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NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME TO ANNOUNCE FIFTH CLASS OF INDUCTEES ON FEB. 15 Las Vegas
CEO/President Michelle Corrales-Lewis to welcome “exceptional” new class
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Las Vegas (February 13, 2017) – The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame will announce its fifth class of inductees on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 11 a.m. PST, Hall CEO/ president Michelle Corrales-Lewis umemezele. The 2017 class of nine boxers and five contributors will be revealed at Real Boxing, 5137 The. Oquendo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89118. Lunch will be provide by TC’s Rib Crib.
The honorees will be formally inducted at the popular gala dinner on Saturday, Aug. 12 at Caesars Palace. Ticket information will be released shortly.
“We have elected yet another exceptional class of inductees and I can’t wait to introduce them,” said Corrales-Lewis, owashonelwa umyeni wakhe ngasekupheleni, Diego Corrales, was a member of the NVBHOF’s inaugural class in 2013. “We have some of the best boxers ever in this group and I know fans are going to be excited to have the opportunity to meet them.
“Our class of contributors is very strong as well and all have made a significant imprint upon boxing in Nevada.”
Past inductees include some of the greatest fighters who have ever lived, okubala Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran, Julio Cesar Chavez, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis futhi nokuningi.
The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame is an IRS 501 (c)3 charity and all donations are tax deductible. The Hall’s charitable contributions over the five years since its formation have helped boxers in need and boxing-related charities. Donations are welcome.
The Hall was founded in 2013 by noted boxing broadcaster Rich Marotta. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe, Ifoni 702-3NVBHOF, noma 702-368-2463.
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Media Coordinator Jon Hait Chief Executive Officer Michelle Corrales-Lewis
Email: jhshark@aol.com Email: michelle@nvbhof.com
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Box Fan Expo to be present at the 54th Annual WBC Convention in Hollywood, Florida
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Edwin Viruet Ring 8 Guest Speaker Tuesday night
Edwin Viruet
Ring 8 Guest Speaker Tuesday night
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I-NEW YORK (May 16, 2016) – New York State Boxing Hall-of-Famer Edwin Viruet will be Ring 8’s guest speaker at Tuesday night’s (May 17) monthly meeting, starting at 7 p.m. KANYE, at O’Neill’s Restaurant, sise 64-21 53rd IDrayivu eMaspeth, I-New York.
“Edwin was inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2016,” Ring 8 president Bob Duffy wathi. “He was unable to attend the induction ceremony, so we will present him with his Hall of Fame belt at our meeting. Edwin embodies what the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) is all about in terms of his overall achievements and accomplishments as a New York State fighter. We’re very happy that Edwin will have this opportunity to be honored and we’re all interested in hearing him speak about his boxing career.”
Viruet (32-6-2) was a standout amateur boxer, albeit brief, registering a perfect 18-0 irekhodi, highlighted by his winning two New York Golden Gloves Championship in 1968 as a 118-pound sub-novice and the following year in the 126-pound division, Edwin and his brother,Adolpho Viruet, were declared co-champions.
In 1969, Viruet turned pro and two years later, he fought a draw with future world championSaul Mamby and he won a decision over another future world champion, Alfredo Escalara. Three years later, Viruet scored a decision victory against fellow 2016 NYSBHOF inductee Vilomar Fernandez at Madison Square Garden.
Viruet went the distance twice with world lightweight champion Roberto Duran, losing a decision both times, the first in a non-title fight in 1975 and the second as a world title challenger in Philadelphia two years later.
In 1983, Viruet retired as a boxer after having fought in all of the top New York venues – MSG, The Felt Forum, Sunnyside Garden, Nassau Coliseum, Singer Bowl and Audobon Ballroom.
Viruet also enjoyed a successful career as a trainer with heavyweight Alex Steward, a Golden Gloves champion who, njengoba professional, fought Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfieldfuthi George Foreman. Viruet also trained actor Wesley Snipes.
Several Vinny Maddalone ukulwa, courtesy of Charley Norkus, Jr., will be shown on six television screens during Tuesday night’s buffet.
Ring 8 Summer Picnic
Ring 8’s annual summer picnic will be held Sunday afternoon, August 28, at Brady Park in Massapequa Reserve, Nassau on Long Island, I-New York. Complete details coming soon.
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Wendandatho 8: Ring 8 waba usizo yesishiyagalombili eyayaziwa ngokuthi National Veteran Boxers Association – yingakho, Ring 8 – futhi namuhla motto zenhlangano namanje uhlala: Boxers Ukusiza Boxers.
Ring 8 ngokugcwele izibophezele ekusekeleni abantu isinde emphakathini wesibhakela abangase zidinga usizo mayelana ukukhokha intela, izindleko zokwelashwa, noma whatever isidingo evumelekile.
