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USA Boxing déclare juin “Mois de la campagne de recrutement de l'Association des anciens”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Tour. (Juin 11, 2018) – Boxe américaine “Mois de la campagne de recrutement de l'Association des anciens” a pris un départ à élimination directe le week-end dernier à Canastota, New York, lors des cérémonies d'intronisation annuelles du Temple de la renommée de la boxe internationale, comme neuf boxeurs de haut niveau, avec un incroyable record professionnel d'accumulation de 365-51-7 (239 KOs) et 24 grands titres mondiaux, rejoint les rangs croissants de l'USABAA en tant que fier, nouveaux membres.
Chris Tofflemire et John Scully a représenté la USA Boxing Alumni Association, tables d'équipage au tournoi de golf IBHOF et au spectacle Memorabilia, accroître la notoriété de l'USABAA et recruter de nouveaux membres.
“L'esprit de la boxe amateur était bien vivant tout au long du week-end du Temple de la renommée de la boxe internationale,” a expliqué Cugliari, Association des anciens Etats-Unis de boxe Directeur exécutif. “Les informations sur la nouvelle USA Boxing Alumni Association ont été bien accueillies par les invités du week-end, et d'anciens élèves estimés tels que Jesse Vargas et Reggie Johnson ont mentionné qu'ils étaient ravis de s'impliquer davantage. L'Association des anciens remercie le soutien apporté par beaucoup ce week-end, en particulier Micky Ward et Antonio Tarver, qui continuent à diffuser notre mission.”
“Le fait est que la grande majorité des boxeurs professionnels qui assistent au week-end du Hall of Fame à Canastota chaque année étaient à un moment des boxeurs amateurs et se connaissaient bien avant même de devenir professionnels.,” a ajouté le conseiller inestimable de l'USABAA, Scully, qui recrute des boxeurs pour des événements sponsorisés en groupe comme celui-ci. “À un moment donné des conversations entre les boxeurs à travers le terrain, les sujets se tournent souvent vers leurs jours d'amateur ensemble.”
“les amateurs, pour moi, était de se battre pour le respect,” champion du monde de deux-division Jones Junior (50-6, 28 KOs); noté. “Pour aller à différents endroits et aller très loin (en tant qu'amateur), vous devez apprendre à vous conduire et à traiter avec les autres.”
D'autres nouveaux membres de l'USABAA sont six fois, double champion du monde de division Miguel Cotto(41-6, 33 KOs); quatre fois, double champion du monde de division, aussi bien que 1976 Médaillé d'or olympique et Hall of Famer, Michael Spinks (31-1, 21 KOs); Poids lourd irlandais qui a pris sa retraite Mike Tyson, Kevin McBride (35-10-1, 29 KOs); deux fois, double champion du monde de divisionJesse Vargas (28-2-1, 10 KOs); cinq fois champion du monde et 1996 médaillé de bronze olympique Antonio Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KOs); deux fois, double champion du monde de division Reggie Johnson (44-7-1, 25 KOs), trois fois, triple champion du monde de division James Toney (77-10-3, 47 KOs); et concurrent mondial des poids lourds Gerry Cooney (38-3, 24 KOs).
Association des anciens de boxe Etats-Unis
Créé pour le champion d'une vie, relations mutuellement bénéfiques entre les Etats-Unis de boxe et ses anciens élèves, –boxeurs, fonctionnaires, les entraîneurs et les amateurs de boxe — L'Association des anciens relie générations de champions, source d'inspiration et de redonner aux futurs champions de boxe Etats-Unis Boxe, dans et hors de l'anneau.
L'Association des anciens de boxe Etats-Unis est ouvert à toute personne qui a un amour pour la boxe et souhaite rester en contact avec la boxe amateur. Les membres bénéficient d'un accès à une grande variété d'événements spéciaux organisés par l'Association des anciens, y compris la réception annuelle de l'Association des anciens Etats-Unis de boxe Hall of Fame.
