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Statele Unite ale Americii Box declară iunie “Asociația Alumni de membru Disc Luna”
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Colorado Springs, Poală. (Iunie 11, 2018) – Statele Unite ale Americii Box lui “Asociația Alumni de membru Disc Luna” avut un knock-out începe în acest weekend trecut în Canastota, New York, la ceremoniile anuale de inducție internațional de box Hall of Fame, ca nouă boxeri mare profil, oferind un record de pro incredibil de acumulare 365-51-7 (239 KO) și 24 titluri mondiale majore, a intrat în USABAA în creștere pe locul ca fiind mândru, membri noi.
Chris tofflemire și John Scully Asociația Alumni de box Statele Unite ale Americii au reprezentat, mese la dotarea cu personal turneul de golf IBHOF și Memorabilia Arată, pentru a crește gradul de conștientizare USABAA și de a recruta noi membri.
“Spiritul de box amator a fost în viață și bine pe tot parcursul Boxing Hall International de week-end Fame,” tofflemire pe înțelesul tuturor, Box Alumni Director Executiv Asociatia Statele Unite ale Americii. “Informații despre noul SUA box Asociația Alumni a fost bine primit de către clienți din weekend, și stimat alumni, cum ar fi Jesse Vargas și Reggie Johnson a menționat că acestea sunt incantati sa se implice mai mult. Mulțumește Asociației Alumni sprijinul oferit de mulți în acest weekend, în special Micky Ward și Antonio Tarver, care continuă să se răspândească misiunea noastră.”
“Faptul este că marea majoritate a boxeri profesioniști care participa Hall of Fame week-end la Canastota în fiecare an au fost la boxeri amatori un moment dat și se cunoșteau bine înainte de a fi vreodată, chiar a devenit profesionist,” adăugat neprețuit USABAA consilier Scully, care recrutează boxeri pentru evenimente sponsorizate de grup ca aceasta. “La un moment dat, în conversațiile dintre boxeri peste motivele, subiectele frecvent se va transforma în cele din urmă la zilele lor de amatori împreună.”
“amatorii, pentru mine, a fost despre lupta pentru respect,” campion mondial de două diviziune Junior Jones (50-6, 28 KO); remarcat. “Pentru a merge la diferite locuri și să-l foarte departe (ca un amator), trebuie să învețe cum să te conducă și să tranzacționeze cu alții.”
Alți membri USABAA noi sunt de șase ori, campion mondial de două divizie Miguel Cotto(41-6, 33 KO); de patru ori, campion mondial de două divizie, precum și 1976 medaliat cu aur olimpic și Sala de Famer, Michael Spinks (31-1, 21 KO); grea irlandez care sa retras Mike Tyson, Kevin McBride (35-10-1, 29 KO); de două ori, campion mondial de două divizieJesse Vargas (28-2-1, 10 KO); de cinci ori campion mondial și 1996 medaliat cu bronz olimpic Antonio Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KO); de două ori, campion mondial de două divizie Reggie Johnson (44-7-1, 25 KO), de trei ori, campion mondial de trei diviziune James Toney (77-10-3, 47 KO); și mondial la categoria grea pretendent Gerry Cooney (38-3, 24 KO).
Statele Unite ale Americii Asociația Alumni de box
Creat pentru un campion pe tot parcursul vieții, relații reciproc avantajoase între Statele Unite ale Americii de box si absolventii sai, –boxeri, oficialii, antrenori și fani de box — Asociația Alumni se conectează generații de campioni, inspirat și dând înapoi viitorii campioni de box Statele Unite ale Americii de box a lui, în și afară din inelul.
Statele Unite ale Americii de box Alumni Asociația este deschisă pentru oricine care are o dragoste pentru box și-ar dori să rămână în legătură cu boxul amator. Membrii li se acordă acces la o gamă largă de evenimente speciale, găzduit de Asociația Alumni, inclusiv anual Statele Unite ale Americii de box Alumni Association Hall of Fame recepție.
