John Martinez and the gloves

By Frank "kiki" Baltazar

My son Frankie is fighting at the Olympic one night. Norm Lockwood came in the dressing room and handed me the gloves. I gloved Frankie so he could begin warming up. An hour later Lockwood stick his head in the dressing room and yells "ring time" I told Frankie "let’s go" "wait!, wait!, I have to take a piss" he said to me, well we don't have time to take one glove off so he can take a piss, this fight is on live TV and the TV people have everything down to the minute, so I look at my assistant John Martinez, he looks at me and say "no, no, no, not me! " I said "yes, yes, yes that's what I'm paying you for, I'll wait outside"

When they came out of dressing room I put my arm around John and I asked him " Well John?" his replied was " you sonofabitch" I told him "don't worry John, I won't tell anybody and I'll buy you a beer for been such a good guy"