TSEEM CEEB rau sab hnub poob, Fla (Cuaj hlis 6, 2015) -Boxing saib xyuas Si Star, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm SHS Boxing Management, dhau mus lawm nyob rau lub hnub nyoog ntawm 81 no yav dhau los hnub Monday vim nyaub los ntawm ib lub plawv yuav nres.

Nyaum tswj peb lub sij hawm-, ob-division Randall “Lub Khob tawm King” Bailey, qub tub rog heavyweight Sherman “Tank” Williams, Marcus “Arilli” Upshaw thiab qub Cuban Olympian Robert Alfonso.

Ib tug heev zoo businessman, Williams explained that Stern also had a law degree and studied at one point to be a rabbi. Si recently returned from Romania, qhov uas nws txhawb Williams nyob rau ntawm nws sib ntaus, on Sunday, Aug. 30 and he suffered a heart attack the following day at home in Key West. He was air lifted to a hospital in Miami, qhov twg nws tseem rau ib lub lim tiam ua ntej nws qaug.

Bailey thiab Nyaum tus khub, Dave Johnson, nrog rau Nyaum tus tub, Gary, thiab tus ntxhais, Cynthia, were bedside in the hospital with Si for several days until the end. “Kuv hais rau Si rau hnub Sunday tsaus ntuj (Lub yim hli ntuj 30) thiab tau txais ib tug hu ib hnub tom ntej hais tias nws twb tau mus nyob hauv lub tsev kho mob,” Bailey piav. “Nws raug kev txom nyem ib tug loj heev lub plawv yuav nres. Tej yam uas twb nce thiab nqis txhua lub limtiam txog thaum kawg lis xaus.

Randall Bailey (L) nrog Si Nyaum (tuav siv) thiab nws tus tub, Gary Nyaum, qhia no tom qab Bailey khob qhov rooj tawm Mike Jones nyob rau hauv 2012 rau cov IBF welterweight title

“Si was a great guy and a good friend. As a manager, he always fought for his boxers. If nobody else cared, Si tu; yog hais tias lawv yuav tsis ua, Si would do it. I was with him nearly 10 years and nobody was throwing money our way. It was hard for us. I only made enough money in a few fights, zoo li thaum kuv yeej lub ntiaj teb no title, where he took any money. If Si had your back, nws yuav mus ua tsov ua rog nrog koj.

“Nws xav tsav tsheb mus txog ntawm Ntsiab hnub poob mus rau Miami pom kuv tab sis, es tsis txhob nyob thaum hmo ntuj, nws xav tsav rov qab. Nws xav hu rau kuv hu rau kuv 10 times while he drove home. He was so happy to get me a promotional contract (AK Promotions nyob rau hauv Kauslim) thiab twb yeej nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej rau kuv sib ntaus Lub kaum hli ntuj 4^th in Korea. I’m dedicating that fight to Si and we’ll be doing something special.”

L-R: Si Star & Sherman “Tank” Williams qhia no nyob rau hauv Romania

Williams tau tswj los ntawm Nyaum rau yav dhau los 11 years and they had a special relationship. They had dinner together in Romania and flew back to the U.S., mus txog hnub Sunday, Lub yim hli ntuj 30.

“Si yog ntau ntau tshaj li kuv saib xyuas,” Williams offered. “Nws yog ib tug phooj ywg, ib tug ntseeg kuv yuav nco ntsoov cia rau tswv yim, in and out of boxing. Si was an all-around good man. We had many deep discussion about politics and religion, kuv yog ib tug Christian thiab Si ib tug neeg Yudais, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog siv ntau yam thiaj li hnub ua ke nyob rau hauv Romania.

“We all lost a good man in Si Stern. I was proud to be represented by Si. He wasn’t in boxing for the money. He was an important part of my life. He was always there for me and all of his fighters. Si never took a short cut or spared money. Si Stern was the best manager I ever had.”