undisputed title and into those record books.
Kenny would soon beat Laguna again.
To be the best one had to beat the best back then but today a man can call himself world champion and avoid the best fighters. This is why Burns deserves respect for his decision to enter the backyard of Roman “Rocky” Martinez in a crack at the WBO super-featherweight title. Burns, who has never fought outside of Britain before, faces a champion who is no Laguna but is still quick and dangerous, a man whose jab is one of those ‘real’ jabs, a man who can whack, who is unbeaten and who won the title as Burns now has to – in The Lion’s Den.
Martinez stopped lean Dagenham star Nicky Cook in an exciting give-and-take encounter in this country last March. Martinez, rocked in the opening round, struggled in the early going but showed his class with a beautiful left uppercut to put Cook down in a fateful fourth round in which Cook never recovered. Cook had won the title from Alex Arthur; Arthur holds a win over Burns. Perhaps this is breaking it down too far. There are rays of hope for Team Burns on the Cook evidence. Since then Martinez has defended the title with a nine-round stoppage of Colombia’s Feider Viloria in Puerto Rico, wearing his man down with body shots and finishing the job to the head. Burns, at a lofty 5ft 10ins, will probably also get a feel of those body shots.
Tall, talented, sharp-hitting and superfit, Burns has learned from his only career defeats to Arthur and Leeds puncher Carl "Ingemar" Johanneson, both of them on points in 12-rounders. Johanneson had him down three times but Burns showed guts and character to stay the course. This was in Leeds. He has travelled, of sorts, if you look at his fight with Johanneson and a fine eight-round decision over a then unbeaten Graham Earl at Wembley back in 2005. Burns, who took the latter at late notice, licked the reigning British lightweight champion on his own ‘manor’. He took on the big-hitting Arthur in Arthur’s own Edinburgh.
From Coatbridge in the shadow of Glasgow, the challenger came back from those defeats with a string of low-key victories before winning the Commonwealth super-featherweight title in 2008 and hammering Manchester’s once-feared Michael Gomez in seven rounds in one of three solid defences to date. He is not a puncher by rule, more a counterpuncher, a counterpuncher with excellent movement and stamina. He’s done 10 rounds or more in three of his last five outings, including two full 12-rounders. He’s on a winning run of 12 contests.
Burns is not without a shout in March but he has to go out there and grab the horns of fate and steer them his way, just as Buchanan did all those years ago - he has to shake up the boxing world.

[kikibalt]

The boxing history books flap as Ricky Burns, an unlikely lad from Scotland, steps into the shoes of the great Ken Buchanan on March 6 in distant Puerto Rico.
Forty years ago Edinburgh’s just-as-unlikely Buchanan made his way to the same tiny island which has unearthed one gifted fighter after another and wrested the world lightweight title from the head of Ismael Laguna on a split 15-round decision in the blazing heat of a September afternoon, Buchanan required a parasol in his corner but threw too many punches for the oh so smooth Laguna as he ‘willed’ his way to the undisputed title and into those record books.
Kenny would soon beat Laguna again.
To be the best one had to beat the best back then but today a man can call himself world champion and avoid the best fighters. This is why Burns deserves respect for his decision to enter the backyard of Roman “Rocky” Martinez in a crack at the WBO super-featherweight title. Burns, who has never fought outside of Britain before, faces a champion who is no Laguna but is still quick and dangerous, a man whose jab is one of those ‘real’ jabs, a man who can whack, who is unbeaten and who won the title as Burns now has to – in The Lion’s Den.
Martinez stopped lean Dagenham star Nicky Cook in an exciting give-and-take encounter in this country last March. Martinez, rocked in the opening round, struggled in the early going but showed his class with a beautiful left uppercut to put Cook down in a fateful fourth round in which Cook never recovered. Cook had won the title from Alex Arthur; Arthur holds a win over Burns. Perhaps this is breaking it down too far. There are rays of hope for Team Burns on the Cook evidence. Since then Martinez has defended the title with a nine-round stoppage of Colombia’s Feider Viloria in Puerto Rico, wearing his man down with body shots and finishing the job to the head. Burns, at a lofty 5ft 10ins, will probably also get a feel of those body shots.
Tall, talented, sharp-hitting and superfit, Burns has learned from his only career defeats to Arthur and Leeds puncher Carl "Ingemar" Johanneson, both of them on points in 12-rounders. Johanneson had him down three times but Burns showed guts and character to stay the course. This was in Leeds. He has travelled, of sorts, if you look at his fight with Johanneson and a fine eight-round decision over a then unbeaten Graham Earl at Wembley back in 2005. Burns, who took the latter at late notice, licked the reigning British lightweight champion on his own ‘manor’. He took on the big-hitting Arthur in Arthur’s own Edinburgh.
From Coatbridge in the shadow of Glasgow, the challenger came back from those defeats with a string of low-key victories before winning the Commonwealth super-featherweight title in 2008 and hammering Manchester’s once-feared Michael Gomez in seven rounds in one of three solid defences to date. He is not a puncher by rule, more a counterpuncher, a counterpuncher with excellent movement and stamina. He’s done 10 rounds or more in three of his last five outings, including two full 12-rounders. He’s on a winning run of 12 contests.
Burns is not without a shout in March but he has to go out there and grab the horns of fate and steer them his way, just as Buchanan did all those years ago - he has to shake up the boxing world.