Pour adhérer à l'Association des anciens, inscrivez-vous simplement à alumni @ usaboxing,.org pour un $40.00 par année cotisation. Les nouveaux membres recevront un T-shirt, porte-clés et porte-monnaie électronique.
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“Je pense que c'est génial,” Jones a parlé de la formation de la USA Boxing Alumni Association. “Les combattants qui sont devenus pro étaient de grands amateurs, mais il y a aussi beaucoup d’amateurs qui ne sont pas devenus pro. Tout le monde ne devient pas champion, mais ils ont essayé et ont fait de leur mieux, et c’est pourquoi cette organisation est bonne car tous les boxeurs sont appréciés.”
“Bien que le week-end du Hall of Fame ait tendance à se concentrer sur les carrières professionnelles de nombreux combattants,” Cugliari a conclu, “il était difficile de ne pas remarquer l'effet que la boxe amateur a eu sur la vie de beaucoup de ces grands champions. La USA Boxing Alumni Association tient à remercier Ed Brophy pour sa générosité et son soutien à la boxe, et nous nous réjouissons d'un long partenariat avec l'International Boxing Hall of Fame.”
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Anthony “The Magic Man” Tarver Credits USA Boxing for giving him Structure that carried him to top
COLORADO SPRINGS, Tour. (Mai 21, 2018) – Future Hall of Famer Anthony “The Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 1 Caroline du Nord, 22 KOs) has just about done it all as a boxer having been an Olympic medal winner and world champion as an amateur, along with capturing five major light heavyweight world titles as a professional, as well as a pair of The Ring magazine’s top honors, and four other world championships in two different divisions.
“I credit USA Boxing for giving me structure for the first time in my life,” Tarver a expliqué. “Everything was scheduled; curfew, eating, formation, sommeil….tout! I then understood that I had to be accountable for everything I did. I had talent, but I wasn’t structured, and that was bigger than me. I had to adjust to authority. My determination took off, giving me support I never had before. I went on to make speaking engagements and get sponsors. I broke barriers. I’ve been the best at every level that I fought at in the world.”
Tarver was a highly decorated amateur who had an amazing 158-12 record. He is the only boxer to capture gold medals at World Amateur Championships, U.S.. National Championships and Pan-American Games in the same year (1995). The Orlando, Florida-born southpaw won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, losing in the quarterfinals to future world champion Vassiliy Jirov, who Tarver had defeated in the semifinals of the 1995 World Amateur Championships. Tarver also won top honors at the 1994 National Golden Gloves Tournament and 1995 World Championships Challenge.
“I went on a winning roll in 1995 and went into the Olympics in rare form,” Tarver dit. “And that’s why I was favored to win a gold medal. I was hitting him (Jirov), the same guy I’d beaten in the World Championships, but no points were registering for me. I had a good second round, but I was down three points, so I threw my game plan away in the third round. I felt I had to do more and got away from my style: counter punching, not getting hit, and being patient. I thought I had won and so did a lot of people. I made up for that, bien que, with a gold-medal professional career.
“I had been faced with a decision about going pro after I was beaten in the ’92 Olympic Trials. I decided to stay in the amateurs, despite not having any guarantees about making the 1996 U.S.. Équipe olympique. I sacrificed four years of my pro career, which is why I turned pro at a relatively late age (27). I was determined when I found out the 1996 Olympics were in Atlanta. I think I made the right decision and I have no regrets.
“I had always dreamed of going to the Olympics. I saw Roy Jones, Jr – we first fought each other at 13 – get robbed of gold. I was watching that on television, jumped up, and knew where I was heading: The Olympics! We both suffered horrible decisions in the Olympics and I knew then that our careers would be parallel.
Tarver made his pro debut February 18, 1997 à Philadelphie, arrêt Joaquin Garcia (4-0) dans le second tour.
“I was an Olympic bronze medal winner but when I first turned pro,” Tarver added, “I didn’t have a promoter or manager. Nobody was willing to take a chance on me until I was 4-0, when I signed by first contract with Russell Peltz. I felt nobody could beat me.”
