 ROCHESTER, N.Y.. (September 25, 2016) — A small crowd packed The Diplomat Party House to honor Michael “Jinx” Spinks le Fitz “The Whip” Vanderpool at the recent 26go th annual Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame (RBHOF) Banquet & Awards Night.
Spinks (31-1, 21 Kos) received the prestigious Integrity Award, while Vanderpool (26-8-4, 13 Kos) was presented the coveted Courage Award.
 (L-R) – Michael Spinks, Steve Smoger and Fitz Vanderpool
Rochester’s Johnny McCoy (Clarence Millard) was inducted into the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame. McCoy (77-30-14, 21 Kos), ba fetile a 1978 a le lilemo li 81, was one of the top flyweights in the world between 1916 le 1932. He was recognized as world champion by the state of California following a tournament to determine the winner of the vacant world title relinquished by Fidel LaBarba.
“This was another memorable banquet for the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame,” RBHOF treasurer/spokesperson Gino Arilotta a re. “Everyone enjoyed the evening. We posthumously inducted Johnny McCoy and honored are award winners, Michael Spinks and Fitz Vanderpool. Hall of Famer referee Steve Smoger gave a wonderful speech. Each of these great men were so pleasant and they gladly signed hundreds of autographs and posed for so many pictures. These three humble men have my sincere respect.
“Ka Moqebelo, September 17th, we took the boxers along with Steve Smoger to a local radio station where they were interviewed on air. We also took them to one of Rochester’s super gyms, moo Willie Monroe, Refresh. trains. We showed them many important sites within the city. I also presented a city high school graduate, the Carmen Basilio Scholarship Award, which is awarded annually.
An International Boxing Hall of Famer (IBHOF), Spinks was the most dominant light heavyweight champion of his era, capturing the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) le ea Lefatše Boxing Lekgotla la (WBC) lefatše litlotla, in addition to being a 1976 Olympic khauta medalist.
Vanderpool is a former World Boxing Federation (WBF), WBC FECARBOX and Canadian welterweight champion. He took on all comers including Rochester’s only world champion, Charles “The Natural” Murray and world champion Fernando Vargas. Kajeno, Vanderpool is a trainer in Canada who also gives countless hours of time and energy in Kitchener as a community volunteer.
Special guests in attendance included Murray (44-9, 26 Kos), a former IBF light welterweight champion, world-rated heavyweight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (18-0-1, 16 Kos), Rochester lightweight prospect Lavisas “Red” Williams (8-1-1, 3 Kos), Josie Basilio (widow of Hall of Famer Carmen Basilio), distinguished boxing writer Dan Cucco and Smoger, the International referee extraordinaire.
RBHOF holds monthly meetings, plus an annual picnic and Christmas party, in addition to supporting local gyms.
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Manager John Seip lipontšo Setaliana bartolomeo middleweight tsepo Daniele Marco Scardina
Miami (April 6, 2015) – Veteran papading ya ditebele tsa mookameli John Seip o na le saennweng haholo khabisitsoeng Setaliana tsenwe Boxer Daniele Mark Scardina ho a ikgethileng a ya tsamaiso konteraka.
Seip e molemo ka ho fetisisa tsebahala ka tataisang Petrose “Kid Chocolate” Quillin oa Lefatše oa Boxing Mokhatlo (WBO) lefatše middleweight tlotla. Le letsoalloa New Yorker e boetse e laolang bochaba British bartolomeo middleweight Steed “The Stallion” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).
A 21 lilemo li Scardina hails ho tloha Rozzano, e leng toropo e ka tlase ho 40,000 batho ba ba mo Province oa Milan. O ile a ile ka qala ditebele 2008 a le lilemo li 16, latelang ka le rangoane oa hae mehlaleng ea ba ba neng ba e ne e le Boxer ka nako eo, hammoho le Daniele seabe ea mohlala.
Scardina, ba neng ba e 56 tsenwe bouts, hapa holimo e tlotlisa a mangata le Setaliana turnira ho akarelletsa le Rovereto National, National Silver tlelafo, le tse pedi tsa National Golden litlelafo. O ile a boela hlōla metale wa bronze kwa e International ketsahalo.
