Classic American West Coast Boxing

[Rick Farris]

This is where we filmed the exterior shots of "Walnut Grove" for "Little House on the Praire", with the interiors filmed at Paramount for the first six seasons, and then MGM for the remaining three seasons that I worked on.
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Big Sky Movie Ranch

Big Sky Ranch is a Movie ranch located in Simi Valley, California. It has been widely used for the filming of Western television and film productions. Some of the past television episodes and productions filmed there include: Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, Father Murphy, The Thorn Birds (TV miniseries), Jericho (TV Series) and Carnivàle.

A more complete list of productions can be found at the Internet Movie Database

Big Sky Ranch is one of the oldest and largest Movie Ranches still in operation in Southern California. The Ranch has been host to countless feature films, television shows, television commercials, music videos, photo shoots and special events over the past fifty years. Big Sky Ranch is a private Movie Ranch located within the Los Angeles 30 Mile Studio Zone. The land was originally owned by J. Paul Getty. The ranch is extremely diverse with hills, valleys, and secluded meadows making it a perfect location for filming. Big Sky Ranch was host to many television series and motion pictures over the years making it one of the most historic movie ranches in the Los Angeles Studio Zone.
Big Sky Movie Ranch
Big Sky Ranch at The Internet Movie Database
Big Sky Ranch at Bonanza: Scenery of The Ponderosa.

[CNorkusJr]

Paramount Studios- Rick, I am assuming there is a security guard gate that one must pass by to get into the back lot areas you are showing us. And I heard of "Studio Tours" that are offered to the general public. I assume one cant wander around on these tours and strict attention to everyone where abouts are kept track of.

Do the studio tours allow you to look inside and get a glance at the various sets that are being filmed for the upcoming movies- for instance-lets say the new spiderman set you just worked on. Of course never during filming itself I am sure, but if the set is not used that day ?

Dr Phil used a "live " audience-do the people get escorted to his set at paramount ?

Do you personally see these tourists on these tours and consider them "pain in the arses" ?

[Rick Farris]

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[Rick Farris]

Paramount Studios- Rick, I am assuming there is a security guard gate that one must pass by to get into the back lot areas you are showing us. And I heard of "Studio Tours" that are offered to the general public. I assume one cant wander around on these tours and strict attention to everyone where abouts are kept track of.

Do the studio tours allow you to look inside and get a glance at the various sets that are being filmed for the upcoming movies- for instance-lets say the new spiderman set you just worked on. Of course never during filming itself I am sure, but if the set is not used that day ?

Dr Phil used a "live " audience-do the people get escorted to his set at paramount ?

Do you personally see these tourists on these tours and consider them "pain in the arses" ?

Dr. Phil's stage is right across from Stages 27 & 28, where most of the show I'm working on is filmed.
The audience is escorted in and seated for Dr. Phil.

[Ric]

I remember when I was but a wee lad of 5 or 6-years-old in the late 1950s, prone on the floor, captivated by what I seeing on the TV. It was hypnotizing. I would soon doze off late in the evening, while hearing one of those great TV theme songs of the day--such as from The Perry Mason Show or Rawhide or The Twilight Zone. "Time to go to bed," said someone in my family, as I was falling asleep on the couch, creating temporary fine-lined sofa impressions on my face. Oh how I still remember those black-n-white TV days.

While I love the countless number of TV channels available today, compared to the handful of TV channels we had way back then, the two things that bug me most about TV today are:

1) The length of commercials. Much too, too much. Nowadays it seems like you get 6 minutes of program then 4 minutes of commercials, then another few minutes of the show, and then more commercials. In the "old days," you'd get about 10 to 14 minutes of the TV show, then only a minute commercial. (I've got the complete Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show DVD collection to prove this point.)
2) Those highly intrusive TV channel logos that are usually placed on the lower right of the screen. The TV Guide and Hallmark channels are major culprits. Whenever I see those ugly translucent logo impressions, I have to turn the channel.

[Rick Farris]

I remember when I was but a wee lad of 5 or 6-years-old in the late 1950s, and would lie prone on the carpet, captivated by what I saw and heard watching those now old-time TV series. It was hypnotizing. I would soon doze off late in the evening, while hearing one of those great TV theme songs of the day--such as from The Perry Mason Show or Rawhide or The Twilight Zone.

