March 24th, 2006
But Haymaker is here to recap the madness for you.
For newcomers:
Follow the story of Dr. Faust and Mefisto — friends, metrosexuals, lawyers — as they finish of boxing boot camp at San Francisco’s Third Street Gym.
6 weeks, 5 days a week, waking up at 6am, punching and getting punched, jumping into the San Francisco Bay, being pounded into shape by deadly Irishmen.
All this, in preparation for a final public fight.
And all of it documented here, in text and video, by the beginner boxers and their friend, filmmaker, and interior designer, Coach.
**NEW**: Stay tuned to this page as we post video from all the Bootcampers’ fights from the big night — and more!
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March 24th, 2006
FROM COACH: Boulder emailed us some amazing photos of his fight. Not sure who to give the photo credit to, but these are FANTASTIC! Thank you Boulder!!
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March 16th, 2006
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March 16th, 2006
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FROM COACH: I shot video in Dr.Faust’s room (illegal as it turns out) and the Doctor was a pretty good sport about it. The X-rays are screen grabs from the video. I will let Dr.Faust write about his visit.
DR.FAUST: Believe me friends, it is not so easy to explain what happened under the influence of 16 units of morphine. In short, I dislocated my shoulder during my fight, we could not get my shoulder back into the socket in the ring, and I had to go to SF General Hospital to have it put back into place. I was the only patient without a bullet in his body that Saturday night and I was all the more fortunate to encounter a very, very capable young doctor (I think her name was Dr. Rene Hsieh) who knew the trick how to put my wing back into place without having to use three Russian nurses pulling on one side and a bodybuilding doctor on the other side (which is what I went through when I dislocated my shoulder for the first time about one and half years ago. I’ll spare you the details of my first shoulder cracking experience, but just know that I had surgery to stabilize it - unfortunately, it did not seem to have stabilized it enough). Lessons learned: 1. Dr. Hsieh is my hero and the best doctor since Hippocrates; 2. Morphine is the best way to warm up for a boxing bootcamp after-party; 3. I am very privileged to be able to call some of the coolest people in the world my friends.
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March 16th, 2006
FROM COACH: I missed shooting the main event, Sean and Dames, because I was packing up to head out to General Hospital to fetch Dr.Faust. I hope to get the tape that Danny Shipman and his crew shot this week. From what little i saw of the fight and the look of Sean’s left eye at the after party, I think it was probably a pretty good fight.
By the way, Sean wrote and recorded his fight song, “GeT yOuR NeCk CHecKed (bitch)”. He let me shoot him recording at an amazing home studio in Hunter’s Point.
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March 16th, 2006
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FROM COACH: They had to bring someone from the outside (Dan, a lawyer) to fight Ivo (another lawyer).
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March 16th, 2006
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March 16th, 2006
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FROM COACH: This fight was added at the last minute. Patrick was Dr.Faust’s opponent and East Coast’s opponent was a no show (I think). I did not catch the last round - I was checking up on Mefisto and trying to figure out what hospital Dr.Faust was in.
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March 16th, 2006
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March 16th, 2006
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