ಇವರಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್‌ಗಳು FNU47

USA Wrestling postpones National and Regional events through July 1

Due to the nature of what it would entail to host a national or regional USA Wrestling competition, with the first priority being the health and safety of all participants involved, USA Wrestling has extended the postponement of its national and regional events through July 1.

In addition to the 10 national and regional events that USA Wrestling previously postponed through May 10, there are 10 additional events which have now been postponed:

• Western Regional Championships, Farmington, UT, ಮೇ 14-16
• Northern Plains Regional Championships, Rochester, ಎಂ.ಎನ್, ಮೇ 15-17
• Central Regional Championships, Fort Wayne, IN, ಮೇ 15-17
• Southeast Regional Championships, Wilmington, ಎನ್ಸಿ, ಮೇ 22-24
• UWW U23 & Junior World Team Trials, Geneva, OH, ಮೇ 29-31
• Southern Plains Regional Championships, Dodge City, ಕೆ.ಎಸ್, ಜೂನ್ 5-7
• 16U National Duals, Loves Park, ಐಎಲ್, ಜೂನ್ 9-13
• 14U National Duals, Franklin, IN, ಜೂನ್ 10-14
• Junior National Duals, ತುಲ್ಸಾ, ಸರಿ, ಜೂನ್ 16-20
• USA Wrestling Kids Nationals, Wisconsin Dells, WI, ಜೂನ್ 25-27

Working with its COVID-19 Advisory Committee and relying on current advice from health and government agencies, USA Wrestling is currently formulating the specific safety measures that must be put in place in order for the resumption of club practice and local or state competitions. Any such activity will only be possible when held under the guidelines set by local and state health authorities and in compliance with the safety measures being developed for the sport.

As this situation regarding this pandemic remains fluid and ever-evolving, USA Wrestling will continue to monitor its policies regarding National and Regional events, sanctioned events and club practices, and additional changes to these policies are possible.

Unhappy birthday coming up for undefeated lightweight prospect Jamaine “The Technician” Ortiz

WORCESTER, ಮಾಸ್. (ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 15, 2020) – Even in his wildest dreams, undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Youth World lightweight championJamaine “The Technician” Ortiz (13-0, 7 ಕಾಸ್) never could have ever imagined that his 24ನೇ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬದ, later this month, would fall smack in the middle of a worldwide health pandemic

When he turns 24 ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 28ನೇ, Ortiz figured he’d be preparing for training camp with a spring fight date set, likely defending his WBC Youth World title of fighting for a regional belt of some sort.

He certainly didn’t think boxing would be banned around the world, gyms closed by a state mandate, and people wearing facemasks and plastic gloves like they’re in a Sci-Fi movie. ಮತ್ತು, to boot, his job as a licensed carpenter ended closed shop last Friday. Like everybody else in the Bay State.

Ortiz is basically self-quarantined at home, although he’s still running, ತರಬೇತಿ, eating well and doing everything else to maintain decent shape. Not elite boxing shape, ಆದರೂ, which simply isn’t possible under these restrictive and trying times.

Instead of sparring, he’s shadow boxing, jumping rope has replaced pad-work with his trainersರಾಕಿ ಗೊನ್ಜಾಲೆಜ್ ಮತ್ತುಕಾರ್ಲೋಸ್ ಗಾರ್ಸಿಯಾ, and now his living room serves as hisಜಿಮ್.

Times have been dramatically altered, ವಾಸ್ತವವಾಗಿ, even celebrating birthdays, which Jamaine fully understands and accepts.

“I don’t think my birthday will be any different,” Ortiz said. “I usually spend it alone with my mother and daughter (4-year-old Amira) and this year probably won’t be any different. I won’t be able to get in a whole bunch of sparring rounds that I usually ask for (ನಗುವುದು) as presents from some of my friends.“

ಅದೃಷ್ಟವಶಾತ್, ಆದರೂ, Ortiz was able to fight this past February 28 in his first action in six months, headlining a CES Boxing-promoted card at home in Worcester, ಮ್ಯಾಸಚೂಸೆಟ್ಸ್, in which he registered an impressive second-round stoppage of Mexican knockout specialist“Loco” Luis Ronaldo Castillo (22-6, 17 ಕಾಸ್), a former WBC FECOMBOX lightweight champion.

ಒರ್ಟಿಜ್, presently rated No. 16 by the North American Boxing Federation (NABF), aspires to attend medical school after he hangs up his gloves for good, to become a doctor/researcher. He reads a lot about medicine, especially holistic treatments, and he believes that he may have already had the coronavirus.

“Five weeks before my last fight,” he explained, “I was in the hospital with a temperature of 104.5. Just about everybody I knew was sick, my grandmother had pneumonia. I never really get sick. I had a flu shot for seven years without an issue. I developed a cough, too. I felt like I was going to die. I can’t say with certainty I had coronavirus (there was no test available then), but I feel like I may have had it.”

Ortiz will be ready for the night the ring bell will finally sound again. “I hope to be fighting again in July or August, ಆದರೆ, no matter when boxing returns, I’ll be ready to go.

“This is a serious, contagious disease. People should use common sense: wash your hands, stay separated by six feet, and stay at home, especially the elderly and people with respiratory problems. Don’t take any unnecessary risks or panic, either. This isn’t the end of the world!"