"Time to go to bed," said someone in my family, as I fell asleep on the couch, creating temporary fine-lined sofa impressions on my face. Oh how I still remember some of those old-time evenings in front of the black-n-white TV with my family.

While I love the countless number of TV channels available today, compared to the handful of TV channels we had way back then, the two things that bug me most about TV today are:

1) The length of commercials. Much too, too much. Nowadays it seems like you get 6 minutes of program then 4 minutes of commercials, then another few minutes of the show, and then more commercials. In the "old days," you'd get about 10 to 14 minutes of the TV show, then only a minute commercial. (I've got the complete Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show DVD collection to prove this point.)
2) Those highly intrusive TV channel logos that are usually placed on the lower right of the screen. The TV Guide and Hallmark channels are major culprits. Whenever I see those ugly translucent logo impressions, I have to turn the channel.

Ric, I was born in 1952, so we are pretty close in age. Like you, I remember those TV shows very well.
You will likely remember some of the Warner Bros. TV Westerns of the era, such as Maverick, Sugar Foot, The Law Man and Cheyanne. My grandfather worked on Maverick and the others at one time or another, besides feature films. It was fun for me to visit those sets, and I always liked the people I'd meet at the studios, not just actors, but the directors and crew. They treated me good and everything seemed bigger than life. Next to being a boxer, I wanted work in that business. It was my luck to do both.

As for today's programming and practices, I agree with you. Pure crap!

[Rick Farris]

Paramount Studios- Rick, I am assuming there is a security guard gate that one must pass by to get into the back lot areas you are showing us. And I heard of "Studio Tours" that are offered to the general public. I assume one cant wander around on these tours and strict attention to everyone where abouts are kept track of.

Do the studio tours allow you to look inside and get a glance at the various sets that are being filmed for the upcoming movies- for instance-lets say the new spiderman set you just worked on. Of course never during filming itself I am sure, but if the set is not used that day ?

Dr Phil used a "live " audience-do the people get escorted to his set at paramount ?

Do you personally see these tourists on these tours and consider them "pain in the arses" ?

Charlie . . . Studios are private and well guarded, and it's very difficult (especially since 9/11) to get onto a studio lot.
It was easier years ago, but never was anybody allowed without a pass, aside from production personell.
Celebrities are often stalked and the studio makes certain they are safe.
I can bring in guests on many productions as I know the process, but on other productions such as The Amazing Spider Man, it's not possible.
It depends on the confidentiality of the production. You can get in on a studio tour, but will never be allowed to walk thru a live set when filming.
I have worked many times on the Universal lot, and we'd see tour trams passing by.
If we are shooting an exterior on the back lot, near a tram route, the guests can see our set as the tram passes.
If we are rolling camera, the tram will be stopped until the shot is cut.
At Paramount and Sony (formerly MGM), they have a much smaller lot and smaller tours, where guests ride in a single tram, and will walk around the lot with the guide, who will ask permission to view sound stages with sets that are not being filmed.
I don't know of anybody who views studio tourists as a pain in the ass. They pay to see something interesting and I've yet to be aware of anybody who was out of line. We who work in the business also understand it's attraction to many people.
Before I remarried, I was the LD on Desperate Housewives, and it was almost impossible for guests to get on the set, but I was able to bring girlfriends in on a couple of occasions to join us for lunch, one day my mother visited. At Paramount, if I want a guest I just tell the 2nd AD and he takes the name(s) and puts in for a gate pass & parking. The studios have had many terrorists threats since 9/11, and they take them serious. When I have a guest visit, I let them watch our show film, introduce them to people, then walk around the lot and visit other stages where popular shows are filming. I always know people regardless of the set, and can get my guests in. I can give a pretty good tour myself, as I know the history of most of these places. Legendary ghosts haunt those stages!

