kikibalt wrote:
The Olympic Auditorium
By any chance Kiki did you know Aileen Eaton or her son Gene LeBell.
He was quite a charachter himself.
Classic American West Coast Boxing
Thanks
I remember Mandos fights with Palomino.
They were outstanding.
Reason I asked about the Perkins fight is I knew Eddies trainer/manager Frank Tomasso.
He and Eddie had a real nice relationship also Frank used to talk about him all the time long after Eddies career was over.
Frank worked a little with me, but I couldnt do anything like Perkins did.
Frank gave me an old copy of The Ring Boxing record book 1976 edition.
That was in 1983.
I still have it.
When you look up Eddies record, all the pages are torn right out of the book.
Frank must have torn them out and framed them somewhere.
He really loved Perkins.
I remember Mandos fights with Palomino.
They were outstanding.
Reason I asked about the Perkins fight is I knew Eddies trainer/manager Frank Tomasso.
He and Eddie had a real nice relationship also Frank used to talk about him all the time long after Eddies career was over.
Frank worked a little with me, but I couldnt do anything like Perkins did.
Frank gave me an old copy of The Ring Boxing record book 1976 edition.
That was in 1983.
I still have it.
When you look up Eddies record, all the pages are torn right out of the book.
Frank must have torn them out and framed them somewhere.
He really loved Perkins.
Pug,Expug wrote:I would have loved to have seen some cards there.
Never got the chance.
However I have seen a couple of fights of Al "Superfly" Sandoval that were
televised from the Olympic.
Must have been in the Seventies and on one of the Spanish speaking stations here.
That kid was an exciting fighter also.
I seen a few of Eddie Perkins's fights, imho, I think he is every underrated, if he was fighting in this era he would clean up, methink.
Superfly I known since 1968 when he was just a kid, he is to be inducted into the CBHOF this June 21ths
Thanks,kikibalt wrote:Pug,Expug wrote:I would have loved to have seen some cards there.
Never got the chance.
However I have seen a couple of fights of Al "Superfly" Sandoval that were
televised from the Olympic.
Must have been in the Seventies and on one of the Spanish speaking stations here.
That kid was an exciting fighter also.
I seen a few of Eddie Perkins's fights, imho, I think he is every underrated, if he was fighting in this era he would clean up, methink.
Superfly I known since 1968 when he was just a kid, he is to be inducted into the CBHOF this June 21ths
thats what Frank used to say about Eddie also.
How is Superfly doing these days?
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Rick Farris
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Ernie & Danny Lopez memory . . .
One day in the early 70's, at Los Angeles' legendary Main Street Gym, Danny Lopez and I had sparred a few rounds, something we did on and off during the years leading up to his winning the featherweight title in 1976. Danny and I had been friends since he'd arrived in L.A. in the late 60's to prepare for a pro boxing career.
I knew all three of the Lopez brothers, the oldest was Leonard, then Ernie "Indian Red", and Danny. Leonard fought some good fighters, but never reached the championship level as did his brothers.
Ernie was liked by everybody. He was quite, polite, a total gentleman. He was also one of the TOUGHEST men I ever saw step into a ring. My father and Grandfather loved Ernie, who visited with them whenever they crossed paths.
Anyway, one day after finishing my workout, I stepped into the small office of Main St. Gym owner Howie Steindler, to pay my gym dues. Howie was behind the desk and screaming profanities into the phone in his usual high stress manner. Sitting in a chair next to the desk was Ernie Lopez, and Danny was standing beside him. Both the Lopez boys had smiles on their faces, obviously amuzed by their manager's morning temper tantrum.
I remember we all were enjoying Howie's foul outburst when he suddenly slammed down the receiver. He looked up at me standing with a $10 bill in my hand, "What do you want?" he snarled. I told him I wanted to pay my dues, and as he took the bill, he caught the smiles of Ernie and Danny.
Steindler's eyes were still blazing from the phone call and he barked at Ernie, "What in the Hell is so funny?"
Without breaking his smile, Ernie calmly told Howie that he sounded like he thought he was a tough guy. Steindler wasn't happy with the suggestion of being ALL TALK, and informed us, "Hey, you bums aren't the only ones in the room to step into the ring. I used to box myself".
Without breaking his smile, Ernie calmly replied, "Yeah, I heard you used to fight under the name of 'Howard the Coward".
Steindler couldn't keep the smile from his face as he screamed, "Get outta here, all of you, OUT!"
More to come on the Lopez brothers. By the way, I remember sparring sessions between 147lb. Ernie, and 200lb. Jerry Quarry. That was interesting to watch, and I'll talk about it later.
-Rick Farris
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I knew all three of the Lopez brothers, the oldest was Leonard, then Ernie "Indian Red", and Danny. Leonard fought some good fighters, but never reached the championship level as did his brothers.
Ernie was liked by everybody. He was quite, polite, a total gentleman. He was also one of the TOUGHEST men I ever saw step into a ring. My father and Grandfather loved Ernie, who visited with them whenever they crossed paths.
Anyway, one day after finishing my workout, I stepped into the small office of Main St. Gym owner Howie Steindler, to pay my gym dues. Howie was behind the desk and screaming profanities into the phone in his usual high stress manner. Sitting in a chair next to the desk was Ernie Lopez, and Danny was standing beside him. Both the Lopez boys had smiles on their faces, obviously amuzed by their manager's morning temper tantrum.
I remember we all were enjoying Howie's foul outburst when he suddenly slammed down the receiver. He looked up at me standing with a $10 bill in my hand, "What do you want?" he snarled. I told him I wanted to pay my dues, and as he took the bill, he caught the smiles of Ernie and Danny.
Steindler's eyes were still blazing from the phone call and he barked at Ernie, "What in the Hell is so funny?"
Without breaking his smile, Ernie calmly told Howie that he sounded like he thought he was a tough guy. Steindler wasn't happy with the suggestion of being ALL TALK, and informed us, "Hey, you bums aren't the only ones in the room to step into the ring. I used to box myself".
Without breaking his smile, Ernie calmly replied, "Yeah, I heard you used to fight under the name of 'Howard the Coward".
Steindler couldn't keep the smile from his face as he screamed, "Get outta here, all of you, OUT!"
More to come on the Lopez brothers. By the way, I remember sparring sessions between 147lb. Ernie, and 200lb. Jerry Quarry. That was interesting to watch, and I'll talk about it later.
-Rick Farris
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