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Are you kidding me stix?! Dr. John is a legend around here, I see him every year at "Jazz Fest" plus you never know when he is going to walk on stage with somebody else and play a set, he does it all the time at the House Of Blues and various other clubs around town. I play the drums myself, and a bit of keyboards, I have a small 24 track digital studio here at my house, and I also do alot of DJ work here in New Orleans with my mobile rig, along with voice-over work for radio and t.v. spots...

I hear ya, man. I'd be gettin' a little miffed my self. Off topic~Do you know 'Dr. John the Night Tripper'? He's an awesome piano player from New Orleans. Do you know who I'm talkin' about? His real name is Mac Rebenack. I might be spelling that wrong. Whenever I think of New Orleans, I think of Dr. John and Louis Armstrong. (I'm a musician, a fellow sound traveler.) If you dig music, check him out.

Getting things signed is easy, I have lots of signed gloves and such, and tons of fight posters from the various cards I have worked over the years. I have also ordered some cornerpost pads with BoxingScene.com on them to use at some of my gigs, those should be arriving in a few weeks I would imagine. I will be posting pics of them in use as soon as possible. I know I can get trainers and promoters and even some fighters and refs' to answer questions from the posters, but all that has to be set up with Ricks' permission and help of course. It is his website after all, but I am willing to help out any way I can....

you know i have been on this site for a little while now and i have to say traveler......you don't know doo doo about boxing. i don't think i have heard one intelligent thing in any of your posts. lol....just kidding homie! you bring plenty to the site. i don't always agree with your opinions but respect is still there. name calling is for children. don't let these people get to ya. and don't fall into thier traps of usless names calling. by the way...i was thinking, maybe you could get us some autographed stuff and we can have contests on here to win them. not sure if you know it yet but i changed my name from big_pappy. nascar season has started and looks like i need to pick a new driver this year.

:biggthump I know it may not make a hell of alot of difference to you, but I want you to know I appreciate your presence and your knowledge. You are a breath of fresh air. At least some of the people on this site aren't boneheads. :boxing: I am sorry to rant, I got a bit miffed at being called an idiot and a dumbshit, someone who doesn't know what he is talking about, just because I am not a Klitschko Nuthugger. I don't get awestruck by anyone, they are just people, like you and I - but some people act like certain fighters are gods, and immediately throw insults when you point out that their hero isn't all that...

You know, it's probably the fact that I work in the sport and have contact with everyone from trainers to managers, promoters, referee's, judges, boxing officials from various states, sanctioning body officials, press writers, commentators,casino marketing people, venue heads, and the fighters themselves, all of which have something they want me to announce a certain way, or mention as many times as possible, or correct a misprint when I say something on the mic - that gives me a different outlook on the sport than the vast majority of you. To the average boxing fan I guess the fighters are larger than life figures, people you only see on T.V. - but to me they are just people, some of which make alot of money, some of which just do it for the love of the sport. Some of my best friends are fighters that will never be Champions, but they toil on, working hard in the gym, and at a regular job too. It's those guys who get the most respect in my eyes, because nothing is handed to them. But the fighters who we talk about on these forums are the guys who get treated like Kings, they get new cars on loan to drive around in while at some training camp away from home, they get fancy suites in the venues and have people waiting on them hand and foot. Some of them get big heads and treat people like shit expecting the world to revolve around them. Money and fame does funny things to some people, alot of them forget all the time it took someone else on the phones just trying to get them on a card when they were nothing but a prospect. I have had my share of setbacks as a Ring Announcer, from last second replacement, from being bumped because I am white, to promoters screwing me out of money, to events being cancelled 30 minutes before showtime after you spent 5 hours on a plane getting there! You would not believe the politics that are involved even for a Ring Announcer position if you want to make it to an HBO or Showtime gig, even ESPN and Fox. In America there are only about 5 or 6 of us that get to do the televised events, and believe me, there are hundreds of Ring Announcers in this country! I am lucky, I have been seen and heard on all the major networks and international broadcasts too, and I am on a monthly boxing series in Tennessee on UPN of all things - go figure. For me, boxing is a business, one that I am proud to be a part of, I get to do my thing in front of thousands of people, but getting there and staying there is a hard thing to achieve. The "powers that be" have their own guys, and you really have to shine to be able to bump someone aside to get the gig. It's my own little struggle that I have been fighting for 10 years now, and I know that it doesn't mean shit to anyone but me, but when some poster tries to tell me I don't have a clue about the sport of boxing it really makes me want to leave the forum posting for the people who really don't know about boxing... P.S. I think I lost weight just typing that useless rant! :p :biggthump I know it may not make a hell of alot of difference to you, but I want you to know I appreciate your presence and your knowledge. You are a breath of fresh air. At least some of the people on this site aren't boneheads. :boxing: