Tag Archives: Jack Dempsey

box, Inel 8

6th annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2017 induction ceremony review

Lasă un comentariu
PENTRU DIFUZARE
(L-R) – Seated – Alex Ramos, Boby Bartels, Doug Dewitt, Stan Hoffman and Gaspar Ortega; în picioare – Don Majeski, Renaldo Snipes & Ron Katz
Toate imaginile Peter Frutkoff
NEW YORK (Mai 1, 2017) – Mai mult decât 300 people thoroughly enjoyed yesterday’s sixth annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) induction ceremony at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. NYSBHOF is sponsored by Ring 8.
“It seems like yesterday that we started the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame but here we are in our sixth year,” Președinte NYSBHOF Bob Duffy said opening the festivities. “I’ve been asked what VIPs were coming here and I said the 15 inductees are VIPs. This is how we remembers our New Yorkers in boxing. We recognize them for their achievements in boxing and all of them are great guys, prea.”
“Today is a validation of their (inductees’) Cariere,” added Ring 8 president/Chairman of the NYSBHOF Induction Committee Jack Hirsch. “This is a great honor for all of them. Congratulations to all of the honorees.”
Living boxers inducted into the NYSBHOF were Manhattan welterweight Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 KO), Yonkers’ provocator al titlului mondial la categoria grea Renaldo “Dl.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 KO), Yonkers middleweight Doug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 KO), and world middleweight title challenger Alex “Bombardierul Bronx” Ramos (39-10-2, 24 KO)
Posthumous participants inducted were Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Dick Tiger (60-19-3, 27 KO), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Jose “Chegui” Torres(41-3-1, 29 KO), and Williamsburg’s middleweight world champion, “The Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey (51-4-11, 23 KO).
Non-participants now in the NYSBHOF are Brooklyn/Bronx manager Stan Hoffman, Long Island matchmaker Ron Katz, and past Ring 8 president/NYSAC judge Bobby Bartels și Queens’ International agent Don Majeskeu.
Posthumous non-participant inductees were Brooklyn boxing historian Hank Kaplan, Long Island cut-man Al Gavin, Bronx referee Arthur Donovan and New York City columnist Dan Parker.
Fiecare inductee va primi o centură proiectat la comandă semnificând inducție lui a NYSBHOF.
The 2017 Fame au fost selectate de către membrii comisiei nominalizarea NYSBHOF: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero și neil Terens.
Toate boxeri necesare pentru a fi inactiv timp de cel puțin trei ani pentru a fi eligibil pentru inducerea NYSBHOF, iar toate inductees trebuie să fi avut reședința în statul New York, pentru o parte semnificativă a carierei lor de box sau în timpul carierei lor prim respective.
Past world champions and NYSBHOF inductees Iran Barkley, Vito Antuofermo și Mark Breland were in attendance, as were retired boxers and others such as Dennis Mitlon, Bobby Miller, Jimmy Lange și Richard Brown.
(L-R) – Michael & Gaspar Ortega.


Gasper Ortega: “I’m very honored to have people come out to honor me. It’s truly a pleasure to be here. I want fans to know how much I appreciate their support. Chiar acum, I feel like a champion; I’m on top of the world.”
Stan Hoffman
Stan Hoffman: “A lot of things have been said about me in boxing and I’m grateful for the success I’ve had in boxing. I wish I had 200 friends but the problem is I [probably have a 1000, so I can’t name them all today. This is special because I’m going into the Hall of Fame the same year as my godson, Ron Katz, who was the best matchmaker. He’s terrific. Boxing has been good to me.”
(L-R) – Ron & Barbara Katz