Royce Gracie Hosts Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Seminar Live Today at 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST on Bellator MMA’s Social Channels

Today at 3 p.m. PST / 6 p.m. EST on Bellator MMA’s social channels, one of the most influential MMA fighters of all-time, ರಾಯ್ಸ್ ಗ್ರೇಸಿ, will be teaching a Brazilian jiu-jitsu seminar.

The event will begin promptly on Facebook, ಟ್ವಿಟರ್, Instagram and YouTube.

SHOWTIME BOXING WITH ERIC RASKIN AND KIERAN MULVANEY PODCAST FEATURES PROMOTER DMITRIY SALITA AND HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER OTTO WALLIN AS HE DISCUSSES HIS BOUT WITH COVID-19

ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು, Steve Farhood Breaks Down Some Of The Fiercest Rematches In Boxing History

Click Below To Listen To Latest Installment Of SHOWTIME BOXING PODCAST

HTTPS://s.sho.com/3bkvFp1

NEW YORK – April 14, 2020 – This week’s installment of the digital podcast seriesSHOWTIME BOXING WITH ERIC RASKIN AND KIERAN MULVANEY features heavyweight contender Otto Wallin, who recently recovered from COVID-19, and promoter Dmitriy Salita in an interview about life in quarantine and the effect the virus has had on the sport of boxing. ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು, Hall of Fame analyst and boxing historian Steve Farhood joins this week’sRevenge: The Rematchessegment to discuss Azumah Nelson vs. Jesse James Leija II, Gerald McClellan vs. Julian Jackson II, and Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Frankie Randall II. Click the following link to listen to the full episodehttps://s.sho.com/3bkvFp1.

Excerpts from the episode:

On COVID-19 and its effect on the sport of boxing…

ಪದಗಳ – “It’s a really unpredictable environment right now. Boxing is an international sport. Now more than ever, fighters come to the U.S. from all over to train and fight. It’s really important that the whole world heals so that things can go back to normal.”

Wallin“This virus is very serious. People are dying – people from the gym have died. I didn’t have many symptoms when I had it, but it spread to my mother’s boyfriend who is a diabetic and he was very ill. When you are home, don’t just stay on the couch. You have to come up with ideas to keep yourself busy and do something.”

On staying in shape during quarantine…

Wallin“I am trying to make the best of the situation, and I can do a lot with what I have now. It’s working alright. I do some boxing punching on the wall and lots of shadow boxing.”

On Salita Promotions’ Train Like a Boxer YouTube Series…

ಪದಗಳ – “We were thinking of ways to keep connections between the fighters and the fans. Everyone is stuck at home, no one can go to work and it’s important to stay healthy and active. We thought we could let the fans know about what the fighters are doing at home and keep communication between everyone going.”

On what’s next for Wallin…

ಪದಗಳ – “In the fight with [ಟೈಸನ್] Fury you can see how amazing his performance was. Numbers don’t lie, Otto landed more punches against Fury than any opponent including [ವ್ಲಾಡಿಮಿರ್] Klitschko and [Deontay] Wilder –in the first fight. Otto is a world-class fighter, and hopefully we get back to business and he can show that he is one of the best heavyweights in the world.”

On Chavez vs. Randall II…

Farhood“I think it was a sign Chavez was getting to the end, he was only 31 but he had 90 fights and I think Randall got him at the right time. Watching Randall in both fights boxing so well reminded me a bit of Buster Douglas against [ಮೈಕ್] ಟೈಸನ್. This guy didn’t give you anything to think he could do something like this – just boxing beautifully. I thought Randall probably deserved the rematch decision by a point, but it was a very close fight.”

The weekly SHOWTIME BOXING podcast features Raskin and Mulvaney diving deep into the world of boxing and SHOWTIME boxing events. New episodes are released on all major podcast platforms every Monday, including Radio.com.

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PBC KEEPS PUNCHING OUT BOREDOM!

PBC Boxers Continue to Engage Fans Through Social Media During Social Distancing

ಕೀತ್ ಥರ್ಮನ್, Deontay ವೈಲ್ಡರ್, ಆಂಟನಿ Dirrell, ಲಿಯೋ ಸಾಂಟಾ ಕ್ರೂಜ್, Gervonta ಡೇವಿಸ್, ಆಂಡ್ರೆ Berto & David Benavidez to Appear on PBC Social Media Platforms Next Week


LAS VEGAS (ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 10, 2020) – Premier Boxing Champions boxers will roll into another week of taking to social media to engage with fans during social distancing. Each week PBC will present opportunities for fans to hear from boxers as they try to find ways to pass the time.

Former unified welterweight champion ಕೀತ್ ಥರ್ಮನ್ appears on Time Out With Ray Floreslive on the PBC Instagram page this Monday, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 13 ನಲ್ಲಿ 3 p.m. ಇಟಿ / 12 ಹಾರಾಟವನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದವು. ಪಿಟಿ.

Former heavyweight champion Deontay ವೈಲ್ಡರ್ and former super middleweight champion ಆಂಟನಿ Dirrell will appear on the PBC Podcast with hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal. The Podcast will be available on Wednesday, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 15 ಮೇಲೆ PBC website, iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spreaker and other outlets.

