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The GOAT boxing trainer….. Emanuel Steward
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (November 19, 2018) – Den sena Emanuel Steward, arguably the greatest boxing trainer of all-time, is a member of the Class of 2018 få invald i USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame.
Den andra årliga USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception, hålls i samband med 2018 USA Boxing Elite och Ungdom nationella mästerskap och Junior och Prep Open, December 2-8, kommer att hållas December 7, på Radisson Hotel (215 S. Temple St.) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Steward was a boxer, trainer extraordinaire, and HBO commentator until his untimely death in 2012 vid en ålder av 68. His boxing career culminated with his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996.
Vid en ålder av 12, Manny moved with his mother from West Virginia to Detroit, where his life soon turned to boxing. Som amatör boxare, he compiled a 94-3 post, markeras med en guldmedalj prestanda vid 1963 National Golden Gloves Tournament as a bantamweight, but he decided against trying out for the US Olympic Boxing Team.
I 1971, Steward became a part-time trainer at Kronk Gym, where he eventually guided many of the country’s top amateur boxers. Kronk Gym later became a property of Steward’s and he developed it into one of the most successful and famous boxing gyms in the world.
Steward also served as National Director of Coaching for USA Boxing in the early 2000’s.
Throughout his incredible career, Steward reportedly trained 41 världsmästare, kanske, the most noteworthy were Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis och Wladimir Klitschko. He also trained Julio César Chávez, Miguel Cotto, Oscar de la Hoya, Naseem Hamed, Evander Holyfield, och Mike McCallum. Manny also trained a young Detroit rapper, Eminem, how to box at Kronk Gym.
The last world champion Manny trained was Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, who remains the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) World light heavyweight champion since 2013.
“Emanuel would always say, knockouts säljer!” Stevenson fondly remembered. “He was also the first to tell me, ‘You will be a superstar and a world champion. Just make sure you don’t listen to people with bad intentions because you’ve got natural talent.’ He believed in me even if some people did not think I would ever become a world champion.”
“Emanuel Steward impacted the lives of so many who walked through the doors of Kronk Gym,” sa Chris tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Association verkställande direktör. “While he’s most recognized for his achievement at the professional level, his impact was significant in the amateurs. Manny serves as a model coach for USA Boxing today, and his impact will be felt for a long time. The USA Boxing Alumni Association overwhelmingly supports his induction and looks forward to honoring him as part of this year’s Hall of Fame class.”
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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.
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.
“For years he would come to my National Silver Gloves Tournament that I sponsored and put on in Kansa City just to show his support of the youth program,” added USA Boxing president John Brun tillsatt. “Every year I would tell him to let me know if he was coming, so I could VIP him, and every year he would ignore me and just quietly show up. I would notice him in the crowd. I would ball him out and then we did the same thing the following year.
“I also used to see him at big fights and he would always make me feel special by saying my company saved boxing in the seventies and eighties by providing safe, well-made, fair priced boxing equipment for the sport. No one else ever gave me that recognition. He was humble and not a blowhard, my kind of guy.”
Emanuel Steward left his mark on earth, not only as a multi-faceted personality in boxing, but he’s also remembered for his magnanimous charity work in Detroit, in which he helped youths in their pursuit of education.
Kortfattat, fast, he taught boxing, and nobody has ever done it any better.
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World Class domare….. Tom Cleary USA Boxing Alumni Association, Klass av 2018 inductee
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (November 12, 2018) – Den sena Tom Cleary var en av de mest respekterade domarna i världen under sin lysande karriär. Han ansluter sig till en utvald grupp i klassificera av 2018 få invald i USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame.
Den andra årliga USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception, hålls i samband med 2018 USA Boxing Elite och Ungdom nationella mästerskap och Junior och Prep Open, December 2-8, kommer att hållas December 7, på Radisson Hotel (215 S. Temple St.) i Salk Lake City, Utah.
Förutom Cleary, klassificera av 2018 innefattar även US. OS-laget medaljörer och världen (professionell) mästare Roy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward och Claressa Shields, samt en tidigare USA Boxing National Director of Coaching, den sena Emanuel Steward.
Stadgan klassen invald förra året ingår Muhammad Ali och Evander Holyfield, samt erfarna tränare Roosevelt Sanders och Tom Coulter.
En longtime bosatt i Westchester, Ohio, Cleary var medlem USA boxning sedan 1982, och tjänstgjorde han som chef för tjänstemän för National Collegiate Boxing Association från 2002 tills hans bortgång maj 21, 2017.