Pentru a vă alătura Asociației Alumni, pur și simplu se înregistreze la Alumni @ usaboxing,.org pentru o $40.00 pe an, taxa de membru. Noii membri vor primi un tricou, keychain și e-portofel.
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“Cred că acest lucru este mare,” Jones a vorbit despre formarea de box Asociației Alumni SUA. “Luptătorii care a devenit profesionist erau amatori mari, dar există, de asemenea, o mulțime de amatori care nu au coopta. Toata lumea nu devine campion, dar au încercat și au dat cele mai bune lor, și de aceea această organizație este bun, deoarece toate boxeri sunt apreciate.”
“Deși Hall of Fame week-end tinde să se concentreze pe carierele profesionale ale multor luptători,” tofflemire Încheiat, “a fost greu să nu observe efectul pe care amatori de box a avut asupra vieții multora dintre acești mari campioni. Box Alumni Association Statele Unite ale Americii vrea să-i mulțumesc Ed Brophy pentru generozitatea și sprijinul său pentru box, și așteptăm cu nerăbdare un parteneriat pe termen lung cu Boxing Hall of Fame International.”
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Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver Credits USA Boxing for giving him Structure that carried him to top
Colorado Springs, Poală. (Mai 21, 2018) – Future Hall of Famer Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 1 NC, 22 KO) has just about done it all as a boxer having been an Olympic medal winner and world champion as an amateur, along with capturing five major light heavyweight world titles as a professional, as well as a pair of Inelul magazine’s top honors, and four other world championships in two different divisions.
“I credit USA Boxing for giving me structure for the first time in my life,” Tarver explicat. “Everything was scheduled; curfew, eating, antrenament, sleep….tot! I then understood that I had to be accountable for everything I did. I had talent, but I wasn’t structured, and that was bigger than me. I had to adjust to authority. My determination took off, giving me support I never had before. I went on to make speaking engagements and get sponsors. I broke barriers. I’ve been the best at every level that I fought at in the world.”
Tarver was a highly decorated amateur who had an amazing 158-12 record. He is the only boxer to capture gold medals at World Amateur Championships, S.U.A.. National Championships and Pan-American Games in the same year (1995). The Orlando, Florida-born southpaw won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, losing in the quarterfinals to future world champion Vassiliy Jirov, who Tarver had defeated in the semifinals of the 1995 World Amateur Championships. Tarver also won top honors at the 1994 National Golden Gloves Tournament and 1995 World Championships Challenge.
“I went on a winning roll in 1995 and went into the Olympics in rare form,” Tarver a spus. “And that’s why I was favored to win a gold medal. I was hitting him (Jirov), the same guy I’d beaten in the World Championships, but no points were registering for me. I had a good second round, but I was down three points, so I threw my game plan away in the third round. I felt I had to do more and got away from my style: counter punching, not getting hit, and being patient. I thought I had won and so did a lot of people. I made up for that, deși, with a gold-medal professional career.
“I had been faced with a decision about going pro after I was beaten in the ’92 Olympic Trials. I decided to stay in the amateurs, despite not having any guarantees about making the 1996 S.U.A.. Echipa olimpică. I sacrificed four years of my pro career, which is why I turned pro at a relatively late age (27). I was determined when I found out the 1996 Olympics were in Atlanta. I think I made the right decision and I have no regrets.
“I had always dreamed of going to the Olympics. I saw Roy Jones, Jr – we first fought each other at 13 – get robbed of gold. I was watching that on television, jumped up, and knew where I was heading: The Olympics! We both suffered horrible decisions in the Olympics and I knew then that our careers would be parallel.
Tarver made his pro debut February 18, 1997 în Philadelphia, oprire Joaquin Garcia (4-0) în al doilea tur.
“I was an Olympic bronze medal winner but when I first turned pro,” Tarver added, “I didn’t have a promoter or manager. Nobody was willing to take a chance on me until I was 4-0, when I signed by first contract with Russell Peltz. I felt nobody could beat me.”