Great story Bennie....

[kikibalt]

Cruise night returns to Van Nuys Boulevard

After a 28-year break, car lovers meet once a month on Wednesday nights to show off their souped-up muscle cars, restored classics and lowriders in a scene familiar a generation ago.



A 1962 Chrysler Newport makes its way down Van Nuys Boulevard during Van Nuys Cruise Night. After 28 long years, cruising has returned to Van Nuys Boulevard. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

By Catherine Saillant

January 13, 2010

As the souped-up muscle cars, restored classics and lowriders cruise through the old Rydell Chevrolet lot on Van Nuys Boulevard, Reid Stolz takes stock of a scene that was familiar to anyone growing up in the San Fernando Valley a generation ago.

"Remember when we were young and the cops were old?" said Stolz, 51, watching an LAPD patrol car glide by. "Now the cops are young and we're old."

After a 28-year break, Stolz and other car lovers have brought cruising back to "The Boulevard," though the drivers are now more likely to be middle-aged guys with graying hair and grandkids, driven by nostalgia rather than teenage vanity.

The cruising scene on Van Nuys Boulevard once was so popular and rowdy that it all but paralyzed the area and was seen as a menace by merchants and local residents. Police shut it down when turf wars and illegal races got out of hand.

Now, a generation later, recession-battered shopkeepers and the owners of eateries hungry for customers are thrilled by its return. The well-heeled baby boomers that cruising attracts are filling empty restaurant booths, ringing up registers and awakening a street that longs for traffic.

One coffee shop, Four 'n 20 Pies, is so happy to fill its booths each month that it posts a sign outside welcoming cruisers. During one cruise night in September, the diner ran out of food.

"It's definitely made an impact," said Sean Drummond, a server at the restaurant. "In late summer, we had people lining up at the door."

Los Angeles police, too, are on board -- at least for now.

"It's organized as opposed to before when people just showed up and hit the boulevard," said Tony Cabunoc, a supervising LAPD officer for the Van Nuys area. "If we do have problems, we go to the organizers and get it resolved."

In the 1960s and '70s, Van Nuys Boulevard was the epicenter of California's car culture, drawing thousands to its broad lanes every Wednesday night. Teenagers eager to flaunt their wheels and check each other out showed up in droves.

The boulevard became so popular that traffic jams choked the streets in surrounding neighborhoods. Emergency vehicles couldn't get through. Vandalism, street racing and drunken fights got out of hand. In 1981, the Los Angeles Police Department blocked the streets off, ending an era.

It was more than just a scene, it was an iconic ritual that was imitated, written about in hot rod magazines and captured on film. Cruise night came to represent a Southern California lifestyle that young people in the Midwest and the world over could only read about. Cruising the boulevard on a Wednesday night was about adolescent freedom, a sense that anything was possible and, above all, fun.

