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Boxing a family affair for Idaho amateur boxer Kendra Samargis

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Dövrə. (Oktyabr 26, 2020) – Idaho middleweight boxer Kendra (Reeves) Samargis‘ decision four years ago to lose weight has led her onto a path to compete in the 2020 ABŞ Boks Milli Çempionatı, Dekabr 5-12, at Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Boxing for the 26-year-old Samargis, who lives in Twin Falls, is a real family affair. She’s trained by her husband, Jason, and their two sons, Skyler Bellus (11) and Riley Marovich (8), are in USA Boxing. Skyler, faktiki olaraq, has competed in several tournaments in which his mother also fought.

“I got into boxing just as a form of weight loss,” Kendra explained. “My husband had been a boxing coach for many years and he still had all of his equipment. We set it up in our garage and started training. Əvvəlcə, starting out was the worst thing I had ever done. The amount of stamina, endurance, and strength that I needed to have was unreal. Slowly over time I lost tremendous weight, 73-pounds to be exact, and I came to love the sport.

“I’m always asked what it’s like to be trained by my husband. I always say I have a secret weapon, someone who is in my corner who wants me to succeed just as much as I do and supports me throughout. Da, in times we’re at tournaments, I am never alone the night before a big fight and if I need a pep talk, he is right there. Indi, my sons competing with me, quyu, that’s a different story. Being on the outside of the ring while my boys are competing is by far harder than any fight I have ever had. My mom-side definitely kicks in. Günün sonunda, baxmayaraq ki, I know how well trained they are, and I have to trust that. I don’t work their corners because that’s too close. I would throw in the towel every time. I have to be in the stands.”

Kendra and both of her sons will be competing in Shreveport this year, despite having to train during the COVID-19 pandemic to prepare for the first national tournament of the year in the United States.

“Training during the pandemic has been a blessing for me,” Kendra said. “We now own a gym in town. Belə, during the times we had to close our doors, ərim, kids and I were able to keep up with our training regimen. I learned so much during this time. We were actually able to slow things down and work on so many things that get overlooked. We are also very lucky to live in a small town, we only had to keep our gym closed for two months and we’ve been up and running since. I could only image how hard it must be for so many people during these times. We were very blessed to have a gym to get us through.”

Currently ranked No. 10 at 152 pounds and No. 5 at 165, Kendra’s highlights thus far are winning gold medals at the 2019 Eastern Elite Qualifier and 2018 Milli Qızıl Əlcəklər Turniri.

An aggressive boxer who throws punches in bunches, Samargis believes she’s made dramatic improvement in the past years. She admittedly changed many different parts of her game, focusing more on movement, foot and head placements.

Nəhayət, she wants to capture top honors at multiple national tournaments, starting with this year’s Nationals Championship, and eventually turn pro to shoot for a world title. İndi, baxmayaraq ki, she’s all in for the Nationals.

“I am my biggest competition for this year’s National Championships,” she concluded. “Every day I want to be the best version of myself and every day I wake up to the haunting possibility I could fall back into the person that I used to be. I have to go to war everyday with myself to keep this person at bay. All of the hours of training, nutrition and mental preparation helps me accomplish this. Every day I can continue to be the best version of myself, focusing only on getting better, then who I compete against won’t matter.

“I am beyond ready and excited for the National Championships this year. With the world coming to a halt this will be my first tournament of the year. I am ready to get back in the ring. Medaling will give me another national title under my belt and sharpen my resume for when I turn pro.”

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www.usaboxing.org
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Shreveport to Host 2020 ABŞ Boks Milli Çempionatı

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Louisiana city to host USA Boxing’s Return to National Stage
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (Yeddi. 18) – USA Boxing announced today the 2020 USA Boxing National Championships will now take place at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport, ., Dec. 5-12.

“Hurricane Laura wreaked havoc on the city of Lake Charles and rendered their Civic Center inhospitable for this year’s National Championships. This came on top of the pandemic which already nearly wiped out the 2020 National Tournament calendar,” ifadə Michael Campbell, USA Boxing Events and Operations Manager. “Our events staff immediately pivoted and was determined to replace the event with as little disruption as possible for our coaches and boxers that had been training with their goals fixed on participating in this event to end the year.”

“Shreveport stepped up quickly to provide us a great alternative within the same footprint as the planned event, therefore we could keep our same scheduled dates and remain in the great state of Louisiana. Shreveport will provide good accessibility, weather and hospitality for our members and their Convention Center will be ideal for the implementation of our #BackToBoxing protocols that are designed to ensure the safety of our boxers, məşqçi, officials and members of the community.”

“Shreveport, Bossier City, and the State of Louisiana are proud to host the 2020 National Boxing Championships in December,” bildirib Kelly Wells, Executive Director for the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission. “Primarily, I would like to acknowledge my unwavering respect for Lake Charles and their investment in USA Boxing, which ultimately highlights Louisiana as a destination for national, elite sporting events.”
“As they recover from the detrimental effects of Hurricane Laura, Shreveport-Bossier is excited to keep this event within our state, which is expected to bring an estimated $2 million in economic impact to the area. We’re honored to welcome approximately 1,000 athletes to Shreveport-Bossier, as well as their coaches, dostlar, families and other boxing enthusiasts. On behalf of the Sports Commission team and Shreveport-Bossier community, I would like to thank the USA Boxing family for entrusting us with this incredible event, as well as Lt. Governor Nungesser, the Louisiana Office of Tourism, the Shreveport Convention Center, Hilton Shreveport and the local boxing community. We’ll deliver nothing less than world-class hospitality in sportsman’s paradise.”
Registration for the event will open Oct. 1. The fact sheet, which will include check-in information, hotels and schedule will be released in the coming days.

Xatırladaq ki, due to COVID-19 and being the sole USA Boxing tournament in 2020, this year’s National Championships will be an open tournament, with a minimum bout requirement, for pee-wee to elite divisions. Boxers competing in Olympic/International Federation weight divisions in junior, youth and elite age groups will be competing for their place on Team USA’s High Performance teams. Complete selection procedures will be announced in the next few weeks. More information about High Performance can be found burada.

This year’s championships will also have other changes to help provide a safer and easier tournament experience for our members, including staggered check-in days, set late coaches check-in hours, no general weigh-in, as well as a quota for all weight classes. All important changes and information will be released burada.

Continue to check USABoxing.org and USA Boxing’s social media platforms for important updates on this year’s tournament.

Tournament Information
Sərginin: Shreveport Convention Center
Registration Opens: Oct. 1
Registration Closes: Nov. 30
Early Check-in: Dec. 5
Full Check-in: Dec. 6
Staggered Check-in: Dec. 7-10
First day of bouts: Dec. 7
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Tək və yeganə 1956 Olimpiya qızıl medalçısı Pete Rademacher

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Dövrə. (Avqust 27, 2020) - 1956 Olimpiya qızıl mükafatçısıPit MüəllimDünya çempionluğu uğrunda mübarizəyə başlayan yeganə boksçudur.

Müəllim, yaşında ikən bu keçən iyun ayında vəfat edənlər 91 Sandusky -də, Ohio, Tieton əsilli idi, Vaşinqton. Onun var idi 72-7 həvəskar rekord, turnirində qızıl medalı ilə diqqət çəkdi 1956 Melburn Olimpiya Oyunları, Avstraliya.

