HALL OF FAMER "THE GOLDEN BOY" OSCAR DE LA HOYAAT DELTAGE 2024 HALL OF FAME WEEKENDHall of Fames 35-års jubilæumsfest er fastsat til juni 6 – 9
KURV, NY – MARTS 18, 2024 – International Boxing Hall of Fame og Museum, som fejrer sit 35 års jubilæum i 2024, er glad for at kunne meddele, at Hall of Famer "Den gyldne dreng" Oscar De La Hoya vil deltage i Banquet of Champions og andre planlagte arrangementer for den 2024 Hall of Fame Induktionsweekend sat til juni 6-9.
“Fra OL-guld til verdenstitler i seks divisioner, Oscar De La Hoya fangede boksefans verden over,” sagde Hall of Fame-direktør Edward Brophy. "Vi ser meget frem til at byde 'The Golden Boy' velkommen tilbage til Canastota til Hall of Fame's 35-års jubilæumsfejring."
De La Hoya slog en 223-5 (153 KOS) amatørkarriere ved at erobre letvægtsguld på 1992 Olympiske Lege. Han blev professionel samme år og vandt sin første verdenstitel - WBO super fjervægteren – i kun sin 12. pro-kamp og ville fortsætte med at vinde 10 verdensmesterskaber i seks vægtdivisioner.
Blandt de mestre, han besejrede, er Jorge Paez, John John Molina, Rafael Ruelas, Genaro Hernandez, Ike Quartey, Fernando Vargas, Ricardo Mayorga og Hall of Famers Hector Camacho, Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker og Arturo Gatti.
En af de største pay-per-view-attraktioner i boksehistorien. De La Hoya trak sig tilbage 2008 med en pro rekord på 39-6 (30 KOS). I 2002 han etablerede salgsfremmende kraftcenter Golden Boy Promotions. I 2014 "Den gyldne dreng" blev valgt ind i Hall of Fame i sit første år af valgbarhed.
En imponerende liste over over 35 boksestorheder fra USA og udlandet, herunder klassen af 2024, tilbagevendende Hall of Famers og særlige gæster vil deltage i Hall of Fame Weekend-fejringen.
Klassen af 2024 der skal hædres inkluderer boksere Ricky Hatton, Ivan Calderon,Diego Corrales (posthumt), Michael Moorer, Jane sofa,Ana Maria Torres, Luis Angel Firpo (posthumt), Theresa Kibby (posthumt), træner Kenny Adams,Direktør Jackie Kallen, publicist Fred Sternburg, journalist Wallace Matthews og udsender Nick Charles (posthumt).
Klassen af 2024 vil blive hædret under Hall of Fame Induction Weekend i juni 6-9, 2024, i "Boxing's Hometown". Mange begivenheder vil finde sted i Canastota og det nærliggende Turning Stone Resort Casino gennem den fire-dages fejring, inklusive ringside-samtaler, nævestøbning, kamp nat, 5K løb / motionsløb, boksning autograf kort show, banket, parade og indsættelsesceremoni.
Fuldstændige begivenhedsdetaljer kan findes på www.ibhof.com. For mere information om 2024 Hall of Fame Induktionsweekend, kan du ringe (315) 697-7095.
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Om International Boxing Hall of Fame International Boxing Hall of Fame åbnede for offentligheden i 1989 og er dedikeret til at bevare arven fra den store boksesport. Beliggende i Canastota, New York, den tjener som en hyldest til verdens bedste boksere og bidragydere til sporten, giver bokseentusiaster mulighed for at værdsætte og fejre boksningens rige historie og tradition.
International Boxing Hall of Fame er placeret ved Exit 34 af New York State Thruway. Åbningstiderne er mandag-søndag 10 a.m. til 4 p.m.
TURNING STONE RESORT CASINOOFFICIEL RESORT CASINO I DEN INTERNATIONALE BOXING HALL OF FAME WEEKEND
Det flerårige partnerskab mellem Turning Stone Resort Casino og International Boxing Hall of Fame sætter fokus på hele regionen, tiltrækker national opmærksomhed og øger turismen i det centrale New York. Partnerskabet omfatter en række nationalt tv-transmitterede boksebegivenheder på Turning Stone, kulminerer hvert år i juni med en omfattende og større end nogensinde før International Boxing Hall of Fame Weekend med adskillige spændende begivenheder i Madison County og Oneida County i løbet af den fire dage lange fejring.
