What would be the scoring for an HO (hip out)
On 3/8/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Man, 91, challenges Jack LaLanne, 92 > Wed Mar 7, 10:12 PM ET > > LEWISTON, Maine - All of that Florida sun must be getting to Maine > snowbird Roland Fortin. The 91-year-old has laid down a challenge to > box fitness guru Jack LaLanne, who's 92. Fortin, former "cut man" for > retired boxing champ Joey Gamache, said the idea for the four-round > bout was hatched at the Tropical Gym in Pompano Beach, where Fortin > works out during the winter in Florida. > > The South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale ran the challenge in > a half-page ad that gym owner Troy Eckonen took out for Super Bowl > Sunday. The purpose, he said, was to let seniors know it's not too > late to get in great shape like Fortin. > > "Florida is like the waiting room to the casket," Ecknonen said. > > So far, the publicity stunt is working for the Tropical Gym, where > membership is up. But LaLanne hasn't taken Fortin up on the challenge > to enter the ring. > > LaLanne's spokeswoman learned of the boxing challenge when she was > contacted Tuesday by a reporter from the Sun Journal newspaper in > Lewiston. > > "That's not quite his cup of tea," Liz Cardenas said Wednesday from > California. Besides, she said, LaLanne is too busy traveling for > public appearances, and he no longer performs athletic feats for which > he was known earlier in his career. > > Despite the rebuff, Eckonen has not abandoned the idea. He said he > plans to deliver the ad to fight promoter Don King to see if he's > interested. > > "It'd be a gentleman's fight, obviously," Eckonen said. > > Fortin, a widower who has wintered in Florida since retiring from the > funeral business decades ago, doesn't think either man would get hurt > in a brief square-off. "He'd knock me down, I'd knock him down," he > said. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229807 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
