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Memorial Day 2024
To those that gave the ultimate sacrifice defending American ideals and freedom, and to the families that endured the loss, we g...
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By Randy De La O My earliest memories of the old Main Street Gym in Los Angeles are of my father and I going there to watch the fighters w... -
Photo courtesy of Rick Farris 1969 Southern Pacific A.A.U. Champions, El Monte Legion Stadium (top row) Pete Despart, ?, ?, Mike Quarry, ?, ...
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awesome pic! my pal bennie georgino told me alot about albert.
i wrote an article about bennie.
check it out:
http://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=3420
Mike, I have to tell you. I'm impressed. That was a damned good interview. You just went up a notch!
Randy
thanks randy!! i'm glad to make the cut. his niece even wrote me to tell me tat she loved the interview. i thought that was awesome!
i went to sun city just to talk to bennie, and he wants me to come back to do more talks with him. he's the nicest guy in the world.
Mike, one of the greatest compliments I ever had while I was boxing, came from Bennie. He called me "the Toy Bulldog" after Micky Walker. He called me that every time he saw me. Maybe he was just being nice, but I never forgot it.
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