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kikibalt wrote:Hilda Solis; Home-girl makes good, we here in La Puente are real proud of her

Solis, a woman of many firsts, had a steady rise through California's political ranks
By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer


Hilda Solis' La Puente High School year book picture from 1975. (Courtesy Art)If Rep. Hilda Solis is confirmed as the the United States' first Latino labor secretary, it will be the latest in a lifetime of firsts.
Though her nomination as labor secretary may have taken some people by surprise, those who worked with her decades ago say she was a rising political star from the start, always prioritizing labor, immigration and environmental issues.

"You knew then that Hilda Solis was going to be a rising star, she had some of those qualities that you look for in leaders, she had a grasp of issues, she was a person who understood the times and knew what to do about it," said Ralph Pacheco, who served on the Rio Hondo Community College board of trustees with Solis and is now a trustee of the Whittier Union High School District.

Solis was the first person in her family to go to college, the first Latina elected to the California state Senate, the first woman to represent the San Gabriel Valley in the state Senate, the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, and the first Latina appointed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Solis's education in labor issues began when she was a child. Her Mexican-born father was a Teamster and worked for the Quemetco battery recycling plant in Industry. Her Nicaraguan-born mother worked on an assembly line making toys.

Solis declined to be interviewed for this story, with her staff citing a request by Barack Obama's transition team to avoid media contact.

As a student at La Puente High School in the early 1970s, Solis said she saw "a great lack of support" for teenagers in the San Gabriel Valley wishing to go to college.

She is the first in her family to go to college.

In addition to a bachelor's degree in political science from Cal Poly Pomona, Solis earned a master's degree in public administration from USC.

While studying at the latter, Solis got her initial taste of Washington, working in

Hilda Solis served as a member of the Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees from 1985-1992. California Rep. Hilda Solis was named by President-Elect Barak Obama as his labor secretary. (Courtesy Art)the Carter White House Office of Hispanic Affairs. She was later appointed as a management analyst with the Office of Management and Budget in the Civil Rights Division.
By age 28, Solis was ready to run for her first office. She had returned from Washington and was directing a state program aimed at helping San Gabriel Valley students go to college. She decided to take those efforts one step further by running for the Rio Hondo board of trustees.

"What good is a (college) degree if you can't get a job?" she asked during her victorious campaign.

El Monte councilwoman Emily Ishigaki first met Solis through the El Monte Business and Professional Women group before her bid for the Rio Hondo board.

"There is something about a person that you see from the very beginning, she is sincere, keeps her word, she aggressively pursuits what she believes is right... She knew what she was going to do, what she was able to accomplish. Even as a Republican, I believed that from the start," Ishigaki said.

During her seven years on the Rio Hondo board, Solis worked to improve vocational job training at the community college and increase the representation of women and minorities in tenured positions at the school, according to colleagues.

In 1992, at age 34, Solis successfully ran for the California state Assembly.

She had the early support of Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina and then congresswoman Barbara Boxer. The three walked precincts together.

"Hilda Solis practices the type of grassroots politics that... promotes community and empowerment," Molina said at the time.

While serving on the Assembly, Solis became one of the loudest voices in the immigration debate. She backed a controversial bill to enforce a court ruling that undocumented immigrants may attend college if they have established California residency.

"(I) believe that keeping the doors of opportunity open for all Californians can solve many of our social and economic problems," she wrote.

She also headed up a new committee in the Assembly on groundwater contamination and landfill leakage, and served on the committees of higher education, environmental

California State Assembly Hilda Solis pictured in 1993. (Courtesy Art)safety, and labor and unemployment.
After two years in the Assembly, in 1994, Solis became the first woman state senator from the San Gabriel Valley and the first female Latino in the state Senate.

While there, she led the effort to increase the state's minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75, an initiative fiercely opposed by chambers of commerce and the restaurant industry, which said it would derail the economy.

A state raid of a sweatshop in El Monte in 1995 also gave her a firsthand glimpse of the realities of the labor sector. Authorities shut down an illegal sewing factory that had thrived on forced labor from approximately 70 undocumented Thai immigrants and had been operating for years.

Solis held a hearing on the raid and responded with demands for tougher labor laws and more money to enforce existing laws.