Ron Katz: “În ultimii 42 an, I’ve had the pleasure of working with so many great fighters, peste 200 campioni mondiali. I’ve had the pleasure to work for some great promoters, to say I’ve world for some of the giants of this industry is an understatement. I learned so much from Johnny Bos, Mickey Duff, Bruce Trampler and my mentor, Teddy Brenner. I’m so grateful to them.”
(L-R) — Melvina Lathan, Doug Dewitt & his son
Doug Dewitt: “I could have done better in the Tommy Hearns fight. Took Robbie Simms too lightly but I won the rematch. I was No. 3 (in lume) and I was going to fight Marvin Hagler, who was world champion when there was only one. Boxing is a tough business. I’m not walking around like I used to 20 cu ani în urmă. I had some good teachers. Am avut o carieră bună, I wouldn’t call it great. Thank you very much.”
(L-R) — Renaldo Snipes & Mike Taroli
Renaldo Snipes: “I have a lot of friends. I had a lot of enemies but now they’re friends. You have to know how to get along with everybody even though you had to fight some in the ring. You can’t go into the ring without freaking killer instinct. I’d like to thank everybody who supported me. I took what I learned in boxing and took it into the business world.”
(L-R) — Bobby Bartels & Lenny Mangiapane
Bobby Bartels: Dick Tiger wanted me to go to Africa with him but I said I couldn’t. I wish I had gone with him. When I was in Stillman’s Gym sparring, Gasper helped me a lot. He’s a beautiful man. I want to congratulate all the inductees. It’s great to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. It’s been a long road from the gym, through Golden Gloves, becoming a judge, and then Ring 8 president for nine years. This is the icing on the cake.”
(L-R) — Alex Ramos & Bob Duffy
Alex Ramos: În primul rând, I want to thank the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame and everybody here from the bottom of my heart. I want to thank Shelly Finkel, who did so much for me, and all the people who trained me. I was my own problem. I had a brain injury but it’s great to be alive.”
(L-R) — Michael Griffith, Don Majeski & Jack Hirsch
Don Majeski: “I have much to be humbled about. I congratulate all the inductees for their hard work and incredible contributions to boxing. I’m a beneficiary for all the fighters who gave me a chance to be a small part of their careers. Aceasta este o mare onoare, probably the only one I’ll ever get. It’s been a wonderful life in boxing the past 50 ani.”
Maestrul de ceremonii Dave Diamante
CLASA de 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Zahăr” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo și Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASA de 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Prieteni” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard și Don Dunphy.
CLASA DE 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Billy Backus, Kevin Kelley, Juan LaPorte, Gerry Cooney, Mustafa Hamsho, Howard Davis, Jr., Lou Ambers, Jack Britton, Terry McGovern, Teddy Atlas, Lou Dibella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon și Tom O'Rourke.
CLASA DE 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Goldman Charley, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon si Al Weill.
CLASA DE 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Fanfaron “Macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein și Jimmy Jacobs.
About Ring 8: Formata in 1954 de un ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Inel 8 a devenit a opta filiala a ceea ce a fost apoi cunoscut sub numele de Asociația Boxerii Nationala Veteran – prin urmare, RING 8 – și astăzi motto-ul organizației rămâne în continuare: Boxerii Ajutarea Boxerii.
RING 8 este pe deplin angajat sa sprijine oamenii mai puțin norocoși în comunitate box care poate solicita asistență în ceea ce privește plata chiriei, cheltuieli medicale, sau orice nevoie justificabil.
Du-te on-line pentru www.Ring8ny.com pentru mai multe informații despre RING 8, cel mai mare grup de acest gen din Statele Unite, cu mai mult de 350 Membrii. Cotizații anuale de membru este numai $30.00 și fiecare membru are dreptul la o cină bufet la RING 8 întâlniri lunare, cu excepția lunilor iulie și august. Toate boxeri activi, amator și cel profesionist, au dreptul la un nucleu gratuit 8 membru anual. Oaspeții de la Ring 8 Membrii sunt binevenite la un cost de numai $7.00 per persoană.
box, Inel 8

