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tony penecale’s Box Fan Expo Ringside report
Los ntawm: Tony Penecale
Quick video intro here:
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Last weekend’s middleweight title showdown between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs also featured the annual Box Fan Expo, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The amazing memorabilia on display and live amateur boxing action complemented an array of past and present world champion fighters available for quick meet and greets.
As a lifelong boxing fan, it was a shame that I only had a little over two hours to spend at the event before heading back to the T-Mobile Arena for the start of the undercard bouts. The time I was able to spend was thoroughly enjoyable. The prices were reasonable to meet these fistic legends and have a few moments to talk and take photos. The average $20 -$25 price for a photo op was significantly less than what would have been lost at the casino in a single roulette spin.
James Toney was there in a suit, proving that he can even make plaid look stylish. For a guy known for a surly nature, he was very accommodating and mentioned he will be in Philadelphia for a live show on June 7 and hopes to see me there.
In the booth next over was Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Al Berstein, who I had the privilege of interviewing in 2011. When told of my admiration of his classy work and being a fan since his days with Barry Tompkins on ESPN’s Thursday Night Fights, he was humble and appreciative.
The line to meet Roy Jones Jr. was long but worth the wait. While the time to talk with Roy was short, I was able to mention what an honor it was to meet one of the greatest performers of my generation and how I sat only a few feet from him when he was on the Creed II set.
While the line to meet the legendary Sugar Ray Leonard was exceptionally long, you could see he was truly enjoying himself, flashing that million-dollar smile and doing his famous fists-raised photo op with fans. Unfortunately, with time running short, I did not have the opportunity to meet one of my favorite fighters growing up. I would have loved to have shown him a photo when I was four-years-old, swinging away on the Sugar Ray Leonard punching bag I was given.
A few feet away was one of Sugar Ray’s most-famous rivals, the great Thomas “Hitman” Hearns. While the Hitman has shown some slowing as he has aged, he still proves to be an imposing figure, but he now replaces that fearsome glare with a warm smile.
Also coming up to meet Thomas Hearns was current IBF Super-Featherweight Champion Tevin Farmer, a fellow Philadelphian, who I’ve had the opportunity to watch grow from a 7-4-1 journeyman boxer to a 29-4-1 lub ntiaj teb champion.
My visit wouldn’t be complete without stopping to see “The Pazmanian Devil” Vinny Paz, always one of my favorite action fighters and charismatic personalities. Instead of a handshake, he greeted me with a big hug and expressed disappointment that my dad didn’t join me at the expo.
In the short time frame, it was impossible to meet all of the great fighters there including Michael Spinks, Riddick Bowe, Errol Spence, Anthony Dirrell, and Earnie Shavers. With it being Cinco de Mayo weekend, the lines for some of the Mexican legends wrapped around the convention center floor. Mikey Garcia, Marco Antonio Barerra, Erik Morales, and Juan Manuel Marquez all proved to be exceptionally popular. But nothing compared to the roar of the pro-Mexican crowd when the great Julio Cesar Chavez was introduced.
Attending this event was a dream come true and I could only wish I had more time to spend at the event. Everything was so professionally done and those in attendance were beyond accommodating.
Kudos to Box Fan Expo for such an exceptional event.
Listen to our radio show episode from earlier this week for more insight from Tony “Lub Tornado” Penecale about this event.
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BOXING ICON AND 8-TIME WORLD CHAMPION THOMAS HEARNS CONFIRMED FOR 5TH ANNUAL BOX FAN EXPO, DURING CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND, SATURDAY MAY 4, Rau Las Vegas
FORMER WBC WOMEN’S CHAMPION MIA ST.JOHNCONFIRMED FOR FOURTH ANNUAL BOX FAN EXPO, DURING MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15, Rau Las Vegas
Las Vegas (Lub Xya hli ntuj 5, 2018) – Former WBC women’s champion Mia St. John AKA
“Lub Knockout” has confirmed that she will appear, have a booth and hold a Meet & Greet with her fans at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the fourth Annual Box Fan Expo rau Saturday Cuaj hlis 15, 2018 los ntawm 10am to 5pm, during Mexican Independence weekend. The Boxing Expo will also coincide with the highly anticipated rematch between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin, that will take place later that evening.
St.John will once again appear at this year’s Expo where she will will have merchandise to sell to her fans, as well as photos, signatures and memorabilia.