Back then, young people just showed up every Wednesday night. Girls and boys by the hundreds milled on sidewalks as candy-colored cars blowing rubber smoke streaked by blasting Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd from eight-track stereos.

Guys revved their engines and spun their tires to catch the eyes of girls wearing tight "Dittos" jeans and a Farrah Fawcett hairstyle. Street racers unloaded hot rods from trailers in the Bank of America parking lot and rolled out into the traffic, leaving a whiff of nitro behind. For a three-mile stretch, six lanes were packed with an astounding variety of cars, vans, trucks and bikes.

Today's version is a more sedate affair. Cruising takes place once a month, on the second Wednesday, and was centered around the Rydell lot until it was sold in late December. Cruisers lined up their cars in the lot and chatted -- not about girls and fast times -- but about chrome grills and suspensions.

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Cruise nights have become common all across the nation. But Southern California's car-centric ethos and great weather has made it practically a rite of passage. Websites such as www.socalcarculture.com list places a street rodder can roll every night of the week.

But cruise night on Van Nuys Boulevard was one of the earliest and biggest. Hollywood made a 1979 film about it, "Van Nuys Boulevard," depicting a sex-and-drug-laden era of young people in cool cars.

The tradition dates to the late 1950s when high schools in the San Fernando Valley held club meetings each Wednesday, said Jon Billesbach, 67, of North Hollywood.

Youths in car clubs would head to the boulevard after the meetings ended for street racing, he said. Later, everyone gathered at the Bob's Big Boy restaurants in Toluca Lake or Van Nuys.

Cruising reached its zenith in the 1970s, and the boulevard was its own teenager universe.

In those days, the GM auto plant to the north employed more than 4,000 workers and proudly displayed its newest product on a lighted pedestal out front. Multiple car dealerships dotted the southern end, and an endless string of storefronts and restaurants filled the space in between.

Streets lamps bathed the bikers at Arby's in an arc of white light. The van guys parked outside the Heads 'N Highs head shop and the street racers converged at Bank of America. Latino youths parked their lowrider at the June Ellen Doughnut shop, just south of the 101 Freeway, Stolz said.

Greg White, 55, remembers that it wasn't a good idea to venture into new territory. "Back then, if you didn't park in the right place you got beat up," said White, of Santa Paula.

For Richard Alicata and Rich King, cruise nights were all about being rowdy and chasing girls. Alicata, 51, drove an orange custom van; King, 45, cruised in a rebuilt Chevrolet Vega, which the police took note of. "By the time they shut cruising down, I had 28 moving violations," he said.

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Stolz decided to revive cruise night after chatting with others about it on an Internet message board.

Last spring, he posted a message on www.jalopyjournal.com, a hot rodders' website, while a friend's wife made fliers that were handed out at car shows.

Chip Beck, owner of the shuttered Rydell Chevrolet lot, offered up the empty asphalt as a staging area.

Stolz created a website to help spread the word -- www.vannuyscruisingassociation.com.

He figured a hundred or so hot rods might be there. Instead, there were 600 cars that night and many hundreds more people, he said. By September, roughly 2,000 custom cars, trucks, vans and motorcycles rolled through the old car lot, while families sat in lawn chairs on both sides of the boulevard to watch the parade.

Stolz and other car enthusiasts settled on a once-a-month event, he said, "so we won't wear out our welcome."

At the Dec. 9 cruise, Stolz, his wife, Pam, and other volunteers handed out a flier outlining cruising rules: "No burn-outs, light-to-light runs, open headers, drugs or alcohol." Loud stereos are also out.

A second flier encourages cruisers to patronize a long list of local fast-food shops and restaurants on the boulevard.

Whether self-policing works is up to the organizers, said the LAPD's Cabunoc. Police have gotten a few complaints from neighbors near the Rydell lot about loud music, illegal parking and trash, he said.

But for the most part, Reid and his supporters have done a good job keeping a lid on bad behavior. Cabunoc said he is not aware of any violence associated with cruise night.

