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USA Boxing declares June “Alumni Association Membership Drive Month”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Ronde. (Juni 11, 2018) – USA Boxing’s “Alumni Association Membership Drive Month” got off to a knockout start this past weekend in Canastota, New York, at the annual International Boxing Hall of Fame Class induction ceremonies, as nine high-profile boxers, featuring an incredible accumulate pro record of 365-51-7 (239 KO) en 24 major world titles, joined the growing USABAA ranks as proud, new members.
Chris Tofflemire en John Scully represented USA Boxing Alumni Association, manning tables at the IBHOF golf tournament and Memorabilia Show, to increase USABAA awareness and recruit new members.
“The spirit of amateur boxing was alive and well throughout the International Boxing Hall of Fame weekend,” explained Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association uitvoerend directeur. “Information about the new USA Boxing Alumni Association was well received by the weekend’s guests, and esteemed alumni such as Jesse Vargas and Reggie Johnson mentioned that they are excited to become more involved. The Alumni Association thanks the support provided by many this weekend, particularly Micky Ward and Antonio Tarver, who continue to spread our mission.”
“The fact is that the vast majority of professional boxers who attend the Hall of Fame weekend at Canastota each year were at one time amateur boxers and knew each other well before they ever even turned professional,” added invaluable USABAA advisor Scully, who recruits boxers for group-sponsored events like this. “At some point in the conversations between boxers across the grounds, the topics frequently will eventually turn to their amateur days together.”
“The amateurs, voor mij, was about fighting for respect,” twee-divisie wereldkampioen Junior Jones (50-6, 28 KO); bekend. “To go to different places and make it very far (als amateur), you have to learn how to conduct yourself and transact with others.”
Other new USABAA members are six-time, twee divisie wereldkampioen Miguel Cotto(41-6, 33 KO); four-time, twee divisie wereldkampioen, evenals 1976 Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Famer, Michael Spinks (31-1, 21 KO); Irish heavyweight who retired Mike Tyson, Kevin McBride (35-10-1, 29 KO); two-time, twee divisie wereldkampioenJesse Vargas (28-2-1, 10 KO); five time world champion and 1996 Olympisch bronzen medaillewinnaar Antonio Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KO); two-time, twee divisie wereldkampioen Reggie Johnson (44-7-1, 25 KO), drie keer, drie divisie wereldkampioen James Toney (77-10-3, 47 KO); and world heavyweight contender Gerry Cooney (38-3, 24 KO).
USA Boxing Alumni Association
Gemaakt om kampioen een levenslange, wederzijds voordelige relaties tussen de VS in dozen en haar alumni, –boksers, ambtenaren, coaches en boxing fans — De Alumnivereniging verbindt generaties kampioenen, inspirerende en terug te geven aan de VS Boxing toekomstige kampioenen boksen, in en uit de ring.
De Verenigde Staten Boxing Alumni Association staat open voor iedereen die een liefde heeft voor het boksen en wil graag contact houden met amateur-boksen. Leden krijgen toegang verleend aan een breed scala aan speciale evenementen georganiseerd door de Alumni Association, met inbegrip van de jaarlijkse USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame receptie.
Om lid te worden van de Alumnivereniging, simply register at alumni@usaboxing,.org for a $40.00 per jaar contributie. Nieuwe leden krijgen een T-shirt te ontvangen, sleutelhanger en e-wallet.
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“I think this is great,” Jones talked about the formation of the USA Boxing Alumni Association. “Fighters who turned pro were great amateurs, but there are also a lot of amateurs who didn’t turn pro. Everybody doesn’t become champion, but they tried and gave their best, and that’s why this organization is good because all boxers are appreciated.”
“Although Hall of Fame weekend tends to focus on the professional careers of many fighters,” Cugliari concluded, “it was hard not to notice the effect that amateur boxing has had on the lives of many of these great champions. The USA Boxing Alumni Association wants to thank Ed Brophy for his generosity and support for boxing, and we look forward to a long partnership with the International Boxing Hall of Fame.”
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USA Boxing declares June “Alumni Association Membership Drive Month”
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PAST & PRESENT of USA Boxing: (L-R) 1972 Olympic bronze medalist Jesse Valdez, 2004 U.S. Nationals champion Austin Trout, future Olympic hopeful Sharaha-Taina Moreu, 2-time world (voor) champion Danny Romero, en 1984 Olympic silver medalist Virgil Hill.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO (Mei 31, 2018) – USA Boxing has declared June as its “Alumni Association Membership Drive Month”.