In 2000, the same year Solis was elected to Congress, she became the first woman to win a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her work on environmental justice issues.

"From the start, she has been a change agent, and throughout the years she has been a catalyst for change," Pacheco said. "So it doesn't come as any surprise to me, that her trajectory, has gone higher and higher each decade, as time goes on."

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dagosd2000 wrote:THE IMPRESSARIO

Iganacio Huizar put everthing together down there when there was a card. All the venues:The bull ring,race track,auditiorium,the Arena 72,and the Jai Lai Palace. All the fights went through him. Even when it was on the big screen,Huizar had his name on it.

He was kind of a portly guy. Dressed nice. There was plenty of action across the border then. Not the drugs, and drug lords killing each other like now. Lots of good fights. Lots of crazy joints afterwards . Plenty of food all over town. It was fun. Yes it was a time that town will never see again.

I can't remember the fight,but I wanted to get my tickets early. Trying to wrestle your way to the ticket window the night of the fight was a struggle. Besides the pick pockets made a living off the bugs sqeezing their way to the window.At the bottom of the fight posters that were nailed all over town was the address of Huizar's restaurant if you wanted to buy your ducats early.

A few days before the fight I was in TJ. It was getting dark and it was cold. Beginning to drizzle. I thought I'd hurry over to Huizar's eatery to by my ticket. The place was somewhere south of the old bull ring,but for the life of me,I couldn't pin it down. I must have driven by it a dozen times,but I kept missin' it. Finally I pull over. I'll ask a cab driver.

"Donde esta restaurant Huizar?",I ask a cab driver standing beside a lamp post.
He tells me I 'm right in front of it. A little store front that has a sign that read "Tacitos". There was a counter inside with about 5 or 6 stools. A card table with four chairs. So I walk inside. The place is empty. Nobody behind the counter.
"Los boletos de box?"
I ask if this is where I could by the tickets for the fights. Out from the back comes out this stout little guy with a thin mustache. Huizar.
"Si amigo,"he says. "Quieres un boleto?"
I bought a ticket.
"Enjoy the fight amigo,"said Huizar.

He didn't introduce himself. Why should he? I knew who he was though. One of the biggest and wealthiest promoters in Mexico. And here he was in his little taco shop. Probably felt that was enough for him. All those big shots down there have a front that's modest like a little taco shop. Unassuming. Perhaps they own a bay front mansion in Acapulco,but something like a little taco shop to make them feel at home ia a gimme'.

I got in the car. It was dark now. Hell,I wonder if the tacos were any good?

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:Hilda Solis; Home-girl makes good, we here in La Puente are real proud of her

Solis, a woman of many firsts, had a steady rise through California's political ranks
By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer


Hilda Solis' La Puente High School year book picture from 1975. (Courtesy Art)If Rep. Hilda Solis is confirmed as the the United States' first Latino labor secretary, it will be the latest in a lifetime of firsts.
Though her nomination as labor secretary may have taken some people by surprise, those who worked with her decades ago say she was a rising political star from the start, always prioritizing labor, immigration and environmental issues.

"You knew then that Hilda Solis was going to be a rising star, she had some of those qualities that you look for in leaders, she had a grasp of issues, she was a person who understood the times and knew what to do about it," said Ralph Pacheco, who served on the Rio Hondo Community College board of trustees with Solis and is now a trustee of the Whittier Union High School District.

Solis was the first person in her family to go to college, the first Latina elected to the California state Senate, the first woman to represent the San Gabriel Valley in the state Senate, the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, and the first Latina appointed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Solis's education in labor issues began when she was a child. Her Mexican-born father was a Teamster and worked for the Quemetco battery recycling plant in Industry. Her Nicaraguan-born mother worked on an assembly line making toys.

Solis declined to be interviewed for this story, with her staff citing a request by Barack Obama's transition team to avoid media contact.

As a student at La Puente High School in the early 1970s, Solis said she saw "a great lack of support" for teenagers in the San Gabriel Valley wishing to go to college.

She is the first in her family to go to college.

In addition to a bachelor's degree in political science from Cal Poly Pomona, Solis earned a master's degree in public administration from USC.