Qhubekani umugqa www.Ring8ny.com ngolwazi oluthe xaxa mayelana ring 8, iqembu kunayo yonke eyake e-United States kanye ngaphezu 350 amalungu. Annual ubulungu imisebenzi elindeleke kuba kuphela $30.00 futhi ilungu ngalinye linelungelo a dinner lezitsha at Ring 8 Imihlangano njalo ngenyanga, kungabalwa July and August. Zonke punjab asebenzayo, amateur and professional, ilayisense boxing wamanje noma incwadi banelungelo lokuthola indandatho nelensinzwa 8 ubulungu waminyaka yonke. Izivakashi of Ring 8 bemukelekile ngemali kuphela $7.00 ngomuntu ngamunye.
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Boxing BioPic “Hands Of Stone” opens on August 26th
“Hands Of Stone” opens on August 26th. Watch below.
Pinolero Boxing Promotions futhi Jensen Strauss Agency Limitée Ngenani umfelandawonye amasu
Umthuthukisi baseNicaragua of the Year kunezela PR Canadian & Marketing Firm ukuba ekhoneni yayo |
Atty. Michael Schmidt (isikhungo) lapha uboniswa amaHholo-of-Famer Roberto Duran (L) nendodana yakhe Robin Duran (R)
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (June 10, 2015) — Marcelo Sanchez, umgqugquzeli ehola baseNicaragua esekelwe-Pinolero Boxing, futhi ummeli waseCanada Michael J. Schmidt, egameni Public Relations and marketing ngokuqinile Jensen Strauss Agency Limitée, namuhla ngokuhlanganyela umemezele ubuhlobo amasu ukwandisa brand Pinolero njalo International.
“Bobabili izinkampani babe futhi iDemo eside imigomo khaxa ngokuphelele,” Schmidt wathi. “Pinolero Boxing Promotion kule bhizinisi asathuthuka regional, kazwelonke kanye World Champions. Zombili izinkampani uzobe ebuka izindlela ezihlukene ukuze bathuthele Pinolero okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela ibe International uhlaka eminye. Pinolero linomlando kungase kutholakale ithrekhi asathuthuka brand oqinile Champions futhi yonke imizamo eyenziwayo ukuze kuqhutshekwe wandise ithalenta Pinolero. Jensen Strauss Agency Limitée ngeke anikeze umphakathi ubudlelwano nokumaketha ubuchwepheshe.”
“Ngokusobala,” Schmidt wanezela, “kuyoke kuphela babe munye Alex Arguello, kanye munye kuphela Roman “The Chocolatito” Gonzalez – Ngikholwa ukuthi kufanele ucabangisise ngokuthi the best iphawundi-for-iphawundi fighter emhlabeni namuhla – kodwa Pinolero Boxing has abantu abanamakhono ngomumo khule ibe isimo sabo siqu edume ukujula engachazeki.”
“Thina kahle Mr. Schmidt futhi Jensen Strauss Agency Limitée ngomsebenzi wakhe owaziwayo kanye professional in Panama, futhi umsebenzi asenzele wesibhakela abezindaba abanobuntu emhlabeni wonke,” Sanchez, ekhulumela Pinolero Boxing, amazwana. “Sobabili ziyavuma ukuthi kukhona talent obukhulu kufanele enze for marketing okuthakazelisayo. Jensen Strauss Agency Limitée futhi Pinolero sihlanganyele injabulo efanayo ekuthuthukiseni lezi zinsizwa, hhayi nje towards National Championships, kodwa futhi umbono World Championship, sigxile imizamo uphawu inkampani yethu futhi okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela in the ring, futhi mayelana image yabo futhi ekhonweni lethu lokugaya imali engenayo ngaphandle kwe-ring”.
Namathemba othembisayo ezifana engu-20 ubudala Junior Ramirez (12-0, 9 Kos), the World Boxing Council (WBC) Youth Silver iqhawe super engasindi, Knockout artist Roberto Arriaza (10-0, 9 Kos), the baseNicaragua welterweight iqhawe, futhi okungenani isisindo Byron Rojas (15-2), konke kuyizibonelo esiphelele ezinzile Pinolero Boxing sika ithalente nokunyuka.
Schmidt kuba sesinyusiwe by fighters baseNicaragua ezifana Cristofer Rosales Gonzalez, a oneminyaka engu-20 ubudala nge irekhodi 13-2, ngubani, Schmidt amanothi, “akubanga ngesaba ukwandisa uthathe Ezingakanqotshwa ukuncintisana International.”
Pinolero Boxing lizothatha ukugubha yayo 100th asetshenzisiwe show by ibamba esiqakathekileko wesibhakela e Nicaragua. “Sizokwenza input onazo kwemithombo kanye nobuchwepheshe, ngokusebenzisa isiqondiso Marcelo Sanchez at Pinolero Boxing,” Schmidt zaphawula. “Sijabula ukusebenza enkampanini yokukhangisa ukuthi, ngaphansi kokuqondisa Marcelo Sanchez, kanjalo talent kuphelela. Sethemba, phakathi nonyaka ozayo noma emibili, uhlobo lobuhlobo uzoboniswa ngesimo more isibhakela Champions kokubekwa ngaphansi banner Pinolero, kodwa futhi ngo nezinsizwa abaziphatha ngayo ekilasini kanye nekhono, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-ring, lapho sizalwa kangaka ubunjalo ezinye edume fighters baseNicaragua.”
