Classic American West Coast Boxing

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We lost all tv power about an hour ago, don't know if its because of the fires, either way we don't have tv....

So you lost your TV. Gee. By the way how's that medicine working that's supposed to put lead in your pencil?

Never said it was going to put lead in my pencil, just give me some pep, but no, its not doing even that, the doc said it would take a few months to work, we'll see...

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“DANGEROUS” DANNY MCALINDEN
September 1, 2009 by Jim Amato

In the early 1970’s Dan McAlinden was a streaking young heavyweight who appeared to have the makings of a world champion. He was strong, aggressive and carried a solid punch. He and Joe Bugner were both making their mark on the division and a battle between the two seemed inevitable.

McAlinden turned pro in 1969 and in his second pro fight he halted future British champion Richard Dunn. This is the same Dunn who would one day meet Muhammad Ali for the world title.

Danny would win his first eleven fights by knockout before suffering his first defeat. He dropped an eight round verdict to the underrated American Jack ” The Giant ” O’ Halloran. Two fights later he drew with Ray ” Brother of Floyd ” Patterson. He also drew with Tommy Hicks a fighter he had previously beaten.

On March 8, 1971 on the under card of the classic Ali – Frazier I, Danny won a six round decision over Ali’s brother Rahman Ali. That was the start of a six fight win streak for Danny. That streak ended when the talented Larry Middleton stopped Danny in eight. Three months later Danny would crush the soft chinned Jack Bodell in two rounds to win the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles.

In 1973 Danny suffered a serious setback when hard punching Morris Jackson stopped him in three rounds. Up to that point Danny was being strongly considered as an opponent for new champion George Foreman’s first title defense. After the loss to Jackson Danny’s career began to unravel. In 1974 Pat Duncan outscored him. In 1975 he lost his British and Commonwealth titles to the clever Bunny Johnson in nine rounds.

Richard Dunn defeated Bunny Johnson to win the titles and in November of 1975 Danny met Dunn in an attempt to regain them. This time Richard Dunn was a different fighter then the one Danny had taken out in 1969. Dunn tasted sweet revenge as he floored Danny three times in the second round to retain his titles.

In 1976 unheralded Tony Moore stopped Danny in four rounds. In 1977 Neal Malpass halted him. In 1978 Tommy Kiely took him out in six rounds. In 1979 he lost a verdict to George Scott and in 1980 he lost again to Tony Moore by decision.

Danny had his last fight in 1981 losing to Denton Ruddock in the fifth round. In all Danny had 45 fights and posted a 31-12-2 record. He did win 28 by knockout. At one time a bout between Joe Bugner and Danny would have been the talk of the British Isles. Too bad it never came off.

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Where the hell is Bennie?

[dagosd2000]

Where the hell is Bennie?

It's 4 thirty in the morning in England. I was wondering that myself.

[dagosd2000]

We lost all tv power about an hour ago, don't know if its because of the fires, either way we don't have tv....

So you lost your TV. Gee. By the way how's that medicine working that's supposed to put lead in your pencil?

Never said it was going to put lead in my pencil, just give me some pep, but no, its not doing even that, the doc said it would take a few months to work, we'll see...

Forget that prescription medicine crap. What you need to do is go to the liquor store and buy a bottle of Patron. Then go over to the local "curandera"(witch) and give it to her. She'll then give you some rattlesnake heads and ground up bull horns wrapped in a newspaper. Take it,force it down. Call me up in the morning and I'll reserve a table at the Boom Boom Club.

[telboy66]

Sorry guys it's only 3.30 am here in Uk

[telboy66]

Whoa after that I think you would be better booking a room at the local hospital

[Rick Farris]

The image of Joe Louis that I mailed to the WBHOF for my full page ad for their program.

Great!

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From the Los Angeles Examiner, September 4, 1904



‘Kid McCoy’ Talks of His Battles in the Ring

Selby Exhibits an Extensive Wardrobe as He and His Major Domo Discuss Many Bouts in Squared Circle

“Kid McCoy” and his fifty-seven varieties of clothes arrived in Los Angeles yesterday morning. He was accompanied by his French valet, three large trunks, four suit cases and something less than a ton of paraphrenalia of the training quarters.

