Proud Lisa in the Rumble at the Reef As a three-year-old casino, the Silver Reef prides itself on customer service. Near the U.S. and Canadian border, this Washington State gaming institution provides a lap of luxury in the boxing arena. Plush chairs and wallpaper take you back to the remembrances of the 1930’s. VIPs arrive…
“Better Kill Me” or how Jesse Feliciano beat Rafael Ortiz Many of us escape to TV reality shows and boxing matches. Such was the case on Saturday night, when the ten year old Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, Washington enjoyed a packed house for what the popular gaming destination termed Fight Night 51. The venue…
Brian Halquist Productions produced an excellent fight card at the Emerald Queen Casino on Saturday night and all in attendance benefited from a superb night of entertainment. The main event featured Spokane’s Chauncy Welliver and Travis Fulton, from Iowa, in a ten round heavyweight bout. Chauncy began the fight with the added edge of the…
“Sometimes you get so down, inspiration comes from anywhere. You make decisions, take action, and in the long run you win. You discover your heart.†â€“Dr. Joe de Beauchamp. “Boxing is an unnatural act,†whispered Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) cut man and trainer. “Understand me kid. You want to move to the left, you don’t…
Battle at the Boat XXXIV took place in Tacoma, Washington on Saturday 8th of January at 7:30 pm. The Emerald Casino lined up customers and the house received a large gate. Most fans waited in line for over forty minutes to get to valet parking. The indoor stadium filled to overflowing. The card showed promise…
Born in 1930 in Flatbush, a section of Brooklyn, he watched his father go to work at the Department of Sanitation. His father supported four boys, the family got by okay on their finances. His father fought under the name Eddie Martin. Even though his father fought, his father never trained his son, Joey. Carmine…
The movie of the life of James J. Braddock starts in a few weeks, titled the “Cinderella Man.†The big screen depicts Braddock and his family going through the hard times of the great depression. His struggles helped many unemployed rise above the poverty of the times. He gave them hope. Bankers and the rich…
A birth occurs commonplace on every moment, on everyday in every corner of the earth. The spinning planet offers few explanations of life, tragic or heralded. On Christmas day, we receive a reminder of an ancient metaphor of birth. Although birth appears ordinary, no person replicates another. Birth never repeats the same pattern of the…
Born in November 1949, Larry Holmes keeps poking at George Foreman to draw him out. After his first fight, he went home with only sixty-three dollars, and now hopes to make twenty-million with Foreman. With eleven kids at home and his mother on welfare, Larry learned how to fight his way to the top. He…
On March 3, Baby Joe Mesi fought with Vassiliy Jirov in Las Vegas. The fight went all Joe’s way until the final round. Joe pounded away taking almost every round in the fight, and in the last round, his head felt a crushing upper cut. Baby Joe took a couple of shots in the head…
When I was eleven, the best movie ever came out. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) showed in the theaters and was a great Walt Disney first. Having my mother reading us to sleep, one of our favorite stories continued night after night the Mark Twain classic. We all loved Big Jim in the book,…
He saw the cottage, a proud slate roof from the last century. The stonework weathered silver subsiding into angles in a bed of lichen-smeared rock. Bushy hedges bristled on the windswept remote isle. The stone cottage whitewashed against the pewter sky. The saltbox cottage stood with weathered shingles against stripped blown trees. Two hours ago,…