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His death was announced by his son-in-law, James Coughlin, who said Dundee had recently been treated for blood clots.
In more than 60 years in professional boxing, Dundee gained acclaim as a brilliant cornerman, whether healing cuts, inspiring his fighters to battle on when they seemed to be reeling, or adjusting strategy between rounds to counter an opponent’s style.
“In that one minute, Angelo is Godzilla and Superman rolled into one,” Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, who often worked with Dundee and then became a TV boxing analyst, once remarked.
Ali told The New York Times in 1981: “You come back to the corner and he’ll say, ‘The guy’s open for a hook,’ or this or that. ” If he tells you something during a fight, you can believe it. As a cornerman, Angelo is the best in the world.”
When Thomas Hearns was rallying against Leonard in their welterweight championship unification fight in September 1981, Dundee got Leonard going again after the 12th round bell, telling him, “You’re blowing it, son, you’re blowing it.” Leonard knocked Hearns down in the 13th round and won the bout when the referee stopped it in the 14th.
Dundee “knew precisely how to get through to me at the most pivotal moments, and no moment in the fight, or in my career, was as pivotal as this,” Leonard recalled in his memoir “The Big Fight” (2011),” written with Michael Arkush.
Dundee’s first champion was Carmen Basilio, the welterweight and middleweight titleholder of the 1950s from upstate New York. Although best remembered for Ali and Leonard, Dundee also trained the light-heavyweight champion Willie Pastrano, the heavyweight titleholder Jimmy Ellis and the welterweight champion Luis Rodriguez. Dundee advised George Foreman when he regained the heavyweight title at age 45. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.
He was born Angelo Mirena in Philadelphia, the son of a railroad worker. He became Angelo Dundee after his brother, Joe, fought professionally under the name Johnny Dundee, in tribute to a former featherweight champion; another brother, Chris, also adopted the Dundee name.
After working as a cornerman at military boxing tournaments in England while in the Army Air Forces during World War II, Dundee served an apprenticeship at Stillman’s Gym near the old Madison Square Garden, learning his craft from veteran trainers like Ray Arcel, Charley Goldman and Chickie Ferrara. In the early 1950s he teamed with his brother Chris to open the Fifth Street gym in Miami Beach. It became their longtime base, Angelo as a trainer and Chris as a promoter.
In the late 1950s, Dundee gave some tips to a promising amateur named Cassius Clay, and in December 1960, after Clay’s first pro bout, Dundee became his trainer, working with him in Miami Beach. He guided him to the heavyweight title with a knockout of Sonny Liston in February 1964.
Dundee avoided the temptation to tamper with the brilliance of his young and charismatic fighter, and he used a bit of psychology in honing his talents.
“I never touched that natural stuff with him,” Dundee recalled in his memoir, “My View From the Corner” (2008), written with Bert Randolph Sugar. He added: “So every now and then I’d subtly suggest some move or other to him, couching it as if it were something he was already doing. I’d say something like: ‘You’re getting that jab down real good. You’re bending your knees now and you’re putting a lot of snap into it.’ Now, he had never thrown a jab, but it was a way of letting him think it was his idea, his innovation.”
When Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali soon after winning the heavyweight title, his boxing management and financial affairs were handled by the Nation of Islam. Dundee was the only white man in his camp, and he grew disturbed over references to that fact.
In his memoir, Dundee said that he and Ali “had this special thing, a unique blend, a chemistry.”
“I never heard anything resembling a racist comment leave his mouth,” he said. “There was never a black-white divide.”
Dundee knew all the tricks in the boxing trade, and then some.
ARIES, THE RAM 3/21 – 4/19
Pumps your brakes there Aries, all will be well shortly. The passing of the moon cause a few interruptions nothing to worry about, your all good. Look for love to come your way shortly, in the guise of a foreign gentleman. Different I know, but heck variety is the spice of life, and you just never know. Look for changes in your family dynamics, possibly a surprise or two, all good again. Look at February is you jump off month to start on something that has been on the back burner for months, now is the time to begin.
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TAURUS, THE BULL 4/20 – 5/21
Money is an object this month not a play thing so remember that. You are a hard worker which is quite obvious. Just remember everyone is not your friend when it comes to loaning out money OK! Expect to hear good news in the family of another child coming, blessed event. Scroll down your investments and see what is really working for you if not, cash it out immediately. This month will be heavy laden with money issues, so be prepared. Look before you leap into anything, including your taxes.
