 ROCHESTER, N.Y.. (Mahuru 25, 2016) — A small crowd packed The Diplomat Party House to honor Michael “Jinx” Spinks a Fitz “The Whip” Vanderpool at the recent 26th annual Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame (RBHOF) Banquet & Awards Night.
Spinks (31-1, 21 Koó) received the prestigious Integrity Award, while Vanderpool (26-8-4, 13 Koó) was presented the coveted Courage Award.
 (L-R) – Michael Spinks, Steve Smoger and Fitz Vanderpool
Rochester’s Johnny McCoy (Clarence Millard) was inducted into the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame. McCoy (77-30-14, 21 Koó), nana ra i kape atu i roto i 1978 i te tau o te 81, was one of the top flyweights in the world between 1916 a 1932. He was recognized as world champion by the state of California following a tournament to determine the winner of the vacant world title relinquished by Fidel LaBarba.
“This was another memorable banquet for the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame,” RBHOF treasurer/spokesperson Gino Arilotta mea. “Everyone enjoyed the evening. We posthumously inducted Johnny McCoy and honored are award winners, Michael Spinks and Fitz Vanderpool. Hall of Famer referee Steve Smoger gave a wonderful speech. Each of these great men were so pleasant and they gladly signed hundreds of autographs and posed for so many pictures. These three humble men have my sincere respect.
“I te Rāhoroi, September 17th, we took the boxers along with Steve Smoger to a local radio station where they were interviewed on air. We also took them to one of Rochester’s super gyms, i reira Willie Monroe, JR. trains. We showed them many important sites within the city. I also presented a city high school graduate, the Carmen Basilio Scholarship Award, which is awarded annually.
An International Boxing Hall of Famer (IBHOF), Spinks was the most dominant light heavyweight champion of his era, capturing the World Boxing Association (WBA), International mekemeke Federation (IBF) a te Kaunihera mekemeke Ao (WBC) taitara ao, in addition to being a 1976 Mētara koura Olympic.
Vanderpool is a former World Boxing Federation (WBF), WBC FECARBOX and Canadian welterweight champion. He took on all comers including Rochester’s only world champion, Charles “te Natural” Murray and world champion Fernando Vargas. I teie mahana,, Vanderpool is a trainer in Canada who also gives countless hours of time and energy in Kitchener as a community volunteer.
Special guests in attendance included Murray (44-9, 26 Koó), a former IBF light welterweight champion, world-rated heavyweight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (18-0-1, 16 Koó), Rochester lightweight prospect Lavisas “Red” Williams (8-1-1, 3 Koó), Josie Basilio (widow of Hall of Famer Carmen Basilio), distinguished boxing writer Dan Cucco and Smoger, the International referee extraordinaire.
RBHOF holds monthly meetings, plus an annual picnic and Christmas party, in addition to supporting local gyms.
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Kaiwhakahaere John Seip tohu Italian amanaki super whitu Daniele Marco Scardina
Miami (April 6, 2015) – Kaiwhakahaere mekemeke Veteran John Seip He hainatia tino whakapaipai kaimekemeke amateur Italian Daniel Mark Scardina ki te kirimana whakahaere motuhake.
Kei te pai mohiotia Seip mō te ārahi i Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin ki te mekemeke Organization World (WBO) te ao taitara whitu. Ko te Māori Yorker New hoki whakahaere maranga super whitu o Ingarangi O nga hoiho o “Ko te tāriana” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Koó).
Hails-tau 21-tawhito te Scardina i Rozzano, he pa o iti iho i te 40,000 te iwi i roto i te Porowini o Milan. Tīmata ia mekemeke i roto i 2008 i te tau o te 16, e whai ake nei i roto i te tapuwae o tona matua keke i te kaimekemeke i taua wa, me te tauira o Daniele.