Many welcome a more low-key vibe. White, the Santa Paula man who used to cruise in the '60s, brought his restored 1950 Buick to the December cruise and was impressed with what he saw. Car lovers chatted with each other around the parking lot, stopping every so often to admire a line of tricked-out vehicles moving through the lot.

"Look around, it's pretty friendly," White said. "It's old home week and it's cool."

catherine.saillant @latimes.com

[kikibalt]

Just learned this morning that 2009 CBHOF inductee Davey Gallardo passed away



Davey Gallardo

birth date 1929-09-14
division featherweight
stance orthodox
height 5′ 6″ / 168cm

nationality United States
residence Los Angeles, California, United States
birth place Denver, CO

won 55 (KO 11) + lost 26 (KO 7) + drawn 7 = 88
rounds boxed 607 KO% 12.5

1957-03-21 135 Bobby Scanlon 131½ 22-0-1
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States L RTD 6 10
~ referee: Charley Randolph ~
Gallardo's corner stopped the bout after the 6th round, due to a cut eye.

1957-02-26 134½ Luke Easter 134½ 5-0-0
Auditorium, Richmond, California, United States L PTS 10 10
~ referee: Johnny Lotsey 93-97 ~

1956-12-22 135 Leo Alonzo 135 17-1-0
Civic Auditorium, Stockton, California, United States W TKO 5 10

1956-12-08 130 Jose Luis Cotero 128½ 31-11-5
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States L UD 10 10
~ referee: Dick Young 88-97 | judge: John Thomas 91-98 | judge: Frankie Van 95-98 ~
Gallardo was knocked down for a nine-count in the 4th round.

1956-09-20 135 Tommy Romulo 135 27-4-2
Memorial Auditorium, Fresno, California, United States L PTS 10 10
~ referee: Fred Apostoli 95-96 ~

1956-07-24 129½ Flash Elorde 129½ 33-10-2
San Jose, California, United States L UD 10 10

1956-05-18 130 Larry Vasquez 127½ 11-3-0
Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California, United States D PTS 10 10

1956-04-02 130 Gil Cadilli 130½ 24-6-4
San Francisco Gardens, San Francisco, California, United States W TD 3 10
~ referee: Fred Apostoli ~
The bout was stopped due to a cut over Gallardo's right eye, caused by a headbutt.

1955-12-12 132 Sandy Saddler 131½ 141-15-2
Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, United States L TKO 6 10
~ referee: Jack Downey ~
The bout was stopped by the referee, between the 6th and 7th round. Gallardo was knocked down in the 3rd and 6th round.

1955-10-11 130 Billy Evans 127 27-34-18
Memorial Auditorium, Fresno, California, United States W PTS 10 10
~ referee: Frank Manfredo 58½-51½ ~

1955-09-15 126 Reuben Smith 126 22-15-7
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W RTD 10 12
~ referee: Tommy Hart 59½-50½ ~
~ USA California State featherweight title ~
Smith's corner stopped the bout after the 10th round, due to a badly cut lip.

1955-07-12 133 Joey Lopes 134½ 31-7-2
Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, United States L TKO 6 10
~ time: 2:12 ~
Gallardo who was cut over both eyes, retired in the bout, and his corner threw in the towel.

1955-04-21 125¾ Reuben Smith 125½ 22-15-6
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States D PTS 12 12
~ referee: Dynamite Jackson 65½-65½ | judge: Jimmy Wilson 66-65 | judge: Lee Grossman 64-67 ~
~ USA California State featherweight title ~

1955-02-03 130½ Percy Bassett 129 62-11-1
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States L SD 10 10
~ referee: Frankie Van 53-56 | judge: Frank Holborow 53½-55½ | judge: George Latka 56-53 ~

1955-01-13 130 Ramon Carrillo 132 6-16-1
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W TKO 2 10
~ time: 2:22 | referee: Russ Bradford ~

1954-09-25 Orlando Babe Echevarria 42-11-6
Havana, Cuba L PTS 10 10

1954-06-22 130 Boland Abrams 133 11-4-4
Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States W UD 10 10

1954-02-22 126¼ Gene Smith 127 38-4-1
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States L TKO 3 10
Gallardo was down three times in the 3rd, triggering an automatic stoppage.