By the way, if you ever come out here and want to visit a film set, don't waste your money on the Uiversal Tour.
I'll take you on a real tour, and get you close to the camera when it's rolling, and you'll be welcome on the set.
It would be my honor. And I promise that you would be one person whom everybody would want to meet, and shake your hand.
Charlie, you are FDNY, you'd be the celebrity on the set. I promise you would be treated very well. In fact, I'd have no trouble getting you on the Housewives set, although I'm not working on it at the moment. You'd probably end up with kiss from each housewife and a few others, as well.

[Rick Farris]

JOEY GIARDELLO STATUE TO BE UNVEILED MAY 21

PHILADELPHIA, PA - A larger than life statue of former middleweight champion Joey Giardello will be unveiled and dedicated in a public ceremony on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 1:00 PM. The event will be held at the permanent statue location of South 13th Street, Mifflin Street and East Passyunk Avenue in South Philadelphia.

The statue was sculpted by artist Carl LeVotch for the Joey Giardello Project, a partnership of boxing organizations that consists of the Veteran Boxers Association, PhillyBoxingHistory.com, and the Harrowgate Boxing Club. The group worked on the non-profit project over the past two and one half years.

In addition to honoring the great Giardello, the realistic artwork is also a tribute to the history of boxing in South Philadelphia. A total of seventy boxers are included in the tribute as well as landmark South Philadelphia gyms and fight venues.

Joey Giardello won the world middleweight championship in 1963 by defeating Dick Tiger and held the title for two years. He compiled a professional ring record of 101-25-7 with 33 KOs, and entered the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993. Giardello died September 4, 2008.

The bronze statue will be the first such monument of a real-life boxer in Philadelphia, one of the world's greatest fight towns.

The dedication event is free to the public and will be a celebration of Giardello, the statue and Philly boxing history.



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CONTACT:
John DiSanto
Philly Boxing History
609-377-6413
[email protected]





John DiSanto
609-377-6413
[email protected]

A day late . . .

Why is it that they never put up a statue when the champion is living?
Giardello just passed. Wouldn't it have been nice that he have a chance to see himself emortalized in bronze?
I commend the VBA and other organizations for honoring Joey and the other Philly legends. Just wish he could have seen it and touched it.
I like that there is a Philly Boxing History site.
This is the closest thing to a California Boxing History site, and a good one I believe.

[Rick Farris]

This is where we filmed the exterior shots of "Walnut Grove" for "Little House on the Praire", with the interiors filmed at Paramount for the first six seasons, and then MGM for the remaining three seasons that I worked on.
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Big Sky Movie Ranch

Big Sky Ranch is a Movie ranch located in Simi Valley, California. It has been widely used for the filming of Western television and film productions. Some of the past television episodes and productions filmed there include: Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, Father Murphy, The Thorn Birds (TV miniseries), Jericho (TV Series) and Carnivàle.

A more complete list of productions can be found at the Internet Movie Database

Big Sky Ranch is one of the oldest and largest Movie Ranches still in operation in Southern California. The Ranch has been host to countless feature films, television shows, television commercials, music videos, photo shoots and special events over the past fifty years. Big Sky Ranch is a private Movie Ranch located within the Los Angeles 30 Mile Studio Zone. The land was originally owned by J. Paul Getty. The ranch is extremely diverse with hills, valleys, and secluded meadows making it a perfect location for filming. Big Sky Ranch was host to many television series and motion pictures over the years making it one of the most historic movie ranches in the Los Angeles Studio Zone.
Big Sky Movie Ranch
Big Sky Ranch at The Internet Movie Database
Big Sky Ranch at Bonanza: Scenery of The Ponderosa.

What the above does not reveal is that the Big Sky Movie Ranch was once used by Rockadyne as a toxic waste dump folllowing WW2.
Many on the crew of Little House on the Praire, including Michael Landon, Victor French, and various crew have passed away from cancer. An unusually high percentage. When filming a western (which Little House was considered) there is a lot dirt and dust stirred up by horse's, stage coaches, buck boards, etc. and it ends up in the lungs of the cast & crew. I'm happy I was only out there one season of Little House.