Norman Selby, for this is the name “Kid McCoy” was born to [photos], was discovered yesterday morning at his apartments at the Lexington. Selby was superintending the unpacking of his effects, and his valet, Henri Foley, was sweating profusely over the largest assortment of clothes ever brought to his attention. . . .

Selby’s heart was set on a certain cream-colored suit, . . . [but] it is not an easy thing to locate one suit in Selby’s wardrobe. The bed was buried beneath an avalanche of sartorial art — frock coats, lavender trousers, correct evening attire, Tuxedo suits, business suits of every possible cut and texture, and the whole was garnished with a bale of assorted neckwear, but no cream-colored garments were in sight . . . .

“Ah, nix on dis business, Kid,” pleaded Henri. “Cheese on dis ice-cream suit gag! Ain’t I been pawin’ over dis junk for an hour now, an’ I ain’t found nuttin’! Cop de nifty gray rags here . . .!”

Henri’s French has a strong Kilkenny twist [Irish accent] and, when agitated, permits himself to revert to current Americanisms.

Selby . . . concluded that the pearl-gray confection would do. . . . This important matter being settled, Selby sat down to talk business.

“Yes, the preliminaries to the match between Sullivan and myself are settled,” he said, toying with a pearl and diamond pin of great cost. “The date at first set was for the 15th, but I have persuaded McCarey to set it on for the 27th instead. I need all this time to train in, and I do not underestimate this man or hold him cheaply. . . .

“How long have I been fighting? Well — er — er — several years. I began in the Y.M.C.A. in Indianapolis. . . .”

Just here the intelligent Frenchman entered, burdened with hair brushes, shaving sets, silk lingerie and other articles of wearing apparel.

“Are you selling out, Foley?” he was asked.

“Aw, don’t kid me, Kid McCoy!” Henri growled. . . .

[After reminiscing about his fights, the Kid continued:] “I think I shall train at one of the beaches, and . . . Henri here will spar with me. Of course, he knows more about clothes than he does about fighting, but still he’s doing pretty well. I find that the French are very apt pupils.

“After I broke him of the habit of using his feet in the clutches, he caught on fast enough. He knows the rudiments of the game, but he’s too careless. He lets people chip him on the chin — people like Dave Barry and —”

“Aw,” growled the gentlemanly valet, “nix on dat old talk! Which will youse have, de cream-colored weskit wit’ de red spots or de pale blue one wit’ de white floor de lees?”


The image above is widely available on the Web.
The story below is from the Los Angeles Daily Times issue of September 28, 1904

KID M’COY THE WINNER.

Hoosier Gets Verdict Over Twin Sullivan.



Game as any bulldog in the pit, . . . Twin Sullivan last night battled with . . . blind desperation, . . . [facing] perhaps the greatest exponent of scientific exponent of Marquis of Queensbury boxing that the world has ever produced . . . — Kid McCoy. . . .

Last night, unannounced, he [McCoy] went into the big ring at Hazard’s Pavilion, sized up the greatest concourse of men ever gathered in this city to witness a fight, and took his seat with hardly more than . . . [a] perfunctory cheer of courtesy.

Eighty minutes later, anxious crowds pressed about McCoy’s corner, anxious to hoist him on their shoulders in triumphal march . . . [after] one of the greatest battles that ring history has ever shown. . . .

Twin Sullivan . . . was in for a hard game from the start; McCoy led off with flashes of his old-time form. Dancing back and forth, sidestepping like a dancing master, his long left arm played in and out as it sought to create an opening for the deadly right cross, but Sullivan was on his guard, and few chances did he leave. His battle was as perfect in its way as was McCoy’s. . . .

[McCoy won the twenty-round match by decision of the referee, Charles F. Eyton (shown in cartoon), who was also the assistant manager and treasurer of the Burbank

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We lost all tv power about an hour ago, don't know if its because of the fires, either way we don't have tv.... :witzend

So you lost your TV. Gee. By the way how's that medicine working that's supposed to put lead in your pencil?

Never said it was going to put lead in my pencil, just give me some pep, but no, its not doing even that, the doc said it would take a few months to work, we'll see...