Nobody was able to beat Tarver, at least until his 17lea lupta pro, când Eric Hardingdefeated Tarver by way of a 12-round unanimous decision.
Doi ani mai tarziu, Tarver embarked on a 12-fight murderer’s row stretch during the next seven years, arguably establishing him as the No. 1 lire-pentru-lire luptator din lume. It all started with a successful rematch with Harding (21-1-1) in Indianapolis, when Tarver dropped Harding in the fourth round, plus twice more in the fifth, on his way to a fifth-round technical knockout to avenge his lone pro loss to that date.
Next up for Tarver was a showdown with 44-3 Montell Griffin for the WBC and IBF 175-pound division titles, which were vacated by Roy Jones Jr., Aprilie 26, 2003 la Foxwoods Resort Casino în Mashantucket, Connecticut. In his first world title shot as a pro, Tarver pitched a complete shutout, decking Griffin in the first and last rounds to shut out his opponent by scores of 120-103 din toți cei trei judecători.
Șapte luni mai târziu,, totuși, Tarver lost a controversial 12-round majority decision and his WBC crown (he was stripped of his IBF belt) to WBA Super and IBO champion Jones in Las Vegas. The following May at the venue, Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, deși, Tarver became the first to knockout Jones, putting him to sleep in the second round.
Tarver then became a mainstream celebrity, appearing on late-night shows and covers ofInelul magazine and KO Magazine, and co-hosting an ESPN Vineri Lupte de noapte emisiune de televiziune.
“I was robbed in my first fight with Roy,” Tarver insisted. “They called my knockout of Roy the greatest upset in light heavyweight history. Why didn’t they see me coming? I had beaten everybody ranked ahead of me. Roy was the pound-4-pound king, but he knew. I may not be the fastest, the quickest, or the strongest, but I doubt that there’s ever been a pro fighter to enter the ring with a higher IQ than me. Even at my age, I still feel that way today.”
The WBC stripped Tarver of his title in 2004 for fighting IBF champion Glen Johnson (41-9-2) instead of the WBC mandatory challenger. Johnson, ironic, was stripped of his IBF title for the same reason right before his fight in Los Angeles with Tarver. Tarver and Johnson fought for Inelul and IBO titles and Johnson won a 12-round split decision.
In their rematch six months later în Memphis, Tarver won a unanimous 12-round decision over Johnson to capture the IBO strap. Tarver completed his trilogy with Jones, retaining his IBO title with a unanimous 12-round decision (117-111, 116-112, 116-112).
Tarver lost a 12-round decision June 10, 2006 in Atlantic City to Bernard Hopkins for the IBO championship, which was soon vacated and recaptured by Tarver with a 12-round majority decision over Elvir Muriqi (34-3).
Tarver traveled to Australia in 2011 to challenge IBO cruiserweight champion and local hero Danny Green, who retired after nine rounds, as Tarver added another title belt to his display case.
În decembrie a 2013 în Temecula, California, Tarver knocked out Jonathon Banks (29-2-1) in the seventh round, and Tarver’s last fight was a 12-round split decision draw with former world champion Steve Cunningham (28-7) în Newark, New Jersey.
În 2006, Tarver starred as Mason “The Line” Dixon, the heavyweight champion in the film,Rocky Balboa.
Tarver, as he marches towards his planned history-making performance by becoming the oldest heavyweight world champion of all-time, also has served as a color commentator in boxing for Spike TV and Showtime.
Astăzi, la vârsta de 49, Tarver is still technically active, and he also trains his son and undefeated middleweight prospect, Antonio Tarver, Jr. (5-0 (4 KO), where they live in Tampa, Florida.
“I was older than the rest of the boxers on the U.S. Olympic Team and the U.S. National Team,” Tarver remarcat. “What a team! Guys like Diego Corrales și Zab lui Iuda didn’t make that Olympic Team. I gave Floyd Mayweather, Jr. his first moniker, ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’, until he changed it years later to ‘Money’. We had a bond on that Olympic team with Floyd, Fernando Vargas, David Reid, Zarim Raheem and the others.”