1954-01-01 130 Lulu Perez 130 26-2-0
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States L UD 10 10
~ referee: Ruby Goldstein 2-7 | judge: Young Otto 4-6 ~

1953-11-27 129½ Lulu Perez 126 26-1-0
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States W UD 10 10
~ referee: Al Berl 5-4 | judge: Young Otto 6-4 | judge: Jack Gordon 8-2 ~

1953-09-04 126½ Lulu Perez 125 24-1-0
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States L TKO 8 10
~ time: 3:00 | referee: Ruby Goldstein 3-4 | judge: Bill Recht 2-5 | judge: Harold Barnes 4-3 ~
Ring doctor refused to allow Gallardo out for the 9th round, because of a cut over his left eye.

1953-08-28 Armando Lopez 34-6-7
Havana, Cuba W KO 9

1953-07-11 Rudy Garcia 22-2-1
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States W TD 6 12
~ USA California State featherweight title ~

1953-05-06 129½ Charley Riley 132 68-25-1
Turner's Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States L TKO 7 10
~ time: 1:26 | referee: Ray Bowen ~

1953-04-08 129¼ Percy Bassett 129 57-5-1
Uline Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States W UD 10 10

1953-03-24 Lucio Hidalgo 3-3-1
Torreon, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico L PTS 4 4

1953-03-07 Baby Neff Ortiz 25-8-3
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico L PTS 10 10

1952-12-16 125½ Reuben Smith 126 18-7-4
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W UD 12 12
~ referee: Reggie Gilmore 68-64 | judge: Mushy Callahan 68-64 | judge: Tommy Hart 68-64 ~
~ USA California State featherweight title ~

1952-11-18 128 Luis Castillo 124½ 84-45-10
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W UD 10 10
~ referee: Reggie Gilmore 57½-52½ | judge: Tommy Hart 58-52 | judge: Frank Holborow 58½-51½ ~

1952-10-17 Corky Gonzales 57-8-1
Pueblo, Colorado, United States W SD 12 12
Gonzales was knocked down in the 2nd round.

1952-10-07 125½ Al Cruz 125 18-1-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W SD 12 12
~ referee: Frankie Van 67-65 | judge: Reggie Gilmore 65-67 | judge: Jimmy Wallace 67-65 ~
~ vacant USA California State featherweight title ~

1952-08-05 126 Bobby Why 126 17-8-3
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W MD 12 12
~ referee: Joe Stone 66-66 | judge: Jack McDonald 67-65 | judge: Tommy Hart 68-64 ~
California State Featherweight Title Eliminator
"..one of the bloodiest fights in the Auditorium's history (..) money showered into the ring after the main event." (Associated Press)

1952-07-15 130 Nat Jackson 129½ 15-3-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W KO 3 10
~ time: 2:04 | referee: Frankie Van ~

1952-04-19 126 Javier Gutierrez 126 20-10-4
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States W UD 12 12
~ referee: Joe Stone 68-63 | judge: Jack McDonald 68-63 | judge: Jimmy Wallace 66-65 ~
Vacant California State Featherweight Title Eliminator

1952-04-04 ? Francisco
El Paso, Texas, United States W PTS 10 10

1952-03-07 Jackie Blair 63-18-8
El Paso, Texas, United States W PTS 10 10

1952-01-15 127 Conrado Castanon 132 10-5-3
Armory, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States W UD 10 10
~ referee: Jim Cleary 98-94 | 99-93 | 99-89 ~

1952-01-01 128 Baby Franco 130 1-0-0
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico W PTS 10 10

1951-11-10 Gabriel Diaz 11-2-0
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico D PTS 10 10
1951-10-14 Luis Castillo 79-40-10
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico L PTS 10 10

1951-09-30 Panchito Uribe 12-8-0
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico W PTS 10 10

1951-07-20 128 Charley Riley 129½ 59-16-1
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States L TKO 7 10
~ referee: Joe Stone ~
Gallardo was knocked down for a nine-count in the 4th round. The bout was halted, due to a cut over Gallardo's left eye.