WBA Super Featherweight Champion ಲಿಯೋ ಸಾಂಟಾ ಕ್ರೂಜ್ will appear in the At Home With…” ಸರಣಿ, hanging out live on the PBC Facebook page ಬುಧವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 15 ನಲ್ಲಿ 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. ಪಿಟಿ. And in a special edition of At Home With…”, WBA Lightweight Champion Gervonta “ಟ್ಯಾಂಕ್” ಡೇವಿಸ್ will be interviewed by former welterweight champion ಆಂಡ್ರೆ Berto live on the PBC Instagram page ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 17 ನಲ್ಲಿ 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. ಪಿಟಿ.

WBC Super Middleweight Champion ಡೇವಿಡ್ Benavidez will appear on Going The Distanceಮೇಲೆ PBC YouTube page ಗುರುವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 16. Benavidez will be breaking down his fight against Anthony Dirrell at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. ಪಿಟಿ.

ಜೊತೆಗೆ, PBC Replaywill feature a replay of the full televised card for the first Leo Santa Cruz vs. Abner Mares showdown on the PBC YouTube page ಶನಿವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 18 ನಲ್ಲಿ 8 p.m. ಇ / 5 ಹಾರಾಟವನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದವು. ಪಿಟಿ.

This week’s schedule is loaded with some of PBC’s top attractions sharing their insights and life during these challenging times. Stay tuned. There’s more to come.

A remarkable boxing journey like no other 1972 ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ ಚಿನ್ನದ ಪದಕ ವಿಜೇತ “ಸಕ್ಕರೆ” Ray Seales

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



COLORADO SPRINGS, ಲ್ಯಾಪ್. (ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 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 ಆಫ್ 350 amateur matches, having fought a trilogy as a professional with “ಅದ್ಭುತ” ಮಾರ್ವಿನ್ ಹ್ಯಾಗ್ಲರ್, being declared legally blind in both eyes (having entertainer Sammy Davis, ಜೂನಿಯರ್. pickup a six-figure medical bill), regaining sight in one eye, then working as a teacher of autistic students for 17 ವರ್ಷಗಳ.

“ಸಕ್ಕರೆ” Ray Seales has truly lived a surreal life, to say the least, 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. ಸ. 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. ಲೆವಿಸ್ (ಇದ್ದ, 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, ವಾಷಿಂಗ್ಟನ್.

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 (ಚಾಂಪಿಯನ್) 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. ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ 19, Seales enlisted in the U.S. ಏರ್ ಫೋರ್ಸ್, but his mother made some calls so Ray would be able to compete in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, ಜರ್ಮನಿ.

She succeeded and the rest, ಅವರು ಹೇಳಿದಂತೆ, 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. ಏರ್ ಫೋರ್ಸ್, because he had done enough in terms of service as the only American boxer to win a gold medal.

ದಿ 1972 ಒಲಿಂಪಿಕ್ಸ್, ಆದರೆ, 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. ಒಲಿಂಪಿಯನ್)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, ಮಾರ್ವಿನ್ ಜಾನ್ಸನ್ ಮತ್ತು Ricardo Carreras.

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


ಯುಎಸ್ಎ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಹಳೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಂಘ

ಆಜೀವ ಚಾಂಪಿಯನ್ ಆಗಿ ರಚಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ, ಯುಎಸ್ಎ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಮತ್ತು ಅದರ ಹಳೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಲಾಭದಾಯಕ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳು, –ಬಾಕ್ಸರ್ಗಳು, ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು, ತರಬೇತುದಾರರು ಮತ್ತು ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಗಳು — ಹಳೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಂಘವು ತಲೆಮಾರುಗಳ ಚಾಂಪಿಯನ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸುತ್ತದೆ, ಯುಎಸ್ಎ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಚಾಂಪಿಯನ್ಗಳಿಗೆ ಸ್ಪೂರ್ತಿದಾಯಕ ಮತ್ತು ಹಿಂದಿರುಗಿಸುತ್ತದೆ, ಮತ್ತು ರಿಂಗ್ ಹೊರಗೆ.

ಯುಎಸ್ಎ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಅಲುಮ್ನಿ ಅಸೋಸಿಯೇಷನ್ ​​ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಮತ್ತು ಹವ್ಯಾಸಿ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿರಲು ಬಯಸುವವರಿಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಳೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಂಘವು ಆಯೋಜಿಸುವ ವಿವಿಧ ರೀತಿಯ ವಿಶೇಷ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳಿಗೆ ಸದಸ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶವನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಅದರ ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ಯುಎಸ್ಎ ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಅಲುಮ್ನಿ ಅಸೋಸಿಯೇಶನ್ ಹಾಲ್ ಆಫ್ ಫೇಮ್ ಸ್ವಾಗತ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ.

ಹಳೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಂಘಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಲು, ನಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಂದಾಯಿಸಿ alumni@usaboxing.org ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ $40.00 ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಸದಸ್ಯತ್ವ ಶುಲ್ಕ. ಹೊಸ ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಟಿ-ಶರ್ಟ್ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಕೀಚೈನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಇ-ವ್ಯಾಲೆಟ್.