Although at the age of 49 he is still an active fighter, Tarver occassionally does some color commentating and he trains pro and amateur boxers at a gym in Tampa, Florida. “I’m not retired as a fighter,” Tarver commented. “I started a program, ‘Train with The Champ’, and it includes room rent and training. I like to say it’s an AirB&B for boxing. I train my son (5-0 mijlocie Antonio Tarver, Jr. acolo. I learned a lot from my early days, training in Orlando with my coach, Lou Harris, and I reunited with Jimmy Williams, care este 90 acum, training my son together in Tampa.
Tarver also is an advocate of the relatively new “Statele Unite ale Americii Asociația Alumni de box,” which was created to champion a lifelong, relații reciproc avantajoase între Statele Unite ale Americii de box si absolventii sai, –boxeri, oficialii, antrenori și fani de box — the Alumni Association connects generations of champions, inspirat și dând înapoi viitorii campioni de box Statele Unite ale Americii de box a lui, în și afară din inelul.
“I’m going online to join,” Tarver a spus. “I’m looking forward to attending an Alumni Association meeting, Iunie 24-30 during the Junior Olympics in Charleston, West Virginia.
Everything that goes around, vine în jurul valorii de, in USA Boxing. Just ask future Hall of Fame candidate Antonio Tarver.
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Boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar goes Back to the Future at 5th St. Sala
MIAMI (Octombrie 26, 2016) — Internationally renowned boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar has come full circle, right back to the famed 5lea St. Gym in South Beach, where he once visited as a teenager to learn and now trains fighters out of six days a week.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Cuellar’s family resettled in Miami when he was three with Orlando living there through high school. Ca un boxer amator, Cuellar vividly remembers watching boxers at 5lea St. Gym such as Cassius Clay, Willie Pastrano, Vinnie Curto și Florentino Fernandez, as well as legendary trainers, brothers Angelo și Chris Dundee.
“I watched and learned, picking up as much as much as I could,” Cuellar a spus. “Acum, I find myself working out of the 5lea St. Gym for the past six weeks. It’s been an incredible experience. In fiecare zi, you never know who is going to walk through the doors there. It’s been one of the best boxing gyms in the world for more than 50 an. From the days dating back to Muhammad Ali, fighters have been attracted to this gym because of its rich history and great sparring, as well as to the area with South Beach’s restaurants, clubs and beach. The warm, humid weather also makes it easier for fighters to lose weight running and training.
“(Owner) Dino Spencer is carrying on the 5lea St. Gym’s tradition. Everyday I’m there is exciting for me. Mixed ethnic groups train there and it’s a magnet for talent. There’s sparring three days a week – I call it Spar-a-rama – and everybody’s welcome to challenge themselves. The sparring is better than a lot of TV fights.
“5lea St. Gym trainer Guy Laieta had been trying to convince me to join the team for the last five years. I spoke to Dino on several occasions, expressing my desire to train fighters out of the 5lea St. Sala. El a spus, ‘Let’s do it.’ The success of the 5lea St. Gym today has a lot to do with ownership. Dino has a passion for boxing and he is very hospitable, which trickles down to his staff and fighters. Good vibes all of the time!”
Cuellar left for Las Vegas in 1976 și, after he realized that being a boxer wasn’t in his best interest, he started training fighters there in 1981 out of Johnny Garcia’s Gym. A year later, he shifted his base Brooklyn and started training fighters out of another boxing icon, Gym Gleason lui. În 2000, he resettled in Miami.
Best known as world light heavyweight champion the head trainer of Glen Johnson, Cuellar also worked with future champions such as Nicolas Walters, Rances Barthelemy și Erslandy Lara, precum și Luis Franco, Aaron Davis și Juan Carlos Gomez, to name a few of the more notables. Astăzi, he’s the chief second for several top fighters including Antonio Tarver.