Scardina, nei i 56 pāngia runaruna, hōnore runga mau i roto i te maha tauwhāinga Italian tae atu i te Rovereto National, National hiriwa karapu, a e rua National Golden karapu. Riro ano hoki e ia he mētara parahi i te hui International.
I roto i te 2013, pouaka me ia mo te Team mekemeke Italia Thunder i roto i te Series Ao o Boxing, toa tona ōrite anake ki te hoariri Tiamana.
Scardina tuatahi mau aro o Seip i rongonui i te ao 5th St. Omaoma i roto i te Miami Beach, te tuatahi whakatuwheratia i roto i te 1950 e Chris Tanitī, a kua whakangungua ki reira te fare o te toa rave rahi ao tae atu Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Durán, Sonny Liston a Willie pep. Tonu te tikanga tuku iho taonga i te hou 5th St. Te omaoma, kei tata i 1434 Alton Street, te wahi i runga whawhai i huri noa i te ao, pērā i Bernard Hopkins whakangungu tonu.
“I kite tuatahi ahau i whakangungu ia ia i te 5th St. Omaoma a ka titiro ia he runaruna angamaheni rite,” Ua haamaramarama Seip. “Maka e ia nifó te whanui, kihai i mohio ki te maka i te werohanga pai. Trainers Guy Laieta a Dino Spencer tīmata te mahi ki a ia, a inaianei ngā te whakamahi ia i tona taea, whawhai i te tawhiti, me te i whiua e ngā o ārai me matau. Te ngākau nui e pā ana ki mekemeke ia, whakarongo me te ako i nga ra. Daniele He tere ringa pai me te mana. Ko ia he koati ataahua, rawa. I kite ahau i te tahi mea i roto ia ia, whäwhä, a ka whakatau ki te haina ia.
“Dino Ko te rangatira hanga nei i te omaoma runga kakari-wāhitanga nui mākutu i roto i te huru ngā na e rave rahi whawhai pūmanawa nei pana tino tahi i te tahi ki te. Ko te kua kitea e kua pai ake Danielle tona whakangungu pūkenga i reira. Te ia te roa, nohopuku me te kaha. Ko maere tana matatika mahi; te ia te tuatahi i roto i te omaoma, whakamutunga ki te waiho. E kore e taea e koe te kino ia i tēnei koati, rānei. Te ti'aturi nei tatou katoa e ia he he kaha'ú rawa kanapa.”
Rerekē whawhai i Russia me nga iwi Soviet-kimi mua, me te hunga i Latin America e haere mai ana ki te Hau Amui no Marite no te haamau i to ratou mau mahi mekemeke ngaio, Whawhai Italian-whanau kua aru uaua te ara ano rite Scardina, nei neke ki Miami whakamutunga tau, me te moe i runga i te papa o te fare o tona teina.
Ko te toa te ao Italian-whanau ana'e nei whawhai ngaio i roto i te Amerika, ko Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Koó), nei ko te whitu toa WBC / WBA i roto i 1979-1980. Antuofermo, ahakoa, oho ki tona utuafare ki Brooklyn i Puglia, Italy, ia ia 17 a ka ako ia e founga ki te pouaka i roto i te Amerika.
“Kua hiahia tonu ahau ki te waiho i te toa i roto i Amerika,” Na ka mea a Scardina. “Ko te te moe ki ahau American. Whakaaro ahau ka whai ahau he faingamālie nui i roto i tenei whenua ki te kia i te kaimekemeke rahi e nehenehe hei ahau ki te awhina matau. John Seip Ko te kaiwhakahaere tika hoki ahau, no te whakapono ia e taea e matou te taitara ao tahi hei rōpū.”
Kaimekemeke tino o Scardina e Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux a Miguel Cotto. “E mahi ahau i runga i te tino rite ki te toa ki waho, me te ki matua i oku ringa ofi,” Tāpiri Scardina. Kei te whawhai ahau ki te hei toa ao.”
Tūmanakohia Scardina ki te hanga i tona tuatahi pro tenei May Pipiri ranei.
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