Seales turned pro in 1973, winning an 8-round unanimous decision over Gonzalo Rodriguez ಇದ್ದ. “Sugarmanwon his first 21 ಪರ ಪಂದ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, until he lost a 10-round decision to 14-0 middleweight prospect and future Hall of Famer Marvin Hagler. ಎರಡು ಪಂದ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಂತರ, 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 ಸುತ್ತುಗಳ). 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 ವರ್ಷಗಳ, ವಿಜೇತ 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, ಜೂನಿಯರ್. (ಕೆಳಗೆ ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ), 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 likeಫ್ಲಾಯ್ಡ್ ಮೇವೆದರ್. 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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The All-Natural, Non-Toxic Immune system booster that could Revolutionize Health Care as we know it

MY EXPERIENCE WITH 714X AND WHY I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE MORE WIDELY USED ACROSS THE WORLD

ಮೂಲಕ: ಸಮೃದ್ಧ ಬರ್ಜರಾನ್

My father died in the hospital on a ventilator last June in a situation that is eerily similar to what is going on in hospitals all over the country right now. It was the most egregious example of the broken traditional healthcare system that I have ever seen.

My father did not give up orlet go.Hospital staff purposely medicated him to death when they determined he could not beweaned offthe ventilator, a machine they only put him on to do a heart catheter procedure that he didn’t even need.

My stepmother, my father’s second wife (see part one for the story of how Dad lost my mother), had some major heart issues late in her life that sent her to the Intensive Care Unit as well. She died a few years before my father, but I would later discover the abovememofrom her days in nursing school. It was obviously meant as a joke when she wrote it, but it became her sad, true story when I discovered it just a few months ago.

The point of including her ominous words here is to illustrate how little medicine has really changed in the grand scheme of things. Medical professionals are clearly doing the same old thing in dealing with critical patients. They are constantly repeating the same mistakes they were making when my stepmother was a nurse decades ago. Some of the devices and drugs they use have changed, but their practices and procedures on treating dangerous conditions and diseases are still stale and tired.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily press conferences detailing the damage being done by thenovelCorona Virus sweeping across the world right now. This is an exact quote from one of his little press parties:

The longer you are on a ventilator the less likely you will ever come off that ventilator, and as we have now some period of time when people first entered the hospital and were first intubated, we’re seeing that death number go up as their length on the ventilator increases.

Another New York doctor went further and explained that there aresaferways to use ventilators for lung issues like those we are seeing in Covid-19 patients. Cameron Kyle-Sidell, ಎಮ್ಡಿ published a sincere, urgent message through YouTube as Corona ravaged New York City. He called on fellow physicians and supervisors to challengelong held, dogmatic beliefs within the medical community and among lung specialists, which will not be easy to overcome.

ಡಾ. Kyle-Sidell still thinks ventilators are needed, but other experts insist it is a blood oxygen issue. These medical professionals suggest: more patients could receive simpler, noninvasive respiratory support, such as the breathing masks used in sleep apnea, at least to start with and maybe for the duration of the illness.

Before I get into the meat of the story I’m trying to tell about 714X, it’s critical to point out the true mess we are in when it comes to the health care we have in the United States. It was a mess my father faced when there was no pandemic at all. It’s a mess my family’s dealt with one way or another for my entire life.

Our problem is that there is always someone pushing the wrong product, procedure or equipment based solely on sales and manipulating numbers for investors. Unlike the oldsnake oilfolks who gave natural medicine a bad name, the tonics that big pharma is selling are toxic to the core.

We see the warnings on the airwaves all the time. Watch a drug commercial and count the side effects while watching the people in the ad doing things that have no relation to the condition or alleviation of the symptoms. Listen to those segments when they tell you what debilitating thingshave happenedto the drug’s users. This is the part where words like lymphoma get thrown out. How can we not see that capitalist medicine as we know it has no qualms about hurting people to make a profit? Why is it that nothing they sell to you is ever really acureof any kind?

The drug commercials often tell you to consult a doctor before stopping the medication. Traditional medicine’s dogma and tired approach tomaintaininga person’shealthare both tied directly to dollar bills. It’s all designed to keep you in their loop, continuously shelling out money for doctor/clinic visits and medication. This is how we end up with drugs like Fentanyl and Oxycontin that make both legal and illegal practitioners (AKA Drug Dealers) of health care a fortune while leaving broken lives behind them. Our system promotes suffering to pad the bottom line.

Consider the case of Glyphosate, known as RoundUp Weed Killer. Lawsuits claiming the insecticide gave people cancer began sprouting up everywhere over the last couple years. It was not uncommon during this time period to see a RoundUp commercial actually selling the product right after or before a commercial for a law firm seeking to find people injured by the product. So the media plays both sides of such issues and proves itself as always willing to profit off the misery of others.

The lawsuit commercials have since died down, but they still appear sporadically. ಏತನ್ಮಧ್ಯೆ, RoundUp is taking advantage of all the folks stuck at home in thispandemicby running persistent ads touting that the brand has beentrusted for 40 ವರ್ಷಗಳ.” This is particularly disturbing considering there is at least one expert suggesting the toxic main ingredient in RoundUp is actually causing the most serious issues people face when they come down with Corona Virus.

My father always badmouthed glyphosate before he died last year. One of his favorite hobbies was gardening. His last spoken words to me were a reminder to make sure I watered his plants. Another toxic product he condemned was the one he knew killed his second wife.