Recognized throughout boxing as a superior teacher, Cuellar’s success is mostly attributed to his training of fighters on an individual basis, focusing on their personal needs rather than giving all fighters the same instructions and attention.
“Each fighter needs personal and specific work to complement their God-given talents,” Cuellar explained. “You can’t teach all fighters the same way. I specialize on what I call old school meets new school. Old school was upfront and personal to go 15 runde, new school is about throwing more punches, more foot movement and fighting from the outside. I teach doffense: defense + offense. Punches aren’t vitamins, none should be taken. Boxing is little more than a battle of reflexes; one fighters versus another, but the real trick is how the fighter uses his reflexes. I teach my fighters how to turn the ring apron into a minefield.”
Boxing has played a huge role in Cuellar’s life. Back in the 5lea St. Gym is just another chapter in his unique life.
“I live through my fighters,” Cuellar concluded. “Every victory is my proudest moment. There are no big or little victories, every win is a happy moment because of all the hard work and sacrifices me and my fighter made during training camp.”
Orlando Cuellar is thrilled to have gone back to the future.
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Undefeated prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. establishing his own identity in ring
TAMPA (Mai 10, 2016) – Fighting for his young family, as well as to expand the legacy associated with his last name, the son of 5-time world champion and 1996 S.U.A.. Olimpic Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver – unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. – this past weekend continued establishing his own identity in the ring.
After a 9-month absence, the 28-year-old Tarver (4-0, 3 KO) returned to the ring in Lakeland, Florida, oprire Jose Cortez în al doilea tur. Tarver displayed his improving skills, especially a punishing body attack, during a thoroughly dominating performance. He broke-down Cortez and closed the show in style.
“It took me one round to get rid of ring rust,” he explained. “We had a game-plan to go to the body, then the head, body and head, but it took me a round to do it. God’s really blessed me and I owe all thanks to Him. My father and coach, Jimmy Williams, have always told me not to look for a knockout but that it’ll come. I’m not a one-punch knockout fighter. It’s all about setting up shots and putting them together. I may not connect with every single body shot I throw, but if I get in three of four each round, it’ll eventually cause damage. I’m focusing on my opponent’s liver and ribs, trying to be a body-snatcher.”
Tarver was an athlete, playing basketball and football, who didn’t start boxing until he was 19. He had a very brief amateur career and fully realizes that he’s consistently going to be fighting more experienced boxers.
“In inelul,” Tarver a spus, “I’m still a baby. My opponents may be much more experienced than me, but I do have a lot of experience around me: tatăl meu, coach Williams and Darrell Foreman. My father wouldn’t support me as a fighter until I proved to him that I was worthy (sacrificing and training). I’m worthy now and believe I’m coming into my own as I continue to learn.”
“Ca un tată,” Tarver Sr., remarcat, “I wanted him to know what he was getting into and have the tools to succeed. He’s as tough as nails. When he realizes how strong he really is…..look out. There’s a difference between hitting an opponent with a punch and punching through him like he’s doing now. I just wish he’d get started quicker. He doesn’t get going until he gets hit and then he turns into a beast. A ferociousness comes out from inside that I never had. He’s improving all of the time. He’s putting punches together better and sitting down on his punches.
“Antonio is going to be a fan-friendly fighter. I know I put him under a lot of pressure, but he’s fighting much more experienced guys. I’ve never been worried about him fighting a tough guy. It’s the guys who think in the ring and have amateur pedigree that can be problems for him.”
Understanding that his opponents get pumped to fight him because of his last name, Antonio Jr. rationalizes that, taking advantage of the situation he is in. “It’s very important for my opponents to beat me and the name,” el a recunoscut. “My father set this stage for me and my name is, Antonio Tarver, Jr., so they’re trying to give us both a loss. I’m fighting for my family and to protect the legacy of my last name. I try and take advantage of being my father’s son and accept everything that goes with that. I don’t try to put pressure on myself but, desigur, I want to be the best Antonio Tarver Jr. I can be.
