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ATLANTIC CITY BOXING HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCE THEIR CLASS OF 2019!!!!

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Atlantic City, N.J. – Novembar 19, 2018 – The Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame (ACBHOF) je najavio svoju 2019 Induction Class. The Induction Weekend will take place at The Claridge, a Radisson Hotel located at Park Place & Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 21 – 23, 2019.
“We’re extremely excited about the Class of 2019 and are very much looking forward to paying tribute to the new inductees in Atlantic City at our 3rd annual induction weekend next June” said ACBHOF President and Founder Ray McCline.
The 2019 inductees in the Fighter category are:

Bernard Hopkins Tim Witherspoon, Sr.
Kevin Watts Virgil Hill, Sr.
Iran Barkley John Brown
Roberto Duran, Sr. Micky Ward

Trainers and Cutmen:

Ace Marotta English “Bouie” Fisher

Non-Učesnici–Special Contributors:

Butch Lewis Bobby Goodman
Stan Hoffman Nigel Collins
Henry Hascup Jimmy Binns Sr.
Tom Kaczmarek Tony Orlando Jr.
Rhonda Utley-Herring
Bernard Hopkins will be inducted into his first Hall of Fame as part of the third annual class that will include a total of 19 indukovani.
“I feel appreciated and it’s starting to settle in that I’m near that mark of living legend. I don’t see myself as a living legend. Let other people decide that. This is a great honor and I’m grateful for the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame for making this happen,” Hopkins said in a November 16 RingTV interview with Joseph Santoliquito.
“Watch who you co-sign for; you can’t sell me black to get in the door. You can’t sell me white to get in the door. You can’t sell me half white or half black or none of that to get in the door. But you can sell me LOYALTY” said former two-division champion Bernard Hopkins.
The 3rd Annual Induction Ceremony & Celebration Weekend will honor some of the world’s most iconic figures from the sport of boxing: Butch Lewis, Nigel Collins, Engleski “Bouie” Fisher and New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame’s President Henry Hascup are just a few named who will be enshrined with the 2019 induction class.
Inductees will be named in three categories: Fighter, Trener & Cut-Men and Special Contributors.
“It was a great honor to hear I was going to be inducted into Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame. Atlantic City is my second home, and as a pro fighter I’ve fought numerous times in this great city. It’s a great boxing town and it is an honor to be inducted into the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame” kaže Micky Ward.
Over the next several weeks there will be updates on the schedule of events, room packages and expected VIP appearances on the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame and the Claridge Hotel websites and social media platforms.
For more information on the Hall of Fame’s 3rd Annual Induction Weekend please contact the ACBHOF at (609) 318 -3188 ili acbhof@gmail.com, or visit on Facebook Instagrami na Twitter.
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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 (za) champion Danny Romero, i 1984 Olympic silver medalist Virgil Hill.

 

 

 

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO (Maj 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 rekao je. “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. ”

 

 

 

Created to champion lifelong, uzajamno korisne odnose između SAD boks i njegovih bivših studenata, –bokseri, zvaničnici, treneri i navijači boks — Asocijacija Alumni povezuje generacije šampiona, inspirativan i davanje natrag u SAD Boxing budućnosti boks šampioni, u i izvan ringa.

 

Chris Cugliari i John Scully will oversee two USA Boxing Alumni Association tables at the International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, Jun 7- 10 Canastota, Njujork, during the its golf tournament and Memorabilia Show.

 

 

 

USA Boxing product Winky Wright (51-6-1, 25 KOs), 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 Srebrne olimpijske medalje, Virgil “Quicksilver” Brdo, trostruki učesnik borbe godine “Irski” Micky Ward, svetski šampioni Riddick Bowe, Junior Jones and other “Alumni” 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, Izvršni direktor Američkog udruženja bivših boksera. “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.

 

 

 

Boks Alumni Association SAD je otvoren za svakoga ko ima ljubavi za boks i želite da ostanu povezani sa amaterskim boksom. Članovi se odobrava pristup širok spektar posebnih događaja domaćina Udruženje Alumni.

 

 

 

Da se pridruže Alumni asocijacije, simply register at alumni@usaboxing,.org for a $40.00 po članarina godišnje. Novi članovi će dobiti majicu, privjesak za ključeve i e-novčanik.