1951-02-05 128 Javier Gutierrez 125½ 15-5-3
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W PTS 10 10
~ referee: Mushy Callahan ~

1950-12-22 125¾ Cecil Schoonmaker 116¾ 36-11-6
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States W UD 10 10
~ referee: Abe Roth 58-52 | judge: Tommy Herman 59-51 | judge: Dynamite Jackson 57-53 ~

1950-11-24 126½ Lauro Salas 128 36-14-6
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States L SD 10 10
~ referee: Reggie Gilmore 54½-55½ | judge: Joe Stone 53-57 | judge: Tommy Herman 56-54

1950-11-06 126 George Mendoza 130 17-8-1
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W UD 10 10

1950-10-09 126 Reuben Smith 123 16-3-4
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W SD 10 10
~ referee: Frankie Van | judge: Frank Holborow | judge: Tommy Herman ~
Herman scored for Smith

1950-09-11 125 Fugi Rodriguez 127 4-2-0
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W UD 10 10
~ referee: Charley Randolph ~

1950-08-28 125 George Mendoza 126 17-7-1
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W PTS 10 10
~ referee: Frankie Van ~

1950-08-14 126 Cecil Schoonmaker 122 36-10-6
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W UD 10 10

1950-07-24 125 Cecil Schoonmaker 121 35-10-6
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States L PTS 10 10

1950-06-06 125½ Ernie Lauterio 128 11-3-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States L UD 6 6

1950-05-02 126½ Tony Smaldino 127½ 8-2-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W UD 6 6
Smaldino was knocked down in the 1st round.

1950-04-25 126¼ Mr Boston 124 5-4-1
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W UD 6 6

1950-04-04 125 Ernie Lauterio 127¾ 10-2-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W SD 6 6
~ referee: Reggie Gilmore | judge: Tommy Hart | judge: Jack McDonald ~
Gilmore scored for Lauterio

1950-03-27 126 Ruben Salazar 129 12-16-2
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1950-03-07 134 Mr Boston 136½ 4-3-1
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States L PTS 4 4

1950-02-24 Jimmy Dunn 14-11-3
Coliseum, San Diego, California, United States W KO 5

1950-02-21 123 Bobby Garza 120 14-9-8
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1950-02-14 122½ Bob DiGiovanni 123 4-0-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1950-02-03 121 Mr Boston 124½ 4-3-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States D TD 2 4

1949-11-15 124 Mr Boston 123 3-2-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1949-10-24 125 Mr Boston 124 3-1-0
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W SD 4 4

1949-10-14 126¼ Charley Celeste 127 20-12-1
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1949-09-22 124 Manuel Hernandez 124 17-14-11
Wilmington Bowl, Wilmington, California, United States W PTS 6 6

1949-08-31 124 Charley Espinosa 127 7-4-1
Valley Garden Arena, North Hollywood, California, United States L PTS 4 4

1949-08-23 Manuel Hernandez 15-13-11
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W KO 5 6

1949-08-08 125 Manuel Hernandez 124½ 15-13-10
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States D PTS 4 4

1949-07-21 126½ Roosevelt Bonner 127 21-20-8
Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California, United States L PTS 4 4

1949-06-20 124½ Roosevelt Bonner 127½ 20-20-8
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States L TKO 3 6
The bout was stopped due to a cut eye.

1949-05-24 126 Roosevelt Bonner 126¼ 20-18-8
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W UD 6 6
Gallardo was knocked down in the 6th round.

1949-05-10 125 Chivo Amador 131½ 6-3-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1949-02-15 125½ Jeep O'Neil 126 11-3-1
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1949-01-18 121¼ Tommy Yamaoka 121¾ 5-14-4
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W TKO 3 4

1949-01-14 Jeep O'Neil 8-3-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States D PTS 4 4

1949-01-11 124 Manuel Hernandez 121 7-9-3
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W TKO 4 4

1948-08-30 123¾ Rolando Delgado 126¼ 15-10-5
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States D TD 1 6
Gallardo suffered a cut eye, after a head clash with Delgado.