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GEMINI, THE TWINS 5/21 – 6/21
When are you going to stop playing games with yourself? uh? If you don’t like something then got damn it say that. Stop putting a front on like it’s ok, when it’s not. Family issues will come out concerning money, could someone be going out of business? Know when to hold em, and when to let go. Love life is getting better and better, keep those lines of communication and understanding going and you should be fine. Love alerts for the single Gemini’s someone is watching you very close and would like to get involved with you, put those attenders out. You are in a very blessed position this month so take note my dear.
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CANCER, THE CRAB – 6/22 – 7/22
All is not lost Cancer, is only the beginning. New things are on the horizon of your life, good decisions. Love is in the air, it is what you make of it OK. Finances will go and come, just be consistent of what you have to work with this month. There will be family matters you need to deal with, some good, some bad, just know your place in all of this. We can’t pick our family members only our friends. Cancer you are in a growing and learning period right now. So keep your mind open to all which is possible at this time. Don’t neglect the obvious.
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LEO, THE LION 7/23 – 8/22
Center of attention does pay well uh?! lol lol Ok Leo this is your time to shine to the Manager, Directors, or even Supervisors, if you aren’t one of those already. Your ideas can take hold. Your intelligent, and forthcoming in innovative ways that helps you and the company you work for. So go in that office and tell them all about them. Make sure you document your ideas, so no one else steals them from you. This year IRS will be kind to you, so take advantage and use the money to good use. Holla!
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VIRGO, THE VIRGIN 8/23 – 9/22
Now is the time to stand up for what you believe to be right. You’ve been quiet of late, work well, do your work to precision, kept your mouth shut. Well now is the time to shine Virgo. You have not gone un=noticed! Virgo may be the virgin, but you bring new ideas, and communication to the table so do that my friend, voices will be listening. Expect some distance in the family all is not right, but you already know that. Sometimes it is good to be quiet and just stand still, and observe. The truth always comes out and you know this too. Money will increase thru games of chance, so by a lotto or whatever ticket you just might be a big winner, how about that! Love is all around you right now, just pick one, so many to choose from my goodness, aren’t you the popular male/female go on with your badness!
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LIBRA, THE SCALES – 9/23 – 10/23
Time to pull out all the stops, start something, and be good at it, damn it! You have been up and down in your decisions – why? Libra you know what time it is, so just do it, stop playing games. Please improve on your communications skills, you are not always easy to understand. Love is in the air as well with you too, so come on give me some Libra, folks are waiting, heh! heh! If you are a Supervisor, or Manager time to assess your staff. To many object thinking has been going on, some folks need to be fired, and some folks need to be promoted, so DO IT! Family is well, and you and a love one are planning on taking a trip, about a cruise, that sound romantic. Do what you do best Libra, just get it done please!
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SCORPIO, THE SCORPION – 10/24 – 11/21
Well, well, well, aren’t we on top of the world. And so you should be, you’ve worked hard for your accomplishments. Be proud hold you head high, pop your collar a couple of times you deserve it! whoo-whoo Scorpio! Now back to business, a lot of traveling is in store this year, February will be your down month, to get you prepared. I see sickness in your family possibly a male figure, Father, Uncle, Brother, or Cousin. Take time out to be with them, they miss you and love you very much, also you always put a smile on that person face. Remember tomorrow is never promise, so do today what you must. Money comes and goes but it’s ok, your building up to a big kauna real soon, you will be paid for your worth, skills, ability, and education you go Scorpio – male/female, it’s your time to begin a new!
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SAGITTARIUS, THE ARCHER 11/22 – 12/21
I love it when you call me Big Poppa, throw your hands in the air, like you just don’t care!!! lol lol And that explains you this month Sag. Damn you are on a roll, well do the damn thing then, you know what time it is. Continue to help family members, you know some folks just don’t get it, they will eventually pray tell. Well are you ready to do the full-time work, I hope so, because they are ready for you. Job openings everywhere for you Sag, part-time or full-time. My suggestion go Full Time, the economy is shaky this year, and tomorrow is not promise, so do your part to survive. Sit down with your accountant or a budget person to help you iron a few discrepancies. After that you should be alright.