St. John yog ib tug ntawm cov feem ntau zoo nkauj thiab nto moo poj niam kev boxers ntawm tag nrho cov-lub sij hawm. Nws yog tus qub WBC, IFBA and IBA world champion who gained popularity by appearing on some of the biggest undercards in boxing history that were headlined by Oscar De La Hoya. She also has appeared on the cover of Playboy and appeared on many of the popular talk shows all over the world. On to top ntawm hais tias, St. John tau ua countless kev siab hlub ua hauj lwm, tsim lub non-profit “Paub yog lub hwj huam” Foundation, uas pab Latino-hom tsev kawm ntawv nyob rau hauv lub U.S. St. John thiab nws niam, Maria Rosales, mus saib cov tsev kawm ntawv rau kev nyuaj siab qhov tseem ceeb ntawm tsev neeg, kev kawm ntawv, self-empowerment thiab pov ntawv xaiv tsa. Mus ntsib http://miastjohnfoundation.org/ for more info.
St.John joins, Jessie Vargas, Erik Morales and Fernando Vargas among early commitments to this year’s Box Fan Expo.
About Box Fan Expo
Box Fan Expo has been a huge success with fans and boxing industry people. Many boxing stars have attended the last three Expos such as Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns, Marco Antonio Barrera, Roy Jones Jr., Marcos Maidana, Sergio Martinez, Keith Thurman, Danny Garcia, Tim Bradley, Deontay Wilder, Amir Khan, Shawn Porter, Fernando Vargas, Zab Judah, James Toney, Vinny Pazienza, Mikey Garcia , Mia St.Johns, Leo Santa Cruz, Badou Jack, Terry Norris , Riddick Bowe , Earnie Shavers, Leon Spinks, Danny Jacobs, Hlob Abner mares, Jorge Linares, Brandon Rios and many more…
Tso rau neeg pom xws li boxing iav, tsho, new equipment’s, energy drinks, alcohol, supplement products, broadcasting media, sanctioning bodies and other companies who wish to participate will once again have a chance to showcase their brand to fans, media and the boxing industry.
Daim pib mus rau lub Box Fan Expo yog muaj nyob online ntawm:
https://boxfanexpo.eventbrite.com
Box Fan Expo is the ultimate boxing fan experience event, which allows fans to Meet and Greet Boxing Superstars of today, current and former world champions, Legends of the sport and other boxing Celebrities at their booth. On Site, fans will experience different activities from Autograph Sessions, Photo Sessions, FaceOff with your favorite boxers, as well as a chance to purchase merchandise and memorabilia from their booth, plus so much more… you won’t want to miss this must-attend Expo!
Box Fan Expo will also feature top boxing organizations, promoters, ring card girls, famous trainers and commentators as well as boxing gear companies “ALL UNDER ONE ROOF”.
Throughout the next few months leading up to the Event, there will be weekly updates on the many stars that will commit their appearance at the Boxing Expo. And for anyone in the Boxing industry or other Exhibitors (non-industry), who would like to be involved and reserve a Booth, contact Box Fan Expo:
Telephone number: (514) 572-7222 or Las Vegas Number (702) 997-1927
Rau tej lus nug thov email: boxfanexpo@gmail.com
Xav paub ntxiv txog cov Box Fan Expo yog muaj nyob rau ntawm: http://www.boxfanexpo.com
Koj yuav ua raws li Box Fan Expo nyob Twitter ntawm: https://www.twitter.com/BoxFanExpo
thiab nyob rau Facebook ntawm: https://www.facebook.com/BoxFanExpo
“Premier BOXING Champions” STARS LEO SANTA CRUZ, Hlob Abner mares, DANIYEE Jacobs, Shawn neeg nqa khoom, RANCES Barthélemy, ALFREDO ANGULO CONFIRMED FOR THIRD EDITION OF BOX FAN EXPO TAKING PLACE ON CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND, SATURDAY MAY 6, Rau Las Vegas
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2-TIME WORLD CHAMPION MARCOS MAIDANA CONFIRMED FOR THIRD EDITION OF BOX FAN EXPO TAKING PLACE ON CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND, SATURDAY MAY 6, Rau Las Vegas
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3-TIME WORLD CHAMPION JESSIE VARGAS CONFIRMED FOR THIRD EDITION OF BOX FAN EXPO TAKING PLACE ON CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND, SATURDAY MAY 6, Rau Las Vegas
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FORMER WBC WOMEN’S CHAMPION MIA ST.JOHN & CHRISTY MARTIN CONFIRMED FOR THIRD EDITION OF BOX FAN EXPO TAKING PLACE ON CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND, SATURDAY MAY 6, Rau Las Vegas
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8-SIJHAWM NTIAJ TEB zus Thomas”LUB hitman” HEARNS CONFIRMED FOR SECOND ANNUAL BOX FAN EXPO TAKING PLACE SATURDAY IN LAS VEGAS
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Lub qhov kawg kiv cua kev tshwm sim hais tias muab boxing kiv cua lub sij hawm los sib ntsib-thiab-tos txais sab saum toj neeg tua hluav taws, boxing celebrities thiab kev lag luam neeg
in an up-close, tus kheej qhov chaw
Las Vegas (Xya. 8, 2015) – Yim-lub sij hawm lub ntiaj teb champion Thomas “Lub Hitman” Hearns tau paub tseeb hais tias hais tias nws yuav tshwm sim thiab muaj ib tug lub rooj muag zaub nyob rau Las Vegas Convention Center rau lub thib ob ib xyoos ib zaug Box Ntxuam Expo uas yuav muab qhov chaw Saturday. Lub Boxing Expo yuav coincide nrog Floyd Mayweather vs Andre Berto championship sib ntaus, uas yuav muab qhov chaw tom qab ntawd yav tsaus ntuj thiab Mexican Independence lis xaus. Daim pib mus rau lub Box Fan Expo yog muaj nyob online ntawm:http://www.boxfanexpo.