While studying at the latter, Solis got her initial taste of Washington, working in

Hilda Solis served as a member of the Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees from 1985-1992. California Rep. Hilda Solis was named by President-Elect Barak Obama as his labor secretary. (Courtesy Art)the Carter White House Office of Hispanic Affairs. She was later appointed as a management analyst with the Office of Management and Budget in the Civil Rights Division.
By age 28, Solis was ready to run for her first office. She had returned from Washington and was directing a state program aimed at helping San Gabriel Valley students go to college. She decided to take those efforts one step further by running for the Rio Hondo board of trustees.

"What good is a (college) degree if you can't get a job?" she asked during her victorious campaign.

El Monte councilwoman Emily Ishigaki first met Solis through the El Monte Business and Professional Women group before her bid for the Rio Hondo board.

"There is something about a person that you see from the very beginning, she is sincere, keeps her word, she aggressively pursuits what she believes is right... She knew what she was going to do, what she was able to accomplish. Even as a Republican, I believed that from the start," Ishigaki said.

During her seven years on the Rio Hondo board, Solis worked to improve vocational job training at the community college and increase the representation of women and minorities in tenured positions at the school, according to colleagues.

In 1992, at age 34, Solis successfully ran for the California state Assembly.

She had the early support of Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina and then congresswoman Barbara Boxer. The three walked precincts together.

"Hilda Solis practices the type of grassroots politics that... promotes community and empowerment," Molina said at the time.

While serving on the Assembly, Solis became one of the loudest voices in the immigration debate. She backed a controversial bill to enforce a court ruling that undocumented immigrants may attend college if they have established California residency.

"(I) believe that keeping the doors of opportunity open for all Californians can solve many of our social and economic problems," she wrote.

She also headed up a new committee in the Assembly on groundwater contamination and landfill leakage, and served on the committees of higher education, environmental

California State Assembly Hilda Solis pictured in 1993. (Courtesy Art)safety, and labor and unemployment.
After two years in the Assembly, in 1994, Solis became the first woman state senator from the San Gabriel Valley and the first female Latino in the state Senate.

While there, she led the effort to increase the state's minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75, an initiative fiercely opposed by chambers of commerce and the restaurant industry, which said it would derail the economy.

A state raid of a sweatshop in El Monte in 1995 also gave her a firsthand glimpse of the realities of the labor sector. Authorities shut down an illegal sewing factory that had thrived on forced labor from approximately 70 undocumented Thai immigrants and had been operating for years.

Solis held a hearing on the raid and responded with demands for tougher labor laws and more money to enforce existing laws.

In 2000, the same year Solis was elected to Congress, she became the first woman to win a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her work on environmental justice issues.

"From the start, she has been a change agent, and throughout the years she has been a catalyst for change," Pacheco said. "So it doesn't come as any surprise to me, that her trajectory, has gone higher and higher each decade, as time goes on."

[email protected]

Viva Hilda Solis!

kikibalt wrote:

Rick Farris wrote:

kikibalt wrote:In 1969, Danny Villanueva who was co-manager of Gato Gonzalez was the general manager of KMEX Ch.34, called me and ask if I with others that were involved in runnig the jr. program would meet with him, said that he was thinking of staging a jr. boxing program on Sundays, we had the meet and put on a show every Sunday for 13 weeks, the fights were outside on the parking lot, Danny and I were doing the commentary on TV.
Gato and Ruben Navarro et. al. were doing the referring.

Frank . . . I remember those Ch.34 broadcasts. I also recall Ruben Navarro refereeing one Sunday. They held the fights outdoors during the daytime. In fact, I have a photo of Ruben seperating two juniors during one of those bouts. The photo is part of the '69 Western Reg. Golden Gloves Finals program, on the back page. It was a good idea, I thought. The kids really put on a great show.

-Rick Farris

Rick...How come you didn't fight in those show? were you to old by then for the Jr.?

Randyman wrote:

dagosd2000 wrote:THE IMPRESSARIO

Iganacio Huizar put everthing together down there when there was a card. All the venues:The bull ring,race track,auditiorium,the Arena 72,and the Jai Lai Palace. All the fights went through him. Even when it was on the big screen,Huizar had his name on it.

