Look, I don't want to say that boxing promoter Don Chargin is old.
Not by any means.
Does it make the Cambria-By-the Sea, California, resident old because I asked him to show me his high school yearbook and he whipped out the Old Testament?
Does it make him old because he refers to 79 going on 80 rivals Bob Arum and Don King as "those young whippersnappers?"
Does it make him old because, he heard LA Times' redoubtable scribe Bill Dwyre drop the phrase "lot," he turned and said, "Lot? Lot? I was there when his wife was turned into a pillar of salt."
Does it make him old because he made the matches for the undercard when Cain stopped his brother Abel on cuts?
Once known as "the Boy Promoter," Chargin turns a well-experienced 83 come June 5 and this year marks his 60th in running fight shows in the Golden State.
His first show was Sept. 3, 1951, in San Jose with local yokel Eddie Chavez outpointing gamecock Manuel Ortiz.
(Two bouts before that, Ortiz boxed back to back in Metro Manila, losing to Tirso del Rosario and then knocking out Bonnie Espinosa.)
The good news today is that Chargin Promotions rolls on with a Feb. 18 Telefutura card at San Francisco's intimate and historic Longshoreman's Hall (set up for 1,300 patrons).
Wildly-exciting lightweight Pinoy prospect Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta (20-0-1, 10 KOs) is in the main event against the always available and ever popular TBA.
The venue is perfect, not too big and not too small, with its echoes going back over the decades to the magical time when they were The Warlocks and not The Grateful Dead and when that group, Pink Floyd and other gigantic rock acts plied their trade on the docks by Fishermen's Wharf.
Maybe with all the Filipinos sure to come in from nearby Daly City and environs some smart restaurant owner will offer up a new culinary delight, cioppino with balut on the side.
(Cioppino is a fish stew originating in San Francisco and derived from the various regional fish soups and stews of Italian cuisine. Cioppino is traditionally made from the catch of the day, which in the dish's place of origin is typically a combination of dungeness crab, clams, shrimp, scallops, squid, mussels and fish. The seafood is then combined with fresh tomatoes in a wine sauce, and served with toasted bread, either sourdough or baguette. The dish is comparable to bouillabaisse, burrida, and bourride of the French Provence, suquet de peix from Catalan speaking regions of coastal Spain, and to cacciucco and brodetto from Italy .)
I don't know but I do know that Gesta is fun to watch and these tickets will fly out of the box office.
"The Boy Promoter," who started out with Jimmy Dundee in Oakland, is on the tonier side of the Bay for this one.
Maybe either King or Arum or both can come by and pick up a few tips from a more senior promoter.
It couldn't hurt them, could it?
As for Don's sidekick, John Chavez, what can I say except that he thinks The Grateful Dead are people resting in a well-manicure cemetery.
But what can you expect from a kid who asked me "where does The Jefferson Airplane fly to?" Or who thinks Sly & The Family Stone did the masonry for Alcatraz.
He could use some seasoning also.
Source on cioppino: Wikipedia
Comments
GO GO GO "NO MERCY" TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW " NO MERCY " IS VERY WELL PREPARED RIGHT NOW BY THE HELP OF HIS VERY OWN FATHER " (HARN) ANNICITO GESTA" .. HARN- MEANS ,THE HIGHEST RANK OR LEVEL IN MUAYTAI KICK BOXING...THEY BETTER WATCH OUT FOR HIS COME BACK...
The myth that only can be made by Felipinos, and make an idol of it.
At the age of ten, he quit school due to poverty. They lie by saying he drop from High School. A third grade ignorant. Before he opened his own bar, (exploiting poor woman, perhaps, not rare in Felipinas.)Manny frequented several bars in the city whose owners are more than happy to pad their bills. Manny was a big drinker and developed his love for gambling which is very much a part of professional boxing. He's still want to pimp his naive the American public, and get his bank full, by fighting shot, drain boxers. He's also suspected of enhancing, you be the judge.
Check his own Compadre, Mr. Espejo article in Asian
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Is not maligning failipinos and Pacman, but saying what's really under neat or not revealed. As this is the custom in PI. They talk about how much this person has or is making, but they are always showing a face of poor me, help me and you pick the tab, COz that's Pilipino custom.
I can never run out of Pinoy articles, but I do not want to be a bird of bad news.
Gesta vs Brandon Rios
GESTA VS. BRANDON RIOS? ITS THE OF RIOS' CAREER!! MARK MY WORDS! RIOS IS A BUM, CLOWN.... GESTA ,SUPERB FILIPINO WARRIOR!!!! MABUHAY
Bet 100% that they are fighting Latino boxers, other then that, these gentlemen and ladies, will go under the RADAR.
I think this will be a tough sell with out a hoemtown undercard feel.
Donaire who resides at South San Francisco is fighting one of the biggest fights of the year....Ana Julaton who is arguably the most popular draw in Bay Area boxing is having her fight Feb. 25th in Pt. Richmond. With all the media and Bay Area filipino fans coming to watch that fight, Mercito's timing couldn't have come at a worse time. I wish him the best and hope he fights a good contendor maybe from the Bay Area to help bring the fans out.
Maybe one day this hyped fighter will actually beat a legitimate contender.
Eat this proud man, article by your own folks. So you will never fool nobody, but idiots, like yourself. Post subject: Philippines is 100 years away from catching up. Yea, Marcos made lots of money, but when $h!t hitted the fend, all was taken. As now your idol needs to second, Nonito and show us a blood test.
This retarted n i 6 6 e r who keeps on maligning failipinos and Pacman w/ his garbage talks has been campaigning a lost cause. Why? Because instead of Pacman's popularity being affected negatively, his stock has risen sky high. He has cornered every possible award available and even american politician needs his endorsement in order to win an election ha ha ha....
tado!
I LIKE GESTA STYLE.
HE MAYBE THE NEXT FILIPINO CHAMPION.
I HOPE HE WILL NOT SIGN UP WITH GBP.
you're a poet Marley. a real pr man too!
By the way where can you score a ticket fot this fight?
Gesta the power puncher welter, the man who don't stop punching 'til finish when he gets his opponent guards down.
It's nice to hear geriatric people still running the boxing shows.
Long live Arum and company.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL COME OUT TO SEE HIM , FILIPINOS AND ALL OTHER BOXING FANS. GESTA ISNT COMPETING WITH DONAIRE OR JULATON.DONAIRE IS THE DAY AFTER IN VEGAS, AND JULATON A WEEK LATER. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE GESTA BECAUSE HIS FIGHTS ARE EXCITING, AND COME ON HE'S 20-0 LETS SEE WHAT ALL THE HYPES ABOUT SF..
lol...another filipino hype job! until mercito starts winning against real competition, he'll always be nothing but hype. brandon rios would kill this kid and send him back to the philoippines where he belongs. brandon rios by murder!!!!
chicano supot!
The trolls are up in arms tonight (or morning?). Anyways, thanks for the report good to see a more varied news about boxing and this is more varied and unexpected as well.
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