Forget that prescription medicine crap. What you need to do is go to the liquor store and buy a bottle of Patron. Then go over to the local "curandera"(witch) and give it to her. She'll then give you some rattlesnake heads and ground up bull horns wrapped in a newspaper. Take it,force it down. Call me up in the morning and I'll reserve a table at the Boom Boom Club.

Sorry dude, don't believe in witch-craft, in Patron I do.....

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Paulino Montes "El Menudero"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su53jb5pOT0

[dagosd2000]

WELL INTENDED,BUT...

Down here in San Diego,and I guess in a lot of other places,the Chula Vista Little League Team that won the World Serious is getting mucho media attention. Deservedly so. There've been parades,press conferences,invitations to the Charger training camp as well as the Padres locker room. Local TV and radio stationa have put the boys at the head of the sports' news.

But this will all quiet down. They're back in school. They're back at home. They can take off their uniforms. Everytime they've been on camera they've worn their uniforms. Even at school. Why not? You wouldn't know who they were unless they were in those Blue Bomber Uniforms.

Last night Adrian Gonzalez,star of the Padres,treated the boys to a fancy dinner at a downtown restaurant. Adrian wouldn't let the media inside. He said he wanted to get the boys away from the press. I see your point amigo,but I don't agree.

By next week ,and then the next, and so on, the hysteria of the Chula Vista team will quiet down. They'll be kids doing normal kid things. I remember in 1961 a Little League team from a suburb down here,La Mesa,won the Little League World Serious.You know not one of those kids played professional baseball. The star of the team that pitched the winning championship game never even played high school base ball.

I knew a kid on that team. He faded away into obscurity devoured by the turbulent 60's era. It seems all so bitter sweet. I say let the media throw themselves at the Chula Vista Team. This will be the high water mark for their sports' lives. It will never come around again.

Adrian,I know what you were thinking by barring the press from that dinner last night,but you should have let them in. Those boys will never see the likes of this again.

[Randyman]

They (Boeing) shut down the crew for the next couple of days due to tooling problems. Jeri and I are going to take full advantage of it and get away for a few days for some much needed R & R. We're going to head up the coast, stop at Big Sur, Monterrey and San Francisco and visit the Wine Country; Napa and Sonoma Valleys. I'm going to make sure that we eat good too. I'm really looking forward to getting away. We'll be leaving in a while.

Randy

[Randyman]

The image of Joe Louis that I mailed to the WBHOF for my full page ad for their program.

A great selection Rog!

By the way, good luck this Friday!

Randy

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They (Boeing) shut down the crew for the next couple of days due to tooling problems. Jeri and I are going to take full advantage of it and get away for a few days for some much needed R & R. We're going to head up the coast, stop at Big Sur, Monterrey and San Francisco and visit the Wine Country; Napa and Sonoma Valleys. I'm going to make sure that we eat good too. I'm really looking forward to getting away. We'll be leaving in a while.

Randy

Have a good time Randy & Jeri. Btw if you see my sister Rachel up in Napa say hi to her for me.

[Randyman]

They (Boeing) shut down the crew for the next couple of days due to tooling problems. Jeri and I are going to take full advantage of it and get away for a few days for some much needed R & R. We're going to head up the coast, stop at Big Sur, Monterrey and San Francisco and visit the Wine Country; Napa and Sonoma Valleys. I'm going to make sure that we eat good too. I'm really looking forward to getting away. We'll be leaving in a while.

Randy

Have a good time Randy & Jeri. Btw if you see my sister Rachel up in Napa say hi to her for me.

Frank, What's the name of their winery?

Randy

[Rick Farris]

They (Boeing) shut down the crew for the next couple of days due to tooling problems. Jeri and I are going to take full advantage of it and get away for a few days for some much needed R & R. We're going to head up the coast, stop at Big Sur, Monterrey and San Francisco and visit the Wine Country; Napa and Sonoma Valleys. I'm going to make sure that we eat good too. I'm really looking forward to getting away. We'll be leaving in a while.