Colorado Springs, Lap. (Juli 23, 2020) — Multiple world title challenger and decorated amateur boxerBJ “El Peligroso” Blomsternever really had a chance. He was born into a boxing family and the now 41-year-old Flores has certainly made the most of it.
Flores is boxing’s all-purpose guy: bokser, television color commentator, and trainer.
Hans far, Ralph Flores, was a military person who earned his “boxing coaching bones” igennem Kenny Adams, head coach of the 1988 USA Boxing Olympic Team and assistant coach four years earlier. The ’88 USA Olympic Boxing Team includedRoy Jones, Jr., Riddick Bowe, Ray Mercer, Andrew Maynard og Kennedy McKinney.
BJ started going to the gym with his father when he was four. His grandfather and older brother were also boxers. “My father wasn’t a boxer, but he learned how to coach boxing from assisting Kenny Adams,” BJ explained. “He fell in love with boxing while working with Kenny and learned his way to teach boxing. Kenny is still like a grandfather to me.”
Flores also loved football and he was offered a full scholarship to attend Brigham Young University. He took two years off from BYU to serve a mission for The Church of Latter-day Saints in Mexico, where he lived in one of the poorest sections of Mexico in Culiacan. He began training there in the same gym where legendaryJulio Cesar Chaveztrained as a kid. Goodbye, fodbold.
Som en amatør bokser, Flores had a superlative 110-11 rekord, highlighted by gold-medal performances at the 1997 National Golden Gloves and 2000 Western Trials, in addition to the 2001 & 2002 US Championships as a heavyweight. He was the only American to win gold in 2002 ved 4 Nations Tournament in Alabama versus Germany, France and Australia.
Flores targeted a berth on the 2004 USA Boxing Olympic Boxing Team, and he was a top contender, dog, he received an offer from Main Events to turn pro that BJ described as too lucrative to pass up.
“BJ’s decorated career as an amateur boxer, professional boxer, and broadcaster place him in a top tier of well-rounded USA Boxing Alumni,” said Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. “His valuable experiences inside and outside the ring serve as great examples for the next generation of champions.”
Flores fought professionally from 2003 til 2018, compiling a solid 34-4-1 (21 KOS) rekord, including three major World title challenges, both as a heavyweight and cruiserweight. He captured eight regional titles, as well as the IBA and WBF World super cruiserweight championships.
During his boxing career, network officials discovered that he was a gifted boxer, as well as well-spoken, handsome and knowledgeable with a smooth delivery. More than anything else, he could effectively break down fighters and fights and instead of only noting what had happened, he explained why and what was going to happen for fans watching.
Blomster’ break as an announcer came, according to BJ, after his 2008 fight againstDarnell Wilsonlive on ESPN. “I was a 4-1 underdog against Wilson,” Flores said. “He was coming off five straight knockout victories and we were fighting in his hometown (Dover, Delaware). He was ranked No. 2 and I was No. 15. He came into the ring carrying a pillow for me, but I beat him for 10 af 12 runder.
“I was then brought into ESPN’s studios to be interviewed. Boxing was my life! I worked withBrian Kennyand we immediately had chemistry. By the end of that year, I was an ESPN in-studio commentator every three weeks.”
Flores ended up being hired as a ringside analyst in 2012 and he became part of the PBC (Premier Boxing Champions) broadcast team on NBC. He worked with giants in boxing and media industries such asSugar Ray Leonard, Al Michaels og Marv Albert.
Although Flores didn’t represent his country at the Olympic Games, he was a CBS Sports color commentator in 2012 og 2016. He is looking forward to calling Olympic boxing once again next year on CBS.
“Anytime you can represent the USA is a tremendous honor and great opportunity,” Flores added. “I called the 2012 OL (Storbritannien) og 2016 (Brasilien). We called the action from a studio, but I’d love to call next year’s Olympics from ringside in Japan. Jeg elsker det. Nothing else in life matters to me versus the Olympics.”
USA Boxing Alumni Association
Created to champion lifelong, gensidigt fordelagtige forhold mellem USA Boxing og dets alumner, –boksere, officials, coaches and boxing fans — The Alumni Association connects generations of champions, inspiring and giving back to USA Boxing’s future boxing champions, ind og ud af ringen.