A 2013, o ile a boxed bakeng sa Italia Sealuma Boxing Team a Lefatše Series ea Boxing, ho hapa hae a le mong a bapisoa ka khahlanong le Jeremane lireng.
Scardina pele tšoaroa Seip tlhokomelo ea lefatse ka tummeng 5go th St. Gym in Khao Lak Beach, qalong buloa 1950 ka Chris Dundee, le lehae la ea tse se nang palo lefatše mampoli ba koetlisitsoeng ho na le ho akarelletsa le Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston le Willie PEP. Ba ruileng neano tsoela pele e mecha 5go th St. Boikoitliso, teng haufi le moo ka 1434 Alton Street, moo holimo bahlabani ka bophara ba lefatsheng ba jwalo ka Bernard Hopkins e sa ntse e koetlisa.
“Ke qala ho mo bona koetlisa ka 5go th St. Gym 'me a shebahala joaloka e tloaelehileng ea tsenwe,” Seip ile a hlalosa. “O ile a lahlela ka bophara punches 'me ha aa le tseba ho lahlela e ntle jab se. Bakoetlisi Guy Laieta le Dino ke Spencer ile ka qala ho sebetsa le eena me hona joale o lintho li sebelisa hore a finyelle, loantša a sa le hole, le lahlele ba tlhakantsuke ya jabs le hook. O ile a 's ka takatso e matla ka papading ya ditebele tsa, mamela le ho ithuta letsatsi le letsatsi. Daniele o na le letsoho le letle la ka lebelo le matla a. O ile a 's tjaka ea potsanyane, le eena o. Ke ile ka bona ntho e itseng ka mo, intangibles, me a etsa qeto ho saena mo.
“Dino ke ke monghali ba ba neng ba bōpileng e godimo go hapa tlelaseng ea boikoetliso e khōlō sparring le menyetla e etsang featuring e le ba bangata ba nang le talente bahlabani bao ka sebele ba sutumelletsa mong le e mong tse ling tse. Ho se a ntse a hlaka hore Danielle ntlafetse hae litsebo le koetliso ho na le. O ile a 's nako e telele, ka tieo le e matla. Mosebetsi oa hae tekanyetso ea boitsoaro ke a hlollang; o ile a 's le ea pele ka ikoetlisetsa ho, ho qetela ba ho tlohela. U ke ke ua utloisa bohloko ena potsanyane, e ka ba. Bohle re lumela e le hore a o na le haholo bokamoso bo khanyang.”
Ho fapana le bahlabani tsoang Russia le pele e neng e Soviet-bloc lichaba, hammoho le ba tsoang Latin America ba tlang ho United States ho tiisa ha bona papali ea litebele mesebetsi, Setaliana hlahetseng bahlabani ka seoelo latetse e tšoanang Route e le Scardina, ba ba neng ba ba ile ba fallela Miami selemong se fetileng le robalang fatse ea hae mor'abo rona foleteng.
The ka bomong ba chesehang Setaliana hlahetseng lefatše mampoli ea neng a loanela ya seporofesenale in America ke Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), ba ba neng ba e ne e le WBC / WBA middleweight mampoli 1979-1980. Antuofermo, leha ho le joalo, ba ile ba fallela le lelapa la hae Brooklyn ho tloha Puglia, Italy ha a ne a e ne e 17 'me a ile a ithuta ho lebokoseng in America.
“Kamehla ke 'nile ne a batla ho e le mosireletsi in America,” Scardina a re. “Ke ea Amerika se dil se dil le 'na. Ke nahana Ke tla ka monyetla o moholo naheng ena ho ba kholo ka ho fetisisa Boxer ke e ka ba le le tokelo ya thusa. John Seip ke le tokelo ya molaodi wa ka nna, kahobane a le lumela re ka se khonang lefatše-'mampoli ba hammoho e le setlhopha.”
Scardina oa ratang ka ho fetisisa boraditebele ba Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux le Miguel Cotto. “Ke sebetsa phethahetseng e le ya ka ntle ya ntoa se le ho ka sehloohong matsohong a ka haufi,” Scardina a phaella ka. Ke loantša ho ba lefatše mampoli.”
Scardina lebeletsoe ho etsa hae lan qalo ena May kapa June.
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