My stepmother Jean died due to a fatal bleeding event in the hospital, which my father believed the medication Plavix was solely responsible for. During his own conscious time at the hospital, he refused the heart catheter because he knew they wanted to use Plavix on him. I also refused for the same reason when nurses and doctors pushed me to OK the procedure after my father went under sedation.

One day I received a chilling call from a doctor with a heavy Russian accent. He was again insisting that I authorize the catheter. I refused again, explaining that my father would not ever agree to Plavix being used on him. “This is your father, ರಿಚರ್ಡ್, so it is your decision, but if it were my father, ರಿಚರ್ಡ್, I would do it,” he later said to me.

I pushed back again and inquired as to if there was another way to do the procedure without the Plavix. Almost without hesitation, the physician told me nonchalantly thatWe can use Brillinta. It is safer.

I did not realize how totally ridiculous that entire admission was until much later, long after the procedure was over and done with. Here was a practicing doctor admitting unwittingly that he was purposely pushing a medication on my father when he knew there was a much safer alternative. I also did not understand how such an invasive procedure could help my father with the real issue of his pneumonia. The Russian doc insisted that the catheter needed to be done since my father was having a heart attack on paper. The results indicated otherwise. There was nothing they could do for his heart during the catheter procedure, and the damage they did find to his heart turned out to be minimal.

I later spoke with the ICU nurses a few days before my father passed away, and I told them I worried that they were shocking his system with all the sedatives and blood thinners they gave him. Here was a man in their care who had no history of regular pharmaceutical use, and they kept on bombarding him with toxic, potent drugs. Ultimately they used similar painkillers and sedatives like Fentanyl to put him down like a house pet.

I saw a man who wanted desperately to live when I visited my father before they knocked him out. He was conscious of his numbers on all the monitors and proud of the fact that they showed improvement. Pneumonia did not kill my father. The intubation, ventilation, catheter procedure, and other medical issues he faced in his already weakened physical state is what really made recovery impossible. The toxic chemicals and drugs they flooded him with took him out of what should have been a conscious fight for his life.

The toxins we ingest as humans do not typically come from nature, unless of course you live near an active volcano. These toxins can poison our systems and infect our blood. One place toxins tend to collect and block proper flow and filtering of fluid is in the lymph system. Lymph fluid in sick patients often becomes stagnant, leading to degenerative diseases or conditions. So where are the medical products designed to liquefy the lymph and break down toxins trapped there?

The above image is the pictorial representation of the Somatidian Cycle, which a Canadian biologist named Gaston Naessens first identified after inventing and building a special microscope.

Naessens recognized that there were tiny particles in the blood which moved ordancedin a particular rhythm between the blood cells. These particles had 16 stages they would go through in a life cycle, and Naessens discovered that only the first three stages appeared in healthy people with no underlying diseases or conditions. He subsequently invented 714-X to fortify something he calledthe protection gatethat theoretically would prevent somatids from transitioning from a third stage healthy state to a 4th stage onset of disease.

I took a cycle of 714-X myself that began on March 16th, 2020. Although the start date of 3/16 seems to hint at a religious message, I am actually agnostic, but I did go to Catholic School up until 6th grade. ಜಾನ್ 3:16 reads: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Sonthat whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

The quote is about faith, which is a more powerful healer than most people will admit, especially if they wear the white robe of a doctor. I do have spiritual faith and believe in human kindness and taking up righteous causes for worthy people. I just do not choose to worship any particular god or supreme being. Faith is not religion in that context. Faith is often just the strongly held belief that everything is going to work itself out and be fine.

During my cycle of 714-X I encountered an employee in my logging business who had all the symptoms of Covid-19. His entire family was infected with the bug, or at the very least they all had serious flus. My co-worker was even staying in my house during the days he suffered the worst fever and body aches. I continued to work with him, and I developed no symptoms of my own.

I also made great strides in my workout routines during my 21 days on 714-X. My daily runs became more effortless, my aches and pains from old injuries dissipated, and my reflexes improved. Then I sustained a pretty serious injury to the tip of my index finger while splitting wood. It was the third week of injections, so I knew that 714-X would play a role in my recovering from what appeared to be a shattered bone.

The injury happened while I was holding onto a piece of wood I just split, just about to lift it off the ground. Another worker split a piece of wood near me at the exact same time, sending the split piece smashing into the one I was holding. My index finger above the first knuckle was caught in the middle when the two butt ends of the wood pieces collided.

The pain was immediate and severe, especially when I decided I needed a splint for it to heal correctly. Just taping the popsicle stick to my finger was difficult and extremely painful. I slept a little bit that night, but not much. By the end of the second day there was almost no pain at all. I removed the splint and tape. I could run a chainsaw without a problem on the third day. It is now about a week later, and I have to bump it pretty hard to get any pain from it. It is only slightly swollen, and there is no visible bruising. I really don’t think it would have gone so smoothly for me with this injury if I was not taking 714-X.

The most daunting part of injecting yourself with 714-X is getting the needle in the right spot. You have to locate a spot that is between your belly button and your femoral artery pulse in your waistline. Missing the spot is painful, because it gives off a burning sensation when it hits the bloodstream instead of being introduced into the lymph node. The first two weeks might require repeated measurements and marking the spot with a circle before the lymph node actually raises up and solidifies as a round lump just under the skin.