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CAPRICORN, THE GOAT 12/22 – 1/19
Well where is the fear Cappy? There is no fear or guilt in your being. Time to start a new. Finally all has come to pass, see it just took a little patience and time to come about. Business will begin to pickup and there are jobs available for your seeking. Remember charities and people who have less. February is all about new beginnings for you Cappy. Think long and hard about what it is you really want in life. Family will be family as well as friends, just remember don’t be a doormat, or used for your kindness for weakness. Stay strong and stand stall for your beliefs. Folks are watching you that you don’t even know about. Capricorn you will experience great things this year, just keep it all in perspective.
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AQUARIUS, THE WATER BEARER 1/20 – 2/18
My, my, my we are still leading the pack. Hard work does pay off, even when you dog tired. Family surprises in store for you this year, all good! Work can be more busy than usual this month do to in climate weather, so hang on the best is yet to come. You are a hard worker and it hasn’t gone unnoticed in the least. Family ties need to be developed once again, have you been out of touched with close relatives, then make that change to do better. Have you thought about being a Mentor to someone Aquarius. Well the time is right to start that, or pair up with an organization that could use your skills and technology for the youth. Be sure to keep up with your health.
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PISCES, THE FISH 2/19 – 3/20
Glory, glory, hallelujah you make it thru another year, thank God. You where worried and so was I for you. Lot to get done this year Pisces. For the time being, let go of old ghosts from your past and move on, this is not you. People will be who they are regardless, just know the difference. Love is in the air for you also. There is somebody you have kept on the back burner, now come on give the guy/girl a chance. They are really good people, that care about you a lot. Finances will be a little shaky this February so hold on to your pennies, and be careful were you spend them. Make sure there is a sale on, or forget about it. Family ties become much stronger. Work will be real busy for you this February so expect to work some overtime on weekends here and there. Happy Birthday Pisces you are so cool!
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by Lennis
Efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use are gaining momentum in Washington state and Colorado, despite fierce opposition from the federal government and a decades-long cultural battle over America’s most commonly used illicit drug.
Officials in Washington state on Friday said an initiative to legalize pot has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in November. In Colorado, officials are likely this week to make a similar determination about an initiative there.
Supporters are prepared to possibly spend millions of dollars ahead of the November ballot, when they hope a strong voter turnout, particularly among youth, for the U.S. presidential election will aid their cause.
“Whether it’s make or break depends on what public opinion does after 2012, but in terms of voter turnout this is the best year to do it,” said Alison Holcomb, director of New Approach Washington, the initiative’s sponsor.
While 16 states, including Washington and Colorado, along with the nation’s capital, now allow marijuana use for medical purposes, cannabis remains an illegal narcotic under U.S. law – and public opinion is sharply divided on the merits of full legalization.
California voters turned back a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use in 2010, in part because of concerns about how production and sale of the drug would be regulated.
Undeterred, supporters of the Washington state initiative say it represents the “grown-up” approach to legalization.
Sales would only be allowed to adults 21 and older through marijuana-only stores licensed by the state Liquor Control Board, which would also oversee production and processing of the drug. Laws on drunken driving would be amended to include maximum blood content thresholds for THC, the main psychoactive element in pot plants.
Colorado already has a robust regulatory system for medical marijuana that includes a registry of over 80,000 card-carrying patients and rules governing how physicians and distributors operate. Here, too, legalization advocates are stressing a rational regulatory approach.
“Voters aren’t being asked to imagine as much as they are in other states, they have seen that marijuana can be regulated and it doesn’t result in significant problems,” said Mason Tvert, co-director of the Colorado-based Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.
Organizers of the Washington effort have collected over $1.1 million in campaign funds, with $250,000 of that coming from Progressive Insurance chairman Peter Lewis, public disclosure records show.
Loren Collingwood, senior researcher for the nonpartisan Washington Poll run by the University of Washington, said the initiative could pass, but that backers must spend between $2 million and $4 million to run a competitive campaign.
A poll done by the university in October found 48 percent of Washington residents support the idea of pot legalization, but that was not tied to any particular initiative.
“If young voters turn out in droves like they did in 2008 or even start to approach those numbers … then I think this will pass, but they very well may not,” Collingwood said.
Pot legalization supporters have argued for decades that prohibition has failed to curb pot use, and that the policy enriches drug cartels, hurts casual users and deprives governments of a potentially lucrative source of tax revenue.