Hearns ntau famously lub npe hu ua “Lub Hitman,” los ua tus thawj boxer nyob rau hauv keeb kwm los yeej lub ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau hauv plaub sib cais. Nws kuj yuav ua tus thawj fighter nyob rau hauv keeb kwm los yeej tsib lub ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau hauv tsib txawv kev sib cais. Hearns twb muaj npe nplhaib Magazine Fighter ntawm lub xyoo nyob rau hauv 1980 thiab 1984 thiab yog zoo tshaj plaws paub txog nws sib ntaus nrog Qab Zib Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler thiab Roberto Duran. Nws twb inducted rau hauv lub Boxing Hall ntawm koob meej nyob rau hauv 2012. Hearns kuj yuav muaj nyob ntawm tes, T-shirts, hnab looj tes thiab kos npe rau daim duab rau cov kiv cua kom yuav thiab txaus siab rau.
Hearns koom nws laus nws cov yeeb ncuab Duran, Tim Bradley, Zab Judah, James Toney, Sergio Martinez, Shawn Porter, Mia St. John, Terry Norris, Joel Casamayor, Fernando Vargas, Ruslan Provodnikov, Ray Mancini, Jessie Vargas, Mike McCallum, Austin trout, Kevin Kelley, referee Richard Steele, lub Nevada Boxing Hall ntawm koob meej, lub ntiaj teb Boxing Council (Qhov) thiab lub ntiaj teb Boxing Association (WBA) cov thaum ntxov cog tseg rau lub xyoo no lub Box Ntxuam Expo.
Qhov no cim kiv cua kev tshwm sim, uas tso cai rau cov kiv cua mus ntsib thiab tos txais boxing legends, yav dhau los thiab tam sim no champions thiab lwm yam celebrities ntawm kev ua si nawv, debuted kawg lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj. Xyoo no, lub Expo yuav khiav los ntawm10 a.m. rau 5 p.m. thiab ib zaug dua, cia cov kiv cua ib lub caij nyoog mus sau autographs, coj cov duab thiab purchase khoom thiab Memorabilia.
Tso rau neeg pom xws li boxing iav, tsho, broadcasting xov xwm thiab lwm hom tuam txhab uas muag uas xav mus koom yuav muaj ib lub caij nyoog rau showcase lawv cov khoom rau kiv cua thiab tag nrho lub boxing kev lag luam.
Tsaib no lub inaugural Box Fan Expo featured ib co ntawm cov feem ntau nrov fighters thiab boxing celebrities nyob rau hauv tsis ntev los no keeb kwm. Kiv cua tau kho kom mus ntsib nrog Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr, Martinez, Amir Khan, Judah, Mikey Garcia,Toney, Riddick Bowe, Leon Spinks Terry Norris, Hnav, Chris Byrd, Jesse James Leija, Lamon Brewster, Ray Mercer, Earnie Shavers, St-John, Erislandy Lara, Peter Quillin, Jean Pascal thiab Austin trout. Tsis tas li ntawd hnyuj hnyo twb tam sim no WBC zus Deontay Wilder, lub charismatic Vinny Pazienza, Paul Williams, sau commentator Al Bernstein thiab tus kws qhia Roger Mayweather ntawm Mayweather Promotions.
Lub roster ntawm cov neeg tuaj rau lub xyoo no lub Box Ntxuam Expo yuav mus ntxiv yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm thoob plaws hauv lub tom ntej no ob peb hnub ua ntej cov kev tshwm sim.
