Classic American West Coast Boxing

[raylawpc]

My understanding is Frazier's status as a married man with children meant he was eligible for some kind of deferement and thus was never drafted.

As I recall, Joe was "3-A" - extreme hardship to dependents. Not only was Joe raising three small children, his mother was also a dependent. Joe's father died in late 1965, and his mother relied on him for financial support.

[THEHAMMER321]

Movie "The Ring"...1952

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH73i4pv8NQ

I was Watching this after you posted it this morning, but fell asleep after about ten minutes, Rita Mereno, I watched her when I was a kid on the series Electric company back in the early 1970s, Morgan Freeman was also on there before he became famous.

Did you get to see the gym scenes?, if you did, that was the Teamsters gym where I used trained and where my boys started their careers in the early '60's.

No Frank , I have to rewatch it because I was tired and fell asleep after 10 minutes.

[Randyman]

Movie "The Ring"...1952

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH73i4pv8NQ

Frank, thanks for posting the link to the video. We had some down time this morning so I watched the movie A few of the guys watched it with me. No one had ever heard of it. Still one my personal favorites.

[kikibalt]

Movie "The Ring"...1952

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH73i4pv8NQ

Frank, thanks for posting the link to the video. We had some down time this morning so I watched the movie A few of the guys watched it with me. No one had ever heard of it. Still one my personal favorites.

[kikibalt]

Movie "The Ring"...1952

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH73i4pv8NQ

Frank, thanks for posting the link to the video. We had some down time this morning so I watched the movie A few of the guys watched it with me. No one had ever heard of it. Still one my personal favorites.

Randy, that's a good movie for your friends to watch....

[bennie]

My understanding is Frazier's status as a married man with children meant he was eligible for some kind of deferement and thus was never drafted.

Cheers, Giancarlo.

[bennie]

My understanding is Frazier's status as a married man with children meant he was eligible for some kind of deferement and thus was never drafted.

As I recall, Joe was "3-A" - extreme hardship to dependents. Not only was Joe raising three small children, his mother was also a dependent. Joe's father died in late 1965, and his mother relied on him for financial support.

...and Tom.

[Rick Farris]

Movie "The Ring"...1952

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH73i4pv8NQ

Frank, thanks for posting the link to the video. We had some down time this morning so I watched the movie A few of the guys watched it with me. No one had ever heard of it. Still one my personal favorites.

Randy, that's a good movie for your friends to watch....

Randy, as you were showing the film to your friends at work, so was I.
Art Aragon's son, Audie, is a dolly grip on Spider MAn, and for the first time he was able to watch his father in his cameo role.
The Art Aragon part starts at 1:07 into the film. I will loan him my copy to copy for himself. He enjoyed watching his dad in this one!
Thanks again, Frank.

[bennie]

Rick, what is your Hollywood take on Lee Majors. He comes across as a good bloke on screen but his acting skills - well, I won't say it.

[kikibalt]

Frank, thanks for posting the link to the video. We had some down time this morning so I watched the movie A few of the guys watched it with me. No one had ever heard of it. Still one my personal favorites.

Randy, that's a good movie for your friends to watch....

Randy, as you were showing the film to your friends at work, so was I.
Art Aragon's son, Audie, is a dolly grip on Spider MAn, and for the first time he was able to watch his father in his cameo role.
The Art Aragon part starts at 1:07 into the film. I will loan him my copy to copy for himself. He enjoyed watching his dad in this one!
Thanks again, Frank.

[Rick Farris]

Rick, what is your Hollywood take on Lee Majors. He comes across as a good bloke on screen but his acting skills - well, I won't say it.

I worked a bit on the $6Million Man, he was a good guy, big fight fan.
My ex sister in law used to date him in the late 60's. My uncle was the LD on the $6 Million Man, but I really didn't know him.

[bennie]

Rick, what is your Hollywood take on Lee Majors. He comes across as a good bloke on screen but his acting skills - well, I won't say it.

I worked a bit on the $6Million Man, he was a good guy, big fight fan.
My ex sister in law used to date him in the late 60's. My uncle was the LD on the $6 Million Man, but I really didn't know him.

Ta, Rick.

[CNorkusJr]

Rick, what is your Hollywood take on Lee Majors. He comes across as a good bloke on screen but his acting skills - well, I won't say it.

I worked a bit on the $6Million Man, he was a good guy, big fight fan.
My ex sister in law used to date him in the late 60's. My uncle was the LD on the $6 Million Man, but I really didn't know him.

Ta, Rick.

Lee Majors was a guest on Oprah Winfrey yesterday. He looked fit but age as taken its toll on his aged face. He still had the woman in the audience on their feet though.
I want to clarify something here- I do not watch Oprah Winfrey-but here in New York it is on at 4pm and ends at 5pm. The New York 5pm news follows on ABC -TV.
Many times I switch stations to ABC early for the upcoming news and go upstairs to go on computer- I can hear the news as I am on the computer.
It is my belief that Oprah, over the years, has brainwashed every female that has ever seen her show.Sort of like a Stepford Wives movie. She is a direct threat to the "Kept Man" society and often her picture Graces my dartboard (which is currently occupied with its many holes-Chris Arreola).

[kikibalt]

I worked a bit on the $6Million Man, he was a good guy, big fight fan.
My ex sister in law used to date him in the late 60's. My uncle was the LD on the $6 Million Man, but I really didn't know him.

Ta, Rick.