Han refererade in 12 olika länder, på fyra kontinenter, som en internationell officiella delas av AIBA. Tom tog en tre stjärnor och han valdes att arbeta World Series of Boxing.
“Tom engagemang för amatörboxning och respekt han samlat från boxare, tränare och andra tjänstemän är oöverträffad,” sa Chris tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Association verkställande direktör. “Alumni Association stödde eftertryck hans fall för Hall of Fame, och hans induktion fått både av dem nära honom, liksom hela amatörboxning gemenskap. Tom engagemang att tjäna USA boxning ger ett bra exempel för oss alla och vi kunde inte stoltare att kalla honom en medlem av årets Hall of Fame klass.”
Tom glömde aldrig var han kom ifrån, avsatt otaliga timmar till ungdomar i Cincinnati, Förutom att hjälpa boxningsklubbar köras effektivt genom sitt samhälle i mer än ett kvarts sekel.
Den 2017 NCBA officiella of the Year, Tom arbetade lokal, regional, nationell, Internationell, världen och OS-nivåer av boxning. Höjdpunkter ingår arbetar många US. SM, fyra U.S.. Olympic Trials (2000, 2004, 2008 & 2012) och 2007 VM i Chicago.
“När jag var ung tränare på Air Force Academy,” USA Boxing coach Ed Weichers kommenterade, “vi behövde för att ersätta en AIBA top notch domare som avgick. Vi letade efter en mycket kvalificerad person och Tom Cleary rekommenderades. Han kom ut nästa 25 år raka. Tom var en av de bästa domarna. Han brydde sig så mycket om säkerheten för boxare och Tom var också en värdefull mentor.
“Tom var en underbar människa som alla älskade. Han administrerade domaren kliniker i USA och alltid hjälpt behövande, ungdomar och vuxna. Tom arbete i Cincinnati området påverkat så många boxare och tränare för mer än 25 år. Vi saknar dyrt honom.”
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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.
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.
Tom efterlämnar sin fru, Diane, deras två barn och åtta barnbarn.
Tom Cleary ledarskap och mentor-fartyg inspirerade alla som hade turen att träffa honom. Han brydde sig passionerat om boxarna han delade ringen med, erbjuda ord råd innan, under och efter bouts.
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Large turnout for recent 1st USA Boxing Alumni Association gathering on West Coast
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A good time was had by all who attended the inaugural USA Boxing Alumni Association on the West Coast
COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Oktober 9, 2018) – A large group of past and present amateur boxers, as well as others involved in the sport, recently turned out in force for the first USA Boxing Alumni Association gathering on the West Coast.
The inaugural West Coast gathering of the USA Boxing Alumni Association, held at Fortune Gym in Hollywood (Los Angeles), resulted in memorable storytelling, welcome reunions, even between past foes, in addition to a substantial increase in membership ranks.
In addition to longtime amateur boxing supporter, actor/singer Frank Stallone, along with the Godmother of amateur boxing, Melanie Ley, attending past and present boxers and trainers included Musse Bey, Alex Ramos, Maureen Shea, Ronnie Essett, Paul Banke, Jorge Hawley, Les Fabri, Frank Vassar, Don Deverges, Michael and Anna Keopuhiwa, Zachary Padilla, Lenny Gargaliano, Tony Lesbeur, Felix Nance, Derrickoch Vince Hudson, Rudy Garza, Justine Fortune, Alan Santana, Willie Tubbs, Randy Crippen, Alan Santana, Jacquie Richardson, Steven Stokes, Manny Salcido, Jason and Jeremy Williams, Mike Simms, Jeff Bumpus, current Team USA heavyweight Richard Torres (Tulare, SÅSOM), och 2018 Youth World Champion and Los Angeles local Iyana Verduzco. 1984 OS-guldmedaljör Henry Tilman was also in attendance and registered as a new Alumni Association member.
USA Boxing board advisor and fighter liaison, “Iceman” John Scully, was responsible for recruiting most of the attendees.
“The USA Boxing Alumni Association gathering in Hollywood fully demonstrated our mission: Connecting Generations of Champions,” said attendee Chris tofflemire, USA Boxing Alumni Association verkställande direktör. “While former opponents reunited after exiting the ring decades ago, two of today’s champions and Team USA members, Richard Torres and Roxy Verduzco, were proudly recognized for their recent success. The Alumni Association wants to thank Fortune Gym for hosting this gathering, and we look forward to connecting with our West Coast members at future events.”
