Classic American West Coast Boxing

[coach greg v]

>Lassiter Now theres a name I remember

[kikibalt]

>Lassiter Now theres a name I remember

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Jimmy Lassiter's boxing record

[coach greg v]

>Lassiter Now theres a name I remember

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Jimmy Lassiter's boxing record

>thanks frank. i always have a place for the journeyman fighter. frank you were telling a story about your son and u said something that i have heard over and over and totally took me back. which today people have no concept of..you said THATS WHAT I PAY YOU FOR. now i know u guys are probably bored stiff but heres another maxy story. I can not remember who it was either the promoters babe griffin or benny ford but maxy was fighting. I was not in the corner but I was near. he told his manager u tell that fil..... c.........r that if hes doesn't start fightin I won't pay him. He meant it too. Can u imagine that happening today....

[raylawpc]

In the Land of Bullsh*t . . .

Athletic Commissions, promoters, networks, etc., all the agencies that might have influence over the selection of referees & ringside officials should (and likely will) black ball Mora. He is incompetent, blatantly biased and unable to think on his feet. The board of officials including Bayless, Weeks and Cortez is a joke. Just get rid of the guy, simple. He does not deserve another chance, there is big money riding on these contests, the future of of many ride on his actions, including his own. I was rooting for Mares ,and thought he deserved the decision. If there is a rematch, if I were the opponent, I believe the first punch I'd throw would be a ripping uppercut to the cajones, take my point deduction, and then get on with things. As the late, great Mel Epstein would tell me in the corner, "Make the bastid a landowner, give him a couple of achers!"

> that one is old ricky. I heard that a few times from billy newman and pop hall. Nowadays refs think htey are more important than the fighters . Throw the bum out.....

Mel might have got that one from Billy Newman, as he used to train boxers out of San Francisco in the late 60's.
Agreed, some of these refs really have a big head. They aren't stars, they are "the help". Leave the glory for the fighters!

The outstanding trait of a great referee is being forgettable. If you can't remember who the referee was for a particular bout, he probably did a great job.

[kikibalt]

>Lassiter Now theres a name I remember

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Jimmy Lassiter's boxing record

>thanks frank. i always have a place for the journeyman fighter. frank you were telling a story about your son and u said something that i have heard over and over and totally took me back. which today people have no concept of..you said THATS WHAT I PAY YOU FOR. now i know u guys are probably bored stiff but heres another maxy story. I can not remember who it was either the promoters babe griffin or benny ford but maxy was fighting. I was not in the corner but I was near. he told his manager u tell that fil..... c.........r that if hes doesn't start fightin I won't pay him. He meant it too. Can u imagine that happening today....

[raylawpc]

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[Rick Farris]

My opponent, Joey Sandoval, was the older brother of bantam champ Richie Sandoval, and bantam contender, Albert "Super Fly" Sandoval.
This would be my last amateur bout, I'd win a unanimous decision. Check out the juniors, Frankie Baltazar Jr. vs. Ruben Castillo.
Frankie kicked his ass, but this one would have made them both some money a few years later.

[coach greg v]

>oh man olford terry lee and ricky ferris and your son...thank you for sharing this history....I was 17

[coach greg v]

My opponent, Joey Sandoval, was the older brother of bantam champ Richie Sandoval, and bantam contender, Albert "Super Fly" Sandoval.
This would be my last amateur bout, I'd win a unanimous decision. Check out the juniors, Frankie Baltazar Jr. vs. Ruben Castillo.
Frankie kicked his ass, but this one would have made them both some money a few years later.

this is truly the belly of the beast.

[Rick Farris]

1968 Jr. Golden Gloves Finals . . .

We were just kids, but you'll recognize a few of the names . . . Baltazar, Davila, Muniz, Robles, Cerda, Morgan and Farris, to name a few.
I stopped Jerry Moore's boxer in the 2nd round with a body punch to win my division.

[coach greg v]

We were just kids, but you'll recognize a few of the names . . . Baltazar, Davila, Muniz, Robles, Cerda, Morgan and Farris, to name a few.

> robles was close to me in weight at that time....and all the others I definitely remember. you know this site is so cool i am almost afraid to get a cold one or i will miss something

[coach greg v]

We were just kids, but you'll recognize a few of the names . . . Baltazar, Davila, Muniz, Robles, Cerda, Morgan and Farris, to name a few.

> robles was close to me in weight at that time....and all the others I definitely remember. you know this site is so cool i am almost afraid to get a cold one or i will miss something

>ricky steve gregg that name jogs me for some reason

[Rick Farris]

We were just kids, but you'll recognize a few of the names . . . Baltazar, Davila, Muniz, Robles, Cerda, Morgan and Farris, to name a few.