Randy

Rnjoy yourself, Randy. You deserve the break,


-Rick

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They (Boeing) shut down the crew for the next couple of days due to tooling problems. Jeri and I are going to take full advantage of it and get away for a few days for some much needed R & R. We're going to head up the coast, stop at Big Sur, Monterrey and San Francisco and visit the Wine Country; Napa and Sonoma Valleys. I'm going to make sure that we eat good too. I'm really looking forward to getting away. We'll be leaving in a while.

Randy

Have a good time Randy & Jeri. Btw if you see my sister Rachel up in Napa say hi to her for me.

Frank, What's the name of their winery?

Randy

Randy, they don't have their own winery, they own about 170 acres of vineyard, they, Rachel and her husband Bob are to sick too work the vineyards, so they are leasing the vineyard to some guy and he works the vineyards and pays Rachel and Bob. Thats what you call share-cropping? I think...

[raylawpc]

They (Boeing) shut down the crew for the next couple of days due to tooling problems. Jeri and I are going to take full advantage of it and get away for a few days for some much needed R & R. We're going to head up the coast, stop at Big Sur, Monterrey and San Francisco and visit the Wine Country; Napa and Sonoma Valleys. I'm going to make sure that we eat good too. I'm really looking forward to getting away. We'll be leaving in a while.

Randy

Have fun Randy.

[dagosd2000]

The image of Joe Louis that I mailed to the WBHOF for my full page ad for their program.

A great selection Rog!

By the way, good luck this Friday!

Randy

Thanks Randy
You and Jeri enjoy your getaway

[Rick Farris]

The image of Joe Louis that I mailed to the WBHOF for my full page ad for their program.

With Roger's great painting of "boxing gloves" on the cover, and this beautiful portrait withing the pages, the WBHOF's program should have a great feeling of artistic warmth.
With Rog's paintings also featured at the memorabelia show, I think his paintings will make a strong statement at this years Banquet.


-Rick Farris

[dagosd2000]

The image of Joe Louis that I mailed to the WBHOF for my full page ad for their program.

With Roger's great painting of "boxing gloves" on the cover, and this beautiful portrait withing the pages, the WBHOF's program should have a great feeling of artistic warmth.
With Rog's paintings also featured at the memorabelia show, I think his paintings will make a strong statement at this years Banquet.


-Rick Farris

I want to thank all my friends on the thread who have supported me with my art. Tomorrow I will be going with Maria to the WBHOF Golf Tournament with some samples for the cover to give to Armando Muniz. The boxing gloves will be one of the choices. Roger

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Ceferino Garcia vs Fred Apostoli
2 October 1939

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Ricardo Mayorga sues Don king
By Edgar Gonzalez

By Christopher Norton of Law360, recently reported — The former welterweight champion boxer Ricardo Mayorga has socked sports promotion and management firms owned by Don King and son Carl King with a suit, alleging the companies have held Mayorga hostage to an unenforceable promotional agreement in violation of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday, claims Don King Productions Inc., Carl King and his company Monarch Sports Management Inc. created a conflict of interest through DKP’s assignment of Carl King and MSM to be Mayorga’s managers in violation of the act, which requires a firewall between managers and promoters.

DKP took advantage of Mayorga’s lack of education and representation by an attorney loyal to DKP, forcing him to sign several disadvantageous agreements, the complaint says. DKP has failed to meet the most basic conditions of the current promotional agreement to make a bona fide offer to participate in three fights per year, the complaint says.

The promotional agreement in suit is the third such contract Mayorga and DKP have entered into, none of which have ever given Mayorga the number of matches he is entitled to, attorney for Mayorga Chad Purdie said Wednesday.

“Don King has one obligation only, and that’s to provide three boxing matches a year,” Purdie said. “And he didn’t even do that.”

As a result, Mayorga has been left destitute by the “gross breach of trust” committed by the very people that were supposed to look after his interests, and seeks to “be free from the shackles of an unscrupulous team of swindlers,” the complaint says.

“He’s not allowed to contract with anyone else because they’re afraid of tortious interference, they’re afraid of Don King,” Purdie said. “Even if it wasn’t the big bad Don King, they would be forcing Mr. Mayorga to break his contract.”

King told Law360 on Wednesday, “I love Ricardo Mayorga, but you have to understand this is how he is.”