“I have been involved in boxing my entire life,” USA Boxing president John Brown zei. “I’m a strong believer in USA Boxing and The Grass Roots Program; that truly makes up everything that IS boxing in America. The USA Boxing Alumni Association was started to keep this FAMILY together. I’m hoping that each of our current members will reach out to ONE other potential new member. I look forward to a busy month of June. ”
Gemaakt om kampioen levenslang, wederzijds voordelige relaties tussen de VS in dozen en haar alumni, –boksers, ambtenaren, coaches en boxing fans — De Alumnivereniging verbindt generaties kampioenen, inspirerende en terug te geven aan de VS Boxing toekomstige kampioenen boksen, in en uit de ring.
Chris Tofflemire en John Scully will oversee two USA Boxing Alumni Association tables at the International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, Juni 7- 10 Canastota, New York, during the its golf tournament and Memorabilia Show.
USA Boxing product Winky Wright (51-6-1, 25 KO), a two-time junior middleweight world champion, is one of only three boxers being inducted into the IBHOF Class of 2018.
Multiple world champion as a pro and 1984 Olympisch zilveren medaillewinnaar, Virgil “Quicksilver” Heuvel, drievoudig deelnemer aan Fight of the Year “Iers” Micky Ward, wereldkampioenen Riddick Bowe, Junior Jones and other “Alumni Association” members are expected to make supportive appearances.
“USA Boxing Alumni Association has enabled countless alumni to congregate at various events throughout the country since its inception last November,” added Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association uitvoerend directeur. “By expanding our membership through a strong June campaign, we will build on our successful infancy and strengthen our ability to support the Alumni Association’s mission statement. We are very thankful for the support provided by our members and look forward to even better times to come.”
The Alumni Association drive will continue June 24-30 in Charleston, West Virginia during the 2018 Junior Olympics, Prep Nationals and Youth Open.
De Verenigde Staten Boxing Alumni Association staat open voor iedereen die een liefde heeft voor het boksen en wil graag contact houden met amateur-boksen. Leden krijgen toegang tot een breed scala aan speciale evenementen gastheer verleend door de Alumni Association.
Om lid te worden van de Alumnivereniging, simply register at alumni@usaboxing,.org for a $40.00 per jaar contributie. Nieuwe leden krijgen een T-shirt te ontvangen, sleutelhanger en e-wallet.
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Anthony “The Magic Man” Tarver Credits USA Boxing for giving him Structure that carried him to top
 COLORADO SPRINGS, Ronde. (Mei 21, 2018) – Future Hall of Famer Anthony “The Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 1 NC, 22 KO) has just about done it all as a boxer having been an Olympic medal winner and world champion as an amateur, along with capturing five major light heavyweight world titles as a professional, as well as a pair of De Ring magazine’s top honors, and four other world championships in two different divisions.“I credit USA Boxing for giving me structure for the first time in my life,” Tarver verklaard. “Everything was scheduled; curfew, eating, opleiding, slaap….alles! I then understood that I had to be accountable for everything I did. I had talent, but I wasn’t structured, and that was bigger than me. I had to adjust to authority. My determination took off, giving me support I never had before. I went on to make speaking engagements and get sponsors. I broke barriers. I’ve been the best at every level that I fought at in the world.”
Tarver was a highly decorated amateur who had an amazing 158-12 record. He is the only boxer to capture gold medals at World Amateur Championships, U.S. National Championships and Pan-American Games in the same year (1995). The Orlando, Florida-born southpaw won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, losing in the quarterfinals to future world champion Vassiliy Jirov, who Tarver had defeated in the semifinals of the 1995 World Amateur Championships. Tarver also won top honors at the 1994 National Golden Gloves Tournament and 1995 World Championships Challenge.
“I went on a winning roll in 1995 and went into the Olympics in rare form,” Tarver zei. “And that’s why I was favored to win a gold medal. I was hitting him (Jirov), the same guy I’d beaten in the World Championships, but no points were registering for me. I had a good second round, but I was down three points, so I threw my game plan away in the third round. I felt I had to do more and got away from my style: counter punching, not getting hit, and being patient. I thought I had won and so did a lot of people. I made up for that, hoewel, with a gold-medal professional career.
“I had been faced with a decision about going pro after I was beaten in the ’92 Olympic Trials. I decided to stay in the amateurs, despite not having any guarantees about making the 1996 U.S. Olympisch Team. I sacrificed four years of my pro career, which is why I turned pro at a relatively late age (27). I was determined when I found out the 1996 Olympics were in Atlanta. I think I made the right decision and I have no regrets.