[Rick Farris]

From Henry Hascup:
David Desmond Williams Passes Away at 78. Last survivor of SA Team.
David Desmond Williams was a member of the most successful SA Olympic Games team. Other boxers in that squad were heavyweight Johnny Arthur, light-heavyweight George Hunter, middleweight Ken la Grange, welterweight Duggie du Preez, lightweight Gerald Dreyer, featherweight Dennis Shepherd and bantamweight Vic Toweel. Hunter won a gold medal and the Val Barker Cup for the best boxer at the Games. Dreyer also won gold, Shepherd took silver and Arthur won a bronze medal.


The London Games marked the first time that South Africa was represented in all eight divisions at the Olympics. The elimination bouts started at the Empress Hall in Earls Court on Saturday, August 7, and the tournament then moved to the Empire Pool in Wembley on Monday August 9. There were 25 entrants in the flyweight division. In his first fight, Williams won comfortably on points against P Ingmar Burgstrom of Sweden. However, he was battling to keep inside the flyweight limit. He was virtually on a starvation diet, he later recalled. In his next fight, he faced Pascual Perez of Argentina. It was reported that he put up a courageous performance but he was just too weak and was stopped in the third round. Perez went on to outpoint Italian Spartaco Bandinelli in the final.





On his return from the Olympics, Williams continued to box as an amateur before turning professional as a bantamweight. However, after only four fights he retired.


Source: Fightnews
Interesting to note-my father,Charles Norkus,a US Marine,won the All-US Service Heavy Championship in San Diego that year and competed in the USA Olympic Trials here in 1948.
Later that year in Boston Gardens, my father fought the Qtrfinals against Coley Wallace. My father had Wallace down twice in first round.In 3rd Rd, Wallace connected with solid right and KO my dad. Coley went on to fight Norvell Lee in US Finals Qualifier and lost to Mr Lee.
Norvel Lee lost in Gold Medal Finals in Olympics in '48 London.

Coley Wallace also defeated Rocky Marciano in the amateurs and portrayed Joe Louis in a feature film.

[Cholo]

Rick, Do you know were The Fugitive was filmed starring David Janssen, and how about the Mod Squad and the lovely Peggy Lipton, The Mod Squad had a episode starring Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano titled the Comeback.....

[bennie]

Two days after the Royal Wedding, we lost our King of the heavyweights in Sir Henry Cooper, arguably the most popular British fighter of all time and the only man to win three Lonsdale Belts.
Charming and approachable, Henry's popularity had more to do with his fighting style. Henry was an 'honest' fighter who lacked nothing in grit and a good old-fashioned heavyweight punch. He always had a go, and his left hook got him through many a nasty bout, horribly prone to cuts as he was.
Cooper boxed in an era when boxing made the back pages but he decked Cassius Clay and took on three world heavyweight champions in Ali, Patterson and Johannson. At home his reign as British champion began in 1959 and ended in 1971, on a controversial 15-round decision to a young Joe Bugner. He ruled the roost when four of our heavies cracked the world rankings: Cooper, Brian London, Joe Erskine and Dick Richardson.
"Dick was a dirty bastard!" Henry told Harry Mullan in 1988. "He loved to put the nut in. He used to do it deliberately, usually in the first round. He gave me this scar with his head [pointing to a jagged scar between the eyes]. Very few referees are going to be strong enough to disqualify a man in the first round of a big fight and Dick knew that and used to take advantage of it.
"He had me on the floor in the fifth, and I was badly cut. But I knew where I was, and signalled to Jim (Wicks) that I was okay. When I got up, he came rushing in to finish me with a big right hand but I could see it coming and I let him have it with a left hook, perfect.
"That was the end of the bad period for me."
Cooper had lost four in a row prior to Richardson, not all of them on cuts, and seriously considered retirement. He was forced to rebuild in Germany before British promoters used him again. By 1959 he had flattened Richardson in Porthcawl and the gifted Erskine at Earls Court in 12 spectacular rounds while outscoring London in a bruising 15-rounder to wrest the British and Commonwealth titles. He cemented his reign with repeat victories over all those men, along with stoppages of young guns Johnny Prescott, Jack Bodell and Billy Walker, and you can add a host of Amrican heavies to his knockout list. The knockdown of Clay at Wembley in 1963 holds up as the high point in Henry's 17-year career. Clay was clearly 'gone' when the bell saved him to end the fourth round, even standing up in his corner at one point durng the interval, to be forced down by canny Angelo Dundee, who managed to buy some time, if only five or 10 seconds, but any time is precious to the recovery of a dazed young man. Clay came back impressively to win on cuts in the next round, just as he had predicted, and a fight later he was heavyweight champion of the world.
Cooper was one of those fighters who usually did well in rematches but the great Ali did better, and in front of a 40,000 crowd at Highbury in 1966, he retained his world title with another cuts win over Cooper, this time in six rounds. "He knew from the first fight how to handle me," said Henry, who was never off his feet in either fight, "and whenever I tried to get near him he would grab me and close me down like a vice. Every time the referee broke us he would get away quickly. He moved like a middleweight."
Cooper continued to prove himself the best heavyweight in Europe as he saw off Karl Mildenberger and Jose Urtain but he missed out on a shot at WBA champion Jimmy Ellis, after Ali was stripped of the Belt, and the Bugner loss rankled for many years. "I can't see any way that I could have lost the fight," said Cooper, who was always straight. "If I'd fought Bugner when I was, say, 31 or 32 I'd gave knocked him out, no bother, but I was an old man of 37 when I got him. Bruno would have been no trouble either. He's not a very mobile fighter, or quick-thinking in the ring. I could always handle the big men"
Henry hated losing and the loss of his wife in 2008 and of his twin brother George last year hit him harder than the sport ever could.
"He died of a broken heart," wrote Colin Hart.

