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I'll catch hell for it, but in my opinion, there was no long count. Dempsey didn't go to a neutral corner. The ref was right.

kikibalt wrote:Tony Baltazar


Tony was asleep and then the phone rang....

Expug wrote:Ray, your right. Dempsey hovered over him and shouldnt have.
However , whats important in the context of boxing history is the fact its a great story.
Could Tunney get up or couldnt he?
Who knows.The important thing about it is it keeps folks talking about it. Arguing about it.Its historical.
100 years from now they will still be talkin about it.
Does anyone remember who won the NBA title three years ago?

Randyman wrote:Tony has the same problem with his hair that I do when I wake up. Great photo Frank!

kikibalt wrote:
Four generation of Baltazar's
L-to-R..Rocky, Frankie, me and my dad Aurelio

Randyman wrote:

Expug wrote:Ray, your right. Dempsey hovered over him and shouldnt have.
However , whats important in the context of boxing history is the fact its a great story.
Could Tunney get up or couldnt he?
Who knows.The important thing about it is it keeps folks talking about it. Arguing about it.Its historical.
100 years from now they will still be talkin about it.
Does anyone remember who won the NBA title three years ago?

Great minds think alike!

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:
Four generation of Baltazar's
L-to-R..Rocky, Frankie, me and my dad Aurelio

Frank, I posted this one on the website.

kikibalt wrote:John L. Sullivan


"John L."

By Diego

kikibalt wrote:Tony Baltazar


Tony was asleep and then the phone rang....

Expug wrote:

kikibalt wrote:John L. Sullivan


"John L."

By Diego

Beautiful work Rog.

raylawpc wrote:

kikibalt wrote:Tony Baltazar


Tony was asleep and then the phone rang....

Frank, that caption reminds me of a story about Floyd Patterson. Floyd, Gene Fullmer and Jose Torres were having lunch at Floyd's home. Not far away, a grandfather clock struck one. "Bong!" After a few seconds, Floyd broke the silence by saying, "If someone else will admit they heard that, I will, too."

raylawpc wrote:

Expug wrote:

kikibalt wrote:John L. Sullivan


"John L."

By Diego

Beautiful work Rog.

Diego, that truly is a wonderful portrait of the Great John L. I would like to get a print to hang on the wall in my study. Seriously!

kikibalt wrote:
Diego can put out some great portraits, he did a great one on Frankie and Tony that sits on my fireplace mantel...

raylawpc wrote:

Expug wrote:

kikibalt wrote:John L. Sullivan


"John L."

By Diego

Beautiful work Rog.

Diego, that truly is a wonderful portrait of the Great John L. I would like to get a print to hang on the wall in my study. Seriously!

bennie wrote:

Randyman wrote:

kikibalt wrote:
Jimmy Lennon Sr., Frankie Baltazar, John Martinez, Johnnie Flores & Frank Baltazar, @ the Olympic Aud. 1976

Randy

This is a great shot. Frankie looks sooooo laid back and Frank Jnr is enjoying the intro from the great Jimmy Lennon. I watched Jimmy Lennon Jnr in action in Nottingham in May when Tim Bradley shocked Junior Witter. He also points like this. One of the fighters in action, a Syrian living in Yorskhire, got the Lennon treatment. "In the red corner, from Dewsbury by way of Syria..."
The fighter also enjoyed it.

kikibalt wrote:Clark Gable


"Gable"

By Diego

kikibalt wrote:

Jack Dempsey

raylawpc wrote:Yes, those guys are both Norwegian. Had Tangstad been Swedish, he would have defeated Douglas.

raylawpc wrote:

kikibalt wrote:
Diego can put out some great portraits, he did a great one on Frankie and Tony that sits on my fireplace mantel...

Do you have a scan you can post Frank? I'd like to see it!

Diego's great work


Tony and Frankie Baltazar

Tom, diego presented this portrait to me in April at the "Father and Son" luncheon...

bennie wrote:

kikibalt wrote:Clark Gable


"Gable"

By Diego

Nice, Rog. I remember reading that Gable died of a heart attack just a few days after shooting a film with Marilyn Monroe.
I'm sure her sexy presence did him no good at all.

Marilyn Monroe


"Monroe"

By Diego

Bobbin & Weavin wrote:
Jimmy Lennon Sr., Frankie Baltazar, John Martinez, Johnnie Flores & Frank Baltazar, @ the Olympic Aud. 1976

Frank,
You do look laid back in this picture but what were you feeling; were you one who handled the big moments laid back or was it like some of the great athletes and preformers leaving their dinner in the restroom before the event. After all you were not "just" this fighters manager you were also his father and married to his mother so there was a lot more riding on it then the avarage fighter/manager relationship. Lastly was there a different level of emotion for different level opponants?
Thanks,
Bobbin & Weavin