Rademacher, Revmatik Atəş üçün reabilitasiya zamanı boksa başladı, Castle Heights Hərbi Akademiyasında oxuyarkən müqavilə bağladı. İstedadlı ağır çəkilər çoxsaylı milli turnirlərdə ən yüksək mükafatları qazandı, o cümlədən 1951 & 1953 AAU Milli Çempionatı, 1954 Bütün Ordu Çempionatı və Xidmət Çempionatı, və Olimpiya sınaqları.

Avstraliyada, qarşılaşdığı üç rəqibi nokauta salıb, qaydada, Josef Nemec (Çexoslovakiya) 1/4 finalda, Cənubi AfrikaDaan Bekker yarı finalda, və Sovet İttifaqınınLev Muxin qızıl medal üçün çempionatın finalının açılış turunda.

Rademacher, Olimpiadadan sonra o qədər qızğın idi ki, peşəkar debütündə ağır çəkidə dünya çempionu olacağını açıq şəkildə elan etdi. Tezliklə dünya çempionu döyüşündə peşəkar debüt edən yeganə döyüşçü oldu, ağır çəkidə müdafiə edən Dünya çempionuna meydan oxuduqdaFloyd Patterson (32-1)  Avqustda 22, 1957 Seattle -da. Rademacher, ikinci turda Patterson'u məğlub etdi, lakin, döyüşdən əvvəl altı dəfə düşdü, Şöhrət Salonu tərəfindən idarə edildiTommy Loughran, -da dayandırıldı 2:57 həmin turdan.

Müəllim, Vaşinqton Dövlət Universitetinin futbol komandasında hücumçu idi, 5 illik peşəkar karyerası ərzində çox asan döyüşlər aparmadı (15-7-1, 8 Kos). Onun ən diqqətəlayiq pro qələbələri Dünya çempionu rəqibinə qarşı idiGeorge Chuvalo (17-3-1) və gələcək Famer Hall və orta çəki üzrə dünya çempionuBobo Olson(87-12), hər ikisi də 10 turluq yekdil qərarlarla, həm də texniki nokautlar bitdiLaMar Clark (42-1) və NorveçBuddy Thurman(32-5-1), müvafiq olaraq, ilə 10ci və doqquzuncu tur.

Rademacher -in peşəkar itkiləri dünyanın ən yaxşı ağır çəkilərindən oldu, Şöhrət Zalı kimiArchie Moore, dünya çempionluğu uğrunda mübarizə aparanlarla birlikdəKarl Mildenberger (29-1), namağlupDoug Jones (17-0) vəFoley Fox (40-2-2), həvəskarlar sıralarında Rademacherin əzəli rəqibi olan.

ABŞ Boks Alumni Association 

ömürlük çempionu üçün yaradılmışdır, Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks və məzunları arasında qarşılıqlı faydalı münasibətlər, –boksçular, rəsmiləri, məşqçilər və boks azarkeşləri — Alumni Association çempion nəsillər birləşdirir, ruhlandırıcı və ABŞ Boks gələcək boks çempionu geri verilməsi, rinqdə və xaricində.

Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks Alumni Association boks üçün bir sevgi var və həvəskar boks ilə bağlı qalmaq istəyən hər kəs üçün açıqdır. Members xüsusi tədbirlər geniş çıxışı verilir Məzunlar Birliyi ev sahibliyi, illik ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyinin Şöhrət Zalı qəbulu da daxil olmaqla.

Məzunlar Birliyinə üzv olmaq, sadəcə qeydiyyatdan keçinalumni@usaboxing.org a üçün $40.00 illik üzvlük haqqı. Yeni üzvlər bir köynək alacaqlar, açar zənciri və elektron cüzdan.

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www.usaboxing.org 

Cuqquldamaq: @USABoxing, @USABoxingAlumni

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Facebook: /USABoxing

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USA BOXING ANNOUNCES INVOLVEMENT IN GIVING GAMES: A COLLABORATIVE FUNDRAISING EFFORT

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Following the Tokyo Games postponement, Giving Games encourages Americans to unite as one to support the athletes that bear our flag

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (Iyul 22, 2020) – USA Boxing announced today they are one of over 25 different National Governing Bodies (NGBs) taking part in in the launch of Giving Games: an effort to support and sustain U.S. sports federations and their members.

Giving Games will launch on July 24, on what would have been the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo. With the postponement of the Games, many U.S. sports and their athletes are facing extraordinary financial hardship and decision making, especially with the cancellation of most, or all, of their domestic competitions. Unlike most countries that receive government support, U.S. athletes rely heavily on the support of the community. Adding to the physical and emotional toll that a delay in competition places on their shoulders, their revenue streams, and hope for success in 2021 and the future are now under threat.

“While I have to wait another year to achieve my Olympic dreams, Giving Games is a great opportunity to inspire America to support USA Boxing and all United States athletes,” said USA Boxing Heavyweight Olympic Qualification Team Member and Giving Games AmbassadorDarius Fulghum. “Donations will not only help myself and my 2021 teammates but will help the next generation of Olympic Champions.”

“This year has been extremely difficult for all, and our hope is to not only help support our 2021 Olympians, but help raise funds for our 1,700+ gyms that have been impacted by COVID-19 and impact the lives of so many youth that are our future Olympians,” statedMike McAtee, USA Boxing Executive Director.

All funds raised will either be a direct donation to a specific sport of the donor’s choice or general support for all sports which will be equally divided among the participating NGBs. Fans and supporters can contribute to Giving Games in the following ways:

  • Take the Giving Games quiz to find the sport that best matches you and donate,
  • Enter to win one of 10 amazing sweepstakes packages from Omaze,
  • Help set the world record for most donations made in 24 saat, və ya
  • Compete in the Medal of Giving by donating directly to a sport. At the conclusion of Giving Games, each sport will award a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal to the top three donors.

     

    Donations to USA Boxing can be giving online byburaya tıklayarak.

     

    Giving Games will actively raise funds for athletes and their sports organizations during the original window of the Tokyo 2020 Games: Iyul 24 – Avqust 9. In addition to participating in the activations listed above, fans and supporters can also text ‘GIVINGGAMES’ to 243725 or make a donation online. Details can be found atgivinggames2020.com. 

     

    Though recognized and supported by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, the National Governing Bodies are separate organizations. The Giving Games initiative is not associated with or endorsed by the USOPC or the USOPF, and funds raised through the Giving Games initiative are used to directly aid the National Governing Bodies and the athletes they support.
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USA Boxing pays tribute to True Patriot Robert Carmody 1964 Olimpiya bürünc medalçısı & Soldier killed in Vietnam

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Dövrə. (May 21, 2020) – People all across the United States will rightfully pay respect to fallen military men and women during this Memorial Day weekend. One true American Patriot that USA Boxing will remember forever is 1964 Olimpiya bürünc medalçısıRobert “Butterball” Carmody, who was killed in action three years later at the height of the Vietnam War.

Born in 1938, Carmody learned to fight on the streets of Brooklyn, where he lived before joining the U.S. Army in 1957, and where he took his first boxing lesson. A natural-born fighter, he was selected to represent the 11ci Airborne Division, even after it was deployed to Germany, after he had earned his airborne wings, and Robert developed into a record 4-time All-Army flyweight champion.