[kikibalt]

Two Firefighters Burned

http://framework.latimes.com/2011/05/06 ... rs-burned/

A reminder about how firefighters put their life's on the line for us

[kikibalt]

Heard on Bill Maher last night: "Why can't you just admit that Barack Obama is one efficient steely nerved multi-tasking black ninja gangsta president ? In one week he produced his birth certificate, comforted disaster victims, swung by Florida to say hey to Gabby Giffords, did stand up at the Correspondents Dinner, and then personally rappelled into Bin Laden's lair and put a chinese star through his throat without waking up any of his thirteen wives."

[kikibalt]

Mayweather arrested larceny/domestic

By MIKE BLASKY and BRIAN HAYNES
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Boxer accused of assault by former girlfriend

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested and booked on charges of grand larceny related to Thursday's domestic violence incident with an ex-girlfriend, Las Vegas police confirmed Friday.

He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center about 10:45 a.m., police said.

The charge stems from personal items Mayweather took from ex-girlfriend Josie Harris' house Thursday morning, including her cell phone.

Police have not arrested Mayweather for misdemeanor domestic violence because an arrest must be made within 24 hours of the crime. After that, the case must be submitted to the district attorney's office for review. Capt. Brett Zimmerman, who oversees the Crimes Against Youth and Family Bureau, said police will submit their case to prosecutors.

"We're going through all the proper channels," he said.

Zimmerman said Mayweather voluntarily met police for questioning about 9 a.m. Friday.

Mayweather's lawyer, Richard Wright, said he expected his client to post the $3,000 bail and be released from jail Friday.

The grand larceny charge was related to Harris' missing cell phone, he said.

"Josie can't find her iPhone," Wright said. "We're attempting to find it or replace it. He did not commit grand larceny. We expect that to be resolved."

As for any domestic violence charge, Wright said his client would cooperate with police in any investigation, "if there is one."

A temporary protection order filed by Harris, who has three children with the boxer, was obtained by the Review-Journal Friday. Harris said Mayweather punched her in the head, pulled her hair and tried to break her arm after entering her home as she slept.

Harris said Mayweather "let himself in" to her home in the 3800 block of Tropical Vine Street at about 2 a.m. and began searching through her belongings.

After she confronted Mayweather, he accused her of dating another man, she wrote in the report.

"He would 'have me and my guy friend taken care of,'" she said Mayweather told her.

Harris called Las Vegas police and officers escorted Mayweather from the home about 3 a.m., she said.

Several hours later, Mayweather returned to the home, knocked on their son's bedroom door and asked to be let in.