Nobody was able to beat Tarver, at least until his 17e combat pro, quand Eric Hardingdefeated Tarver by way of a 12-round unanimous decision.
Deux ans plus tard, Tarver embarked on a 12-fight murderer’s row stretch during the next seven years, arguably establishing him as the No. 1 livre pour livre de combat dans le monde. It all started with a successful rematch with Harding (21-1-1) in Indianapolis, when Tarver dropped Harding in the fourth round, plus twice more in the fifth, on his way to a fifth-round technical knockout to avenge his lone pro loss to that date.
Next up for Tarver was a showdown with 44-3 Montell Griffin for the WBC and IBF 175-pound division titles, which were vacated by Roy Jones Jr., Avril 26, 2003 au Foxwoods Resort Casino à Mashantucket, Connecticut. In his first world title shot as a pro, Tarver pitched a complete shutout, decking Griffin in the first and last rounds to shut out his opponent by scores of 120-103 de trois juges.
Sept mois plus tard, cependant, Tarver lost a controversial 12-round majority decision and his WBC crown (he was stripped of his IBF belt) to WBA Super and IBO champion Jones in Las Vegas. The following May at the venue, Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, bien que, Tarver became the first to knockout Jones, putting him to sleep in the second round.
Tarver then became a mainstream celebrity, appearing on late-night shows and covers ofThe Ring magazine and KO Magazine, and co-hosting an ESPN Vendredi Night Fights émission de télévision.
“I was robbed in my first fight with Roy,” Tarver insisted. “They called my knockout of Roy the greatest upset in light heavyweight history. Why didn’t they see me coming? I had beaten everybody ranked ahead of me. Roy was the pound-4-pound king, but he knew. I may not be the fastest, the quickest, or the strongest, but I doubt that there’s ever been a pro fighter to enter the ring with a higher IQ than me. Even at my age, I still feel that way today.”
The WBC stripped Tarver of his title in 2004 for fighting IBF champion Glen Johnson (41-9-2) instead of the WBC mandatory challenger. Johnson, ironiquement, was stripped of his IBF title for the same reason right before his fight in Los Angeles with Tarver. Tarver and Johnson fought for The Ring and IBO titles and Johnson won a 12-round split decision.
In their rematch six mois plus tard à Memphis, Tarver won a unanimous 12-round decision over Johnson to capture the IBO strap. Tarver completed his trilogy with Jones, retaining his IBO title with a unanimous 12-round decision (117-111, 116-112, 116-112).
Tarver lost a 12-round decision June 10, 2006 in Atlantic City to Bernard Hopkins for the IBO championship, which was soon vacated and recaptured by Tarver with a 12-round majority decision over Elvir Muriqi (34-3).
Tarver traveled to Australia in 2011 to challenge IBO cruiserweight champion and local hero Danny Green, who retired after nine rounds, as Tarver added another title belt to his display case.
En Décembre 2013 à Temecula, Californie, Tarver knocked out Jonathon Banks (29-2-1) au septième tour, and Tarver’s last fight was a 12-round split decision draw with former world champion Steve Cunningham (28-7) à Newark, New Jersey.
En 2006, Tarver starred as Mason “The Line” Dixon, the heavyweight champion in the film,Rocky Balboa.
Tarver, as he marches towards his planned history-making performance by becoming the oldest heavyweight world champion of all-time, also has served as a color commentator in boxing for Spike TV and Showtime.
Aujourd'hui, à l'âge de 49, Tarver is still technically active, and he also trains his son and undefeated middleweight prospect, Antonio Tarver, Jr. (5-0 (4 KOs), where they live in Tampa, Floride.
“I was older than the rest of the boxers on the U.S. Olympic Team and the U.S. National Team,” Tarver remarquer. “What a team! Guys like Diego Corrales et Zab Judah didn’t make that Olympic Team. I gave Floyd Mayweather, Jr. his first moniker, ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’, until he changed it years later to ‘Money’. We had a bond on that Olympic team with Floyd, Fernando Vargas, David Reid, Zarim Raheem and the others.”