Here are some video tutorials I filmed when I did my 3rd cycle in 2009:

HTTPS://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxLbtnN75ko

I apologize in advance for the out of focus moments and the audio quality. I will be doing a new video series for the next cycle I plan to take later this year.

I definitely felt real effects from taking this product, namely an energy burst and a feeling of damage being repaired at an aggressive pace. A nagging shoulder injury went away completely during the cycle. I lost a total of 10 pounds and gained some significant muscle from running and my other workouts.

It is important to note that I also typically enjoyed up to three years without any sickness whatsoever after each of my three prior 714-X cycles. I am not taking my chances with this Corona Virus likely to mutate and come back around for another run at the US population later this year. I’ll take my second cycle in December, starting on what would have been my father’s 76th birthday.

The next cycle will be the one I obtained originally because I wanted my father to take it. The hospital would not even touch the stuff when I offered it when there was still time left. They said they could only offer him drugs from their own pharmacy. Those drugs killed him in the end, and the broken health care system that made it happen didn’t even blink. Nurses apologized and pretended to care, but it was obvious to me that if they cared they would have taken my warnings to heart.

I know everyone who reads this can tell their own horror story about their own or a loved one’s treatment at the hands of traditional medicine. “First do no harmis the greatest lie ever told. I’m here to tell you the only harm you can do with 714-X is when you miss the injection spot. Even then, you won’t suffer any horrible side effect. It’s just a temporary burning feeling you can eliminate by keeping your ice pack on.

The only issue I experienced was some minor bruising and slight pain in the injection area from all those stabs with the needle in the same small vicinity. The benefits definitely outweigh the risks.

The true promise in this treatment is as a preventive measure to avoid sickness. If every citizen of this country took a cycle of 714-X, I don’t think we’d have any problem with viruses like the one that recently shut the country down. We would all have an immune system that would react positively and efficiently to virtually any threat.

714-X can be ordered directly from Canada through the web-site www.cerbe.com. You will also get a pack of 24 needles for injection and a packet of instructions. The company does not advertise at all, but the word of mouth reports from users who benefit from it speak for themselves. One thing you won’t ever read about 714-X is any complaints from people saying they lost someone close to them who took only 714-X.

714X has been used in Canada for the last 19 years in a compassionate use program not unlike what US President Donald Trump signed into law last year. ಹೆಚ್ಚು 21,000 cycles were authorized by the Canadian Government over these two decades. 714X has never had any negative side effects reported. This has been confirmed during a Class Action Suit of patients against Health Canada.

Though injection is the preferred method, the product is also available in a form that can be inhaled through a nebulizer. This is always suggested only as an extra measure on top of injections, and it is only needed in cases where the upper lymphatic system is impacted by a degenerative disease or condition.

For more information about 714-X, please visit the following links:

http://customers.hbci.com/~wenonah/new/somatid.htm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-10479-8

SHOWTIME SPORTS® TO PRESENT SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS, INCLUDING THREE FIGHT OF THE YEAR WINNERS, BEGINNING APRIL 10 ON SHOWTIME®

ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 10: DIEGO CORRALES vs. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO I & II
ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 17: PAULIE AYALA vs. JOHNNY TAPIA I & II
ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 24: LUCAS MATTHYSSE vs. JOHN MOLINA, MICKEY BEY vs. JOHN MOLINA

NEW YORK – April 6, 2020 - SHOWTIME Sports will continue to serve boxing fans during the current hiatus from live sports, announcing today SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS with regularly scheduled replays of legendary bouts from the network’s deep archive of world championship boxing. SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS will air on three consecutive Friday nights beginning April 10, ನಲ್ಲಿ 10 p.m. ಷೋಟೈಮ್ ಇಟಿ / ಪಿಟಿ. The telecasts will also be available via the SHOWTIME streaming service and SHOWTIME ANYTIME®.

The April slate of SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS will be highlighted by three Fight of the Year winners, which include some of the most heart-pounding and unforgettable fights in boxing history.

ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 10:
ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಡಿಯಾಗೊ ಕೊರಾಲ್ಸ್. Jose Luis Castillo I - 2005 Consensus Fight of the Year (also featuring the Round of the Year and later named Fight of the Decade)
ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಡಿಯಾಗೊ ಕೊರಾಲ್ಸ್. Jose Luis Castillo II
ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 17:
Paulie Ayala vs. Johnny Tapia ನಾನು - 1999 ರಿಂಗ್ ಮ್ಯಾಗಜೀನ್ನ ವರ್ಷದ ಕುಸ್ತಿಪಂದ್ಯ (Ayala earned Fighter of the Year honors)
Paulie Ayala vs. Johnny Tapia II
ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 24:
Lucas Matthysse vs. ಜಾನ್ ಮೋಲಿನ - 2014 Consensus Fight of the Year
Mickey Bey vs. ಜಾನ್ ಮೋಲಿನ

During each SHOWTIME BOXING CLASSICS ಪ್ರಸಾರದ, Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell, the network’s versatile combat sports analysts, will host a live companion episode of their digital talk show MORNING KOMBAT ಮೇಲೆ Morning Kombat YouTube Channel. Thomas and Campbell will watch the SHOWTIME replay and react to the fights in real time, feature special guest interviews with principal participants from the bouts (ಕಾದಾಳಿಗಳು, ತರಬೇತುದಾರರು, referees and promoters) and take questions from fans while the bouts replay on the network.