“Sibheke phambili Jensen Strauss Agency Limitée ukusebenzela kanye egameni Pinolero Boxing ekusizeni ukunikeza add-on services in the Ukuthuthukiswa kwamathuba neziteshi marketing ezifanele ukuze okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela yethu,” Sanchez waphetha. “July yethu show kuyoba umcimbi okhethekile ukuze Nicaragua futhi Semukela kokuba Schmidt futhi Jensen Strauss Agency Limitée on board.”
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Manager John Seip esayina Italian super middleweight themba Daniele Marco Scardina
Miami (April 6, 2015) – Veteran manager boxing John Seip ine usayine ahlobisa kakhulu Italian amateur boxer Daniel Mark Scardina ukuze isivumelwano zokuphatha okukhethekile.
Seip waziwa kakhulu ekuqondiseni Peter “Chocolate Kid” Quillin to the World Boxing Organization (WBO) world middleweight isihloko. The native New Yorker futhi okwenzayo ekuphumeni British super middleweight Steed “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).
The Scardina oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala Umemeza kusukela Rozzano, a town of esingaphansi 40,000 Abantu esiFundazweni Milan. Waqala boxing in 2008 at the age of 16, ilandela ezinyathelweni umalume wakhe owayengudokotela boxer ngaleso sikhathi, kanye Daniele indima model.
Scardina, ababenolwazi 56 iziqubu amateur, ethumba ihlonipha top in tournaments eziningi Italian kubandakanya Rovereto National, Glove National Silver, futhi amabili Gloves National Golden. Waphinde wawina indondo lethusi emcimbini International.
In 2013, yena Boxed for the Italia Thunder Boxing Team in the World Series of Boxing, ngokuwina umdlalo wakhe kuphela ngokumelene Umphikisi German.
Scardina kuqala usuzizwa Seip sika at the world odumile 5th St. Gym in Miami Beach, ukusuka wavula in 1950 by Chris Dundee, kanye emzini ezingenakubalwa ompetha bomhlaba baye baqeqesha khona kuhlanganise Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston futhi Willie Pep. Isiko ocebile uyaqhubeka at the new 5th St. Gym, eliseduze at 1434 Alton Street, lapho amasosha ephezulu emhlabeni wonke ezifana Bernard Hopkins namanje ukuqeqesha.
“Ngiqala ukumbona ukuqeqesha at the 5th St. Gym and wabheka like a amateur ejwayelekile,” Seip wachaza. “Waphonsa punches ububanzi futhi akazange azi kanjani ukuxosha jab omuhle. Trainers Guy Laieta futhi Dino Spencer waqala ukusebenza naye futhi manje yena usebenzisa ababambe, ukulwa kude, futhi uphonsa izinhlanganisela limgwaza nameva. Muhle abanothando boxing, ukulalela nokufunda zonke izinsuku. Daniele has okuhle speed isandla namandla. Muhle a kid handsome, too. Ngabona okuthile kuye, intangibles, futhi wanquma asayine kuye.
“Dino kuyinto umnikazi odale ejimini top-notch amathuba sparring okukhulu ngaphansi kwesimo featuring amasosha amaningi kangaka abanamakhono ngempela bacindezela nomunye. Kuba sobala ukuthi kakade Danielle lithuthukile ukuqeqeshwa amakhono akhe khona. Muhle eside, fast and enamandla. Umsebenzi wakhe ohilela liyamangalisa; yena wokuqala in the gym, last ukushiya. Awukwazi ubuhlungu lokhu kid, noma. Sonke siyakholelwa ukuthi unalo ikusasa eliqhakaze ngempela.”
Ngokungafani fighters ezivela eRussia futhi elaliyiSoviet-bloc izizwe, kanye nalabo abavela Latin America ngubani United States eze ukusungula professional yabo boxing careers, Fighters Italian-abazalwa kuyaqabukela baye balandela umzila efanayo njengoba Scardina, owathuthela Miami ngonyaka odlule bese eyalala esitezi efulethini lomfowabo.
The lone Italian-owazalwa emhlabeni iqhawe owalwela efanele in America Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), owayenguyise WBC / WBA middleweight iqhawe in 1979-1980. Antuofermo, noma, wathutha nomkhaya wakhe eBrooklyn kusukela Puglia, Italy lapho eseneminyaka 17 futhi wafunda indlela libhokisi America.
“Bengilokhu ngifisa ukuba iqhawe in America,” Scardina wathi. “Lokho iphupho American for me. Ngicabanga uzoba nethuba elikhulu kuleli lizwe kube boxer omkhulu kungaba usizo olufanele. John Seip umphathi ungifanele ngoba ekholelwa esingakwenza ngoshampeni ndawonye emhlabeni njengoba iqembu.”
Punjab Scardina eyintandokazi kukhona Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux futhi Miguel Cotto. “Ngiyasebenza on ukuphelela njengoba i fighter ngaphandle futhi main izingalo zami closer,” Scardina wanezela. Ngithathe ukulwa ukuba babe iqhawe emhlabeni.”
Scardina kulindeleke ukuba enze DEBUT yakhe pro lokhu May noma u-June.
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