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..it's may 6 and i've turned 80 years old. 80!!!! holy......!! anyway just checking to see if i'm now the oldest one here.

so far my memory is as good as ever, and in spite of collins I like to think i'm still relevant.

may you all live at least this long and my each day be a happy one. :P

I'm 81.

Happy Birthday my friend. No doubt you have forgotten more about boxing than I will ever know.

Congratulations Jaclem

But I must take issue with the memory claim I'm afraid....Frank, Gene or Jac.....can you remember which one is it?

Happy Birthday, Jaclem

You've cheered me up no end as i am going to be 40 on 21st of May. So I'll be half the man you are...

Come on now, share some of your observations of following the sport for so long.

Having lived through a lot of great years for boxing, what do you feel is the most common misconception held by the younger generations?

Happy Birthday, Jaclem

Thank you for making my day. Now I don't feel that old

Happy Birthday Jaclem!! Enjoy your big day!

Happy B-day Jaclem
Remember, the older the violin, the sweeter the music.

Same as Willie Mays.... good company

Whew, you are old! I thought magicians were "forever young".....I bet Houdini never turned 80........lol


I'm pretty sure I heard you singin' that Willow Smith song...."I rock my chair back and forth, I rock my chair back and forth"

Happy Birthday!

Very technically advanced if you are using the internet at 80!

Happy 80th birthday my friend, Jaclem. When the greats Sugar Ray Robinson and Kid Gavilan fought, you was 18 years old? Wow.

jaclem2 wrote:..it's may 6 and i've turned 80 years old. 80!!!! holy......!! anyway just checking to see if i'm now the oldest one here.

so far my memory is as good as ever, and in spite of collins I like to think i'm still relevant.

may you all live at least this long and my each day be a happy one. :P

Best wishes. You have always been a credit to our forum, & one of the members whose views & takes I've most looked forward to.

Wow,you must actually remember when Joe Louis was still the Heavyweight Champion of the World?

Jaclem old pal. Great to see your still alive and kicking!

On a serious note, that is amazing, Congratulations. I turn 24 tommorow!


ps Rocky Marciano was a great champion

Happy Birthday, it must be amazing to look back on all the build up to all the great fights and great fighters! What was the biggest fight build up you've ever seen?

stop with responses.....jaclem is being overwhelmed by the attention and will require additional nap times as a result

..buzz...the only time i get an extra nap is when i fall asleep while reading your posts...


..as for the rest of you...i am overwhelmed and touched at the wonderful responses and good wishes!!!
some names i haven't seen for a while have come on to say such nice things.

some of you have posted interesting questions and i will get to them as soon as i can. they stirred up a lot of memories.

nothing to add right now except :) :P

Big congrats

jaclem2 wrote:..buzz...the only time i get an extra nap is when i fall asleep while reading your posts...


..as for the rest of you...i am overwhelmed and touched at the wonderful responses and good wishes!!!
some names i haven't seen for a while have come on to say such nice things.

some of you have posted interesting questions and i will get to them as soon as i can. they stirred up a lot of memories.

nothing to add right now except :) :P

Well highly exciting and riveting contributions (such as mine for example) can both excite and exhaust those who are unprepared....lol.

Seriously, have the happiest birthday experience imaginable! Every additional year we survive should remind us all just how precious life and living is!

...just a few responses...i'll get to more later

bllox....hey sherlock....ypur mempry is as good as mine when it comes to forum names....geez...that one is from a forum that no longer exists!! have you been stalking me?

Ezzard...it depends on how young...many think of ali and frazier as pioneers and they started the sport...for those even younger...they may think pbf started it all..

brockton boy...my old/young buddy...good to see you back....and keepin the marciano flame alive

alex...i remember listening to louis/schmeling on the radio...second fight...and seeing the films of both one and two at the neighborhood theatre....just a kid but i knew they were something special, and as the years have gone by i realize how big they were......as an adult i think ali/frazier I is the biggest hype i've ever seen...pictures on the cover of life magazine...one taken by frank sinatra...mailer writing a whole book!!! i think the louis/schmeling one will be longer written about as boxing history continues to be written because of its political and international aspect.

again, t hanks to all and i'll get to more...

...buzzy...yeah, i think we know more than many..especially of the young ones (not that you're as old as i am!! no way near)...just what your post implies...

jaclem2 wrote:...i remember listening to louis/schmeling on the radio...

wow. i am 44, my earliest boxing related memory is my
father getting up in the middle of the night to watch ali
versus frazier ... probably the thrilla.

but having someone here who saw pretty much all of modern
boxing ... unbelievable. but then again all these things are
finally not that long ago.

big grats. most remarkable to me is your web lingo ... you
are not an old man, Sir.

Jaclem

Thanks for the reply.

A couple more if you don't mind...

I remember you posting once that you met Lenny Bruce and he tried out some material on you. What was he like as a person?

You were lucky enough to have lived through a golden age... Joe Louis, Ezzard Charles, Ray Robinson, Willie Pep, Sandy Saddler... Who do you rate from more recent times? Ali? Tyson? Duran? etc...