“People are always going to compare me with my father but we fight in different weight classes. Light heavyweights, other than Roy Jones Jr., are slower than junior middleweights, who are much quicker like Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I’m always going to be fighting opponents taller than me, or sometimes the same height, but I’m 5′ 9″ and a lot of my opponents are going to be 6′ 2″ or so.
The father has another important lesson he’s teaching his son. “Antonio became a father for the first time last September and he was slow getting back in the gym,” Antonio Sr. adăugat. “He has to learn how to balance fatherhood with his pro boxing career, making sacrifices to become a champion!”
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PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS MAKE SUPER BOWL 50 PREDICTIONS
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Antonio Tarver respinge de testare de droguri nu a reușit
Echipa Tarver petrecut Ziua Muncii alimentare fără adăpost & alții la Armata Salvării în Tampa
TEAM Tarver (L-R) – Jamil Thompson, Antonio Tarver, Angela Mitchell, Orlando Fernandez și Eboney De Costa.
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TAMPA (Septembrie 10, 2015) — Echipa Tarver, condus de campion mondial de cinci ori și pretendent mondial la categoria grea Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KO), petrecut acest Ziua Muncii trecut care deservesc mai mult 150 fără adăpost, persoanele cu handicap și persoanele cu handicap, veterani militare locale, la Armata Salvării în Tampa.
“Îmi place foarte mult serviciul comunității ne-am făcut în ultima vreme pentru că mă face să mă simt ca și cum am face o diferenta in viata oamenilor care sunt mai puțin avere apoi mi-,” Tarver a spus. “Pentru a ști că echipa mea pare a fi sa te bucuri de ea la fel de bine face acest lucru chiar mai special pentru mine. Eu chiar le apreciez pentru a lua parte de fiecare data cand te chemați. Eu nu pot aștepta până la Turcia Giveaway nostru și de Crăciun de jucărie Drive în Tampa / Orlando. Dacă orice organizații non-profit sau a potențialilor sponsori sunt dispuși să se alăture echipei Tarver, Va rugam sa nu ezitati sa vizitati site-ul meu de la OfficialAntonioTarver.com ca vom continua sa faca o diferenta acolo unde conteaza.”
Următor funcție planificat echipa Tarver va fi o Turcia Giveaway înainte de Ziua Recunostintei.
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Inaugural Echipa Tarver back-to- School drive a major hit last week in Tampa
Echipa Tarver la Casa Layla în Tampa
TAMPA (August 26, 2015) — The inaugural Team Tarver Back-To-School-Drive was a major hit last week at Layla’s House (www.LaylasHouse.com) în Tampa, Florida.
Campion mondial de cinci ori și pretendent mondial la categoria grea, Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 22 KO), his son, unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Antonio Tarver, Jr. (3-0, 2 KO), și alte câteva membrii Team Tarver distribuit rechizite școlare joia trecută la copii defavorizați în orașul natal Tarver de Tampa.
TEAM Tarver: (L-R) – Antonio Tarver, Antonio Tarver Jr., Eboney De Costa, Orlando Fernandez, Angela Mitchell și Jamil Thompson
“Nu e nimic mai bun decât a vedea zâmbete pe chipurile copiilor,” Tarver a spus. “I believe it’s important to give back in your community. We feel it’s very important for children, în special cele mai mici, să aibă provizii pentru prima zi de școală. Noi am fost capabil să le ofere provizii esențiale, cum ar fi cărți pungi, creioane, și notebook-uri. Sperăm că, se simt mai bine despre ei înșiși, la școală, si obtinerea o educație bună.”
Următor funcție planificat echipa Tarver va fi o Turcia Giveaway înainte de Thanksgiving.For informații suplimentare, întreabă de sponsorizare sau de a face o donatie, Vă rugăm să e-mail officialteamtarver @
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Travis Kauffman revine cu distrugerea runda 1 pe Carmack
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