 

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Back to the future with Hall of Famer Virgil Hill

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Kolorado (April 20, 2018) —

Virgil “Quicksilver” Brdo has gone back to the future, parlaying what he learned as an amateur boxer into a Olympic silver medal, five world titles in two weight class, induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), and now giving back as a Los Angeles-based boxing coach and invaluable member of the USA Boxing Alumni Association.

 

 

 

 

“Winning the WBA (World Boxing Association) and IBF (International Boxing Federation) world titles were all big.” Hill spoke about his greatest boxing achievement, “But the Olympics come around every four years with only one guy from each country, if that, in each weight class. It’s very difficult. I had competed against some of the best athletes in the world, right here in the United States, preparing to represent our country in the Olympics against the best in the world. We sparred each other at camp. US fighters all have a target on their backs.

 

 

 

 

“I fought in 10 different countries that year (1984), but the best Olympics ever was held here in Los Angeles. Half of our team went on to become world champions as pro fighters and three are in the Hall of Fame (Brdo, Evander Holyfield i Pernell Whitaker). I wasn’t picked to win a medal in my class. I should have won a gold medal but lost in the final (srednjoj division) to a Korean fighter (Shin Joon-Sup, 2-3). Losing was tough but the opportunity to be on the US Olympic Boxing Team was the highlight of my boxing career, even more so than winning my world titles.”

 

 

 

 

Hill grew up on a ranch in North Dakota. He watched the Golden Gloves on television and asked his father if he could learn to box. His response was, maybe if we move to a city. “Remember,” Hill noted, “a city for me back then was only 50,000 ljudi. We did move to Grand Forks and my father asked me if I still wanted to box. He brought me to a local gym when I was eight and I started training right away.”

 

 

 

 

After capturing a gold medal at the 1984 Nacionalni Golden Gloves turnir, Hill went to the USA Boxing training facility, where he learned a lot being around so many different people and boxing styles. Although he’s part Puerto-Rican, Hill is a Native-American who grew up in a predominantly German and Norwegian state (North Dakota).

 

 

 

 

“There were not many blacks or Latinos,” Hill admitted. “We grew up poor, but not ghetto poor. I learned a lot. My roommate (at USA Boxing’s training facility) was a 106-pound Puerto-Rican from New Jersey, Jose Lazario. Jose took me for a haircut one day and, when I went back to North Dakota, I had a bounce in my step and people there were all looking at my haircut. Evander Holyfield taught me how to iron. He wouldn’t go with me to the mall unless I ironed my jeans. I sat and listened to know what to expect.”

 

 

 

 

Hill completed his amateur career with an incredible 288-11 rekord, married a woman who was on the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team, Denean Howard (two-time gold and two-time silver medalist), and turned professional November 15, 1984, zaustavljanje Arthur Wright in the second round at famed Madison Square Garden.

 

 

 

 

He had moved to Las Vegas to train with legendary trainer, Eddie Futch, i njegov pomoćnik, Freddie Roach. “I was on my own for the first time,” Hill explained. “They were good role models who prepared me to be a pro boxer, as well as for life.

 

 

 

 

Hill fought professionally until 2015, pobjeda 51 od 58 pro tuče, 24 nokautom, with only seven losses. On je osvojio svoj prvi 30 pro tuče, including a fourth-round win by technical knockout of Leslie Stewart u svom 19th pro fight to capture the WBA world light heavyweight title. Hill made 10 successful WBA title defenses, including eight in Bismarck, North Dakota, before losing for the first time as a pro in 1991 to future Hal of Famer Tommy Hearns.

 

 

 

 

 

Hill later recaptured the WBA world light heavyweight crown and he eventually added the IBF world light heavyweight title, in addition to becoming three-time WBA cruiserweight world champion. He retired in 2007 and then make a one-fight comeback February 28, 2015, zaustavljanje Jimmy Campbell in the second round in Bismarck, marking Hill’s final fight.

 

 

 

 

During his remarkable pro career, Hill had a 24-5 (7 KOs) world title fight record, including victories over Stewart, Marvin Camel, Adolpho Washington, Lou Del Valle, Donny Lalond, Bobby Czyz, Fabrice Tiozzo (dvaput), Henry Maske and Hill’s 1984 US Olympic teammate, Frank Tate (dvaput).