Carmody also captured top honors at the 1962 International Military Sports Council and earned a bronze medal in 1963 at the prestigious Pan American Games. At the 1964 Olimpiya Boks Trials, held at the famous New York’s World’s Fair, he upset flyweight favoriteMelvin Miller to earn a spot on the 1964 USA Olympic Boxing Team.

At the Olympics, Carmody became a close friend of heavyweightJoe Frazier, the lone American to win an Olympic gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The smallest and biggest men on the Olympic Team were buddies. Frazier, əlbəttə, went on to become a Hall of Fame heavyweight champion, who was inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame this past December.

“He’s the type of guy you really need,” Frazier said in a 2006 ESPN.com interview. “I had some hard times, things was rough, but he was a guy that helped you out a lot. I loved him like a brother.”

Hampered by a bruised hand, the 5’ 2”, 112-pound Carmody had a bye in the opening round, həyata sökülürNam Singh Thapa (Nepal) in his first fight, took a decision (4-1) qarşıOtto Babiasch (Almaniya), and lost in the semifinals by way of a questionable decision (1-4) to the eventual Olympic champion, Fernando Atzon (İtaliya).

Although he never publicly complained about the decision that may have cost him an Olympic gold medal, Carmody was visibly upset as he headed to the locker room, zamanGeneral William Westmoreland hollered to him, “Good job, soldier!” Carmody, baxmayaraq ki, turned and reportedly yelled back, “You dumb son of a bitch!"

After the Olympics, Carmody retired from amateur boxing with a 128-12 rekord, returned home and rather than turn pro, he decided to stay in the U.S. Ordu, training a few teams at the International Military Sports Council, including the U.S. Army squad.

Strings were pulled for the 10-year military veteran, because of his imposing status as an Olympic bronze medalist, he didn’t have to go with his 199ci Light Infantry Brigade when it was deployed to Vietnam. But even though he wasn’t combat trained, due to his training as a boxer, Carmody insisted on deploying with his unit on June of 1967, the day his son, Robert Carmody, Jr. was born.

A few weeks later, Staff Sergeant Carmody’s unit. D Troop of the U.S. 17ci Calvary Regiment was on a routine six-man foot patrol north of Saigon. They were ambushed by Viet Cong guerillas and five of the six U.S. soldiers were killed, including Carmody, who was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star for valor. He became the first Olympic boxing medalist to die in combat.

ABŞ Boks Alumni Association

ömürlük çempionu üçün yaradılmışdır, Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks və məzunları arasında qarşılıqlı faydalı münasibətlər, –boksçular, rəsmiləri, məşqçilər və boks azarkeşləri — Alumni Association çempion nəsillər birləşdirir, ruhlandırıcı və ABŞ Boks gələcək boks çempionu geri verilməsi, və ring həyata.

Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks Alumni Association boks üçün bir sevgi var və həvəskar boks ilə bağlı qalmaq istəyən hər kəs üçün açıqdır. Members xüsusi tədbirlər geniş çıxışı verilir Məzunlar Birliyi ev sahibliyi, illik ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyinin şöhrət salonunda qəbul daxil olmaqla.

Məzunlar Birliyinə üzv olmaq, sadəcə qeydiyyatdan keçinalumni@usaboxing.org a üçün $40.00 illik üzvlük haqqı. Yeni üzvlər bir köynək alacaqlar, Anahtarlık və elektron cüzdan.

“Robert Carmody’s selflessness and character extends far beyond our sport of Olympic-style amateur boxing,” said Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Director. “A warrior in the ring, a hero outside of the ring—he showed the world the very best of what USA Boxing has to offer, and the USA Boxing Alumni Association looks forward to keeping his legacy alive.”

“On this Memorial Day, USA Boxing wants to recognize and honor our fallen heroes who have gave their lives in defense of our country, like Robert Carmody,” stated USA Boxing Executive Director Mike McAtee. “On this Memorial Day, I think it is important to also recognize all who have served in our military, which Billy Ray Cyrus stated, ‘All gave some and some gave all.’ Thank you for your service, we will never forget.”

Olympic Bronze Medal winner to Bronze Star recipient, Robert Carmody was a fighter true and true, as well as a man of tremendous honor, and a legitimate hero.

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www.usaboxing.orgi

Cuqquldamaq: @USABoxing, @USABoxingAlumni

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ABŞ BOXING HAQQINDA:  ABŞ Boksunun vəzifəsi Birləşmiş Ştatların idmançılarına və məşqçilərinə davamlı rəqabət mükəmməlliyinə nail olmaqdır, xarakter inkişaf etdirmək, boks idmanına dəstək olun, və ABŞ-da Olimpiya üslubunda boksu inkişaf etdirmək və inkişaf etdirmək. ABŞ Boksunun məsuliyyəti yalnız Olimpiya qızılını çıxarmaq deyil, eyni zamanda Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatlarında həvəskar boksun hər tərəfinə nəzarət edin və idarə edin.

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Born to box Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini

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(pictures courtesy of Getty Images)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Dövrə. (Aprel 27, 2020) — As the son of a prizefighter, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (“Class of 2015”) Şüa “Boom Boom” Mancini was born to box, and the Youngstown, Ohio fighter climbed to the top of the sport’s mountain, capturing the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title in 1982.

Mancini’s father, mərhum Lenny “Boom Boom” Mancini, boxed professionally from 1937 qədər 1947, tərtib bir 46-12-3 (16 Kos) pro record. Lenny was the No. 1 ranked lightweight in the world in 1941 and considered a future world champion. Lakin, his dream was sadly shattered when he was wounded during World War II. He returned to boxing after being discharged, but his physical issues due to the wound prevented him from fulfilling his once vast potential.

Onun oğlu, Şüa, took the mantle and ran with it to fame, glory and notoriety as a world champion. He started boxing young and had his first fight when he was 15 at the Junior Olympics in Cleveland. Ray had thought that he would have to wait until he turned 16, because that was the minimum age to compete in the Golden Gloves.

“When I heard that I could enter (the Junior Olympics),” Mancini remembered, “I pressured my father to let me go (to Cleveland). A very close family friend was training some guys in the next town over from us and he was taking some fighters to the Junior Olympics. He said he’d take me there. I won by first fight by first-round knockout and I wound up winning the regional title. I went on to the Mid-West Regional in Detroit and fought a local kid, Sammy Fuentes, to go to the Nationals. He beat me by decision, but I gained my first real lesson about boxing and life: experience is everything. It was my sixth amateur fight and I was told that Fuentes had more than 200. It did not deter me, faktiki olaraq, it made me hungrier to succeed.”

Succeed he did, despite his aggressive style that best suited the professional ranks much more than amateurs. He won 43 haqqında 50 amateur matches, capturing top honors in the 1977 Youngstown Golden Gloves and Northeastern Ohio Golden Gloves. He also won the Northeast Ohio AAU Championship and reached the quarterfinals of the 1978 National AAU Tournament.