“The greatest fight I’ve ever covered,” said Al Bernstein, the International Boxing Hall of Fame analyst. In a career that spans more than 40 ವರ್ಷಗಳ, including calling Hagler-Hearns, Bowe-Holyfield I and the Vazquez-Marquez trilogy, Bernstein says the first Corrales-Castillo war was the best. “This was Hagler-Hearns times three because it lasted so much longer. It was fought at a such an extraordinary skill level and to me that is what made it so special.”

The fights scheduled to air in April include:

Corrales-Castillo I (ಮೇ 7, 2005, Corrales TKO 10) – After nine intense, back-and-forth rounds in a WBC and WBO lightweight unification bout, Corrales accomplishes the unthinkable, miraculously regrouping from ಎರಡು knockdowns in the 10ನೇ to stop Castillo and etch his name in boxing lore. After managing to beat the count (and losing a point for spitting the mouthpiece), Corrales got Castillo on the ropes and connected with a huge right hand. Corrales continued to unload on a defenseless Castillo, forcing referee Tony Weeks to halt the blazing action.

Corrales-Castillo II (ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 8, 2005, Castillo KO 4) – Castillo, who did not make the 135-pound weight limit, making the contest a non-title bout, avenges an earlier loss to the WBC and WBO Lightweight World Champion Corrales with a one-punch, fourth-round knockout. Castillo consistently outworks Corrales and lands the harder punches in a more one-sided bout than their first affair. Castillo staggers his opponent with a right hand in the third round that sends him stumbling backward across the ring. He then scores a finishing knockdown with a left hook in the fourth that puts Corrales flat on his back.

Ayala-Tapia I (ಜೂನ್ 26, 1999, Ayala W 12) – In some of the fiercest two-way action in the history of Las Vegas boxing, southpaw Ayala hands Tapia his first professional loss in 49 fights and captures the WBA Bantamweight Title by the scores of 115-114 ಮತ್ತು 116-113 ಎರಡು ಬಾರಿ. As the boxers were being announced, Tapia walked across the ring and shoved Ayala, causing a momentary skirmish.

Ayala-Tapia II (ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್ 7, 2000, Ayala W 12) – In a rematch of 1999’s Fight of the Year, the action between the heated rivals does not disappoint. ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ, the outcome is the same as their first meeting, with Ayala winning via controversial unanimous decision. Mayhem ensues as the decision is announced and an incensed Tapia is ushered from the ring by security.

Matthysse-Molina (ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 26, 2014, Matthysse KO 11) – Fighting in the night’s co-main event, Matthysse steals the show with a spectacular 11ನೇ-round knockout over Molina in 2014’s Fight of the Year. The Argentine, then ranked No. 1 in the world at 140 ಪೌಂಡ್, is hurt in the first and dropped in the second and fifth rounds. But Matthysse comes back with knockdowns in the eighth, 10ನೇ ಮತ್ತು 11ನೇ rounds to turn back a determined bid by Molina.

Bey-Molina (ಜುಲೈ 19, 2013, Molina KO 10) – In one of ShoBox: The New Generation’s most unforgettable rounds, Molina comes back from the brink of certain defeat to dramatically knockout then-unbeaten Mickey Bey. Heading into the 10ನೇ ಮತ್ತು ಅಂತಿಮ ಸುತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ, Molina was trailing on the three judges’ scorecards by 90-81, 89-82 ಮತ್ತು 88-83.

New customers who sign up on SHOWTIME.com and the SHOWTIME app before May 3 can take advantage of a recently announced 30-day free trial for the SHOWTIME streaming service, available on SHOWTIME.com and the SHOWTIME app on all supported devices.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH 10 TIME WORLD KICKBOXING CHAMPION CAITLIN FORAN AHEAD OF HER PRO BOXING DEBUT

With this pandemic lockdown in full force virtually world-wide, many fights have been already been cancelled, from the biggest, such as Anthony Joshua versus Kubrat Pulev, right through to many small hall events.


Whilst clearly the lockdown is affecting everyone involved in our beloved sport, it made me think of those that had been preparing for their professional boxing debut, such as today’s victim, sorry guest, Caitlin Foran, who was due to debut in Orkney on the 25th April.


Caitlin is a ten time Kickboxing World Champion, quite an accomplishment for someone that is still just 19 ವರ್ಷ, let’s face it to achieve such a high status in any sport at such a young age is quite an accomplishment and without doubt her extensive combat sports experience is going to benefit her when this pandemic is over and she makes her pro debut.


I actually had the pleasure of meeting Caitlin back in March at an event in Barrow-in-Furness, where she was supporting Paul Peers when he challenged, and beat, Nicaraguan Milton Arauz for the Professional Boxing Council (ಪಿಬಿಸಿಯು) International title, and always intended to cover her pro debut, but with that put back until later in the year due to the current situation decided instead to arrange an interview with her.


Enough of my waffle, let’s get to know this amazing teen star a little better.