He was kind of a portly guy. Dressed nice. There was plenty of action across the border then. Not the drugs, and drug lords killing each other like now. Lots of good fights. Lots of crazy joints afterwards . Plenty of food all over town. It was fun. Yes it was a time that town will never see again.

I can't remember the fight,but I wanted to get my tickets early. Trying to wrestle your way to the ticket window the night of the fight was a struggle. Besides the pick pockets made a living off the bugs sqeezing their way to the window.At the bottom of the fight posters that were nailed all over town was the address of Huizar's restaurant if you wanted to buy your ducats early.

A few days before the fight I was in TJ. It was getting dark and it was cold. Beginning to drizzle. I thought I'd hurry over to Huizar's eatery to by my ticket. The place was somewhere south of the old bull ring,but for the life of me,I couldn't pin it down. I must have driven by it a dozen times,but I kept missin' it. Finally I pull over. I'll ask a cab driver.

"Donde esta restaurant Huizar?",I ask a cab driver standing beside a lamp post.
He tells me I 'm right in front of it. A little store front that has a sign that read "Tacitos". There was a counter inside with about 5 or 6 stools. A card table with four chairs. So I walk inside. The place is empty. Nobody behind the counter.
"Los boletos de box?"
I ask if this is where I could by the tickets for the fights. Out from the back comes out this stout little guy with a thin mustache. Huizar.
"Si amigo,"he says. "Quieres un boleto?"
I bought a ticket.
"Enjoy the fight amigo,"said Huizar.

He didn't introduce himself. Why should he? I knew who he was though. One of the biggest and wealthiest promoters in Mexico. And here he was in his little taco shop. Probably felt that was enough for him. All those big shots down there have a front that's modest like a little taco shop. Unassuming. Perhaps they own a bay front mansion in Acapulco,but something like a little taco shop to make them feel at home ia a gimme'.

I got in the car. It was dark now. Hell,I wonder if the tacos were any good?

Rog, I'm nominating you for BoxRec's first "Classic American West Coast Boxing 2008" writer of the year. I am dead serious Rog. As I was reading I was with you. I felt the crunch of the crowd, the rain drizzling on my head, and I saw Huizar's little taco shop. What beautiful writing Rog. I said once before that you write like you paint, with your heart. I really look forward to reading your stories. You take us to your little corner of the world, whether it's the classroom, kicking the crap out of some cholo biker, or to the streets a of Tijuana years ago, and the old smoky arenas. You bring them to life. If no one disagrees, the honor is yours. Our first writer of the year for 2008: Roger Esty.

Thank You My Friend
Randy

kikibalt wrote:

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:Hilda Solis; Home-girl makes good, we here in La Puente are real proud of her

Solis, a woman of many firsts, had a steady rise through California's political ranks
By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer


Hilda Solis' La Puente High School year book picture from 1975. (Courtesy Art)If Rep. Hilda Solis is confirmed as the the United States' first Latino labor secretary, it will be the latest in a lifetime of firsts.
Though her nomination as labor secretary may have taken some people by surprise, those who worked with her decades ago say she was a rising political star from the start, always prioritizing labor, immigration and environmental issues.

"You knew then that Hilda Solis was going to be a rising star, she had some of those qualities that you look for in leaders, she had a grasp of issues, she was a person who understood the times and knew what to do about it," said Ralph Pacheco, who served on the Rio Hondo Community College board of trustees with Solis and is now a trustee of the Whittier Union High School District.

Solis was the first person in her family to go to college, the first Latina elected to the California state Senate, the first woman to represent the San Gabriel Valley in the state Senate, the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, and the first Latina appointed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Solis's education in labor issues began when she was a child. Her Mexican-born father was a Teamster and worked for the Quemetco battery recycling plant in Industry. Her Nicaraguan-born mother worked on an assembly line making toys.

Solis declined to be interviewed for this story, with her staff citing a request by Barack Obama's transition team to avoid media contact.

As a student at La Puente High School in the early 1970s, Solis said she saw "a great lack of support" for teenagers in the San Gabriel Valley wishing to go to college.

She is the first in her family to go to college.