1948-08-06 124¾ Ernie Lauterio 125 6-0-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States W TD 2 4
Gallardo cut eye caused by head butt

1948-07-23 124½ Frank Serrano 122½ 10-3-2
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States W KO 2 4

1948-07-19 124 Frank Serrano 125½ 10-2-2
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1948-07-06 124½ Ernie Lauterio 125 5-0-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States L PTS 4 4

1948-06-29 124¼ Cadillac Clemmons 128 0-1-0
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1948-06-14 122¼ Cadillac Clemmons 125½
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1948-05-24 122½ Ozzie Biggie 118¾ 12-24-10
Arena, Ocean Park, California, United States W TKO 3 4

1948-05-21 122½ Benny Chavez 119 3-3-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1948-05-07 122½ Pepe Gonzalez 123½ 1-1-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States W PTS 4 4

1948-04-30 121 Johnny Clark 126½ 4-2-0
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States L PTS 4 4

1948-04-26 Jose Iglesias 2-3-0
Federal A.C., San Diego, California, United States

[Rick Farris]

Frank . . . I'm happy that Davey Gallardo was inducted into the CBHOF before his death.
May he rest in peace.

[THEHAMMER321]

Good morning everyone on classic American West Coast Boxing,Frank I Love the story on Cruising even though we are from different states cruising was big here in Vegas up until 25 years ago it brings back so many memories of when we used to cruise fremont street for most of the guys like myself it was about the girls we were trying to meet and it was the same story of why they cops tried to hastle us about cruising as in the story on Van nuys blvd,the hotel owners complained that we were ruining there business for tourists so they eventually blocked it off and made ''The fremont street experience'' so no cars on fremont just tourists walking around,also I like the pbf we do chicken right carigature it is so amazing to me how guys like mayweather have not learned anything about life and probably never will until all the leeches have jumped off his back I see him sometimes in different places like restaurants here in town and it not so much him making a fool of himself but these hanger ons other young guys who he hangs out with and they pat him on the back and tell him what a great guy he is as he foots the bill for everything all you have to do is look at mike tyson and see what not to do and how not to act.

[kikibalt]

Frank . . . I'm happy that Davey Gallardo was inducted into the CBHOF before his death.
May he rest in peace.

Rick..Too bad that he was not able be there in person to accept his award. at that time he was in the hospital, though his family was there to accept his award for him.

[kikibalt]

Good morning everyone on classic American West Coast Boxing,Frank I Love the story on Cruising even though we are from different states cruising was big here in Vegas up until 25 years ago it brings back so many memories of when we used to cruise fremont street for most of the guys like myself it was about the girls we were trying to meet and it was the same story of why they cops tried to hastle us about cruising as in the story on Van nuys blvd,the hotel owners complained that we were ruining there business for tourists so they eventually blocked it off and made ''The fremont street experience'' so no cars on fremont just tourists walking around,also I like the pbf we do chicken right carigature it is so amazing to me how guys like mayweather have not learned anything about life and probably never will until all the leeches have jumped off his back I see him sometimes in different places like restaurants here in town and it not so much him making a fool of himself but these hanger ons other young guys who he hangs out with and they pat him on the back and tell him what a great guy he is as he foots the bill for everything all you have to do is look at mike tyson and see what not to do and how not to act.

Hammer, back in the '70s cruising was big on Whittier Blvd on the eastside, Randy might remember and probably did some cruising there himself, I didn't, as by that time I was well on my way of becoming a middle age man.

[THEHAMMER321]

I was curious about Armando Muniz of the 1950s who fought Art Aragon,Carlos Chavez and other top fighters and the Armando Muniz of the 1970s who fought every champion around at the time are they related and I am pretty sure that Oscar Muniz who beat the unbeaten at the time Jeff Chandler and Armondo Muniz who fought Napoles are cousins anybody know