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Roy Jones, Jr, Andre Ward, Claressa Shields,
Emanuel Steward & Tom Cleary
December. 7 reception in Salt Lake City, Utah
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Augusti 6, 2018) – The USA Boxing Alumni Association has announced its second class to be inducted into its Hall of Fame, December 7, på Radisson Hotel (215 S. Temple St.) i Salk Lake City, Utah.
The reception is being held in conjunction with the 2018 USA Boxing Elite och Ungdom nationella mästerskap och Junior och Prep Open, December. 2-8, also held in Salt Lake City.
Klassen av 2018 includes U.S. OS-laget medaljörer och världen (professionell) mästare Roy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward och Claressa Shields, as well as former USA Boxing National Director of Coaching Emanuel Steward and veteran USA Boxing official Tom Cleary. The latter two will be posthumously inducted.
This year’s inductees were selected amongst a group of 17 nominees by the hundreds of registered USA Boxing Alumni Association members during the months of June and July.
“USA Boxing Alumni Association is extremely excited to honor this year’s Hall of Fame class, as each inductee represents everything good that amateur boxing has to offer,” sa Chris tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Association verkställande direktör. “Last year’s class contributed to a fantastic inaugural Hall of Fame reception and we’re looking forward to recognizing this year’s class with an even better event.”
Skapad att kämpa en livslång, ömsesidigt gynnsamma relationer mellan USA boxning och dess alumner, –boxare, tjänstemän, tränare och boxning fans — Alumni Association ansluter generationer av champions, inspirerande och ge tillbaka till USA Boxning framtida boxning mästare, in och ut ur ringen.
Stadgan klassen invald förra året ingår Muhammad Ali och Evander Holyfield, in addition to veteran coaches Roosevelt Sanders och Tom Coulter.
“Each inductee has given so much to Olympic-style amateur boxing and the alumni community wants to thank them, for doing so,” Cugliari added. “We look forward to seeing USA Boxing Alumni members come out in droves to support this year’s Hall of Fame class in December.”
USA Boxing Alumni Association är öppet för alla som har en kärlek till boxning och vill hålla kontakten med amatörboxning. Medlemmar får tillgång till ett brett utbud av specialevenemang värd av Alumni Association, inklusive USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame mottagning.
För att delta i Alumni Association, helt enkelt registrera vid alumni@usaboxing.org för en $40.00 per år medlemsavgift. Nya medlemmar får en T-shirt, nyckelring och e-plånbok.
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