In addition to a bachelor's degree in political science from Cal Poly Pomona, Solis earned a master's degree in public administration from USC.

While studying at the latter, Solis got her initial taste of Washington, working in

Hilda Solis served as a member of the Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees from 1985-1992. California Rep. Hilda Solis was named by President-Elect Barak Obama as his labor secretary. (Courtesy Art)the Carter White House Office of Hispanic Affairs. She was later appointed as a management analyst with the Office of Management and Budget in the Civil Rights Division.
By age 28, Solis was ready to run for her first office. She had returned from Washington and was directing a state program aimed at helping San Gabriel Valley students go to college. She decided to take those efforts one step further by running for the Rio Hondo board of trustees.

"What good is a (college) degree if you can't get a job?" she asked during her victorious campaign.

El Monte councilwoman Emily Ishigaki first met Solis through the El Monte Business and Professional Women group before her bid for the Rio Hondo board.

"There is something about a person that you see from the very beginning, she is sincere, keeps her word, she aggressively pursuits what she believes is right... She knew what she was going to do, what she was able to accomplish. Even as a Republican, I believed that from the start," Ishigaki said.

During her seven years on the Rio Hondo board, Solis worked to improve vocational job training at the community college and increase the representation of women and minorities in tenured positions at the school, according to colleagues.

In 1992, at age 34, Solis successfully ran for the California state Assembly.

She had the early support of Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina and then congresswoman Barbara Boxer. The three walked precincts together.

"Hilda Solis practices the type of grassroots politics that... promotes community and empowerment," Molina said at the time.

While serving on the Assembly, Solis became one of the loudest voices in the immigration debate. She backed a controversial bill to enforce a court ruling that undocumented immigrants may attend college if they have established California residency.

"(I) believe that keeping the doors of opportunity open for all Californians can solve many of our social and economic problems," she wrote.

She also headed up a new committee in the Assembly on groundwater contamination and landfill leakage, and served on the committees of higher education, environmental

California State Assembly Hilda Solis pictured in 1993. (Courtesy Art)safety, and labor and unemployment.
After two years in the Assembly, in 1994, Solis became the first woman state senator from the San Gabriel Valley and the first female Latino in the state Senate.

While there, she led the effort to increase the state's minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75, an initiative fiercely opposed by chambers of commerce and the restaurant industry, which said it would derail the economy.

A state raid of a sweatshop in El Monte in 1995 also gave her a firsthand glimpse of the realities of the labor sector. Authorities shut down an illegal sewing factory that had thrived on forced labor from approximately 70 undocumented Thai immigrants and had been operating for years.

Solis held a hearing on the raid and responded with demands for tougher labor laws and more money to enforce existing laws.

In 2000, the same year Solis was elected to Congress, she became the first woman to win a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her work on environmental justice issues.

"From the start, she has been a change agent, and throughout the years she has been a catalyst for change," Pacheco said. "So it doesn't come as any surprise to me, that her trajectory, has gone higher and higher each decade, as time goes on."

[email protected]

Viva Hilda Solis!

Randy...Solis (Class 1975) went to school with my daughter Linda and Frankie, she was one year behind Linda (Class of 1974) and one year ahead of Frankie (Class of 1976).

El Gato wrote:Rick,

You asked where I trained for the Carmona fight and who were my sparring partners---

I trained at the Hoover Street Gym in Los Angeles and my sparring partners were Claude Durden and Jerry Stokes. I only trained for three weeks before the fight and sparred everyday the last 10 days for six rounds each day--first, three rounds with Durden, then three rounds with Stokes. Jackie McCoy and Jesse Reid were my trainers. Reid was tough. He would work me really hard and McCoy would work on polishing my moves and punches. After the fight Jackie told me he had never seen me do those side steps. I had learned them early in my boxing career from my cousin, Jose Becerra, but I hardly ever used them. But for this fight and Carmona's style of boxing I saw it as a perfect opportunity to put my side steps to work.

You also wrote that the gate for my second Ruben Navarro match was $192,755. I thought you might like to know that I earned $42,000 for that fight. Out of this amount McCoy got one third of the purse, so after taxes that left me with a little over $21,000. Not much money compared to what the top fighters get today. And the punches were alot better back then too.