Harris, who was sleeping on a couch, woke to find Mayweather standing over her, she said. Mayweather pulled her off the couch and began assaulting her in front of their children, she said.

Harris said she told the children to call 911 or run outside to get help, but Mayweather said "if they ran or tried to call the police he would beat them the same way," she said.

Mayweather followed the children outside and Harris fled to the garage, she said. Mayweather yelled he was going to kill Harris and her boyfriend and "make sure we are taken care of," she wrote. He then drove away in his car.

After the incident Harris was taken to Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, where she was treated for minor injuries and released.

Harris said Mayweather also visited her home a week and a half before the incident and threatened her about a new boyfriend. Police were called, but Mayweather left before officers arrived, she wrote.

Harris has accused Mayweather of domestic violence in the past, only to recant her story or stop cooperating with police. In December 2003, she told Las Vegas police that he assaulted her outside a nightclub during an argument over another woman. But at the July 2005 trial, Harris testified that she had lied about being beaten. She told the jury that Mayweather was a "teddy bear" who had never laid a hand on her. The jury acquitted Mayweather of the felony domestic violence charge.

He was charged with a felony because it was his third domestic violence case in seven years. In 2002, he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor domestic violence charges. In 2005, he was convicted in the unprovoked beating of two women in the Ra nightclub at Luxor and received a suspended one-year jail sentence and an order to undergo counseling.

Earlier this year, one of Mayweather's bodyguards was arrested and charged with shooting at another man in a Las Vegas skating rink parking lot. The shooting happened after Mayweather confronted the victim over a text message from a few months earlier.

Mayweather, 33, is undefeated with 25 knockouts in 41 professional fights. His last fight was May 1, a 12-round unanimous decision over Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden.

Mayweather currently does not hold a world championship boxing title but has won nine championships in five different weight classes.

Last week, he made headlines for a 10-minute rant on UStream video in which he attacked rival boxer Manny Pacquiao by using a gay slur and taking shots at Pacquiao's Asian heritage.

Mayweather was rated by The Ring Magazine as the No. 1 "pound for pound" fighter from July 18, 2005, to June 2008. The magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007, and the Boxing Writers Association of America selected him as Fighter of the Year in 2007.

[Cholo]

Sugar Shane Mosley by KO....

[kikibalt]

Sugar Shane Mosley by KO....

Maybe ten years ago....not tonight, I don't thinks so....

[Rick Farris]

Rick, Do you know were The Fugitive was filmed starring David Janssen, and how about the Mod Squad and the lovely Peggy Lipton, The Mod Squad had a episode starring Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano titled the Comeback.....

The Fugitive was on TV before I was in the business, but I do know where it was filmed. Like many Quinn-Martin productions it was filmed at what was then known as the Samuel-Goldwyn Studios (now it's Warner-Hollywood). The studio is on Santa Monica Blvd. at Formosa Ave. Across the street from the studio entrance is the famous "Formosa" restaurant, once a major hangout of celebs and mobsters back in the day. The Mod Squad also filmed around Los Angeles and had stages at Paramount. I remember that episode with Robinson and Graziano.

[Rick Farris]

Sugar Shane Mosley by KO....

Anything can happen in boxing and I wish Shane the best. My hope is that he is not seriously hurt.
I'm glad that Shane was smart enough to dump Golden Boy and make his own deal, allowing him to end his career with a huge paycheck. Manny by brutal KO, I hope Shane's great heart does not result in permanent physical and mental damage.

[Rick Farris]

Mayweather arrested larceny/domestic

By MIKE BLASKY and BRIAN HAYNES
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Boxer accused of assault by former girlfriend

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested and booked on charges of grand larceny related to Thursday's domestic violence incident with an ex-girlfriend, Las Vegas police confirmed Friday.

He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center about 10:45 a.m., police said.

The charge stems from personal items Mayweather took from ex-girlfriend Josie Harris' house Thursday morning, including her cell phone.

Police have not arrested Mayweather for misdemeanor domestic violence because an arrest must be made within 24 hours of the crime. After that, the case must be submitted to the district attorney's office for review. Capt. Brett Zimmerman, who oversees the Crimes Against Youth and Family Bureau, said police will submit their case to prosecutors.