Lee Majors was a guest on Oprah Winfrey yesterday. He looked fit but age as taken its toll on his aged face. He still had the woman in the audience on their feet though.
I want to clarify something here- I do not watch Oprah Winfrey-but here in New York it is on at 4pm and ends at 5pm. The New York 5pm news follows on ABC -TV.
Many times I switch stations to ABC early for the upcoming news and go upstairs to go on computer- I can hear the news as I am on the computer.
It is my belief that Oprah, over the years, has brainwashed every female that has ever seen her show.Sort of like a Stepford Wives movie. She is a direct threat to the "Kept Man" society and often her picture Graces my dartboard (which is currently occupied with its many holes-Chris Arreola).

Charlie, I don't think you have to make an excuse for watching Oprah, now if you watch Pee Wee Herman, well that's another thing..... ...For the record, I don't watch Oprah... DD

[Panzerfaust]

Ta, Rick.

Lee Majors was a guest on Oprah Winfrey yesterday. He looked fit but age as taken its toll on his aged face. He still had the woman in the audience on their feet though.
I want to clarify something here- I do not watch Oprah Winfrey-but here in New York it is on at 4pm and ends at 5pm. The New York 5pm news follows on ABC -TV.
Many times I switch stations to ABC early for the upcoming news and go upstairs to go on computer- I can hear the news as I am on the computer.
It is my belief that Oprah, over the years, has brainwashed every female that has ever seen her show.Sort of like a Stepford Wives movie. She is a direct threat to the "Kept Man" society and often her picture Graces my dartboard (which is currently occupied with its many holes-Chris Arreola).

Charlie, I don't think you have to make an excuse for watching Oprah, now if you watch Pee Wee Herman, well that's another thing..... ...For the record, I don't watch Oprah... DD

Soooo.... you both watch Oprah and try to hide it

[kikibalt]

Lee Majors was a guest on Oprah Winfrey yesterday. He looked fit but age as taken its toll on his aged face. He still had the woman in the audience on their feet though.
I want to clarify something here- I do not watch Oprah Winfrey-but here in New York it is on at 4pm and ends at 5pm. The New York 5pm news follows on ABC -TV.
Many times I switch stations to ABC early for the upcoming news and go upstairs to go on computer- I can hear the news as I am on the computer.
It is my belief that Oprah, over the years, has brainwashed every female that has ever seen her show.Sort of like a Stepford Wives movie. She is a direct threat to the "Kept Man" society and often her picture Graces my dartboard (which is currently occupied with its many holes-Chris Arreola).

Charlie, I don't think you have to make an excuse for watching Oprah, now if you watch Pee Wee Herman, well that's another thing..... ...For the record, I don't watch Oprah... DD

Soooo.... you both watch Oprah and try to hide it

Not so on my part, Ram, only thing I watch on TV is the Western Channel (Cowboy movies)....

[kikibalt]

Jack Dempsey

[kikibalt]

Mike Nixon

[Rick Farris]

Mike Nixon

A Mel Epstein fighter.
Mel had high hopes for Nixon.
We were stablemates for awhile.
They were a good team until Mike gained notoriety.
Nixon was too cocky, Mel was too escentric.
Mike Nixon was Mel's last headliner.

-Rick Farris

[Rick Farris]

Jack Dempsey

This is the epitome of a World Heavyweight Champion.
They don't make them like this today.
In fact, they haven't made many throughout history.
Dempsey was unique, in the ring and out.

[Rick Farris]

Charlie Norkus wrote: She is a direct threat to the "Kept Man" society and often her picture Graces my dartboard.
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Charlie . . . Monica watches Oprah, and records any episodes she may miss.
I've had enough of Oprah.
She's a direct threat to the "Kept Man" society, as you pointed out.
No more Oprah!

[raylawpc]

Who is this Oprah you guys keep talking about?

[raylawpc]

Jack Dempsey

The epitome of cool. . . I want to be him when I grow up.

[bennie]

Two unbeaten heavyweights square off for the British heavyweight title now that blubbery Tyson Fury has been made mandatory challenger to blubbery Dereck Chisora by the Board in a contest that must take place by the end of July, although for 'must' we can read 'may', 'might' or even 'nah!' in the crazy world of boxing.
Chisora, 14-0 (9), won the good ol' Lonsdale Belt with a second-round dismissal of Brixton veteran Danny Williams last May at Upton Park, but Williams had admitted from his oxygen tent beforehand that he was "shot", so it was hardly career-defining stuff for Chisora, although he retained the belt with a solid nine-round stoppage of Norwich threat Sam Sexton in September in Birmingham, which also won him the Commonwealth belt. The Londoner then missed out on a pasting at the hands of Wladimir Klitschko in December for a couple of world heavyweight belts when the giant Ukrainian tweaked his back late on, so Chisora should be in good shape at least.
Those words do not quite apply to Fury, a giant of a man from Cheshire who needs to shed a couple of stone but he gets by against handpicked opposition, scraping home on a 10-round decision against Essex man John McDermott in 2009 in his biggest fight to date, although to be fair to Fury he came back and stopped an out-of-shape McDermott in nine rounds last year. Now 14-0 (10), Fury has a big following and all the chat but Chisora is not shy himself and the build up should be entertaining.
As for the fight, Chisora actually holds two stoppage wins over the useful Sexton which rank highter than Fury's brace over the capable McDermott, but it is way too soon to begin a proper diagnosis. Both men have some natural talent, in a heavyweight way, which means they wouldn't last five minutes at featherweight, and both men can whack a bit, but then all heavyweights can whack. Chisora probably has the quicker hands but Fury is much the younger man, although Chisora is hardly old at 27.
Ultimately, for these two, I keep thinking of the line uttered by Ronnie Barker in Porridge in the 1970s: "May the best man lose."

[Rick Farris]

Who is this Oprah you guys keep talking about?

Another "actor" with too much power.