The G Manifesto

Old School G: Greg Haugen

When I was a little Baby G, I watched two fights that blew my dome piece: Vinny “The Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza VS Greg Haugen I and Vinny “The Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza VS Greg Haugen II.

The first fight Greg Haugen went to Pazienza’s backyard Providence, Rhode Island and dropped a 15 round decision in a fight that he should have won. A full slugfest for 15. Both fighters showed more heart that a triple bypass patient.

In the return, Haugen went to “neutral turf”, Atlantic City and dominated Vinny Paz, over 15 rounds, in a fight no less exciting.

He went on to beat Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and beat and lose to Hector “Macho” Camacho. He took losses to two greats Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker and Julio Cesar Chavez. But always showed an iron chin and heart.

Haugen was a guy who even if overmatched with talent always gave 100%. G Manifesto Certified on the real. They just don’t make them like Haugen anymore.

Here is an interview from the “Where are they now?” file.

(SM) What were paydays like back in the early years of your pro career?

(Greg Haugen) Pretty bad, like $100 a round if you were lucky. I started out fighting ten rounder’s instead of the usual four. Money was bad back then.

(SM) What about the decision in the first Pazienza fight.. Did you think you won that fight?

(Greg Haugen) I know I won that fight! I didn’t have hardly a mark, a little cut over my eye from a head butt. He had a broken nose, eye was shut. There was no doubt in my mind I won. I was disgusted that they robbed me of my title, my first loss. He was obviously the favorite, in his town.We had a rematch clause that he would go to my town for a rematch and he wouldn’t honor it. So I beat him in New Jersey instead.

(SM) You won the title back in a rematch, why were things different?

(GH) I was in better shape, just beat him up. I was still real mad about the first fight and went after him big time. I just took out my anger on him.

SM: What about the first Camacho fight, winning the WBO title. Did Camacho give away the decision by refusing to touch your gloves?

(Greg Haugen) The rule is that you only have to touch gloves in the first round. I was the one who refused in the final round. I said a lot of derogatory things to him during the fight, got under his skin. He got mad about me not wanting to touch his gloves and tried to sucker-punch me. They took a point away and he lost by a point. Doesn’t matter how I won, I won the fight!

SM: How good was Chavez, he is always ranked highly pound for pound?

(Greg Haugen) I can’t really judge that, I know he was one of the better fighters I fought. When I fought him I was training on cocaine and vodka, going through a bad divorce. My mindset was in no place it should have been. When you fight a guy like Chavez, you have to be 100%. He took my legs out quickly because I wasn’t in shape. He wasn’t unbeaten for no reason. I still consider Whitaker the best skilled I fought though, Chavez number two.

SM: What is the Greg Haugen Foundation I have heard about?

(Greg Haugen) Were up and going now, the website is up and going to, it’s www.greghaugenfoundation.com. Were having a dinner in August to benefit autism. We have a lot of great fighters signed up: Norton, Foreman, Frazier, Duran, etc. Ali and Mancini are not committed yet. Twenty ex-champions so far. It’s dear to my heart because it has affected my family also. So many people out there are directly or indirectly affected by autism. About one in every eight people I talk to are affected. I’m trying to make enough money to build a hospital or somewhere families can go to get all the help they need, under one roof. It’s a great cause to get involved with, please go to the website.

SM: What’s the future hold for you?

(Greg Haugen) Just hanging in there! Every day you wake up is a good day! Just going to try and get the foundation going and would like to open a community center where kids can go to box or to hang out. We need to keep them off the streets. A lot have parents, one parent, that needs to work, and the kids are left alone. If I can use my name or celebrity to help them then why the hell not!

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The Greg Haugen Foundation

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Michael Porfirio Mason
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Pernell Whitaker vs. Greg Haugen

Del Mar Fairgrounds has banned cigarette smoking

In response to complaints about marijuana use at summer concerts, the Del Mar Fairgrounds has banned cigarette smoking at the annual county fair and approved a policy allowing pat-down searches at reggae concerts.

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The new rules will not apply to the dozens of other concerts and events – including the summer horse races – held at the fairgrounds and racetrack throughout the year.