“I lost a close decision in the semifinals of the 1978 National Golden Gloves to two-time U.S. Olimpiyaçı Davey Armstrong,” Mancini said. “I lost a decision to Anthony Fletcher in the quarterfinals of the 1978 National AAU Championships and once again in the championship final of the Ohio State Fair. In my last amateur fight, I lost a bad decision to defending National Champion Melvin Paul at 1979 Milli Qızıl Əlcəklər Turniri. (Bundan sonra) I knew I wasn’t going to have another amateur fight and was going to turn pro.

“I had more of a pro style when I fought in the amateurs. Three rounds didn’t benefit me. I never had a four-round fight (bir pro kimi). I started with six-rounders because, for my style, a three-round amateur or a four-round pro fight were pretty much the same for me. Six-rounders were more beneficial to me and that was proven right away.

“I knew I wouldn’t win any of the major amateur championships because of my style. Yolda, baxmayaraq ki, I beat some pretty good amateurs: Darryl Chambers,Memo Arreola, Tim Christianson və Mark Chieverini. My amateur career just made me even more hungry to win a World title as a pro.”



His seek and destroy style made him an instant favorite as a professional. “I had to be aggressive, as a fighter or on the playing field when I played other sports, because of my natural instincts,” Mancini explained. “I couldn’t sit back and wait for things to happen; I had to try and make things happen. I follow that thinking in my business life as well, but much like the fight game, you have to known when to attack and when to sit back and counter.”

Mancini, who some called a little Rocky Marciano because of the way he fought, turned pro October 18, 1979 in Struthers, Ohio, dayandırma Phil Bowen açılış turunda. Ray fought 15 times in his first year as a pro and extended his winning streak to 19, before he challenged World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight World champion Alexis Arguello (67-5), who won by way of a 14-round technical knockout, in a fight that was dead even after 10 el. After the match, then future Hall of Famer Arguello was quoted as saying: “I think my heart is special, but his (Mancini) is bigger than I have. Someday he will be champion.”

Only seven months and three fights later, Mancini captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight World title way of a sensational first-round knockout of defending champion Arturo Frias (24-1). Ray dedicated that fight to his father, who was unable to become world champion, due to the wounds he suffered in World War II.

Mancini finished his pro career with a 29-5 (23 Kos), which included victories against world champions Bobby Chacon (523-5-1), Ernesto Espana (35-4), Frias and Jose Luis Ramirez (71-3), and all five of his losses were to world champions – Arguello, Hector Camacho, Greg Haughen və Livingstone Bramble (iki dəfə).

“Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini demonstrated the heart of a champion throughout his career,” bildirib Chris tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Director. “Even though his in-ring success is primarily discussed at the professional level, the hunger to learn and grow as an amateur is something that inspires today’s USA Boxing champions. He is another example of a USA Boxing alumnus who experienced tremendous success resulting from experiences and lessons from his amateur days.”

Mancini is proud of his roots in Youngstown, which also produced world pro boxing champions such as Harry Arroyo, Jeff Lampkin, Greg Richardson və Kelly Pavlik.

“Growing up in Youngstown helped me tremendously as a fighter,” Mancini talked about his hometown. “We all knew what a tough town it was and is and we knew the stories of all the fighters, amateur and pro, who had left a mark before us. Growing up there, football and boxing were the two sports everybody talked about. If you left a mark in either one, people still talked about you long after you’re playing, or fight days were over. Belə, to succeed in a town like Youngstown, was a tremendous accomplishment in itself.”


ABŞ Boks Alumni Association

ömürlük çempionu üçün yaradılmışdır, Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks və məzunları arasında qarşılıqlı faydalı münasibətlər, — boksçular, rəsmiləri, məşqçilər və boks azarkeşləri — Alumni Association çempion nəsillər birləşdirir, ruhlandırıcı və ABŞ Boks gələcək boks çempionu geri verilməsi, və ring həyata.

ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyi boks sevgisi olan və həvəskar boksla əlaqəli olmaq istəyən hər kəsə açıqdır. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, illik ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyinin şöhrət salonunda qəbul daxil olmaqla.

Məzunlar Birliyinə üzv olmaq, sadəcə qeydiyyatdan keçin alumni@usaboxing.org a üçün $40.00 illik üzvlük haqqı. Yeni üzvlərə bir köynək veriləcək, key-chain and e-wallet.


The ultra-popular Mancini is one of the few boxers to have had a movie (“Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story)”), mahnı (“Boom Boom Mancini” by Warren Zevon) and book (“The Good Son: The Life of Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini by Mark Kriegel) about him.

Hazırda, the 59-year-old Mancini still resides in Youngstown, and he remains involved in boxing as a color commentator for PBC on Fox. He’s also been a member of the Ohio Boxing Commission for the last three years. “I’m involved (boks) as close as I want to be and can still be a fan,” deyə müraciət etdi. “What I miss most about the fight game is challenging myself mentally and emotionally, and to be able to “get up” and challenge myself physically on a daily basis. To stand in front of another man before the fight, right in the center of the ring, and say to myself, ‘Either you’re getting carried out of here tonight or I am, but one of us is getting carried out of here tonight,’ was my mentality. I miss that challenge!”

Looking back at his boxing career, Mancini maintains that he wouldn’t change a thing. “I can’t say I would do anything different, in retrospect, because I won the World title, successfully defended it four times, made good money and retired healthy,” Mancini concluded. “People still remember and talk about my fights and I made it into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, the ultimate shrine for fighters. Belə, why would I want to have done anything differently?”

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A remarkable boxing journey like no other 1972 Olimpiya qızıl mükafatçısı “Şəkər” Ray Seales

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(Ray Seales is in the front row, second in from the left)



COLORADO SPRINGS, Dövrə. (Aprel 9, 2020) — Imagine being the lone boxer from your country to capture an Olympic gold medal, only days after the infamous Munich massacre. Now imagine also having won a remarkable 338 haqqında 350 amateur matches, having fought a trilogy as a professional with “Ecazkar” Marvin Hagler, being declared legally blind in both eyes (having entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. pickup a six-figure medical bill), regaining sight in one eye, then working as a teacher of autistic students for 17 il.

“Şəkər” Ray Seales has truly lived a surreal life, az desək, and he’s still involved in boxing at the age of 67, as a successful coach of amateur boxers in Indianapolis.

Born in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Island as one of eight children in a family whose father was a boxer there as a member of the U.S. Army team, Seales started boxing at the age of nine. “I have three brothers and we always beat the crap out of each other,” he spoke about his start in boxing. “Learning how to box, for me, was all about fighting to be the first to eat. I had gotten hit in my left eye playing dodgeball and my uncle, who was stationed at Ft. Lewis (Tacoma, WA), told my mother there was a special doctor there who could help with my eye. My father was stationed all over and in 1964, when I was 12, my mother moved us to Tacoma, Washington.

“I had boxing in my system. I went with my brothers to the Downtown Tacoma Boys Club, which was only one block from our home, and my mother could watch me walk from our house to the gym and back. I was the first from there to win a Golden Gloves title. I wanted to be a winner and finished with 14 (çempion) jackets. I couldn’t speak English. I knew Spanish and spoke Spanish and English together. The first word I said in English was box. We used to fight three or four times a day and we built the Tacoma Boxing Club. I went on to have a 338-12 amateur record and I’ve been in boxing ever since.”