Skapad att kämpa en livslång, ömsesidigt gynnsamma relationer mellan USA boxning och dess alumner, –boxare, tjänstemän, tränare och boxning fans — the Alumni Association connects generations of champions, inspirerande och ge tillbaka till USA Boxning framtida boxning mästare, in och ut ur ringen.
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, including Friday evening’s USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
To join the USA Boxing 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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Houston featherweight Roma Martinez represents next wave of USA female boxers
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Oktober 8, 2018) — Houston featherweight Roma Martinez, who represents the next wave of USA female boxers, is currently In Argentina to make a statement at the ongoing Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018.
The Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 continues through Oct. 18 at Parque Polidesportivo Roca in Argentina.
The 18-year-old Martinez started boxing six years ago, when her step-father came into her life, taking her to a local boxing gym to help keep her out of potential trouble, as well to defend herself.
She is an online student at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, planning to major in business, and Roma has been able to balance her busy schedule for a simple reason. “I don’t have much of a social life,” she admitted, “so it’s easy for me to train and study.” |
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2018 Östra Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships has Largest Turnout in USA Boxing History
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| CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Oktober. 8, 2018) — Den 2018 Östra Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn. will begin tonight with the largest turnout in USA Boxing national tournament history.
After check-in and general weigh-in, a total of 834 boxers and 550 boxers will take part in the weeklong national tournament at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
“We have seen our national tournaments continually grow each event,” stated USA Boxing Executive Director Mike McAtee. “Eftersom 2017, USA Boxing has been providing extra opportunities with our regional qualifying tournaments for all boxers, aged 8-40, to step onto the national stage and box the best in the nation.”
This marks the second year the Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open has been held in Chattanooga, which saw a total of 645 boxers and 307 coaches participate last year. The first regional qualifying tournament, den 2017 Western Elite Qualifier & Regional Open in Albuquerque, N.M., had 302 boxers and 102 coaches and the 2018 edition had 719 boxers and 482 coaches attend.
With the large turnout in Chattanooga, the opening days of the event will include the addition of a fifth ring to hold the increased number of bouts.
USA Boxing will be providing a free live stream throughout the tournament, which can be found här.
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Otha Jones III konkurrerar på sommaren ungdoms-OS Buenos Aires 2018
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Oktober 4, 2018) – Två-time USA National Champion Otha Jones III är på väg till Argentina i morgon för att göra ett uttalande på sommaren ungdoms-OS Buenos Aires, Oktober 6-18 Park Sports Center i Roca.
Jones är från det nya hemmet av amatörboxning mästare, Toledo, Ohio, där 18-åriga Jones gör också en skillnad i sitt samhälle, särskilt efter hans bror sköts och dödades för några veckor sedan när han cykla.
Otha först fick intresserade av boxning efter att ha sett en YouTube boxning sensation. “Jag trodde det var kallt,” ljus weltervikt Jones förklarade, “så jag frågade min far att ta mig till ett gym. Jag lärde mig snart att jag var bra på det, jobbade hårt, och nu är jag på väg till OS i ungdoms.
“Kämpar på alla gym i Toledo hjälpa varandra. (2017 USA Nationals tungvikt) jared Anderson är min bästa vän. Det första året tränade vi på samma gym, men jag har aldrig sparred med honom (skrattar), eftersom han är för stor för mig. Vi är på olika gym nu. Sex Toledo boxare, fem av mina lagkamrater, är i USA Boxing program, inklusive min syster, (weltervikt) Oshae Jones, som är på damernas elitstyrka tävlar just nu i Spanien. Vi driva varandra till det yttersta.”
Förutom att fånga guld i de två senaste USA SM, Han vann också toppriser på 2018 Ungdoms Kontinentala mästerskap, plus en silvermedalj vid 2018 Emil Jechev Memorial Tournament.
Beskriver sig själv som en oortodox boxare lagare, Jones säger att han, “Kastar slag från alla vinklar. Jag kan rutan bra eller sitta och slåss om jag måste.”
Jones, som har en 267-11 amatör rekord, har redan rest och tävlade i Bulgarien, Ungern och Ryssland. Han ser fram emot att uppleva Argentina, där han kommer att leva och träna under två veckor i en olympisk by atmosfär.
“Att göra det här långt till Youth Olympic, än så länge, är höjdpunkten i min karriär,” sa han. “Jag älskar att resa till olika länder för att uppleva och lära sig om nya kulturer. Mitt mål är att kämpa på 2020 OS i Japan och vinna en guldmedalj. Jag behöver förbättra mina kunskaper; punch hårdare och placera mina slag bättre.
“Efter OS, Jag planerar att bli proffs. Jag vill flytta min familj ut ur gettot och få bättre kläder och måltider för alla.