The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, including its annual USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
To join the Alumni Association, simply register atalumni@usaboxing.orgfor a $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, key-chain and e-wallet.
I dag, Flores is a retired prizefighter living in Arizona. He still attends amateur boxing tournaments in Las Vegas and California. For the past six months he’s been training “Internet boxer” Jake Paul og, selvfølgelig, BJ remains an accomplished color commentator/analyst.
When boxing fully returns on television, BJ will serve as a color commentator for The Impact Network, which plans to promote three shows a month.
Few active pro boxers have been television announcers at the same time they were fighting like Flores. Even though he’s now moved on from fighting to teaching as a trainer, he continues to be one of boxing’s most knowledgeable and popular commentators. Ingen tvivl, BJ Flores is boxing’s all-purpose guy.
OM USA BOXING:The mission of USA Boxing shall be to enable United States’ athletes and coaches to achieve sustained competitive excellence, udvikle karakter, støtte boksesporten, og fremme og dyrke olympisk boksning i USA. Ansvaret for USA Boxing er ikke kun at producere olympisk guld, but also oversee and govern every aspect of amateur boxing in the United States.
This will be my 4th official amateur boxers reunion, with the first three having taken place in Las Vegas (December 2014), New York (Juni 2015) and Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut (Juli 2015).
Boxers who have attended previous reunions include the likes of four-time world champion Roy Jones Jr., three-time world champions Mike “The Body Snatcher” McCallum and Iran “The Blade” Barkley, WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster, former WBC light heavyweight champion Montell “Is” Griffin, 1988 US. Olympic coach Kenny Adams.
I’ve had this idea to bring my former amateur peers together for many years and in December of 2014 at the Rival Boxing Store in Las Vegas I finally had my first amateur boxers reunion and it was a tremendous success. Since then I’ve had two more (at Jimmy’s -Glenn- Corner on W. 44th St.. in NYC and at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut)successful gatherings that have seen everyone from local amateurs, regional Golden Gloves champions, National AAU champions, verdensmestre, Olympians and every other possible level of amateur boxer.
I had originally planned to have boxers from my Olympic trials class (1988)gather for a reunion but changed it to any era or level. On that end we’ve had boxers ranging from 1976 A.A.U. National champion Bret Summers from Washington State and 1976 Jamaican Olympian Mike McCallum all the way up to 2004 US. Olympian Jason Estrada.
Basically it’s a chance for us to get together, reminisce, tell stories, see old friends, meet people we’ve never met before. Maybe the best example of what my reunions entail came at the 2015 event at Foxwoods when I had Hartford’s Luis Ortiz and Lawrence Clay-Bey meet for the very first time since they boxed each other as young kids at Marc Anthony’s in Hartford way back in 1977!
NÅR: Juli 23, 2016, 12 middag til 4 pm
HVOR: Margaritaville Restaurant inside the Mohegan Sun casino @ Uncasville, Connecticut.
WHO: Invited and expected guests include, among MANY others:
WBA welterweight and junior middleweight champion Jose Antonio Rivera
Dickie Ecklund and “Irish” Micky Ward (“The Fighter”)
1984 Olympic Gold Medalist Mark Breland
Comp-U-Box record holder “Sucra” Ray Oliviera
“Contender Star Peter “the Pride of Providence” Manfredo Jr.
1996 US. Olympic team captain Lawrence Clay-Bey
Current boxing promoter (Star Boxing in NYC) og 1988 NYC Daily News Golden Gloves 147 pound Champion Joe DeGuardia
Tidligere to-division verdensmester “Poison” Junior Jones from Brooklyn, NY
WBO World Heavyweight Champion Mike Bentt and 1988 US. Olympic suppleant.
2004 US. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Vej
ICE
Quote: “
The wait in the dressing room before a professional boxing match -that last hour- could be enough to strip a man who never boxed before of whatever pride, desire and heart he THOUGHT he had” –Iceman John Scully, April 2002
“Boxing is a tight-knit fraternity. Everybody knows everybody. But a line in the resin will forever be drawn separating those who step into the square ring and those who DON’T. Many, many people make money on a fight, but when the bell sounds, only two people answer it.” – Randy Smith, Februar 2003, Journal Inquirer (Manchester, Conn.) Newspaper