No one has been able to explain to me why young men…… and women serve in the U.S. Military for 20 years, risking their lives protecting freedom, and only get 50% of their pay. While Politicians hold their political positions in the safe confines of the capital, protected by these same men and women, and receive full pay retirement after serving one term. It just does not make any sense.
On Fox news they learned that the staffers of Congress family members are exempt from having to pay back student loans. This will get national attention if other news networks will broadcast it. When you add this to the below, just where will all of it stop?
35 States file lawsuit against the Federal Government
Governors of 35 states have filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.
This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on.
This is an idea that we should address.
For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform… in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn’t seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop.
If each person that receives this will post it on their wall, in three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message.. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: “Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ..”
Now, what are you going to do about it? Read and delete, or work for reform? Share on the wall of EVERY congressman, representative, governor, the white house!!!!! Pass it around!!! Make calls, send fax’s and email’s……………
Almost daily we see-read, and watch insulting false-incorrect spermicidal information flowing out of mouths of Republicans and the Fox News types. We send that info to each other and post the shocking lies in disbelief them – Republicans and the Fox News types that blatantly say what they say.
When also see the posted fact checks, such as who is really on welfare and who really the welfare president, Mr. George Bush was.
We know who really increased the debt, and increased taxes, three times more than any other president that would be Mr. Ronald Reagan. For the record Obama has raised it the least.
We know eight years of Bush policies all the way up to him leaving office in January of 2009 caused the loss of two million jobs. Please somebody tell Newt to stop saying Obama lost two millions jobs. Fact under Obama in 2009- 2010 only 300,000 jobs were lost, but it open to debate did Obama or did Bush residue cause those jobs to go away. Fact unemployment is back at 8% and going under from a high of 10% This is coming from a man who lost his job too, and still looking …hey in-box me if you need me…
Not many News service will call-out the lies the Republican machine will roll out, and they will say when caught in a lie … “Oh that’s not what I meant.”, but wait here is what we need to do … send facts to those conservative Republicans and Fox News types, on the fence swing voters and so called independents friends you might happen to have.
I know there is the worry you’ll end up debating someone who would rather eat his or her own boggers than submit to the facts. Well no you don’t have to, just send them the facts and then act like they do, ignore them. You can lead an elephant-ass to water but you can’t make-em drink.
I always send them correct information to them, even when I know they most likely will reject the truth because the truth was not they wanted. We, our, people of conciseness of any color or race, and religion know the facts, we know where we are in life, but they- Republicans and the Fox News TYPES DON’T KNOW THEIR ASS IS IN THE POOR HOUSE AND WHO PUT THEM THERE, but hey…by chance if you keep sending them the facts it’s the same liars who they voted for, you might get one to pull the head out of a hole.
Even though Fox News screams loud they are only talking to the same people who choose to be ignorant of facts and fall easy to being led by a corporation of elitist. Most Americans have figured out that is a circus show of easily proven lies.
What we have to be so-much more careful of and aware is WE CAN JADE OURSELVES WHEN WE PREACH TO THE CHOIR. The message we know need to get into the ears of the on fence swing voters and so called independents friends you might happen to have. Why, here is a lie easy to believe in for them. Black voters are the only reason Obama is the President….WRONG…. if not one Black person voted he still would have won…Fact
SEND THEM THE FACTS OFTEN:
Fact:
36 million Americans relied on food stamps. More than 24 million of them were white, 8 million were African American and 6 million were Hispanic of any race. Of the 46 million people living in poverty in America in 2010, the U.S. census revealed that 31 million were white.
Fact: there are only 35 million Black people and of the 8 million living in poverty 6 million are children.
Fact: That state Iowa is 96% white…let me repeat 96% white and has the one of the highest crimes rate percentage in America… will Fox News ever tell you that, I think not!
Fact:
Of the 49 million people without health insurance coverage, 37 million were white; 8 million were African American. Latinos of every race and Asian Americans represented the remaining largest ethnic groups.
Fact:
White Americans, poor and middle-class alike receive the vast majority of tax-funded government assistance programs, from monthly assistance to Social Security to food stamps.
Fact:
TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), the program that provides aid to single mothers, is the most well-known welfare program, but the truth is that Social Security and Medicare are also social welfare services, funded by tax dollars. To that end, nearly 70 percent of all benefits of these programs go to white people. In fact, since African Americans have lower life expectancy, many work and pay into the Social Security and Medicare programs through their tax dollars, only to have white Americans, who have a longer life expectancy, benefit from the income they’ve left behind.