Seales developed into a champion, taking top honors at the 1971 National AAU and 1972 National Golden Gloves championships. Yaşında 19, Seales enlisted in the U.S. Aviasiya, but his mother made some calls so Ray would be able to compete in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Almaniya.

She succeeded and the rest, onlar kimi, is history. And when he came home from the Olympics, he was told that there was no need for him to report to the U.S. Aviasiya, because he had done enough in terms of service as the only American boxer to win a gold medal.

Müəyyən artikl 1972 Olimpiya, lakin, was overshadowed by the killing of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, as well as a West German police officer at the Olympic Village by terrorists on Black September.

“I had just turned 20,” Seales remembered. “Boxing was heavy when we went there. Some of my family, my coach from Tacoma, and Tacoma teammate (and 2-time U.S. Olimpiyaçı)Davey Armstrong were in Germany. I didn’t know anything at first. I had to get the attention of my parents to let them know not to go there, because there were terrorists with sub-machine guns in the Olympic Village. I was the only American boxer left to fight.”

Seales defeated Bulgarian Angjei Anghhelov, 5-0, in the light welterweight championship to capture an Olympic gold medal, the only member of the U.S. team to do so. His teammates included Armstrong, Duane Bobick, and Olympic bronze medalists Jesse Valdez, Marvin Johnson və Ricardo Carreras.

Sugar Ray Seales’s dedication to USA Boxing is second to none,” bildirib Chris tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Director. “His pride, patriotism, and devotion to helping our next generation of champions is what makes him such an inspiring figure.”


ABŞ Boks Alumni Association

ömürlük çempionu üçün yaradılmışdır, Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks və məzunları arasında qarşılıqlı faydalı münasibətlər, –boksçular, rəsmiləri, məşqçilər və boks azarkeşləri — Alumni Association çempion nəsillər birləşdirir, ruhlandırıcı və ABŞ Boks gələcək boks çempionu geri verilməsi, və ring həyata.

ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyi boks sevgisi olan və həvəskar boksla əlaqəli olmaq istəyən hər kəsə açıqdır. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, illik ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyinin şöhrət salonunda qəbul daxil olmaqla.

Məzunlar Birliyinə üzv olmaq, sadəcə qeydiyyatdan keçin alumni@usaboxing.org a üçün $40.00 illik üzvlük haqqı. Yeni üzvlərə bir köynək veriləcək, Anahtarlık və elektron cüzdan.


Seales turned pro in 1973, winning an 8-round unanimous decision over Gonzalo Rodriguez Tacoma. “Sugarman” won his first 21 pro döyüşlərdə, until he lost a 10-round decision to 14-0 middleweight prospect and future Hall of Famer Marvin Hagler. İki döyüş sonra, Seales fought Hagler in Tacoma to a 10-round draw (99-99, 99-99, 98-96).

“Everybody wanted a shot at the Olympic gold medalist,” Seales explained.” I went to Boston and we fought in a TV studio (WNAC). It was freezing in there. I was shivering when I went into the ring, Marvin came out dripping sweat. I knew I was losing after seeing that, but I hung with him and went the distance (10 el). I was having management problems and three months later I fought Hagler again, only this time at home in Tacoma. I beat him but it ended in a 10-round draw. He knows I beat him!”

Seales completed his trilogy with Hagler, but it was five years later, when Hagler was 42-2-1 and avoided by most of the world’s top middleweights. “I was the USBA (United States Boxing Association) and North American Boxing Federation (NABF) middleweight champion and Hagler needed to win a title to get a world title shot,” Seales noted. “I lost our third fight in the first round, but that’s the only thing shown on television in our three fights. We were two left-handers, but he switched to right-handed, and he caught me with a hook. I got paid and they bought him a world title fight.”

Seales has coached two different amateur teams in Indianapolis during the past 11 il, qalib 10 Golden Gloves team championships, and he’s still in charge in Indy of Team IBG.

After he retired in 1984 after suffering detached retinas in both eyes, Seales was introduced in Las Vegas to Sammy Davis, Jr. (aşağıda təsvir), who paid Seales’ $100,000 medical bill for his damaged eyes. Davis had lost his left eye in a 1952 car accident



“I’m a teacher,” Seales concluded. “I see the way that so many boxers want to fight likeFloyd Mayweather. Their head is tilted, they can’t throw a jab. I teach them to have the right foot behind the left (for a right-handed boxer), and to walk in straight, not tilted or peaking. Heel toe, heel toe every time you pivot is your stance.

“My advice for the boxers who hope to compete in the 2020 Olympics is to focus on what you’re doing and listen to how to get it done. What I really want to do is to coach the USA Olympic Boxing Team 2024.”

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RIP – NEVER FORGET!

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40ci anniversary of tragic airplane crash in Poland

22 members of Team USA Boxing perished

COLORADO SPRINGS, Dövrə. (Mart 14, 2020) – One of the darkest days in American sports history occurred 40 years ago today, when Polish Airlines flight #7 that had departed John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City crashed a half-mile from Okecie Airport in Warsaw, Polşa.
 
Bütün 87 passengers died, o cümlədən 14 boxers and eight officials on the USA Boxing team, due to a disintegration of a turbine disc in one of the plane’s engines that ultimately failed.
 
Team USA was traveling to Poland to compete in two international amateur boxing dual events. The average age of the 14 boxers was only 20 ½, ranging from 27-year-old Walter Harris to 16-year-old Byron Payton.
 
The potential Olympic dreams of the 14 boxers were destroyed in the horrific accident. Although most of the boxers were still in their developmental stage, outside of prospective medal challenger Lemuel Steeples, each member aspired to represent the United States in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. (The United States eventually led a boycott of the 1980 Olympics because of the Soviet-Afghan War.)
 
“I remember coming home from my boxing gym on March 14, 1980 and hearing the news of the plane crash on the evening news,” stated USA Boxing Executive Director Mike McAtee.
 
“As an aspiring Olympic-style boxer I was shocked and felt a sense of loss like every American boxer, coach and official. Today we are reminded that life is precious, and every day is a blessing. On behalf of USA Boxing’s Board of Directors, 48,000 boksçular, coaches and officials and the national office staff we remember the 1980 USA Boxing Team Members and Staff. Please keep them, their families and the worldwide Olympic-style boxing family in your thoughts and prayers.”
 
“Down But Not Out… Lost But Not Forgotten”

USA Boxing Head Coach Billy Walsh remembers the crash to this day. “I remember it well, as I was a 16-year-old dreaming of the Olympics,” said Walsh. “It was massive news in Europe, a big tragedy with some of the world’s best boxers and staff wiped out. We lost a generation of great fighters, and most importantly loved ones.”
 
Patricia Chavis was only seven years old when she learned her father, Sgt. Elliott Chavis, had perished in the crash. She was playing outdoors with friends when she noticed a lot of people crying as they entered and left her home. Her mother called her inside, sat her down with people watching, and said that her father wasn’t coming back because he had been killed in a plane crash.
 
“She asked me if I understood and I did, because we had recently lost my great grandmother and paternal grandfather,” an emotional Patricia explained. “I went back outside and told my friends. They were a little older and they didn’t understand why I hadn’t stayed inside with family. It didn’t really hit me that my dad wasn’t coming home until my teenage years. I remember sitting in bed and writing letters to him.
 