(GDC) Hello Caitlin, thank you for taking the time to answer a few questions for us. My first question is I understand you are a multi-World Champion Kick Boxer, can you please tell our readers a little about your Kick Boxing career?




(CF) So I started kickboxing in 2008 at the age of eight, at the time I was juggling kickboxing with lots of other sports and activities but over time my attention just stuck with kickboxing and it became my life.


I certainly wasn’t one of these people that had a talent for the sport. I wasn’t flexible, I had no confidence, but the one thing I did have that has carried me through to this day is determination.


Living on an island we weren’t able to get to as many competitions as other clubs on the mainland could which meant we knew we had to really put in the extra effort to make up for the lack of experience.


Also coming from a large family where my mother was a single parent to 5 children meant I rarely was able to get away to compete and didn’t really start competing properly until I got my black belt in 2011.


I then started competing usually once a month with the first big one being the WKA Scottish championships in Glasgow where I won 2x golds, that was my first big confidence booster and I went on to compete more often winning more Scottish titles as well as British and European.


I then got invited to my first world championships in 2013 in Italy where I came away with a bronze medal.


I always preferred points fighting when I was competing, which is a more karate style, ‘start stopstyle of fighting, but at my second World championships in Prague in 2014, there was a woman without a fight for her ring Continuous section so I was asked if I would take the fight.


I’ve never been one to turn down a fight so I took the fight and ended up winning it as well as two others so I came away with my first three World titles and new love for ring fighting.


ರಿಂದ 2014 ಗೆ 2017 I went on to win seven more World titles in various countries.


ಮೂಲಕ 2016/17 my kickboxing career was really taking off and I was looking at turning professional sometime soon, however at the end of 2017 my coach Ryan Reffell sadly passed which put an end to my kickboxing career.


(GDC) What influenced you to switch from Kick Boxing to Professional Boxing?


(CF) As I mentioned previously, I have never been a naturally flexible person so in kickboxing my legs were predominantly used for powerful body single kicks.


While I was still training with Ryan as part of Nemesis Kickboxing, at the end of 2015 we decided I was getting better with my hands and started thinking about switching to boxing.


This lead Ryan to start boxing classes on a Monday night as well as the kickboxing classes through the week.


I was offered my first fight that September with 4 days notice for the UKBC featherweight international title. I went on to win the fight and defended it in a rematch that December.


2017 was when I really started to focus more on boxing and less on kickboxing and had two more fights, with the last fight in my unlicensed career being a Five Nations title fight in April 2017 which brought my record to 4-0-0.


I thought my boxing career had ended then, until Paul Peers moved to Orkney in 2018 and got in touch via Facebook which then kickstarted my training again as he showed great interest in my boxing and was a massive help in getting my love for the sport back and showed that he believed in me which made me more confident in myself and got myself back to training properly again ahead of signing my professional contract in January this year.


(GDC) You were due to be undertaking your professional boxing debut in Orkney on the 25th April, obviously this is being rescheduled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, so firstly how have your preparations been going?


(CF) ಹೌದು, it was devastating when all this started but I am making sure to keep as active as I can with daily running and home exercises making use of the little space I do have at home.


(GDC) Has the Government ordered lockdown had an effect on your preparations?


(CF) Prior to lockdown we were getting sparring in at least once or twice a week at the club and had started our partnership with Lee Mcallister at Assassin’s boxing in Aberdeen in order to mix Orkney Boxing Clubs fighters with theirs for some sparring at weekends.


We only managed this once so far with weather being bad and boats not certain to run but were planning more in the lead up to the show.


(GDC) When the lockdown ends and the new date is announced, your opponent is stated to be Carly Mackenzie, do you know much about her?


(CF) I was originally due to fight Carly Mackenzie however my opponent recently changed to Professional Boxing Council (ಪಿಬಿಸಿಯು) International Silver Champion Jamie Bates Wallis. I don’t know a great deal about Jamie to be honest but from what I’ve seen she is a strong orthodox boxer with a strong offence and sharp defence.


I took the fight knowing it would be a challenge especially being my first fight back in 3 ವರ್ಷಗಳ.
She’s proved to be a champion so in order for me to become a champion I must beat champions.


(GDC) Moving away from your career to date, who is your favourite boxer, male or female, and why?


(CF) My favourite boxer to date has got to be Katie Taylor. She has played a massive part in getting Women’s boxing to where it is today and is a real inspiration to any athlete out there as she has shown that any obstacle can be overcome if you really want something.


(GDC) In the same vein, which is your all time favourite fight, and why?


(CF) It is so hard to choose a favourite fight but one has to be Katie Taylor’s most recent fight against Christina Linardatou as she continued her winning record and added WBO Super-Lightweight world title to her ever growing list of achievements. Usually Taylor would be getting stuck into the fight, firing shot after shot. However she kept to the outside this time boxing smart and not wasting energy.


(GDC) Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, finally is there anyone you would like to mention with regard to your upcoming debut?


(CF) I would like to give thanks to my sponsor, Gary Sutherland at GSRI, Steven Logie at Strength 101 for keeping me in shape and Paul Peers for everything he has done over the last year and a half to get my confidence back up and reignite my love for boxing. I would also like to give a shout out to all of my old teammates at Nemesis kickboxing Academy and Nemesis Boxing Gym without them I wouldn’t be where I am today.