 

 

 

 

Hill remains in boxing as a trainer and occasionally a co-promotes pro-am shows in North Dakota. In Los Angeles, Hill currently trains one pro and nine amateurs. “I love being a trainer,” Hill exclaimed. “There are some special kids, the real athletic ones, but it’s the others that often make it for me. Those who aren’t as athletic and really need to work hard. Once you get a few of the kids working hard, the rest follow in line. This isn’t a democracy; it’s a dictatorship and I push ’em hard. Our LBC has 180 fights a year. I do all the matching and, if they’re in too tough, I top the fight. It’s not about winning and losing. It’s striving to be better, disciplina, accomplishments and competition.

 

 

 

 

“The Elite boxers are moving on to the next level, establishing themselves to make a name and enter the pros. Ninety-five percent of the others aren’t. Boxing is still a poor man’s sport and sometimes the only option for some of these kids have is boxing. And boxing is still a very dangerous, unforgiving sport. The sky’s the limited, good and bad, for these kids. Boxing occupies their time. Some kids need more encouragement, others need to believe more in themselves. This is where they come from and who they become.”

 

 

 

 

Not only is Hill giving back as a coach, he’s key member of and spokesperson for the USA Boxing Alumni Association.

 

 

 

 

“I’m happy to be involved,” Hill talked about his back to the future journey in boxing. “It’s about time we had an alumni organization. Only the top three-percent of boxers make it big. It’s great watching everybody mix and mingle at alumni gatherings. This is about respect for each other; it’s a kinship.”

 

INFORMACIJE:

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Twitter: @USABoxing

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Da li su & Holyfield će biti primljen u petak u SAD Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame inauguralni klase

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SAD Boxing Elite državnom prvenstvu
Decembar. 5-9 u Salt Lake City, Juta
COLORADO SPRINGS, Krilo. (Decembar 5, 2017) – Mladoj SAD Boxing Alumni Association će biti domaćin gala prijem ovog petka noć (Decembar) 8, istaknuta indukciju osnivačkoj klase SAD Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame, na Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Salk Lake City, Juta.
Na recepciji se održava u kombinaciji sa 2017 SAD Boxing Elite i mlade državnom prvenstvu i Junior i Prep Open, Decembar. 5-9, također održava u Salt Lake City.
Stvorena da prvak cjeloživotnog, uzajamno korisne odnose između SAD boks i njegovih bivših studenata, –bokseri, zvaničnici, treneri i navijači boks — Asocijacija Alumni povezuje generacije šampiona, inspirativan i davanje natrag u SAD Boxing budućnosti boks šampioni, u i izvan ringa.
“Udruženje Alumni će okupiti bivši bokseri, treneri i službenik koji su dostigli svim nivoima uspjeha u amaterskom boksu, kao i ljudi koji imaju sve gotovo za olimpijski boks,” objašnjeno Mike McAtee, SAD Boxing Izvršni direktor. “Ovo udruženje će pomoći proširiti naš grassroots i stvaraju borba šampioni članova SAD boks i alumni.”
“The Greatest” i “The Real Deal”, odnosno, Muhammad Ali i Evander Holyfield, će biti prvi boksera primljen u Udruženje SAD Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame, spajanje dva druga, veteran trenera Roosevelt Sanders i Tom Coulter, takođe primljen kao članovi čarter.
Pokojni Ali je usamljeni tri put lineal svijetu šampion u teškoj kategoriji svih vremena, koji je kao amater (poznat onda kao Cassius Clay), zarobljen zlatnu medalju na 1960 Olimpijske igre u Rimu.
Holyfield je bio prvi i ostaje jedina neprikosnoveni kruzer i teške svjetski prvak. Na 1984 Olimpijskim igrama u Los Angelesu, Holyfield je osvojio bronzanu medalju kao poluteškoj, nakon doživio je upitan diskvalifikacije u svom polufinalu utakmici. Ranije ove godine, Holyfield je započeo promotivnu kompanija, Stvarno; Deal Boxing.
A 1993 SAD Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, Roosevelt trenirao U.S. Marinci boks tim 1975-1978 i 1988-2000. On je također služio kao pomoćni trener na boks timova SAD olimpijski u 1984 i 1992.
Coulter je trener boks je za više od 62 godina, će nastaviti i sa boks klinike danas oko rukavica. Osim trenira kultni 1988 SAD olimpijski boks tim, koji zarobili osam pojedinačnih medalja, bio je savjetnik za 1996 tima koji su osvojili 14 jela. A nacionalni šampion u boksu na Syracuse University, Coulter i trenera u U.S. Vojska Boxing Team.
International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Al Bernstein će poslužiti kao Master of ceremonije U petak događaj. “SAD Boks čini pozitivnu razliku u životima hiljade i hiljade mladih ljudi ion svakodnevno,” glas Showtime Boxing rekao,” i ja sam tako čast da služi kao voditelj emisija za inauguralni SAD Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame prijem. Ova nova ruka SAD Boks će biti sjajan dodatak već odlična organizacija. Radujem se tome.”.
Četiri osvajače olimpijskih medalja iz tima SAD će biti prisutan: 1984 zlatne medalje Paul Gonzales, 1984 i 1988 srebrne medalje, odnosno, Virgil Hill i Michael Carbajal, i 1972 bronzane medalje Jessie Valdez.
Drugi boks velikodostojnici koji su potvrđeni su bili prisutni 1992 Olimpijski Raul Marquez, Hall of Fame sudija Steve Smoger, Nacionalni Golden Gloves prvak i NBC boks spiker B.J. Cvijeće, tri puta New England Golden Gloves prvak“Irski” Micky Ward, bivši trener Air Force Academy Eddie Welchers, Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves direktor franšize turnira Larry Fullmer i drugi.
Boks Alumni Association SAD je otvoren za svakoga ko ima ljubavi za boks i želite da ostanu povezani sa amaterskim boksom. Članovi se odobrava pristup širok spektar posebnih događaja domaćina Udruženje Alumni, SAD Boxing Alumni Association Hall uključujući petak navečer je slavnih prijem.
Da se pridruže Alumni asocijacije, jednostavno se registrujte na alumni@usaboxing.org za $40.00 po članarina godišnje. Novi članovi će dobiti majicu, privjesak za ključeve i e-novčanik.
INFORMACIJE:
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USA Boxing Alumni Association Open for Registration