“Every year still affects me every March. We usually have a family dinner with my mom and grandchildren. They listen to stories about a man they never met. He’s buried in South Carolina and we’ve laid flowers on his grave. Every year on March 14ci it brings back memories and we celebrate his life.”
 
Sgt. Chavis, who died at the age of 25, was stationed at Ft. Bragg (N.C.), where he learned to box. O, bir üzvü idi 118ci Military Police Company and during his boxing career, the light heavyweight was All-Army and All-Southeastern.
 
“My parents married young,” Patricia continued. “My mom told me he was always athletic. He played football and was a pole vaulter on the track team in high school. But I didn’t know anything about his boxing until we went to a reunion at Ft. Bragg. Around the 30ci anniversary I got in touch with some of his Army buddies when I saw on Facebook that they were having a reunion. I went there with my mom and listened to stories they told me about his boxing career. I found it so interesting because I hadn’t known about that. There are quite a few memorials I’ve seen on Facebook and I try to get in touch with other family members (of her father’s teammates who died in the crash). We’ll never forget!”
 
Below is a complete list of the 1980 U.S. Boxing Delegation who died in the aforementioned plane crash in Warsaw:
 
 
Müəyyən artikl 1980 United States Boxing Delegation to Warsaw, Polşa, Mart 14, 1980
 
BOXERS

Kelvin Anderson                    
        Heavyweight Hartford, CT
Elliott ChavisLight Heavyweight U.S. Ordu / Ft. Bragg, NC
Walter HarrisLight Heavyweight San Francisco, BELƏ AS
Andrea McCoyMiddleweight
         Yeni Bedford, MA
Byron PaytonLight Middleweight Troup, TX
Chuck RobinsonLight Middleweight Port Townsend, WA
Paul PalominoWelter Siklet
         Westminster, BELƏ AS
Lemuel SteeplesLight Welterweight St. Louis, MO
Byron Linsay
             Light Welterweight San Diego, BELƏ AS
Gary Tyrone ClaytonYüngül
          Philadelphia, PA
Jerome StewartBantamweight
      U.S. Hərbi dəniz donanması / Norfolk, VA
George PimentelFlyweight
           Elmhurst, NY
Lonnie YoungFlyweight
            Philadelphia, PA
David RodriguezLight Flyweight
   Pomona, BELƏ AS

OFFICIALS

Joseph F. Bland
       Team Manager High Point, NC
Col. Bernard CallahanReferee/Judge
      Carlisle, PA
Thomas “Sarge” JohnsonBaş məşqçi
  Indianapolis, IN
John Radison
             Referee/Judge
      St. Louis, MO
Junior Robles
           Assistant Coach National City, BELƏ AS
Steve Smigiel
             Interpreter
           Boca Raton, FL
Delores Wesson
       Team Assistant
  Ocean Springs, MS
Dr. Ray Wesson
        Team Physician Ocean Springs, MS
            

Go towww.USABoxing.org to watch a short video tribute
 
Memorial messages and letters of condolence were sent from friends and boxing organizations from around the world, including U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Executive Director Col. F. Don Miller, Montana AAU, Oklahoma Boxing Association, Amateur Basketball Association of the USA, Salina Boxing Team, South Texas AAU, U.S. Aviasiya, U.S. Diving, U.S. Swimming, Wisconsin AAU, Wrestling Division of AAU, National AAU Boxing Committee, National AAU, Florida Boxing Commission, Hawaii AAU, U.S. Soccer Federation, Jacksonville (FL) Sports and Entertainment Commission, Georgia Amateur Boxing Association, WSOC Television, Alleghany Mountain Association, U.S. Olympic Training Center, Mack Truck, Inc., Southwestern AAU Boxing Commission, U.S. Olympic Committee, West Nally Group, Charlotte Motor Speedway, AAU Regional Coordinator, Council of Social Work Education, National Rifle Association of America, and Davidson County Department Boxing Team,
 
Also from the Greek Boxing Federation, Mexican Boxing Federation, New Zealand Boxing Association, Canadian Amateur Boxing Association, Nova Scotia Branch of Canadian Amateur Boxing Commission, Ontario Boxing Association, Ambassador of Poland, Polish Boxing Association, AIPS Boxing Commission, Canadian Amateur Boxing Association, Heretaunga Boxing Club of New Zealand, International Bobsled and Tobogganing Federation, Italian Boxing Federation, LOT Polish Airlines, La Crosse Amateur Boxing Club, Polish Olympic Committee, AIBA, Champion D’Afrique Magazine, African AIBA Board and Tunisian Boxing Federation, Venezuelan Boxing Federation, German Amateur Boxing Federation, Amateur Boxing Federation of England, Israel Sports Federation, Portuguese Amateur Boxing Federation, Romanian Boxing Federation, Rotunda A.B.C., Amateur Boxing Federation of Thailand, National Advertising Benevolent Society, Turkey Boxing Federation, AIBA France, El Salvador Boxing Federation, German Democratic Republic Boxing Association, Danish Amateur Boxing Union, Guatemalan Amateur Sports Federtion, Israel Olympic Committee, Oceana Boxing Federation, Nigeria Boxing Association, Old Actonian Association Amateur Boxing Club, Seychelles Amateur Boxing Federation, Council of Ministers of Cuba, Hungarian Boxing Federation, Norwegian Amateur Boxing Association, International Amateur Boxing Association, Claridad, Peru Amateur Boxing Association, Dominican Republic Department of Education, Health and Recreation, Panamanian Boxing Federation, Head of the Cuban Interests Section.
 
Ilə 1984 a statue was dedicated to the USA Boxing Team members who died in Warsaw was placed on the training grounds in Colorado Springs. Names of the 23 members of Team USA are inscribed on the memorial.
 
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Ən yaxşı zamanlardan biri .... 1988 Olimpiya gümüş mükafatçısı Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Dövrə. (Mart 9, 2020) - İstənilən standartlara görə, U.S. Olimpiyaçı və keçmiş birləşmiş dünya çempionu Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe mübahisəsiz olaraq bütün zamanların ən böyük boksçularından biridir, həvəskar və peşəkar.

Brooklyn'in bədnam Brownsville hissəsində anadan olub böyüdü, New York, həm də həmyaşıd Dünya ağır çempionlarını istehsal etdiMike Tyson vəShannon Briggs, Bowe boks etməyə başladı 13 Bedford-Stuyvesant Boks Dərnəyi İdman Salonunda.

“Mən hər şeyi etmək istəyirdimMəhəmməd Əli etdi,Bowe niyə boksa girdiyini izah etdi. “O mənim bütüm idi. Dəniz qoşunlarına qoşulmaq istədim, amma boksa aşiq oldum və onunla qaldım. Dənizçilər haqqında unutdum. "

Bowe sənətkarlığını inkişaf etdirdi və görkəmli bir boksçu oldu, tərtib bir 104-18 həvəskar rekord, mübahisəli gümüş medal qazandığı performansı ilə diqqət çəkdi 1988 Seulda Olimpiya Oyunları, Cənubi Koreya.

Dörd qatlı New York Qızıl Əlcək çempionu, Bowe də ən yaxşı fərqlənmələri aldı 1986 Gənclər arasında Dünya Çempionatı, ilə birlikdə bürünc medal 1987 Pan Amerika Oyunlar, son matçında qırıq bir əl ilə vuruşmasına baxmayaraq məşqçilərindən gizləndi.