“Jag äger Soul City Gym med min bror och pappa. En hel del barn i Toledo har ingenting att göra. Vi går på sociala medier för att berätta dessa barn att komma med gymmet för att komma i form. Vi är en del av ett program som matar dessa barn. Vi anser att, mindre tid på gatan, Vi kan hjälpa till att stoppa våldet, som min bror dödas. Vi försöker få barnen från gatorna och i gymmet.”
Otha Jones III (blå)
Jones noterade också att han verkligen har utbildning i Colorado Springs, inte bara på grund av de utestående anläggningar och coaching, men för hans sinnesfrid.
“Jag trodde jag var i toppform utbildning i Toledo,” jones tillsatt, “men du kommer hit, och luften är annorlunda. Efter utbildning vid havsnivå, du trött utbildning här. Jag älskar det här. Det finns så många fina byggnader och anläggningar, det är som en liten stad, bara utan brott. Jag kan vara mig själv här.”
Otha Jones, III gör genomslag i och ut ur ringen, om han är hemma i Toledo, utbildning i Colorado Springs, eller konkurrerande runt om i världen.
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Los Angeles flyweight Heaven Garcia Fighting for another gold medal at Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018
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| COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Oktober 2, 2018) — Los Angeles flyweight Heaven Garcia is on a mission to become only the third American boxer, second female, to capture gold medals at the Youth World Championships and upcoming Youth Olympics during the same year, joining Shakur Stevenson och Jajairia Gonzales, who both accomplished this rare feat in 2014. | |
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The Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 will be held Oct. 6-18 at Parque Polidesportivo Roca in Argentina.
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USA Boxing Alumni Association Profile: 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist JESSE VALDEZ
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (Oktober 5, 2018) — 1972 Olympic bronze medalist Jesse Valdez, who was an outstanding amateur boxer, never turned pro because he chose security for his family rather than take a risk and parlay his amateur pedigree into a prize fighting career.
Valdez first went to the local Boys’ Club when he was 11. The youngest of seven children in a low-income family, headed by his single mother, in which the kids all slept in one bedroom, girls in a bed, boys on the floor, sharing space with cockroaches.
“I started going to the club and I guess I did well because I started beating older and bigger guys,” Valdez remembered. One day a coach asked me if I was interested in learning how to box. Vid 11, USA Boxing people were interested in me, not me the boxer, and they always gave me guidance. Because of my background, I knew I wouldn’t be going to college, and these people helped me and gave me guidance.
I 1964, 16-year-old Valdez upset Olympic bronze medalist Quincey Daniels at the National AAU Championship in the welterweight division, and later that year he qualitied for the U.S. Olympic Team as an alternate. Valdez captured a gold medal at the1967 National Golden Gloves in the light middleweight weight class and he added a bronze medal from the prestigious Pan-American Games.
“I wanted to be a better boxer and that (defeating Daniels) also helped me become a better person. I had never traveled outside of Texas before then. I went to the Regionals and Nationals and then I was asked if I wanted to go to East Africa. All I knew about Africa was Tarzan, Jane and Cheetah. In high school, I was offered college scholarships, but my grades were bad because I spent more time out than in school. I didn’t have a father figure.”
While he served in the U.S. Air Force, Valdez won a gold medal at the 1970 National AAU Championship as a light middleweight and two years later, he became the 1972 National Golden Gloves welterweight champion. A USA Olympic Team alternate for the second time in 1968, the third time was the charm for Valdez, som kvalificerade sig för 1972 US. Olympic Boxing Team by defeating future world champion Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.
“My dream came true in 1964,” Valdez noted. “I was a USA Olympic Team alternate in 1964 and again in 1968. But in 1972, I wanted to win a gold medal, even though I ended up with bronze.”
Valdez became a household name in America because his Olympic fights in Munich, Tyskland, aired live on ABC Wide World of Sports, the award-winning Saturday afternoon show during the seventies, when legendary announcer Howard Cosell took a shine to Valdez. Olyckligtvis, Jessie was eliminated in the semifinals by the eventual gold medalist, Emilio Correa, by way of a controversial decision, and Jesse settled for a bronze medal.
Den 1972 OS, emellertid, is sadly remembered for the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group, Black September.
“The Olympic village was built in a circle,” Valdez explained. “There were athletes everywhere from all around the world. My roommate and I had a routine after eating. We walked to digest our food and that night we started to walk, when guards with guns and rifles wouldn’t let anybody go past them. We didn’t know why and didn’t speak German. We then asked our coaches what had happened, and they said people were shot that afternoon. Senare, we saw what happened on television.
