That's the King! Another great portrait, Rog. I also liked the "Baltazar Family" posted earlier. That's a powerful image in blue. It's something I couldn't take my eyes off of quickly. Strong. That was the feeling I got.dagosd2000 wrote:
Elvis
Roger . . .Mickey Davies was one of my favorite L.A. boxing people. I started out watching him on TV from the Olympic Auditorium when I was a kid, and eventually fought for him in L.A. and San Diego. I remember one thursday night Mickey was not at his usual ringside post with KTLA's Dick Enberg. Enberg told the viewers that his partner had been bitten by a rattlesnake, outside his desert home in 29 Palms. The ringside commentator announced that Davies was recovering from the snake bite, but regretted to report that the snake had died from an overdose of Bourbon.dagosd2000 wrote:SWEEPING UP
Mickey Davies was happy. He got a replacement fighter for one of the prelims,the crowd was packed to the doors,and every bout had the crowd throwin' money into the ring.
"Time to go to the office and count the take,"said Mickey.
"It was a good night,"I said. "Everything went off without a hitch."
Mickey was smilin'. He'd have his drink now. He asked if i wanted to go to the office and help count the take.
"No. I think I'll help Pedro help clean up. My ticket is on you. The least I can do is help Pete clean up."
Mickey went to the back office with the girls. He was whistlin'. The take was pretty good,and besides he could break out his bottle and celebrate. No hitches. It would be good if every weekly card went off like tonight.
Pedro, I always called him Pete, was sweeping out the aisles.
"Rogelio if you want to start on the far end,we'll gather it up all together and put the trash in the cans out in the alley."
"Whatever you say boss."
I liked Pete. Never complained. Told me what was the use. Really there wasn't anything to complain about. He worked for Navarro. When it wasn't maintaining what was going down at the the Colisuem,whether it was the fights or the boxing matches,Navarro had him movin' furniture around in one of his stores.
"How long you been working for Navarro?,"I shouted from across the arena.
"20 years. The father treats me real good."
"There's talk about him turning the business over to his son."
"I know. He'll probably stop the matches. Turn this place intp a warehouse."
"You'll be all right?"
"I'll still be sweeping up,"Pete said laughing.
Pete and me gathered up the trash in bags and carried it out to the cans in the alley. We then mopped up the locker room. Mickey Davies had finished counting his money.He walked over to us.
"Senor Mickey,"said Pete. "We had a good night,"
"It was. Would you boys like to have a drink?"
"Not me Senor Davies. Maybe Rogelio. "
"No,"I answered. "I'm going home."
"Everything secure?"asked Davies.
"Yes,I will lock everything up and turn off the lights."
Davies walked out the door. I heard him whistling as he got to the street. I said good night to Pete. He would double check everything before he left.
"Buenas noches Rogelio,"said Pete.
I was beat. I wanted to get to the car. As I walked out the door,I heard Pete singing in Spanish.
Thanks RickRick Farris wrote:That's the "King"! Another winner, Rog. By the way, let me say the same about the great "Baltazar Family" portrait.dagosd2000 wrote:
Elvis
-Rick
GREATRick Farris wrote:Roger . . .Mickey Davies was one of my favorite L.A. boxing people. I started out watching him on TV from the Olympic Auditorium when I was a kid, and eventually fought for him in L.A. and San Diego. I remember one thursday night Mickey was not at his usual ringside post with KTLA's Dick Enberg. Enberg told the viewers that his partner had been bitten by a rattlesnake, outside his desert home in 29 Palms. The ringside commentator announced that Davies was recovering from the snake bite, but regretted to report that the snake had died from an overdose of Bourbon.dagosd2000 wrote:SWEEPING UP
Mickey Davies was happy. He got a replacement fighter for one of the prelims,the crowd was packed to the doors,and every bout had the crowd throwin' money into the ring.
"Time to go to the office and count the take,"said Mickey.
"It was a good night,"I said. "Everything went off without a hitch."
Mickey was smilin'. He'd have his drink now. He asked if i wanted to go to the office and help count the take.
"No. I think I'll help Pedro help clean up. My ticket is on you. The least I can do is help Pete clean up."
Mickey went to the back office with the girls. He was whistlin'. The take was pretty good,and besides he could break out his bottle and celebrate. No hitches. It would be good if every weekly card went off like tonight.
Pedro, I always called him Pete, was sweeping out the aisles.
"Rogelio if you want to start on the far end,we'll gather it up all together and put the trash in the cans out in the alley."
"Whatever you say boss."
I liked Pete. Never complained. Told me what was the use. Really there wasn't anything to complain about. He worked for Navarro. When it wasn't maintaining what was going down at the the Colisuem,whether it was the fights or the boxing matches,Navarro had him movin' furniture around in one of his stores.
"How long you been working for Navarro?,"I shouted from across the arena.
"20 years. The father treats me real good."
"There's talk about him turning the business over to his son."
"I know. He'll probably stop the matches. Turn this place intp a warehouse."
"You'll be all right?"
"I'll still be sweeping up,"Pete said laughing.
Pete and me gathered up the trash in bags and carried it out to the cans in the alley. We then mopped up the locker room. Mickey Davies had finished counting his money.He walked over to us.
"Senor Mickey,"said Pete. "We had a good night,"
"It was. Would you boys like to have a drink?"
"Not me Senor Davies. Maybe Rogelio. "
"No,"I answered. "I'm going home."
"Everything secure?"asked Davies.
"Yes,I will lock everything up and turn off the lights."
Davies walked out the door. I heard him whistling as he got to the street. I said good night to Pete. He would double check everything before he left.
"Buenas noches Rogelio,"said Pete.