Although at the age of 49 he is still an active fighter, Tarver occassionally does some color commentating and he trains pro and amateur boxers at a gym in Tampa, Floride. “I’m not retired as a fighter,” Tarver commented. “I started a program, ‘Train with The Champ’, and it includes room rent and training. I like to say it’s an AirB&B for boxing. I train my son (5-0 moyens Antonio Tarver, Jr. là. I learned a lot from my early days, training in Orlando with my coach, Lou Harris, and I reunited with Jimmy Williams, qui est 90 maintenant, training my son together in Tampa.
Tarver also is an advocate of the relatively new “Association des anciens de boxe Etats-Unis,” which was created to champion a lifelong, relations mutuellement bénéfiques entre les Etats-Unis de boxe et ses anciens élèves, –boxeurs, fonctionnaires, les entraîneurs et les amateurs de boxe — l'Association des anciens connecte des générations de champions, source d'inspiration et de redonner aux futurs champions de boxe Etats-Unis Boxe, dans et hors de l'anneau.
“I’m going online to join,” Tarver dit. “I’m looking forward to attending an Alumni Association meeting, Juin 24-30 during the Junior Olympics in Charleston, Virginie De L'Ouest.
Everything that goes around, vient autour, in USA Boxing. Just ask future Hall of Fame candidate Antonio Tarver.
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Boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar goes Back to the Future at 5th St. Gym
MIAMI (Octobre 26, 2016) — Internationally renowned boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar has come full circle, right back to the famed 5e St. Gym in South Beach, where he once visited as a teenager to learn and now trains fighters out of six days a week.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Cuellar’s family resettled in Miami when he was three with Orlando living there through high school. Comme un boxeur amateur, Cuellar vividly remembers watching boxers at 5e St. Gym such as Cassius Clay, Willie Pastrano, Vinnie Curto et Florentino Fernandez, as well as legendary trainers, frères Angelo et Chris Dundee.
“I watched and learned, picking up as much as much as I could,” Cuellar a dit. “Maintenant, I find myself working out of the 5e St. Gym for the past six weeks. It’s been an incredible experience. Chaque jour, you never know who is going to walk through the doors there. It’s been one of the best boxing gyms in the world for more than 50 ans. From the days dating back to Muhammad Ali, fighters have been attracted to this gym because of its rich history and great sparring, as well as to the area with South Beach’s restaurants, clubs and beach. The warm, humid weather also makes it easier for fighters to lose weight running and training.
“(Propriétaire) Dino Spencer is carrying on the 5e St. Gym’s tradition. Everyday I’m there is exciting for me. Mixed ethnic groups train there and it’s a magnet for talent. There’s sparring three days a week – I call it Spar-a-rama – and everybody’s welcome to challenge themselves. The sparring is better than a lot of TV fights.
“5e St. Gym trainer Guy Laieta had been trying to convince me to join the team for the last five years. I spoke to Dino on several occasions, expressing my desire to train fighters out of the 5e St. Gym. Il dit, ‘Let’s do it.’ The success of the 5e St. Gym today has a lot to do with ownership. Dino has a passion for boxing and he is very hospitable, which trickles down to his staff and fighters. Good vibes all of the time!”
Cuellar left for Las Vegas in 1976 et, after he realized that being a boxer wasn’t in his best interest, he started training fighters there in 1981 out of Johnny Garcia’s Gym. Un an plus tard, he shifted his base Brooklyn and started training fighters out of another boxing icon, Gym Gleason. En 2000, he resettled in Miami.
Best known as world light heavyweight champion the head trainer of Glen Johnson, Cuellar also worked with future champions such as Nicolas Walters, Rances Barthelemy et Erslandy Lara, aussi bien que Luis Franco, Aaron Davis et Juan Carlos Gomez, to name a few of the more notables. Aujourd'hui, he’s the chief second for several top fighters including Antonio Tarver.
