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DrDemento said:
Saw Duran fight Ken Buchanan(ages ago) and was sure that Buchanan wanted no part of him after the first couple of hits from those fists of stone. It looked like he was just trying to survive and then find a neat place to claim a low blow.

Your use of the descriptive term, Queer Street reminded me of an incident Jenny and i had with another fighter we met. 1985 (March) we were flying back on Eastern Airlines from Miami to Newark on a Sunday morning early flight. We were almost the only ones sitting in the waiting area until an entourage came in-fronted by Larry Holmes, who was then the champ. As luck would have it, he was seated nexty to me on the plane in first class. After some introductions we talked for a couple hours. I had asked him who had hit him the hardest and he thought for a while. I asked him if Earnie Shavers shot to his head in the first round might have put him on Queer Street for a while. He looked at me and grinned-saying simply-"But i came back and got him". Larry was an absolute gentleman the entire time and invited us out to Easton Pa (an hour from here) as his guest at the Knockout and the Round One. When he discovered that i did facial reconstructive surgery-I got one heck of a great offer to do some work as a cut repair man. Your reference made me think of this memory.
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What a memory. Shooting the breeze with a heavyweight champion of the world!

As to Duran/Buchanan, a rematch under the circumstances of that first fight would have been a natural. "Title changes hands on low blow." Wisely, Buchanan decided he didn't want any part of that kid and retired to raise his Herefords. SI described the young Duran as "looking like Ricky Ricardo and hitting like Hurricane Hattie."

Review once more the last moments of the Griffith/Paret fight. You see Emile pulverize Benny with that right cross, and "Kid" doesn't throw another punch. Yet he is taking an unbelievable number of punches. And the referee just lets it happen. I would hope that now days under the same circumstances a referee would step in much sooner. A guy just standing there, not throwing punches, but absorbing them, is no longer in the fight. Ruby Goldstein was an experienced, very well known referee. He worked many of the nationally televised fights from Madison Square Garden. He never worked another big fight after the Paret/Griffith bout.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons, has months left to live and will be donating his fortune to charity.

http://www.today.com/entertainment/...r-sam-simon-giving-fortune-charity-6C10761155
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He is not looking good:

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I just realized that Ray Bones and Bear both died over the past six weeks. If Ronnie or Bo or Yayo or Mr. Escobar turn up missing in the near future, I'm going to start to get suspicious.
 
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jmh said:
I just realized that Ray Bones and Bear both died over the past six weeks. If Ronnie or Bo or Yayo or Mr. Escobar turn up missing in the near future, I'm going to start to get suspicious.
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Why are you talking to me this bullshit?

I always loved that line.
 
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Kidd Kraddick

Nationally syndicated radio and TV personality David "Kidd" Kraddick has died at the age of 53.

Kraddick's death was confirmed by his company, YEA Networks, to MyFoxDFW.com. Kraddick's show, "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning," originated from Dallas radio station KHKS-FM 106.1.

A statement from YEA Networks said that Kraddick died of a brain aneurysm while attending a golf tournament in New Orleans to benefit his charity "Kidd's Kids."
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Brenthoven said:
Why are you talking to me this bullshit?

I always loved that line.
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I think maybe I have Ramon and Cesar staple your tongue to your chin! What do you think?

I think you speak very good English, Mr. Escobar.
 
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