Sala de faimă a boxului de stat din New York anunță clasa de 2017

Lasă un comentariu
Duminică, Aprilie 30 Cina de inducție
Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo Snipes & Arthur Donovan head new class
NEW YORK (Decembrie 26, 2016) – Sala de faimă a boxului de stat din New York (NYSBHOF), sponsorizat de Ring 8, has announced its 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Duminică după amiază (12:30-5:30 p.m. ȘI), Aprilie 30, la Russo On The Bay din Howard Beach, New York.
“Încă o dată, “said NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy, “we’re honoring New York’s finest in our sport. This is all about recognizing great fighters, as well as others involved in boxing, from the state of New York. We’re expecting another knockout night.”
Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include Manhattan welterweight Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 KO), Yonkers’ provocator al titlului mondial la categoria grea Renaldo “Dl.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 KO), Yonkers middleweight Doug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 KO), și “Bombardierul Bronx,” world middleweight title challenger Alex Ramos (39-10-2, 24 KO)
Posthumous participants being inducted are Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Dick Tiger (60-19-3, 27 KO), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyeight world champion Jose “Chegui” Torres (41-3-1, 29 KO), și “The Nonpareil”, Williamsburg middleweight world champion Jack Dempsey (51-4-11, 23 KO).
Non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are Queens’ International agent Don Majeskeu, Long Island matchmaker Ron Katz, Manhattan manager Stan Hoffman and past Ring 8 president/NYSAC judge Bobby Bartels.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn boxing historian Hank Kaplan, Long Island cut-man Al Gavin, Bronx referee Arthur Donovan and New York City columnist Dan Parker.
Fiecare inductee va primi o centură proiectat la comandă semnificând inducție lui a NYSBHOF.
The 2017 Fame au fost selectate de către membrii comisiei nominalizarea NYSBHOF: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero și neil Terens.
Toate boxeri necesare pentru a fi inactiv timp de cel puțin trei ani pentru a fi eligibil pentru inducerea NYSBHOF, iar toate inductees trebuie să fi avut reședința în statul New York, pentru o parte semnificativă a carierei lor de box sau în timpul carierei lor prim respective.
CLASA de 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Zahăr” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo și Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASA de 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Prieteni” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard și Don Dunphy.
CLASA DE 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Billy Backus, Kevin Kelley, Juan LaPorte, Gerry Cooney, Mustafa Hamsho, Howard Davis, Jr., Lou Ambers, Jack Britton, Terry McGovern, Teddy Atlas, Lou Dibella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon și Tom O'Rourke.
CLASA DE 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Goldman Charley, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon si Al Weill.
CLASA DE 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Fanfaron “Macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein și Jimmy Jacobs.
Biletele sunt la pretul de $150.00 pe adult și $70.00 pentru copii (în 16), și să includă o gustare completă și un cocktail oră la intrare, începând de la 12:30 PM/ȘI, precum și cină (prim coaste, pește sau de pasăre) and open bar throughout the evening. Biletele sunt disponibile pentru a achiziționa de apel NYSBHOF / Ring 8 Președintele Bob Duffy la 516.313.2304. Anunțurile pentru programul NYSBHOF sunt disponibile, variind de la $80.00 pentru $250.00, prin contactarea Duffy. Du-te on-line la www.Ring8ny.com pentru informații suplimentare despre Boxing Hall statul New York of Fame.
About Ring 8: Formata in 1954 de un ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Inel 8 a devenit a opta filiala a ceea ce a fost apoi cunoscut sub numele de Asociația Boxerii Nationala Veteran – prin urmare, RING 8 – și astăzi motto-ul organizației rămâne în continuare: Boxerii Ajutarea Boxerii.
RING 8 este pe deplin angajat sa sprijine oamenii mai puțin norocoși în comunitate box care poate solicita asistență în ceea ce privește plata chiriei, cheltuieli medicale, sau orice nevoie justificabil.
Du-te on-line pentru www.Ring8ny.com pentru mai multe informații despre RING 8, cel mai mare grup de acest gen din Statele Unite, cu mai mult de 350 Membrii. Cotizații anuale de membru este numai $30.00 și fiecare membru are dreptul la o cină bufet la RING 8 întâlniri lunare, cu excepția lunilor iulie și august. Toate boxeri activi, amator și cel profesionist, au dreptul la un nucleu gratuit 8 membru anual. Oaspeții de la Ring 8 Membrii sunt binevenite la un cost de numai $7.00 per persoană.
box, ESPN Box, PBC pe ESPN, Premier box Campionilor

Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoods’ best fights

Lasă un comentariu
PBC pe ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Joi, Iulie 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. ȘI/5 p.m. PT
Mashantucket, CT (Iulie 19, 2016) — Connecticut may not have equal status with New York City or Las Vegas in terms of being a fight capital, but the Nutmeg State has produced five Hall-of-Famers with Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in Mashantucket, CT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Joi, Iulie 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KO) faces former world champion Am “Rege” Soliman (44-13, 18 KO) în cazul în 10-a rundă principal al Premier box Campionilor pe ESPN & ESPN.
Acoperire televizate începe la 8 p.m. ȘI/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KO) and California’s Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 KO).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 KO), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 și 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy Saddler.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 KO), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey de două ori; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Copil” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 KO), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 KO), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Jack “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 KO), who was born in Canada but lived in Bridgeport.
Over the year, many other Connecticut fighters have made an impact on the sport including Hartford’s NBA featherweight champion Battling Battalino (57-26-3, 26 KO), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Magic Man” Starling (45-6-12, 27 KO), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 KO), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Rău” Ciad Dawson (33-4, 18 KO) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 KO), Stamford’s world No. 1-clasat în greutate sudură Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 KO), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 KO).
The No. 1 Foxwoods fight of all-time, held on April 16, 2011, was also promoted by DiBella Entertainment, and was selected as the 2011 Ring Magazine and BWAA Fight of the Year. Defending champion Andre Berto (27-0) și challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 runde, each getting dropped twice, with Ortiz winning a hard-fought decision (114-111, 114-112, 115-110) for the WBC welterweight title.
A close second place is the 2003 BWAA Fight of the Year, in which future Hall-of-FamerJames Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov. The action started days earlier at the pre-fight press conference when a skirmish erupted as tables were overturned and glasses thrown. The animosity continued between the two fighters and their respective camps right up to the final bell. Previously undefeated, Jirov (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
În 2004, New England favorite Îra “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12lea rotund, come-from-behind knockout of always-tough Omar Sheika in a rematch of a previous draw, for a regional super middleweight title.
Two other N.E. fan favorites who fought regularly at Foxwoods were multiple-time world champion Vinny Paz (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, evidențiată de a lui 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50leacareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill în 2004. Oliveira was only 6-7-1 fighting at Foxwoods, but he faced nothing but iron and he did defeat a world champion, Vince Phillips, în lor 2000 non-title fight that produced the second-most total punches (2,989) recorded at that time.
Brazilian boxing fans always turned out in force when countryman Acelino “Îmbinare” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, înfrângereaZahir Raheem și Artur Grigorian și pierde la Juan Diaz și Diego Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Andy Leecoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan în 10lea rundă de lor 2011 luptă, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) în 12lea round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, și 114-113) în lor 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), și Ike Quarteyovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez în 1997 (Quartey was originally awarded a win by majority decision, but a scoring error was discovered and the fight was ruled a majority draw).
Two of the greatest boxers in modern boxing history, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. și Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. În lucrarea sa 15lea lupta pro, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10lea-TKO runda a Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Jesse James Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10lea rotund.
Biletele pentru evenimentul live, care este promovat de Dibella Entertainment, sunt la pretul de $150, $75 și $45, nu inclusiv cheltuieli de servicii aplicabile și impozite, și sunt în vânzare acum. Biletele sunt disponibile la www.ticketmaster.com și www.foxwoods.com sau vizitând Foxwoods’ Box office. Pentru a încărca prin telefon, apel Ticketmaster la (800) 745-3000.
Pentru mai multe informații, vizita www.premierboxingchampions.com, urmați pe TwitterPremierBoxing, LouDiBella, DiBellaEnt, @FoxwoodsCT, @ESPNBoxing and @Swanson_Comm and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/premierboxingchampions. Highlights are available to embed at www.youtube.com/premierboxingchampions. PBC on ESPN is sponsored by Corona Extra, cele mai fine de bere.
box, Arată Timpul, Showtime Box

BUD GREENSPAN’S “KINGS OF THE RING: FOUR LEGENDS OF HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING” TO AIR TONIGHT, Vineri, Iunie 10 AT 8 P. M. ET/PT ON SHOWTIME®

Lasă un comentariu

Showtime Sports® presents “KINGS OF THE RING: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing” featuring legendary heavyweight champions Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey și Joe Louis. The captivating film-length documentary written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Bud Greenspan, is airing on ARATĂ TIMPUL Vineri, Iunie 10 la 8 p.m. ET / PT.

 

“KINGS OF THE RING” explores the lives of four of the greatest heavyweight champions of the 20lea secol, who made an impact in history in and out of the ring, advocating for political issues and civil rights. The athletes not only pushed the boundaries by becoming champions, but they also achieved greatness while changing the world in the process.

 

An encore presentation of “KINGS OF THE RING: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing” will replay on SHOWTIME EXTREME on Saturday, Iunie 11 la 10:30 a.m. ET / PT. It will also be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND beginning Iunie 15.