Rau cov neeg nyob rau hauv lub boxing kev lag luam los yog hom tuam txhab uas muag uas xav muab kev koom tes thiab tseg ib lub rooj muag zaub li ib tug exhibitor los yog sponsorship lub sij hawm, thov hu rau Box Fan Expo ntawm:
U.S.A xov tooj: (702) 997-1927 los yog (514) 572-7222
Rau tej lus nug thov email: boxfanexpo@gmail.com
Xav paub ntxiv txog cov Box Fan Expo yog muaj nyob rau ntawm:http://www.boxfanexpo.com
Saib cov hauj lwm promo video ntawm Box Fan Expo no:http://www.boxfanexpo.com/
Koj yuav ua raws li Box Fan Expo nyob Twitter ntawm: https://www.twitter.com/
thiab nyob rau Facebook ntawm: https://www.facebook.com/
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12-SIJHAWM NTIAJ TEB ZUS YAKAUNPAU “Teeb TAWM” TONEY CONFIRMED FOR SECOND ANNUAL BOX FAN EXPO SATURDAY, SEPT.12 IN LAS VEGAS
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Lub qhov kawg kiv cua kev tshwm sim hais tias muab boxing kiv cua lub sij hawm los sib ntsib-thiab-tos txais sab saum toj neeg tua hluav taws, boxing celebrities thiab kev lag luam neeg in an up-close, tus kheej qhov chaw
Rau Tam Sim Tso
Toney yuav muab ib tug lub rooj muag zaub nrog lub Aba (American Boxing Association) thiab muaj cov duab, hnab looj tes thiab cov khoom rau nws kiv cua yuav txaus siab rau thiab purchase.
Toney koom Sergio “Xav” Martinez , “Showtime” Shawn Porter, Peter “Kid Qhob noom xim kasfes” Quillin, “Txaus ntshai” Terry Norris, Joel “Txhuam” Casamayor, “El Feroz” Fernando Vargas, Ruslan “Siberian Rocky” Provodnikov thiab Mia St.John cov thaum ntxov lus cog tseg rau lub xyoo no lub Box Fan Expo.
Qhov no cim kiv cua kev tshwm sim, uas tso cai rau cov kiv cua mus ntsib thiab tos txais boxing legends, yav dhau los thiab tam sim no champions thiab lwm yam celebrities ntawm kev ua si nawv, debuted kawg lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj. Xyoo no lub Expo yuav khiav los ntawm10 a.m. rau 5 p.m. thiab ib zaug dua, cia cov kiv cua ib lub caij nyoog mus sau autographs, coj cov duab thiab purchase khoom thiab Memorabilia.
Tso rau neeg pom xws li boxing iav, tsho, broadcasting xov xwm thiab lwm hom tuam txhab uas muag uas xav mus koom yuav muaj ib lub caij nyoog rau showcase lawv cov khoom rau kiv cua thiab tag nrho lub boxing kev lag luam.
Tsaib no lub inaugural Box Fan Expo featured ib co ntawm cov feem ntau nrov fighters thiab boxing celebrities nyob rau hauv tsis ntev los no keeb kwm. Kiv cua tau kho kom mus ntsib nrog Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr, Martinez, Amir Khan, Zab Judah, Mikey Garcia,Toney, Riddick Bowe, Leon Spinks Terry Norris, Hnav, Chris Byrd, Jesse James Leija ,Lamon Brewster, Ray Mercer, Earnie Shavers, St-John, Erislandy Lara, Quillin, Jean Pascal thiab Austin trout. Tsis tas li ntawd hnyuj hnyo twb tam sim no WBC zus Deontay Wilder, lub charismatic Vinny Pazienza, Paul Williams, sau commentator Al Bernstein thiab tus kws qhia Roger Mayweather ntawm Mayweather Promotions.
Lub roster ntawm attendees rau lub xyoo no lub Box Fan Expo yuav muab tshaj tawm thoob plaws hauv lub tom ntej no ob peb lub lis piam ua ntej cov kev tshwm sim. Daim pib mus rau lub Box Fan Expo yog muaj nyob online ntawm:http://www.boxfanexpo.
Saib cov hauj lwm promo video ntawm Box Fan Expo no: Saib Promo Flyer no:
Saib cov duab Gallery 2014 no:
http://www.boxfanexpo.com/
Rau cov neeg nyob rau hauv lub boxing kev lag luam los yog hom tuam txhab uas muag uas xav muab kev koom tes thiab tseg ib lub rooj muag zaub li ib tug exhibitor los yog sponsorship lub sij hawm, thov hu rau Box Fan Expo ntawm: Rau tej lus nug thov email: boxfanexpo@gmail.com Xav paub ntxiv txog cov Box Fan Expo yog muaj nyob rau ntawm: http://www.boxfanexpo.com
Mus saib James Toney video txog Box Fan Expo mus rau:http://goo.gl/S8HTDk
Koj yuav ua raws li Box Fan Expo nyob Twitter ntawm: https://www.twitter.com/
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