“I had always dreamed of going to the Olympics. I saw Roy Jones, Jr – we first fought each other at 13 – get robbed of gold. I was watching that on television, jumped up, and knew where I was heading: The Olympics! We both suffered horrible decisions in the Olympics and I knew then that our careers would be parallel.
Tarver made his pro debut February 18, 1997 in Philadelphia, stoppen Joaquin Garcia (4-0) in de tweede ronde.
“I was an Olympic bronze medal winner but when I first turned pro,” Tarver added, “I didn’t have a promoter or manager. Nobody was willing to take a chance on me until I was 4-0, when I signed by first contract with Russell Peltz. I felt nobody could beat me.”
Nobody was able to beat Tarver, at least until his 17th pro strijd, wanneer Eric Hardingdefeated Tarver by way of a 12-round unanimous decision.
Twee jaar later, Tarver embarked on a 12-fight murderer’s row stretch during the next seven years, arguably establishing him as the No. 1 pound-for-pound vechter in de wereld. It all started with a successful rematch with Harding (21-1-1) in Indianapolis, when Tarver dropped Harding in the fourth round, plus twice more in the fifth, on his way to a fifth-round technical knockout to avenge his lone pro loss to that date.
Next up for Tarver was a showdown with 44-3 Montell Griffin for the WBC and IBF 175-pound division titles, which were vacated by Roy Jones Jr., April 26, 2003 bij Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. In his first world title shot as a pro, Tarver pitched a complete shutout, decking Griffin in the first and last rounds to shut out his opponent by scores of 120-103 van alle drie de juryleden.
Zeven maanden later, echter, Tarver lost a controversial 12-round majority decision and his WBC crown (he was stripped of his IBF belt) to WBA Super and IBO champion Jones in Las Vegas. The following May at the venue, Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, hoewel, Tarver became the first to knockout Jones, putting him to sleep in the second round.
Tarver then became a mainstream celebrity, appearing on late-night shows and covers ofDe Ring magazine and KO Magazine, and co-hosting an ESPN Vrijdag Night Fights uitzending.
“I was robbed in my first fight with Roy,” Tarver insisted. “They called my knockout of Roy the greatest upset in light heavyweight history. Why didn’t they see me coming? I had beaten everybody ranked ahead of me. Roy was the pound-4-pound king, but he knew. I may not be the fastest, the quickest, or the strongest, but I doubt that there’s ever been a pro fighter to enter the ring with a higher IQ than me. Even at my age, I still feel that way today.”
The WBC stripped Tarver of his title in 2004 for fighting IBF champion Glen Johnson (41-9-2) instead of the WBC mandatory challenger. Johnson, ironisch, was stripped of his IBF title for the same reason right before his fight in Los Angeles with Tarver. Tarver and Johnson fought for De Ring and IBO titles and Johnson won a 12-round split decision.
In their rematch six months later in Memphis, Tarver won a unanimous 12-round decision over Johnson to capture the IBO strap. Tarver completed his trilogy with Jones, retaining his IBO title with a unanimous 12-round decision (117-111, 116-112, 116-112).
Tarver lost a 12-round decision June 10, 2006 in Atlantic City to Bernard Hopkins for the IBO championship, which was soon vacated and recaptured by Tarver with a 12-round majority decision over Elvir Muriqi (34-3).
Tarver traveled to Australia in 2011 to challenge IBO cruiserweight champion and local hero Danny Green, who retired after nine rounds, as Tarver added another title belt to his display case.
In december van 2013 in Temecula, Californië, Tarver knocked out Jonathon Banks (29-2-1) in the seventh round, and Tarver’s last fight was a 12-round split decision draw with former world champion Steve Cunningham (28-7) in Newark, New Jersey.
In 2006, Tarver starred as Mason “The Line” Dixon, the heavyweight champion in the film,Rocky Balboa.
Tarver, as he marches towards his planned history-making performance by becoming the oldest heavyweight world champion of all-time, also has served as a color commentator in boxing for Spike TV and Showtime.
Vandaag, op de leeftijd van 49, Tarver is still technically active, and he also trains his son and undefeated middleweight prospect, Antonio Tarver, Jr. (5-0 (4 KO), where they live in Tampa, Florida.
“I was older than the rest of the boxers on the U.S. Olympic Team and the U.S. National Team,” Tarver merkte. “What a team! Guys like Diego Corrales en Zab Judah didn’t make that Olympic Team. I gave Floyd Mayweather, Jr. his first moniker, ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’, until he changed it years later to ‘Money’. We had a bond on that Olympic team with Floyd, Fernando Vargas, David Reid, Zarim Raheem and the others.”