Bowe ilə bir rəqabət var idiRobert Salters, kimə ilə dörd matç ayırdı, ancaq Salters'i məğlub etdi, 3-2, U.S da. Qeyri-qanuni seçimlər 1988 ABŞ Boks Olimpiya Komandası. Olimpiya komanda yoldaşları daxil idiRoy Jones, Jr., Ray Mercer, Kennedi McKinney vəAndrew Maynard.

Mübahisəli, gələcək ağır dünya çempionu ilə Olimpiya çempionatının mübarizəsini əhatə etdi, Kanadalı super ağır çəkidir Lennox Lewis, vətənə Olimpiya qızıl medalı ilə qayıdanlar. Lyuislə döyüş zamanı, Bowe, heç vaxt olmamış bir "xəyal" baş budu üçün bir nöqtə çıxarıldı, və hakim Bowe-yə mübahisəli iki-səkkiz say verdi, sonuncusu Lyuisin xeyrinə mübarizənin dayandırılması ilə nəticələndi.

“Bu mübarizə heç vaxt dayandırılmamalı idi,"Bowe şərh etdi. “Hələ gümüş medal qazanmağımdan məmnunam. Hələ də var. Sonra mən pro çevrildi. Anam var idi 13 uşaqlar və mən anamı xoşbəxt etmək istədik. Ona ev almaq istədim. Bu məni boksa ruhlandırdı. ”

"Bowe'nin bir həvəskar və peşəkar kimi müvəffəqiyyəti onu ABŞ Boks Məzunları arasında bir ad qazanmasına səbəb oldu,"DediChris tofflemire, ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyi Direktoru. "Onun güc və bacarıq birləşməsi, Əfsanəvi döyüşlərdə digər ABŞ Boks Məzunları ilə birlikdə yüksək səviyyələrdə, onu ABŞ boksunun indiyə qədər istehsal etdiyi ən böyük döyüşçülərdən biri kimi təyin edir. "

ABŞ Boks Alumni Association

ömürlük çempionu üçün yaradılmışdır, Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks və məzunları arasında qarşılıqlı faydalı münasibətlər, –boksçular, rəsmiləri, məşqçilər və boks azarkeşləri — Alumni Association çempion nəsillər birləşdirir, ruhlandırıcı və ABŞ Boks gələcək boks çempionu geri verilməsi, və ring həyata.

Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks Alumni Association boks üçün bir sevgi var və həvəskar boks ilə bağlı qalmaq istəyən hər kəs üçün açıqdır. Members xüsusi tədbirlər geniş çıxışı verilir Məzunlar Birliyi ev sahibliyi, illik ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyinin şöhrət salonunda qəbul daxil olmaqla.

Məzunlar Birliyinə üzv olmaq, sadəcə qeydiyyatdan keçinalumni@usaboxing.org a üçün $40.00 illik üzvlük haqqı. Yeni üzvlər bir köynək alacaqlar, Anahtarlık və elektron cüzdan.

Əfsanəvi məşqçi iləEddie Futch onun künc, Bowe ilk həqiqətən birləşdirilmiş dünya ağır çəki çempionu oldu, bütün dörd tanınmış əsas sanksiya orqanlarının başlıq kəmərini qazanması: WBC, WBA, IBF və WBO.

Bowe inanılmaz dərəcədə təqaüdə çıxdı 43-1 (33 Kos) pro qeyd. Bir var idi 5-1 (4 Kos) dünya titul döyüşlərində işarədir, 7-1 (5 Kos) kimi keçmiş ağır dünya çempionlarına qarşıEvander Holyfield (iki dəfə), Pinklon Tomas, Tony Tubbs, Bruce Seldon, Michael Dokes vəHerbie Hyde.

Daha sonra Bowe Holyfield-dəki tək zərərini intiqam etdi, "Real Sövdələşmə" ilə üç döyüşdən ikisini qazanmaq.

“Mən karyeramdan çox məmnunam,"Bowe əlavə etdi. "Holyfield'i iki dəfə döydüm və hesab edirəm ki, üç olmalıdır. Mən çox ağır bir itirən deyiləm, amma mən ağır çəki üzrə Dünya çempionu idim. O mübarizəni necə qazandı? Çağırış edəndən çempionu kəmər almaq lazımdır, və o bunu etmədi. Bir xal qazandığımı düşündüm, ən pis halda, bəlkə heç-heçə olmalıdı, amma mübarizəni itirməməliydim. Holyfield’i nokaut edən ilk olmuşam. Mənim karyeram çox da pis deyildi. Çox çalışdım və iki qat dünya çempionu oldum. "

Indi 51 və Merilenddə yaşayır, Bowe, uyğunlaşmağa çalışan amerikalı boksçular üçün bəzi tövsiyələr var 2020 Team USA Boxing Olympic Team.

“Yalnız bu barədə düşünmə,"Bowe vurğuladı, bir Nike reklamı kimi səslənir. "Sadəcə bunu elə! Mənim üçün işlədi. Mən göstərdim və bu barədə düşünmədim. Həmişə güclü bitir. ”

Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe, olan Beynəlxalq Şöhrət Boks Salonuna girildi 2015, həvəskar və pro boksda öz izini buraxdı. Heç kim bunu Brownsville-dən olan böyük adamdan götürə bilməz.

MƏLUMAT:

www.usaboxing.orgi

Cuqquldamaq: @USABoxing, @USABoxingAlumni

Instagram: @USABoxing

Facebook: /USABoxing

ABŞ BOXING HAQQINDA:  ABŞ Boksunun vəzifəsi Birləşmiş Ştatların idmançılarına və məşqçilərinə davamlı rəqabət mükəmməlliyinə nail olmaqdır, xarakter inkişaf etdirmək, boks idmanına dəstək olun, və ABŞ-da Olimpiya üslubunda boksu inkişaf etdirmək və inkişaf etdirmək. ABŞ Boksunun məsuliyyəti yalnız Olimpiya qızılını çıxarmaq deyil, eyni zamanda Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatlarında həvəskar boksun hər tərəfinə nəzarət edin və idarə edin.

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1988 Olimpiya qızıl mükafatçısı "amansız" Ray Mercer onun Olimpiya təcrübəsi geri görünür

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Dövrə. (Fevral 11, 2020) o Olimpiya qızıl medal tutulan Otuz iki il sonra -, "Amansız" Ray Mercer sevərək son ay olduğu kimi, onun Olimpiya təcrübə xatırlayır. Mercer, onun Olimpiya opponentlər bütün döymək yalnız Amerika ağır çempionu, Bizim üçün professional dünya ağır çempionu olmaq üçün getdi "ağır ikiqat".

Mercer üçün, bütün Almaniyada başlayıb, burada etdiyi U.S. Ordu vahid əsaslanır. 30 günlük sahəsində həyata qarşısını almaq üçün bir şans təklif, Mercer vəzifəsinə ağır boks çempionu üçün sparring tərəfdaş kimi xidmət etmək üçün bir təklifi qəbul etdi. heç əlcəklər bir cüt əvvəl qoymaq olmasına baxmayaraq, Mercer təbii güclü idi tez şagird idi, O, sürətlə inkişaf 1985 U.S. Ordu və Inter-service ağır çempionu.