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Krilo. (Novembar 2, 2017). – The newly created USA Boxing Alumni Association registration is officially open for those interested in becoming members.
The Alumni Association, which was created to champion a lifelong, uzajamno korisne odnose između SAD boks i njegovih bivših studenata, including boxers, zvaničnici, treneri i navijači boks, will help connect generations of champions, as well as help inspire and give back to USA Boxing’s future boxing champions inside and outside the ring.
“Udruženje Alumni će okupiti bivši bokseri, coaches and officials that have reached all levels of success in amateur boxing, as well as people who have a love for Olympic-style boxing,” komentarisao Mike McAtee, SAD Boxing Izvršni direktor. “This association will help expand our grassroots and help create the future champions of USA Boxing and alumni members.”
Open to anyone possessing a love for the sport and looking to stay connected with amateur boxing, the Alumni Association members are granted access to a variety of special events that will be hosted by the Alumni Association, including the first annual USA boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
The reception, which will honor and celebrate the five inaugural members of the Alumni Association Hall of Fame, will be held on Decembar 8 in Salt Lake City in conjunction with the 2017 USA Boxing Elite and Youth National Championships & Junior and Prep Open. The five inductees include:
  • Muhammad Ali
  • Tom Coulter
  • Buddy Davis
  • Evander Holyfield
  • Roosevelt Sanders
World-renowned CBS and Showtime announcer Al Bernstein will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event.
“USA Boxing makes a positive difference in the lives of thousands and thousands of young people on a daily basis, i ja sam tako čast da služi kao voditelj emisija za inauguralni SAD Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame prijem. Ova nova ruka SAD Boks će biti sjajan dodatak već odlična organizacija,” Bernstein je rekao. “I look forward to a great week.”
In addition to Bernstein’s role as emcee, many esteemed members of the USA Boxing alumni community are scheduled to attend the inaugural event, uključujući: Michael Carbajal, BJ Flores, Larry Fullmer, Virgil Hill, Raul Marquez, Steve Smoger,Jesse Valdez, Micky Ward i Eddie Weichers.
When joining, which cost $40/year, new members will be given a t-shirt, privjesak za ključeve i e-novčanik. For more information on the USA Boxing Alumni Association, obratite alumni@usaboxing.org ili posjet USABoxing.org
INFORMACIJE:
Twitter: @USABoxing
Instagram: @USABoxing
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Inaugural USA Boxing Alumni Association

Hall of Fame Reception to be held Decembar. 8 u Salt Lake City
O SADU BOKS: The mission of USA Boxing shall be to enable United States’ athletes and coaches to achieve sustained competitive excellence, develop character, support the sport of boxing, and promote and grow Olympic style boxing in the United States. The responsibility of USA Boxing is not only to produce Olympic gold, but also oversee every aspect of amateur boxing in the United States.