科羅拉多斯普林斯, 膝部. (十二月 5, 2017) – The fledgling USA Boxing Alumni Association will host a gala reception 這個星期五 夜晚 (Dec.) 8, highlighted by the induction of the inaugural class of the USA Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame, at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown in Salk Lake City, Utah.
The reception is being held in conjunction with the 2017 USA Boxing Elite and Youth National Championships and Junior and Prep Open, 十二月. 5-9, also held in Salt Lake City.
創建於冠軍終身, 美國拳擊和校友之間的互利關係, –拳擊手, 官員, 教練和拳擊迷 — 校友會連冠軍的代, 鼓舞人心，回饋美國拳擊的未來拳擊冠軍, 進出環.
“The Alumni Association will bring together former boxers, coaches and official who have reached all levels of success in amateur boxing, as well as people who have all over for Olympic-style boxing,” explained 邁克·麥卡蒂, USA Boxing Executive Director. “This association will help expand our grassroots and create fight champions of USA Boxing and alumni members.”
“最偉大的” 和 “真正的交易”, 分別, 穆罕默德·阿里 和 霍利菲爾德, will be the first boxers inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame, joining two others, veteran coaches 羅斯福桑德斯 和 湯姆·庫爾特, also being inducted as charter members.
The late Ali is the lone three-time lineal world heavyweight champion of all-time, who as an amateur (known then as Cassius Clay), 捕獲在金牌 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Holyfield was the first and remains the only undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight world champion. 在 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Holyfield won a bronze medal as a light heavyweight, after a he suffered a questionable disqualification in his semifinals match. 今年早些時候，, Holyfield started his promotional company, The Real; Deal Boxing.
一 1993 USA Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, Roosevelt coached the U.S. Marines boxing team in 1975-1978 和 1988-2000. He also served as assistant coach on the USA Olympic boxing teams in 1984 和 1992.
Coulter has been a boxing coach for more than 62 歲月, continuing to conduct boxing clinics today around the glove. In addition to coaching the iconic 1988 USA Olympic boxing team, which captured eight individual medals, he was a consultant for the 1996 squad that won 14 meals. A national boxing champion at Syracuse University, Coulter also coaches the U.S. Army Boxing Team.
國際拳擊名人堂入選者 鋁伯恩斯坦 will serve as Master of ceremonies for 週五 事件. “USA Boxing makes a positive difference in the lives of thousands and thousands of young people ion a daily basis,” the voice of Showtime Boxing said,” and I am so honored to serve as emcee for the inaugural USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame Reception. This new arm of USA Boxing will be a terrific addition to an already great organization. I look forward to it.”.
Four Olympic medalists from Team USA will be in attendance: 1984 金牌得主 Paul Gonzales, 1984 和 1988 silver medalists, 分別, 維吉爾山 和 Michael Carbajal, 和 1972 bronze medalist Jessie Valdez.
Other boxing dignitaries who are confirmed attendees include 1992 奧林匹亞 勞爾·馬爾克斯, 名人堂裁判大廳 史蒂夫·斯莫傑, National Golden Gloves champion and NBC boxing announcer B.J. 花卉, three-time New England Golden Gloves champion“愛爾蘭的” 米奇沃德, former Air Force Academy coach Eddie Welchers, Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves franchise tournament director Larry Fullmer and others.
美國拳擊校友會是開放的人誰愛拳擊，並希望保持與業餘拳擊連接. 成員由校友會授予訪問各種特別活動的主機, including Friday evening’s USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
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alumni@usaboxing.org 為一個 $40.00 每年的會員費. 新成員將獲得T卹, 鑰匙扣和電子錢包.
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