Although at the age of 49 he is still an active fighter, Tarver occassionally does some color commentating and he trains pro and amateur boxers at a gym in Tampa, Florida. “I’m not retired as a fighter,” Tarver commented. “I started a program, ‘Train with The Champ’, and it includes room rent and training. I like to say it’s an AirB&B for boxing. I train my son (5-0 middengewicht Antonio Tarver, Jr. er. I learned a lot from my early days, training in Orlando with my coach, Lou Harris, and I reunited with Jimmy Williams, wie is 90 nu, training my son together in Tampa.
Tarver also is an advocate of the relatively new “USA Boxing Alumni Association,” which was created to champion a lifelong, wederzijds voordelige relaties tussen de VS in dozen en haar alumni, –boksers, ambtenaren, coaches en boxing fans — de Alumnivereniging verbindt generaties kampioenen, inspirerende en terug te geven aan de VS Boxing toekomstige kampioenen boksen, in en uit de ring.
“I’m going online to join,” Tarver zei. “I’m looking forward to attending an Alumni Association meeting, Juni 24-30 during the Junior Olympics in Charleston, West Virginia.
Everything that goes around, komt rond, in USA Boxing. Just ask future Hall of Fame candidate Antonio Tarver.
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1stUSA Boxing Alumni Association-evenement in N.E. Een knock-out in Lowell, Massa
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NIEUW ENGELAND TOERNOOI VAN KAMPIOENEN Open divisie halve finale resultaten van Lowell
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Voormalige boksers uit de VS houden een privé meet-and-greet tijdens de New England Tournament of Champions Open Division Championships
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1stEvenement voor VS Boxing Alumni Association in N.E..
Donderdag, Februari 22
Herdenkingsauditorium Lowell in Lowell, Massa.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Ronde. (Februari 19, 2018) – USA Boxing organiseert een particuliere meet-and-greet van de USA Boxing Alumni Association deze donderdag nacht (Februari. 22), voorafgaand aan de open divisie-finales van die avond van het New England Tournament of Champions, onderdeel van de 72e jaarlijkse New England Golden Gloves Championships, in het historische Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts.
De feb. 22nd Ook wordt er een USA Boxing Alumni Association gehouden, gedeeltelijk, om het 2018 USA vs. Ierland Noordoost-Boxing Tour, die begint Maandag, Maart 12, in het onlangs gerenoveerde Royale Entertainment Complex in de beroemde theaterwijk van Boston. De VS versus. Ireland Northeast Boxing Tour gaat door Maart 15 op de MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massa. en concludeert Maart 21 in het Manchester Downtown Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Veel van de beste amateurbokers aller tijden van New England zullen deelnemen, waaronder de held uit de geboorteplaats en drievoudig kampioen van New England, “Iers” Micky Ward. Anderen zijn onder meer Jose Antonio Rivera, John Scully, Richie LaMontagne, Dave Sullivan, Travis en Tarvis Simms, Bobby Harris, Peter Manfredo, Jr., Joe Alloj, Lawrence Klei-Bey en Troy Wortham.
Alle leden van de USA Boxing Alumni Association, evenals eventuele toekomstige leden, zijn van harte welkom om deze unieke meet-and-greet bij te wonen, vanaf wanneer deuren opengaan om 6:30 p.m. EN, tot het eerste gevecht om 7:30 p.m. EN.
Ticket prijzen beginnen bij $18.00, alleen $7.00 voor studenten (Legitimatie verplicht) en kunnen worden gekocht door de kassa van het Lowell Memorial Auditorium te bellen op 1.866.722.8881 of bestel online op www.lowellauditorium.com.
Gemaakt om kampioen een levenslange, wederzijds voordelige relaties tussen de VS in dozen en haar alumni, –boksers, ambtenaren, coaches en boxing fans — De Alumnivereniging verbindt generaties kampioenen, inspirerende en terug te geven aan de VS Boxing toekomstige kampioenen boksen, in en uit de ring.
De Verenigde Staten Boxing Alumni Association staat open voor iedereen die een liefde heeft voor het boksen en wil graag contact houden met amateur-boksen. Leden krijgen toegang tot een breed scala aan speciale evenementen gastheer verleend door de Alumni Association, inclusief Vrijdag evening’s USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
Om lid te worden van de Alumnivereniging, simply register at alumni@usaboxing,.org for a $40.00 per jaar contributie. Nieuwe leden krijgen een T-shirt te ontvangen, sleutelhanger en e-wallet.
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Attentie Amerikaanse boks-alumni
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Zijn & Holyfield to be inducted this Friday into USA Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame inaugural class
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