El Gato

Rick Farris wrote:Rick...How come you didn't fight in those show? were you to old by then for the Jr.?

I turned 17 in January '69, and got my amateur license just in time to sign-up for the Golden Gloves tournament that started the following week. I thought to myself, "Damn, now they put juniors on TV." Of course, that same year I was able to get some TV time at the Olympic prior to the pro cards. Today, can you imagine all the red tape the US Amateur Boxing Federation would force a TV network deal with before sanctioning any such promotion?

-Rick Farris

kikibalt wrote:Also working at Quemetco battery recyling plant in Industry, where Hilda Solis's dad worked, was Joe Sandoval, Albert "Superfly" Sandoval's dad.

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:Also working at Quemetco battery recyling plant in Industry, where Hilda Solis's dad worked, was Joe Sandoval, Albert "Superfly" Sandoval's dad.

Alberto "Superfly" Sandoval. he was a good little boxer Frank and at the time one of my favorites. A classy boxer but as often happens he just never fulfilled his potential. His younger brother Richie had better luck and won a title. His luck ran out when he met Gaby Canizales.

Randyman wrote:By the way Rog, I can't remember if I mentioned it to you before but Huizar is Jeri's maiden name.

Randy

kikibalt wrote:

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:Also working at Quemetco battery recyling plant in Industry, where Hilda Solis's dad worked, was Joe Sandoval, Albert "Superfly" Sandoval's dad.

Alberto "Superfly" Sandoval. he was a good little boxer Frank and at the time one of my favorites. A classy boxer but as often happens he just never fulfilled his potential. His younger brother Richie had better luck and won a title. His luck ran out when he met Gaby Canizales.

Randy...Have you seen Superfly's fight with Alfonso Zamora?. Great, great fight.

kikibalt wrote:

Randyman wrote:

dagosd2000 wrote:THE IMPRESSARIO

Iganacio Huizar put everthing together down there when there was a card. All the venues:The bull ring,race track,auditiorium,the Arena 72,and the Jai Lai Palace. All the fights went through him. Even when it was on the big screen,Huizar had his name on it.

He was kind of a portly guy. Dressed nice. There was plenty of action across the border then. Not the drugs, and drug lords killing each other like now. Lots of good fights. Lots of crazy joints afterwards . Plenty of food all over town. It was fun. Yes it was a time that town will never see again.

I can't remember the fight,but I wanted to get my tickets early. Trying to wrestle your way to the ticket window the night of the fight was a struggle. Besides the pick pockets made a living off the bugs sqeezing their way to the window.At the bottom of the fight posters that were nailed all over town was the address of Huizar's restaurant if you wanted to buy your ducats early.

A few days before the fight I was in TJ. It was getting dark and it was cold. Beginning to drizzle. I thought I'd hurry over to Huizar's eatery to by my ticket. The place was somewhere south of the old bull ring,but for the life of me,I couldn't pin it down. I must have driven by it a dozen times,but I kept missin' it. Finally I pull over. I'll ask a cab driver.

"Donde esta restaurant Huizar?",I ask a cab driver standing beside a lamp post.
He tells me I 'm right in front of it. A little store front that has a sign that read "Tacitos". There was a counter inside with about 5 or 6 stools. A card table with four chairs. So I walk inside. The place is empty. Nobody behind the counter.
"Los boletos de box?"
I ask if this is where I could by the tickets for the fights. Out from the back comes out this stout little guy with a thin mustache. Huizar.
"Si amigo,"he says. "Quieres un boleto?"
I bought a ticket.
"Enjoy the fight amigo,"said Huizar.

He didn't introduce himself. Why should he? I knew who he was though. One of the biggest and wealthiest promoters in Mexico. And here he was in his little taco shop. Probably felt that was enough for him. All those big shots down there have a front that's modest like a little taco shop. Unassuming. Perhaps they own a bay front mansion in Acapulco,but something like a little taco shop to make them feel at home ia a gimme'.

I got in the car. It was dark now. Hell,I wonder if the tacos were any good?