Recognized throughout boxing as a superior teacher, Cuellar’s success is mostly attributed to his training of fighters on an individual basis, focusing on their personal needs rather than giving all fighters the same instructions and attention.
“Each fighter needs personal and specific work to complement their God-given talents,” Cuellar explained. “You can’t teach all fighters the same way. I specialize on what I call old school meets new school. Old school was upfront and personal to go 15 tours, new school is about throwing more punches, more foot movement and fighting from the outside. I teach doffense: defense + offense. Punches aren’t vitamins, none should be taken. Boxing is little more than a battle of reflexes; one fighters versus another, but the real trick is how the fighter uses his reflexes. I teach my fighters how to turn the ring apron into a minefield.”
Boxing has played a huge role in Cuellar’s life. Back in the 5e St. Gym is just another chapter in his unique life.
“I live through my fighters,” Cuellar concluded. “Every victory is my proudest moment. There are no big or little victories, every win is a happy moment because of all the hard work and sacrifices me and my fighter made during training camp.”
Orlando Cuellar is thrilled to have gone back to the future.
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Undefeated prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. establishing his own identity in ring
TAMPA (Mai 10, 2016) – Fighting for his young family, as well as to expand the legacy associated with his last name, the son of 5-time world champion and 1996 U.S.. Olympien Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver – invaincu moyen junior perspective Antonio Tarver, Jr. – this past weekend continued establishing his own identity in the ring.
After a 9-month absence, the 28-year-old Tarver (4-0, 3 KOs) returned to the ring in Lakeland, Floride, arrêt Jose Cortez dans le second tour. Tarver displayed his improving skills, especially a punishing body attack, during a thoroughly dominating performance. He broke-down Cortez and closed the show in style.
“It took me one round to get rid of ring rust,” il a expliqué. “We had a game-plan to go to the body, then the head, body and head, but it took me a round to do it. God’s really blessed me and I owe all thanks to Him. My father and coach, Jimmy Williams, have always told me not to look for a knockout but that it’ll come. I’m not a one-punch knockout fighter. It’s all about setting up shots and putting them together. I may not connect with every single body shot I throw, but if I get in three of four each round, it’ll eventually cause damage. I’m focusing on my opponent’s liver and ribs, trying to be a body-snatcher.”
Tarver was an athlete, playing basketball and football, who didn’t start boxing until he was 19. He had a very brief amateur career and fully realizes that he’s consistently going to be fighting more experienced boxers.
“Dans le ring,” Tarver dit, “I’m still a baby. My opponents may be much more experienced than me, but I do have a lot of experience around me: my father, coach Williams and Darrell Foreman. My father wouldn’t support me as a fighter until I proved to him that I was worthy (sacrificing and training). I’m worthy now and believe I’m coming into my own as I continue to learn.”
“Comme un père,” Tarver Sr., noté, “I wanted him to know what he was getting into and have the tools to succeed. He’s as tough as nails. When he realizes how strong he really is…..look out. There’s a difference between hitting an opponent with a punch and punching through him like he’s doing now. I just wish he’d get started quicker. He doesn’t get going until he gets hit and then he turns into a beast. A ferociousness comes out from inside that I never had. He’s improving all of the time. He’s putting punches together better and sitting down on his punches.
“Antonio is going to be a fan-friendly fighter. I know I put him under a lot of pressure, but he’s fighting much more experienced guys. I’ve never been worried about him fighting a tough guy. It’s the guys who think in the ring and have amateur pedigree that can be problems for him.”
Understanding that his opponents get pumped to fight him because of his last name, Antonio Jr. rationalizes that, taking advantage of the situation he is in. “It’s very important for my opponents to beat me and the name,” il a admis. “My father set this stage for me and my name is, Antonio Tarver, Jr., so they’re trying to give us both a loss. I’m fighting for my family and to protect the legacy of my last name. I try and take advantage of being my father’s son and accept everything that goes with that. I don’t try to put pressure on myself but, bien sûr, I want to be the best Antonio Tarver Jr. I can be.