I was beat. I wanted to get to the car. As I walked out the door,I heard Pete singing in Spanish.
-Rick Farris
Thanks Rickdagosd2000 wrote:Rick Farris wrote:That's the "King"! Another winner, Rog. By the way, let me say the same about the great "Baltazar Family" portrait.dagosd2000 wrote:
Elvis
-Rick
Gonzalez had a couple of cracks at a major world flyweight title. He was a good fighter.scartissue wrote:Frank, I think that was Alonso 'Strongbow' Gonzalez that fought Paul. The Freddie Gonzalez that was clocked by Sandoval really never made it outside of clubfights. I recall a cracker of a fight between Strongow and I believe Candido Tellez?? Damn, there were so many and so many world class, that it's hard to remember them all, but I remember the great fights.kikibalt wrote:Dan...Thats the one that fought Paul G. he used the name Strongbowscartissue wrote:That's Al, it was the writer's error. Hey Frank, do you remember when Redd Fox was managing boxers in town? He handled a heavyweight, Young Sanford.
Frank, I think he had a kid named Freddie Gonzalez also, who was doing OK until they matched him with Superfly Sandoval.
Scartissue
Scartissue
One of these two fought Honeyghan in London on one of those dinner shows (Anglo-American). He gave Honeyghan an excellent workout.Boxingnut wrote:
Rick...With my hair over and down my forehead I looked like Illinois's impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich....Rick Farris wrote:
Great video. Jimmy Lennon Jr. still looked like kid. Frank, in the gym interview that you did, you looked like you could have played a role in "Miami Vice".
Very cool, daddy-O!
-Ricardo
. I had so much hair that I couldn't keep it on top of my head, but it worked out alright, I still have hair.... 
DDGreat left hook, great recovery from McGirt. He was 'gone'.
McGirt fought that fight like a true champion.bennie wrote:Great left hook, great recovery from McGirt. He was 'gone'.
Johnny Flores was the same way. Johnny hardly had a hint of grey when he died at age 78, and he had a full head of hair. I can't complain about hair either, it's finally getting a little grey at 57, but it's still thick like yours. My brain? Well, Monica says that's pretty thick too, or maybe that was my skull she was talking about?kikibalt wrote:Rick...With my hair over and down my forehead I looked like Illinois's impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich....Rick Farris wrote:
Great video. Jimmy Lennon Jr. still looked like kid. Frank, in the gym interview that you did, you looked like you could have played a role in "Miami Vice".
Very cool, daddy-O!
-Ricardo
Never attended a show there but did business from Hollywood with the promoter Paul Clinite back in the 1950s. I think the Garden was on Van Buren street. Clinite had the boxing shows, I think Jim Londos had the wrestling end of the business, and it might have been he who built the place.BoxBuzz wrote:Ok my little contribution for 2009. Here is Madison Square Garden in Phoenix....a place I often went with my dad to see boxing...including the last Pro fight that Archie Moore fought vs Ted Dibiase. Back then it seemed a lot more elegant to look at. This pic makes it look like a junkyard...but it's all I could find.
The Madison Square Garden was demolished in 2005. No, not the venue in Manhattan that houses the Knicks. The Madison Square Garden in Phoenix had been a historic wrestling and boxing venue since 1929 and is noteworthy for its integrated audiences through the years. The Garden was torn down to make way for office buildings. 03-06
The Phoenix Madison Square Garden Museum, which is located within the Grace Court project, was created by Broadreach to commemorate the famed arena. The museum pays homage to Phoenix Madison Square Garden’s pugilistic and entertainment history through interpretive displays illustrating key events, activities and personalities, according to historian Vincent Murray.
Built in 1929 for professional boxing and wrestling matches and named after the famous venue in New York City, the largest indoor arena in Phoenix at the time soon became an established venue for many local entertainment acts, including Wayne Newton, Marty Robbins and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Duane Eddy who made his debut at Phoenix Madison Square Garden. These and other activities are memorialized on the bronze plaques mounted on a simulated boxing ring in a new wing of the Phoenix Historical Museum.
I hear they salvaged some of it and stuck chunks of it in this new museum located on the same land as I understand it. Any of you ever drop in and catch a fight or some music?
The Madison Gym . . .BoxBuzz wrote:Ok my little contribution for 2009. Here is Madison Square Garden in Phoenix....a place I often went with my dad to see boxing...including the last Pro fight that Archie Moore fought vs Ted Dibiase. Back then it seemed a lot more elegant to look at. This pic makes it look like a junkyard...but it's all I could find.
The Madison Square Garden was demolished in 2005. No, not the venue in Manhattan that houses the Knicks. The Madison Square Garden in Phoenix had been a historic wrestling and boxing venue since 1929 and is noteworthy for its integrated audiences through the years. The Garden was torn down to make way for office buildings. 03-06
The Phoenix Madison Square Garden Museum, which is located within the Grace Court project, was created by Broadreach to commemorate the famed arena. The museum pays homage to Phoenix Madison Square Garden’s pugilistic and entertainment history through interpretive displays illustrating key events, activities and personalities, according to historian Vincent Murray.
Built in 1929 for professional boxing and wrestling matches and named after the famous venue in New York City, the largest indoor arena in Phoenix at the time soon became an established venue for many local entertainment acts, including Wayne Newton, Marty Robbins and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Duane Eddy who made his debut at Phoenix Madison Square Garden. These and other activities are memorialized on the bronze plaques mounted on a simulated boxing ring in a new wing of the Phoenix Historical Museum.
I hear they salvaged some of it and stuck chunks of it in this new museum located on the same land as I understand it. Any of you ever drop in and catch a fight or some music?