Rog, I'm nominating you for BoxRec's first "Classic American West Coast Boxing 2008" writer of the year. I am dead serious Rog. As I was reading I was with you. I felt the crunch of the crowd, the rain drizzling on my head, and I saw Huizar's little taco shop. What beautiful writing Rog. I said once before that you write like you paint, with your heart. I really look forward to reading your stories. You take us to your little corner of the world, whether it's the classroom, kicking the crap out of some cholo biker, or to the streets a of Tijuana years ago, and the old smoky arenas. You bring them to life. If no one disagrees, the honor is yours. Our first writer of the year for 2008: Roger Esty.

Thank You My Friend
Randy

Agree...

Randyman wrote:Frank, I know they fought but for some reason, my memory of the fight is vague. Maybe I'm getting old timers disease. Is it on youtube?

Randy

dagosd2000 wrote:

Randyman wrote:By the way Rog, I can't remember if I mentioned it to you before but Huizar is Jeri's maiden name.

Randy

Hey Randy she might be sitting on a gold mine

kikibalt wrote:

Randyman wrote:Frank, I know they fought but for some reason, my memory of the fight is vague. Maybe I'm getting old timers disease. Is it on youtube?

Randy

Don't know if its on youtube, but I have the fight on DVD.

kikibalt wrote:

Rick Farris wrote:Rick...How come you didn't fight in those show? were you to old by then for the Jr.?

I turned 17 in January '69, and got my amateur license just in time to sign-up for the Golden Gloves tournament that started the following week. I thought to myself, "Damn, now they put juniors on TV." Of course, that same year I was able to get some TV time at the Olympic prior to the pro cards. Today, can you imagine all the red tape the US Amateur Boxing Federation would force a TV network deal with before sanctioning any such promotion?

-Rick Farris

Rick...We had to fight the AAU to put the amateur fights on the pro card, I took Frankie to fight in Las Vegas (amateur) and was told that he would not be allow to fight because he had fought at the Olympic as an amateur on a pro card, drop a dime to Aileen Eaton, she did same to her lawyer, he called Bill Miller who was running the amateur show in Vegas and bingo Frankie is fighting.

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:

Randyman wrote:Frank, I know they fought but for some reason, my memory of the fight is vague. Maybe I'm getting old timers disease. Is it on youtube?

Randy

Don't know if its on youtube, but I have the fight on DVD.

I hate to ask but could you.......

Rick Farris wrote:

kikibalt wrote:

Rick Farris wrote:Rick...How come you didn't fight in those show? were you to old by then for the Jr.?

I turned 17 in January '69, and got my amateur license just in time to sign-up for the Golden Gloves tournament that started the following week. I thought to myself, "Damn, now they put juniors on TV." Of course, that same year I was able to get some TV time at the Olympic prior to the pro cards. Today, can you imagine all the red tape the US Amateur Boxing Federation would force a TV network deal with before sanctioning any such promotion?

-Rick Farris

Rick...We had to fight the AAU to put the amateur fights on the pro card, I took Frankie to fight in Las Vegas (amateur) and was told that he would not be allow to fight because he had fought at the Olympic as an amateur on a pro card, drop a dime to Aileen Eaton, she did same to her lawyer, he called Bill Miller who was running the amateur show in Vegas and bingo Frankie is fighting.

Frank, that all started with Aileen and the AAU in 1970. They lifted L.A.'s right to hold a Golden Gloves tourney because most of us had fought for Aileen. So, Aileen put on her own tourney, the Diamond Belt Championships. Same fighters, same eliminations, etc. Those of us who won the open class finals, would register to fight in the Las Vegas Golden Gloves Tourney for that region. The L.A. Diamond Belt team went to Las Vegas, and in ten fights we won eight. Eight L.A. boxers would rep Las Vegas in the '70 Nat'l GG's Tournament of Champions. To make things worse for the locals, the national tournament was being held in Las Vegas, at the Convention Center. The locals were pissed that L.A. guys dominated the tourney designated for the Nevada, Arizona, Colorago and New Mexico region. Of course, we didn't care. We were going to the Nationals. The AAU was more corrupt than Don King.

I turned pro after the '70 GG Nationals, too much B.S. in the amateurs.

-Rick Farris