The Nicaraguan-born Mayorga, who has been known to appear at post-fight conferences with a cigarette and a beer in hand, was the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council welterweight champion from 2002 to 2003 and was later the junior middleweight champion.

During his amateur years he won the Nicaraguan National Championship and was the Central American Golden Gloves champion, according to the complaint.

Mayorga and DKP entered into the current promotional agreement in June 2008 for a term of three years, under which DKP was required to offer Mayorga the right to participate in at least three fights per year, the complaint says. DKP has only offered one fight to Mayorga since the start of the agreement, according to the complaint.

The purse for the first bout under the contract was set at a minimum of $400,000, while any future purses would be set at a minimum of $50,000 if Mayorga lost the first bout or any subsequent bouts, the complaint says.

No one explained to Mayorga any of the remedies he was relinquishing, the notice to cure provision or the ad hoc limitations period under the contract, nor did they state what he would be earning per bout if he lost the first fight, the complaint says.

Mayorga is seeking damages plus interest, costs and attorneys’ fees, according to the complaint.

Mayorga is represented by Diaz Reus LLP.

Counsel information for the defendants was not immediately available.

The case is Mayorga v. Don King Productions Inc. et al., case number 1:09-cv-22603, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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Ricardo Mayorga sues Don king
By Edgar Gonzalez

By Christopher Norton of Law360, recently reported — The former welterweight champion boxer Ricardo Mayorga has socked sports promotion and management firms owned by Don King and son Carl King with a suit, alleging the companies have held Mayorga hostage to an unenforceable promotional agreement in violation of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday, claims Don King Productions Inc., Carl King and his company Monarch Sports Management Inc. created a conflict of interest through DKP’s assignment of Carl King and MSM to be Mayorga’s managers in violation of the act, which requires a firewall between managers and promoters.

DKP took advantage of Mayorga’s lack of education and representation by an attorney loyal to DKP, forcing him to sign several disadvantageous agreements, the complaint says. DKP has failed to meet the most basic conditions of the current promotional agreement to make a bona fide offer to participate in three fights per year, the complaint says.

The promotional agreement in suit is the third such contract Mayorga and DKP have entered into, none of which have ever given Mayorga the number of matches he is entitled to, attorney for Mayorga Chad Purdie said Wednesday.

“Don King has one obligation only, and that’s to provide three boxing matches a year,” Purdie said. “And he didn’t even do that.”

As a result, Mayorga has been left destitute by the “gross breach of trust” committed by the very people that were supposed to look after his interests, and seeks to “be free from the shackles of an unscrupulous team of swindlers,” the complaint says.

“He’s not allowed to contract with anyone else because they’re afraid of tortious interference, they’re afraid of Don King,” Purdie said. “Even if it wasn’t the big bad Don King, they would be forcing Mr. Mayorga to break his contract.”

King told Law360 on Wednesday, “I love Ricardo Mayorga, but you have to understand this is how he is.”

The Nicaraguan-born Mayorga, who has been known to appear at post-fight conferences with a cigarette and a beer in hand, was the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council welterweight champion from 2002 to 2003 and was later the junior middleweight champion.

During his amateur years he won the Nicaraguan National Championship and was the Central American Golden Gloves champion, according to the complaint.

Mayorga and DKP entered into the current promotional agreement in June 2008 for a term of three years, under which DKP was required to offer Mayorga the right to participate in at least three fights per year, the complaint says. DKP has only offered one fight to Mayorga since the start of the agreement, according to the complaint.

The purse for the first bout under the contract was set at a minimum of $400,000, while any future purses would be set at a minimum of $50,000 if Mayorga lost the first bout or any subsequent bouts, the complaint says.

No one explained to Mayorga any of the remedies he was relinquishing, the notice to cure provision or the ad hoc limitations period under the contract, nor did they state what he would be earning per bout if he lost the first fight, the complaint says.

Mayorga is seeking damages plus interest, costs and attorneys’ fees, according to the complaint.

Mayorga is represented by Diaz Reus LLP.

Counsel information for the defendants was not immediately available.

The case is Mayorga v. Don King Productions Inc. et al., case number 1:09-cv-22603, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

I'm sure Tom could enlighten us,but I don't think Mayorga has a case.