“People are always going to compare me with my father but we fight in different weight classes. Light heavyweights, other than Roy Jones Jr., are slower than junior middleweights, who are much quicker like Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I’m always going to be fighting opponents taller than me, or sometimes the same height, but I’m 5′ 9″ and a lot of my opponents are going to be 6′ 2″ or so.
The father has another important lesson he’s teaching his son. “Antonio became a father for the first time last September and he was slow getting back in the gym,” Antonio Sr. ajoutée. “He has to learn how to balance fatherhood with his pro boxing career, making sacrifices to become a champion!”
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PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS MAKE SUPER BOWL 50 PREDICTIONS
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Antonio Tarver réfute test de drogue a échoué
Équipe Tarver a passé la fête du Travail alimentation sans-abri & d'autres à l'Armée du Salut à Tampa
ÉQUIPE Tarver (L-R) – Jamil Thompson, Antonio Tarver, Angela Mitchell, Orlando Fernandez et Eboney De Costa.
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TAMPA (Septembre 10, 2015) — Équipe Tarver, dirigé par le champion du monde cinq fois et poids lourd du monde Anthony “The Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KOs), passé ce passé Labor Day desservant plus de 150 sans abri, personnes handicapées et à mobilité réduite, vétérans militaires locales, à l'Armée du Salut à Tampa.
“Je l'aime vraiment le service de la communauté que nous avons fait dernièrement parce que je me sens comme si je fais une différence dans la vie des gens qui sont moins fortune m'a ensuite,” Tarver dit. “Pour savoir que mon équipe semble apprécier il fait tout aussi bien ce encore plus spécial pour moi. Je les apprécie vraiment pour avoir pris part à chaque fois qu'ils sont appelés. Je ne peux pas attendre pour notre Giveaway Turquie et de jouets de Noël à Tampa / Orlando. Si des organisations à but non lucratif ou des sponsors potentiels sont prêts à se joindre à l'équipe Tarver, s'il vous plaît ne pas hésiter à visiter mon site Web à OfficialAntonioTarver.com que nous continuons à faire une différence là où ça compte.”
Prochaine fonction prévue de l'équipe Tarver sera un Giveaway Turquie avant Thanksgiving.
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Équipe inaugurale Tarver Retour Pour-- École de conduire un grand succès la semaine dernière à Tampa
Équipe Tarver à la Maison de Layla à Tampa
TAMPA (Août 26, 2015) — L'équipe inaugurale Tarver Retour à l'école-Drive a été un succès majeur de la semaine dernière à la Maison de Layla (www.LaylasHouse.com) à Tampa, Floride.
Champion du monde cinq fois et poids lourd du monde, Anthony “The Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KOs), son fils, invaincu moyen junior perspective Antonio Tarver, Jr. (3-0, 2 KOs), et quelques autres membres de l'équipe Tarver distribués fournitures scolaires jeudi dernier à des enfants défavorisés dans la ville natale de Tampa Tarver.
ÉQUIPE Tarver: (L-R) – Antonio Tarver, Antonio Tarver Jr., Eboney De Costa, Orlando Fernandez, Angela Mitchell et Jamil Thompson
“Il n'y a rien de mieux que de voir des sourires sur les visages des jeunes enfants,” Tarver dit. “Je crois qu'il est important de redonner à votre communauté. Nous pensons qu'il est très important pour les enfants, en particulier les plus jeunes, d'avoir des fournitures pour le premier jour d'école. Nous étions en mesure de leur fournir des fournitures essentielles comme le livre-bags, crayons, et les ordinateurs portables. Avec optimisme, ils se sentent mieux dans leur peau, aller à l'école, et obtenir une bonne éducation.”
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Travis Kauffman revient avec la destruction 1er round sur Carmack
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