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Now I love The Del Mar Racetrack, and my family has gone here for years. But these people are killing it. This ban is just the first step in a total smoking ban. Bing Crosby is rolling over in his grave. And if they do a full smoking ban at The Del Mar Racetrack, I will just spend my summers in Monte Carlo.

They claim that “on-track season attendance dropped by 4.3 percent, to 688,097 (16,002 per day). Total handle slipped 7 percent, to $559,076,029 – the track’s lowest figure since 2002.” I was there all summer (more or less). Attendance was down at minimum 30%.

Now they are making the track more restrictive. When the only people that want to visit San Diego are broke families from Arizona and other hick bible belt spots and San Diego has no tourism dollars they will realize the stupidity of this.

Question: Where is a rich European or South American cat NOT going to go to spend $15,000 over a weekend for vacation?

A. Las Vegas
B. Miami Beach
C. San Diego

(Answer “C”)

Where is an overweight family of 5 with shorts and visors from Flagstaff or Oklahoma city or some shithole going to “splurge” $1100 for a 2 week vacation?

A. Las Vegas
B. Miami Beach
C. San Diego

(Answer “C)

More importantly:

Where is a beautiful 20 year old Estonian Model girl NOT going to go with two of her model girlfriends for a weekend of dancing, smoking cigarettes and drinking without being ID’d past 1:29am?

A. Las Vegas
B. Miami Beach
C. San Diego

(Answer “C”)

Where is a weesh middle American 25 year old girl that can’t dance and wears jeans, flip-flops and tight tops going to go to party with her equally weesh girlfriends?

A. Las Vegas
B. Miami Beach
C. San Diego

(Answer “C)

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA Your favorite International Playboy on the Rise’s favorite International Playboy on the Rise
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Bob Marley – Get up, stand up (Live)

Joe Biden “You look him in the eye and you say it to him”

Joe Biden, gets street corner and has the finest moment of the campaign so far in Liberty, Missouri:

“All of the things they said about Barack Obama in the TV, on the TV, at their rallies, and now on YouTube … John McCain could not bring himself to look Barack Obama in the eye and say the same things to him,” Biden said this morning. “In my Neighborhood, where I came from, when you’ve got something to say to a man, you look him in the eye and you say it to him!”

Joe Biden “You look him in the eye and you say it to him”

Great style. I like the “take off the jacket move”, just like a street hood.

That’s G Manifesto Certified political stumping.

And yeah, The Weathermen were dope anyway.

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The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA Your favorite International Playboy on the Rise’s favorite International Playboy on the Rise
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Public Enemy – Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)

Is the Bling-Bling era over?

We know the Bottle Service Era is done. So is the Weak Game Era.

“Not even the richest people are feeling untouched by our current financial crisis. In their personal lives, as in business, the purveyors of luxury are sizing up what it all means. Some of the questions: Is it unseemly to spend money publicly? Will people still shop for the all-important holiday season? Is this the end of bling?

Some luxury executives are simply waiting to see what happens. Barry Sternlicht, chairman and chief executive of the private investment fund Starwood Capital, has been on a luxury investment tear in recent years, buying up such things as champagne maker Taittinger, the Hotel de Crillon in Paris and Baccarat. Last week, when I asked how he’s doing these days, he said he’s “just waiting out the tsunami.”

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“The bling-bling era was cute but it’s about to be done
I leave you full of clipse like the moon blocking the sun”
– Immortal Technique

Better get your Game up. We are going to have a return to “Pure Game” soon.

The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA Your favorite International Playboy on the Rise’s favorite International Playboy on the Rise
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Immortal Technique – Industrial Revolution

Cocaine Cowboys Motion Picture, Mark Wahlberg

CS: What is it about “Cocaine Cowboys” that made you want to produce the film?

Wahlberg: It’s just the most amazing story I’ve seen. The documentary was fantastic. The stuff that these guys were doing down there in Miami was just crazy. We’re going to make “Scarface” times 10. I know that’s a big feat, but this is the real deal.

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Easy Marky. It’s not going to be “Scarface times 10”. Documentaries made into movies usually don’t live up to the Documentary. See “Lords of Dogtown” and “Dogtown and Z-Boys”

Worth seeing though.

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The Rest is Up to You…

Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA Your favorite International Playboy on the Rise’s favorite International Playboy on the Rise
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com

Cocaine Cowboys trailer