> robles was close to me in weight at that time....and all the others I definitely remember. you know this site is so cool i am almost afraid to get a cold one or i will miss something

>ricky steve gregg that name jogs me for some reason

It shouldn't, Steve Gregg never had a fight. He won this one by default when his opponent didn't show.
He showed up at the Johnny Flores Gym one night a few weeks before the tournament
He moved around a little, didn't know much, entered the Jr. GG's, took home a jacket on a "by", never returned to the gym.
It was "an immaculate championship", and I think how hard some kids train for that Blue & Gold satin jacket.

[coach greg v]

> robles was close to me in weight at that time....and all the others I definitely remember. you know this site is so cool i am almost afraid to get a cold one or i will miss something

>ricky steve gregg that name jogs me for some reason

It shouldn't, Steve Gregg never had a fight. He won this one by default when his opponent didn't show.
He showed up at the Johnny Flores Gym one night a few weeks before the tournament
He moved around a little, didn't know much, entered the Jr. GG's, took home a jacket on a "by", never returned to the gym.
It was "an immaculate championship", and I think how hard some kids train for that Blue & Gold satin jacket.

sorry rick my bad.....

[bennie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUwdtxqO ... re=related

Paul Banke comes through a gut-wrenching thriller against a Korean in Korea. Sadly, the fight ruined both men.

[Counter-puncher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUwdtxqO ... re=related

Paul Banke comes through a gut-wrenching thriller against a Korean in Korea. Sadly, the fight ruined both men.

hell of a fight, i have it on disc. the Korean does as much brutal headbutting as I've seen. glad he finally got faceplanted.

[Rick Farris]

Frank, We all know Albert Davila but I remember his brother Armando whose name is on this program. I believe that he fought Frankie Jr.?
I don't remember Armando well or his fights, did he appear to have similar skills to Albert?

[coach greg v]

Frank, We all know Albert Davila but I remember his brother Armando whose name is on this program. I believe that he fought Frankie Jr.?
I don't remember Armando well or his fights, did he appear to have similar skills to Albert?

> One thing I noticed ricky on those programs the lack of 147lb or 56. they were huge divisons in the examiner golden gloves up here...

[CNorkusJr]

Isn't it just great when they misspell the names of fighters on the cards and programs.

Here you are, young guys and all, bringing maybe family members and girlfriends maybe, and they get the program (which they know will be a keeper,regardless of the result) and they get the names wrong.
I know the bottom line is what happens in the ring-but its a sense of pride thing.

I see it here with my father's name too in articles. Sometimes you gotta wonder if the writer ever attended the matches to begin with.

Best one yet-my dad was friends with Jake LaMotta for what seems like eternity, so when "Raging Bull" came out, it was quickly followed up by Jake's writing of "Raging Bull II" book. In that particular book, he wrote a whole chapter on my father getting him into the liquor business, in which my father was a salesman,along with Billy Graham.

In the book, Jake spelt my father's name "NORKIS"-after all these years. My father called him up and called him a "dumb bastid" jokingly.

Jake and my dad 1995, my dad passed away just a few months later from cancer. He used to be 6 foot tall-200 lbs.

[kikibalt]

Frank, We all know Albert Davila but I remember his brother Armando whose name is on this program. I believe that he fought Frankie Jr.?
I don't remember Armando well or his fights, did he appear to have similar skills to Albert?

No, Frankie never did fight Armando Davila. I don't know much about Armendo as a fighter, don't think he was around long...

[kikibalt]

1968 Jr. Golden Gloves Finals . . .

We were just kids, but you'll recognize a few of the names . . . Baltazar, Davila, Muniz, Robles, Cerda, Morgan and Farris, to name a few.
I stopped Jerry Moore's boxer in the 2nd round with a body punch to win my division.

Rudy "Porky" Acuna, '41 pounder in the above program is now a mailman in my 'hood. Porky is also The Maravilla Kid's, A.K.A Ruben Navarro nephew.

[kikibalt]

Streetcar tracks removed



By: Scott Harrison

Sept. 23, 1948: Workers use mammoth jacks to remove streetcar tracks along Vermont Avenue to make room for the Hollywood Freeway.

A 450-foot section of Vermont between Rosewood and Melrose avenues had to be replaced with concrete bridges for the new freeway.

This image was published the next morning along with a Times story updating the construction of the Hollywood Freeway:

You could see the $22,000,000 Hollywood Freeway taking shape in the Vermont Ave. area.

Giant bulldozers towing huge rippers and other massive tools were tearing up pavement along which commuters were wont to ride north of the Beverly Blvd intersection…

Northbound V-line trolley riders transferred to busses to by-pass the construction scene.

In 1954, the Hollywood Freeway opened from the San Fernando Valley to downtown Los Angeles.

[kikibalt]

The movie below is for Greg. I think we all seen it before, not sure if Greg has seen it.

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

"The Ring" (1952)