“I was team captain and all the captains from every sport were asked what the athletes wanted to do, continue (competing) or go home. We decided to go on because, if we had stopped, that’s what they (terrorists) wanted. The Olympics were halted one day for a memorial recognizing those who had died.”
TEAM USA vs. TEAM GERMANY, Oktober. 6 & 12 in CHATTANOOGA
Team USA and Team Germany, two of the world’s top amateur boxing programs, will meet in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for two separate duels taking place Saturday, Oktober 6 and Friday, Oktober. 12, at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
The duels will feature some of the top male and female elite boxers as they prepare for the lead up to the Olympics in 2020. The two events will take place alongside this year’s Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships, which is expected to have more than 650 boxare, aged 8-40, compete from Oct. 8-13.
After the 1972 OS, promoters lined-up to offer Valdez a pro contract, but he quickly turned down all offers having other options as well. He could have remained in the Air Force and been a coach. Istället, he accepted an offer from a Houston television station that wanted to benefit from hiring the Olympic bronze medalist returning home. Valdez became a reporter and the station’s ratings immediately went up, but other reporters became jealous and that became a problem for Jesse. I början, he contemplated a return to the Air Force, but Valdez liked working in television and he became a photo journalist until he retired in 2005.
Why not take advantage of his fame as an Olympic bronze medalist and turn pro?
“När jag var 14 eller 15 there were pros training at the gym I went to after school,” Valdez explained, “There was one professional boxer there I really liked and looked up to. He was a world champion, who will remain nameless, and I watched him work out. I’ll never forget, he asked me if he could borrow $1.00. I didn’t even have a nickel and that really opened my eyes. Here was a world champion asking me for money. It stuck in my mind. I took a job as a reporter because I really needed (medicinsk) benefits.
“I try to go to clubs and help amateurs, but I don’t watch pro fights.”
USA Boxing Alumni Association
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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 Alumni Association, inklusive dess årliga USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
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.
Nu 70, the Mexican-American from Houston has never regretted the decision he made nearly a half-century ago, eller, Naturligtvis, his experience at the 1972 OS. Jesse Valdez has become a valued speaker for the USA Boxing Alumni Association.
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USA vs. Germany Duels to take place in Chattanooga alongside Eastern Qualifier
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Lap. (September 17, 2018) — Two of the world’s top amateur boxing powerhouses will meet in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for two separate duels taking place Saturday, Oktober 6 and Friday, Oktober. 12, at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
The duels will feature some of the top male and female elite boxers from both the United States and Germany, as they prepare for the lead up to the Olympics in 2020. The two events will take place alongside this year’s Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships, which is expected to have more than 650 boxare, aged 8-40, compete from Oct. 8-13.
“We are excited to host the German Federation, as they have hosted us numerous times for training camps over the past two years,” said USA Boxing High Performance Director Matt Johnson. “This will be a great competition and a great opportunity for USA Boxing to showcase our next generation of Olympic hopefuls on home soil.”
Team USA is expected to bring a talented team that will include multiple World Championship medalists, Inklusive 2017 Elite World Championship medalists Troy Isley (Alexandria, Va.), Duke Ragan (Cincinnati, Ohio) och Freudis Rojas Jr.. (Las Vegas, Nev.), as well as two-time World Championship medalist Christina Cruz (New York, N.Y.), 2016 Youth World Champion delante Johnson (Cleveland, Ohio) och 2016 Ungdoms-VM bronsmedalj Richard Torrez Jr. (Tulare, Calif.)
Other boxers anticipated to compete for Team USA include international medalists Khalil Coe (Jersey City, New Jersey), Keyshawn Davis (Norfolk, Va.), Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, Texas), Oshae Jones (Toledo, Ohio), Quinton Randall (Katy, Texas) och Stacia Suttles(Brooklyn, N.Y.). These boxers are subject to change, and a full roster for both teams will be released closer to the start of the duels.
Boxers who are competing at the Eastern Elite Qualifier & Regional Open Championships are eligible for an early check-in on Saturday, Oktober. 6 for the qualifier and will receive free entrance to that night’s duel. Coaches who pre-register for the Qualifier and complete early check-in will also receive free entrance to that night’s event.
Check USABoxing.org for updates on the event in the coming weeks.
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OM USA BOXING: The mission of USA Boxing shall be to enable United States’ athletes and coaches to achieve sustained competitive excellence, utveckla karaktär, stödja boxningssporten, 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 and govern every aspect of amateur boxing in the United States.