Fact:
Child Poverty in Rural America,” reveals that 57 percent of rural poor children were white and 44 percent of all urban poor children were white.
And for the person who will doubt these facts out of denial of going to look them up themselves. These figures were taking under George Bush and Obama
Kind of funny when you think of it, the poor whites that hate Obama will follow Fox News and never hear this. Yet the same people they vote for are the one keeping them down…
Kind of funny, Black people are stereotyped for saying “The Man Is Keeping Me Down”, and several of the Repubs running for office has said Blacks are the Welfare users, and we look for a hand outs, but the truth is it the other way around.
Kind of Funny, those poor white folk lost many of their blue collar jobs because people like Mitt sold their companies and shut the door on them.
It will be more of the same race baiting this time around of stupid ignorance that will keep the liars out of office with simple minded … “I don’t know what Obama is and where he was born, and he has ties to terrorist, and he not American enough type of crap and that train of thought will keep him office because there is enough intelligent people of all races, and religions who will reject it as they did in 2008
Family Values Obama or Newt
For the people because I come from the people Obama or Mitt
Has Obama made some mistakes yes, but he has not started two wars and then didn’t pay for them and left America broke and Fox blames him for it. No need to answer unless you got the facts
Alvin L.A. Horn an independent minded voter not owned by anyone but by the truth.
FactCheck.org : Newt’s Faulty Food-Stamp Claim
factcheck.org
Newt Gingrich claims that “more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history.” He’s wrong. More were added under Bush than under Obama, according to the most recent figures.
Here is more info for you
Catholic leaders tell Gingrich, Santorum ‘to stop perpetuating ugly racial stereotypes’
floridaindependent.com
Catholic leaders issued a letter Friday1/20/2012 to GOP presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, themselves Catholics, urging them to stop perpetuating ugly racial stereotypes on the campaign trail.
Thank you, Mr. Alvin L.A. Horn for this article
Can Fantasia trust her baby daddy Antwuan Cook? According to published reports, Fantasia hoped having a baby by Cook would make him marry her and they would raise their son together. But, Cook is still married to his wife, and he has spotted with other women. Will Cook ever settle down and marry Fantasia?
Astro is the teen rapping sensation from Simon Cowell’s singing reality show X-Factor. Astro has just signed a deal with Epic Records under his mentor, X-Factor Judge L.A. Reid.
The divorce war between former football player Deion Sanders and his wife Pilar is getting nasty. Pilar describes Sanders as a cheater, a bully and a physical abuser. Pilar says he needs help. The Sanders were married for 12 years, and they have three kids. Pilar wants their prenup agreement thrown out because she says she was forced to sign it under duress. She also claims she should have sole custody of their children because Deion is a bad, absentee father.
There is life after All My Children. Soap Vet Susan Lucci has a new show Deadly Affairs on Investigation Discovery. Lucci hosts the show about romances gone wrong, crimes of passion, love triangles and betrayals.
Now that Baby Blue is here, Beyonce and her mom Tina are now putting their heads together designing t-shirts for President Obama’s reelection campaign. The Yes We Can and Words Do Inspire t-shirts will be available this spring.
The 43rd Annual NAACP Image will air on NBC Friday, February 17th. The show had been airing on FOX the past few years, but is now returning to NBC.
Food Network Star and Cooking Maven Paula Deen is catching hell after revealing that she has diabetes. Deen kept her secret for three years, and she is being criticized for coming forward only after getting money as a paid spokesman for a diabetic medication. Deen had to protect her brand. She is known for the butter and fatty foods that she loves to cook. Deen says she tells people to eat in moderation as she does. She has already started an exercise program and is losing weight.
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OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will present “Oprah’s Oscar Special,” a two hour primetime event featuring the TV titan interviewing three of this year’s most highly lauded Academy Award nomines in candid, one-on-one interviews.
Airing Wednesday, Feb. 15 (9–11 p.m. ET/PT), the primetime special will feature Viola Davis (two-time Academy Award® nominee and this year’s Actress in a Leading Role nominee) and Octavia Spencer (Actress in a Supporting Role nominee) about their experiences on “The Help”; and Jonah Hill of “Moneyball” (Actor in a Supporting Role nominee) talks about his first nomination and co-starring alongside Brad Pitt.
“Oprah’s Oscar Special” is produced by Harpo Studios.
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