"We're going through all the proper channels," he said.

Zimmerman said Mayweather voluntarily met police for questioning about 9 a.m. Friday.

Mayweather's lawyer, Richard Wright, said he expected his client to post the $3,000 bail and be released from jail Friday.

The grand larceny charge was related to Harris' missing cell phone, he said.

"Josie can't find her iPhone," Wright said. "We're attempting to find it or replace it. He did not commit grand larceny. We expect that to be resolved."

As for any domestic violence charge, Wright said his client would cooperate with police in any investigation, "if there is one."

A temporary protection order filed by Harris, who has three children with the boxer, was obtained by the Review-Journal Friday. Harris said Mayweather punched her in the head, pulled her hair and tried to break her arm after entering her home as she slept.

Harris said Mayweather "let himself in" to her home in the 3800 block of Tropical Vine Street at about 2 a.m. and began searching through her belongings.

After she confronted Mayweather, he accused her of dating another man, she wrote in the report.

"He would 'have me and my guy friend taken care of,'" she said Mayweather told her.

Harris called Las Vegas police and officers escorted Mayweather from the home about 3 a.m., she said.

Several hours later, Mayweather returned to the home, knocked on their son's bedroom door and asked to be let in.

Harris, who was sleeping on a couch, woke to find Mayweather standing over her, she said. Mayweather pulled her off the couch and began assaulting her in front of their children, she said.

Harris said she told the children to call 911 or run outside to get help, but Mayweather said "if they ran or tried to call the police he would beat them the same way," she said.

Mayweather followed the children outside and Harris fled to the garage, she said. Mayweather yelled he was going to kill Harris and her boyfriend and "make sure we are taken care of," she wrote. He then drove away in his car.

After the incident Harris was taken to Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, where she was treated for minor injuries and released.

Harris said Mayweather also visited her home a week and a half before the incident and threatened her about a new boyfriend. Police were called, but Mayweather left before officers arrived, she wrote.

Harris has accused Mayweather of domestic violence in the past, only to recant her story or stop cooperating with police. In December 2003, she told Las Vegas police that he assaulted her outside a nightclub during an argument over another woman. But at the July 2005 trial, Harris testified that she had lied about being beaten. She told the jury that Mayweather was a "teddy bear" who had never laid a hand on her. The jury acquitted Mayweather of the felony domestic violence charge.

He was charged with a felony because it was his third domestic violence case in seven years. In 2002, he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor domestic violence charges. In 2005, he was convicted in the unprovoked beating of two women in the Ra nightclub at Luxor and received a suspended one-year jail sentence and an order to undergo counseling.

Earlier this year, one of Mayweather's bodyguards was arrested and charged with shooting at another man in a Las Vegas skating rink parking lot. The shooting happened after Mayweather confronted the victim over a text message from a few months earlier.

Mayweather, 33, is undefeated with 25 knockouts in 41 professional fights. His last fight was May 1, a 12-round unanimous decision over Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden.

Mayweather currently does not hold a world championship boxing title but has won nine championships in five different weight classes.

Last week, he made headlines for a 10-minute rant on UStream video in which he attacked rival boxer Manny Pacquiao by using a gay slur and taking shots at Pacquiao's Asian heritage.

Mayweather was rated by The Ring Magazine as the No. 1 "pound for pound" fighter from July 18, 2005, to June 2008. The magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1998 and 2007, and the Boxing Writers Association of America selected him as Fighter of the Year in 2007.

What a piece of garbage! The good thing is people are forgetting about him as a boxer. Today Floyd matches himself with women, desperatly avoiding Manny for several years now.

[Rick Farris]

Heard on Bill Maher last night: "Why can't you just admit that Barack Obama is one efficient steely nerved multi-tasking black ninja gangsta president ? In one week he produced his birth certificate, comforted disaster victims, swung by Florida to say hey to Gabby Giffords, did stand up at the Correspondents Dinner, and then personally rappelled into Bin Laden's lair and put a chinese star through his throat without waking up any of his thirteen wives."

The events of this past week made me proud of our President. God bless America and President Obama.