World Class İdmançı Program (WCAP), olan ixtisaslı idmançılar Olimpiya Fulltime məşq etmək imkanı var, sonra geri yox idi, Bu gün də Olimpiya seçmə qaydaları. Mercer məğlub gələcək dünya ağır çempionuTommy Morrison açılış turunda 1988 Olimpiya Detail və digər gələcək dünya ağır titlist, Michael Bentt (5-0) çempionluq final. Da, də 1988 şöhrətli Caesars Pala da ABŞ Olimpiya Box-off

Niyə Las Vegas, Mercer bir split qərar qazandı (3-2) Bentt haqqında, lakin Mercer artıq U.S olmaqla Olimpiya Oyunlarında mübarizə ixtisaslı etdi. Silahlı Qüvvələri çempionu.

"Mən Ordu olanda, Mən xidmət qazanmaq idi, şeyi saxlamaq, və növbəti addım getmək,"Mercer yadda qalıb. "Mən Olimpiya mənim yol yaxşı döyüşçüləri məğlub idi, Mən həyatımın ən yaxşı forma idi. daha intizam professional sıralarında çox həvəskarları var idi. Olimpiya əvvəl son il, Mən ev vahid sol, mübarizə üçün bir çox səyahət, əvəzinə barak yaşayan mənim məşqçi evində qaldı.

Mercer tarixə keçdi 1988 Seulda Olimpiya, Cənubi Koreya, o oldu və qalır zaman ABŞ-ın Olimpiya ağır çempionu rəqibini dörd nakavt üçün:  Rudolf Gavenciak (Çexoslovakiya - RSC3), Luigi Gaudiano(İtaliya - KO1), Arnond Vasnderlyde (Hollandiya - RSC2) vəGood Hyun-Man (Cənubi Koreya - KO1).

"Mən son Cənubi Koreya nakavt idi bilirdi,"Mercer etiraf etdi. "Mən yalnız mən Olimpiya qızıl mükafatçısı olmaq bilər etmək istəyirdi. Mən bir jab istifadə düşünmürəm.

"Olimpiya qızıl medal qazanan mənə bir böyük zaman dəyişikliklərə səbəb. Mən bir ünlü oldu, bir ev adı, və bir professional kimi etmək pul mənə icazə. Heç başıma ən yaxşı şey Olimpiya qızıl medal qazanan edildi, daha bir pro kimi dünya adı qalib daha. Heç bir şey Olimpiya qızıl mükafatçısı olmaq olub. Mən yuxu tutdu. Mən pro getmək arzusunda heç vaxt, Mən qızıl medal qazandı sonra.

"Bu qızıl medal qazanmaq üçün həqiqətən əhəmiyyətli idi. Mən ürək ilə mübarizə; heç bir pul cəlb edilib, o gecə belə ağır qeyd (qızıl medal qazandıqdan sonra) Mən bir neçə saat üçün medal itirilmiş. Xəyalım gerçək idi, mənim əlləri silkələmək idi, və mən medal itirilmiş. Nə gecə!"

of Mercer təkliflər üzvləri 2020 məsləhət USA Boks olimpiya Seçmə Team bir az, "Keep döyüş, Sizin yuxu edin və son addım. "

Mercer, Jacksonville-ci ildə anadan olan, Florida, onun çox gözlənilən pro debüt etdi 1989, dayandırmaJesse McGhee Atlantic City mübarizədə üçüncü turda. "Amansız" ilk qazandı 18 pro döyüşlərdə, bir doqquzuncu dəyirmi nakavt, o cümlədənFrancisco Damiani, Morrison qarşı müvəffəqiyyətli bir müdafiə izlədi, beşinci turda dayandırdı edən.

onun 19 illik pro karyerası ərzində, Mercer tərtib 36-7-1 (26 Kos) rekord, Damiani dörd dünya çempionu məğlub, Morrison, Tim Witherspoon vəOssie Ocasio.  onun səkkiz karyera zərərləri beş dünya çempionu idi: Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko,Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield vəShannon Briggs. 

"Ray ABŞ Boks fəxr edir, hər şey təmsil,"DediChris tofflemire, ABŞ Boks Alumni Association direktoru. "Bir Ordu veteran kimi, Olimpiya qızıl mükafatçısı, və dünyanın ağır çempionu, o ABŞ Boks təklif nə ən yaxşı əks etdirir excellence və peşəkarlıq nümayiş etdirib ".

ABŞ Boks Alumni Association

ömürlük çempionu üçün yaradılmışdır, Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks və məzunları arasında qarşılıqlı faydalı münasibətlər, –boksçular, rəsmiləri, məşqçilər və boks azarkeşləri — Alumni Association çempion nəsillər birləşdirir, ruhlandırıcı və ABŞ Boks gələcək boks çempionu geri verilməsi, və ring həyata.

Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları Boks Alumni Association boks üçün bir sevgi var və həvəskar boks ilə bağlı qalmaq istəyən hər kəs üçün açıqdır. Members xüsusi tədbirlər geniş çıxışı verilir Məzunlar Birliyi ev sahibliyi, illik ABŞ Boks Məzunları Dərnəyinin şöhrət salonunda qəbul daxil olmaqla.

Məzunlar Birliyinə üzv olmaq, sadəcə qeydiyyatdan keçinalumni@usaboxing.org a üçün $40.00 illik üzvlük haqqı. Yeni üzvlər bir köynək alacaqlar, Anahtarlık və elektron cüzdan.

Mercer’in görkəmli həvəskar boks karyerasına, Kubanın böyük və üç qatlı Olimpiya qızıl medalçısı ilə klassik görüşü də daxil edilmişdir., Felix Savon, ABŞ vs. Kuba cüt oyunu, bunda Mercer iki dəfə Savonu məyus etdi, yalnız kubalı hakim həmyerlisinə sağalmaq üçün vaxt verən və mübahisəli bir mübahisəli müdaxilə etdikləri üçün əlavə zərər görmədən sağ qalan 2-1 qələbə.

"Və heç bir səbəb göstərmədən mənə səkkiz sayını verdi,"Mercer əlavə etdi. “Mən o uşağı döydüm, o da bilir. İngilis dilində danışmasa da, hələ də əlaqə saxlayırıq. Tərcümə edən bir dostu var və biz Facebook-da əlaqə saxlayırıq. Biz bir-birimizi sevirik. "

Hazırda, Mercer Şimali Karolinada evdə bir xeyriyyə qurur, pulsuz boks klinikaları daxil olacaq, lakin, daha əhəmiyyətlisi, cəmiyyətə geri verin və gənclərə dərs verin, xüsusilə təhqir olunanlar, real dünyaya çıxmaq üçün lazım olacaq bacarıqları.

Rey Mercer boksda iki dəfə Olimpiya qızıl medalçısı və bir professional olaraq ağır çəki dərəcəsində dünya çempionu oldu. Həqiqətən boks etmək istəməyən biri üçün çox utancaq deyil.

“Boks həyatımı xilas etdi,"Mərcər başa çatdı. “Həyatımı boks olmadan təsəvvür edə bilmirəm, əlbəttə eyni olmazdı.

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