[Randyman]

Andrew Salazar De La O


In the blink of an eye, that;s how fast the last 30 years have flown by. Today, May 7, 2011, marks the 30th anniversary of our father's death. He's been on all our minds lately. My mother and I were talking the other day and she remarked that the years that she spent with my father were the best years of her life. That makes me glad that she remembers him that way. Same with my brother Dennis, he remembers the 1970's as the time when we were all together, still a complete family. My mother was 52 when our father passed, my sister Evelyn was 31. My brother was only 16. My father passed the day before my 27th birthday.

Tomorrow I'll be 57, the same age my father was when he died. That's significant to me. A part of me thought I would never make it. Soon I'll be older than my father was. So in one sense, yes, it has been in a blink of an eye, in another sense, it was a lifetime ago. We'll be together again someday.

Today, before heading up to the high desert to celebrate Mother's Day with my wife and mother, we'll stop at my father's grave site to pay our respect and to remember.

[CNorkusJr]

Thanks Rick. A visit to a movie studio would be awesome but I wouldn't want to put you out of your way on my behalf. Though you do having me think now on those kisses from the "Housewives" !!!
Things have changed dramatically since 9-11, and those sicko stalkers of movie stars (Im sure they been around since stars were first noted in history) is another terrible thing studios have to deal with in protection of their employees.

That was my firehouse that Obama visited and had lunch 2 days ago. Because of the quick scheduling and secret service didnt want a huge crowd-only those working in the firehouse that particular shift were allowed in. I didnt even attempt to go in, but other retirees did and had to wait outside blocks away with others. The guys said that he was cordial, sincere in his words and talked sports behind closed doors while sharing lunch made for him by the guys in the firhouse. No report if he had a official gov't. food taster with him .

My former firehouse has always been the showpiece for the FDNY. Because of our location in Times Square, and we are the busiest firehouse alarm wise in the city- we were always chosen for photo ops and visits by dignitaries. The loss of 15 men (entire shift+2) on 9-11
also was The Main Factor here also. One of our brothers,FF John Tipping, suffered a severe eye injury earlier in morning fighting a 2-alarm fire and was placed on medical leave afterwards. Unable to drive home-he stayed in the firehouse overnight until another firemen
could drive him home. At the call of the alarm for the WTC-with patch over eye-he got on firetruck anyway with his replacement and another fireman,Carl Asaro, who was working another firehouse driving a Deputy Chief died-all losing their lives.
Those who work in the firehouse look to those men as Heroes of us ALL.
Pres. Obama's visit,his politics aside, was a most welcome and appreciated visit. The FDNY getting acknowledged 10 years later since 9-11,was important to us all as we all always just wanted to "Never Forget".
Carl Asaro was a SAG member and can be seen in many big movies and several TV shows.

[Randyman]

Sugar Shane Mosley by KO....

Maybe ten years ago....not tonight, I don't thinks so....

I feel the same way Frank, still, I hope Mosley can pull off the impossible. As long as he's in the fight I'll be pulling for him. Pacquiao will be in top form, as he always is. Like Rick, I just want to see Mosley come out of the fight unhurt and with a big paycheck.

[Rick Farris]

Andrew Salazar De La O


In the blink of an eye, that;s how fast the last 30 years have flown by. Today, May 7, 2011, marks the 30th anniversary of our father's death. He's been on all our minds lately. My mother and I were talking the other day and she remarked that the years that she spent with my father were the best years of her life. That makes me glad that she remembers him that way. Same with my brother Dennis, he remembers the 1970's as the time when we were all together, still a complete family. My mother was 52 when our father passed, my sister Evelyn was 31. My brother was only 16. My father passed the day before my 27th birthday.

Tomorrow I'll be 57, the same age my father was when he died. That's significant to me. A part of me thought I would never make it. Soon I'll be older than my father was. So in one sense, yes, it has been in a blink of an eye, in another sense, it was a lifetime ago. We'll be together again someday.

Today, before heading up to the high desert to celebrate Mother's Day with my wife and mother, we'll stop at my father's grave site to pay our respect and to remember.

Happy Birthday, Randy. And God bless your father's soul.