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Atif Oberlton representing City of Brotherly Love all the way to the World Championships

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Srpen 22, 2019) – There’s a new rising force on the international boxing scene and his name is Atif Oberlton, a light heavyweight from Philadelphia, who is on a mission to make a name for himself in boxing.

Oberlton will be competing at the Elite Men’s World Championships, Září 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, Rusko.

Lacking confidence is not an issue for the 21-year-old boxer who claims, “It’s very important for me to do well and win at the Worlds, because I know for a fact that, in my heart, I’m the best fighter in the world. Also, I’m new on the international scene, so it’s time for me to give a piece of what they’ve been missing.”

Oberlton started boxing at the age of nine, although he didn’t start competing until he was 14, because he was the only boy in his family, and his father wanted him to learn how to defend himself. Like so many of his teammates, he fell in love with boxing.

In the last five years, Oberlton has captured gold medals at the 2018 a 2016 Národní Golden rukavice Tournament, 2018 Eastern Elite Qualifier and 2014 National Junior Olympics. He also was a victor in the USA vs. Netherlands Dual.

“My greatest accomplishment so far is making Team USA and being where I’m at, because for years and years I was denied, and here I am today in the top spot where I belong. I’m a top-spot fighter, so I deserve it, and I put down top-notch work, také"

Overlton has taken advantage of training in Colorado Springs at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, where he has shown improvement from day one, honing his skills to become a complete boxer.

“Conditioning plays a big part in my improvement; also seeing different styles, and getting top work has elevated me,” he spoke about training as a Team USA member. “I always break new barriers on the road to greatness and this (The Worlds) is another one I’m looking to smash through.”

In addition to representing his country, Oberlton is a proud Philly fighter continuing the long, rich boxing tradition in the City of Brotherly Love, which has produced the likes ofBernard Hopkins, Mathew Saad Muhammad, Bennie Briscoe, Joey Giardello, Mike Rossman,James Shuler, Eugene Hart and so many more great fighters over the years.

“My city is known for its great boxing history and I wear ‘The City of Philadelphia’ on my back,” Oberlton added. “In a few more years down the line, I see myself leading the next wave of Philly boxers. In fact, I feel like I am the wave, momentálně, as we speak. Everyone’s watching me. I will do them all proud, from both the old and young generations.

“I haven’t been to Russia and I’m looking forward to going there. It’s always good to see the world. I always like to go back where I’m from and try to convince others to see the world, because it’s much bigger than our neighborhood.”

Oberlton is like a chameleon in the ring, constantly changing and adjusting to his opponent. “I consider my style like water,” he concluded. “It’s wavy because I adjust to win, and I can beat any style. I can outsmart anybody, fighting mind over matter. Boxing is 80-percent mental, 20-percent physical, and I have it all.

“My short-term goal is to win gold at The Worlds and everything else leading to the Olympics. And winning no less than gold at the Olympics. My long-term goal is to be the greatest fighter to ever walk the universe.”

Confidence is definitely not a problem for Atif Oberlton.

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Javier Martinez making Milwaukee proud on the way to World Championships in Russia

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Srpen 19, 2019) – Milwaukee isn’t known as one of the leading producers of world-class boxers, nicméně, Team USA middleweight
Javier Martinez may be the rare exception.


“Milwaukee isn’t really a great place for boxing,” Martinez agreed, “ale (trenér) Izzy Acosta always had a great program that produced a lot of national champions. Doufejme, one day I can do what he’s done for my city. We do have a few good fighters coming out of my gym who are still on the rise. Look out for my boy, Luis Feliciano, a former USA National champion (the 26-year-old junior welterweight is 12-0 as a pro with eight wins by knockout).”

The most famous fighter to come out of Milwaukee is world kickboxing champion Rick “The Jet” Rufus. There have been a few Milwaukee boxers of note over the years, počítaje v to Myron “Pinky” Mitchell, who became the first junior welterweight champion of the world in 1922, Robert “Barbar” Moha (1910-15), former national champion Tyrone “The Butterfly” Trice, and Pan American Games bronze medalist and two-time national amateur champion, LeChaunce Shepard.

Martinez is currently training in Colorado Springs at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center for the World Championships, Září 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, Rusko.

“It’s a good feeling and I plan on taking full advantage of this opportunity,” Martinez spoke about competing at the World Championships. “I love coming to Colorado; it’s like therapy for me, keeping me away from the distractions back home. I’m very excited to be going to Russia. I’m thankful to USA Boxing for all the opportunities I’ve had, and I hope to bring back a medal from Russia.”

Martinez says he didn’t have a normal childhood, explaining that he looked up to the wrong people. His life changed for the better when his father introduced him to boxing and meeting Coach Acosta, who was recently honored by the USA Boxing Alumni Association for his contributions to amateur boxing as a boxer and coach for the past half-century.

“I don’t know what I’d be doing today (if not for boxing),” noted Martinez, který se změní 24 srpna 24. “I just know that boxing was my way out of the ‘hood. Coach Izzy is a very loving person, and a great person to have around. He had a very good boxing career and it’s great to have a person like that in my corner.”

Martinez, who is the No. 2 ranked middleweight in the U.S., captured a gold medal at the 2018 Elite National Championships and silver at the 2016 & 2017 Elitní národní mistrovství. He’s also brought home bronze from the 2013 National Junior Olympics and Feliks Stamm Tournament.

Self-described as an awkward southpaw who can give anybody problems, Martinez’ short-term goal is to be an Olympic gold medalist, long-term to be world champion.

Javier Martinez is making Milwaukee proud by punchin’ his way to the top.

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Boxing brought Lamont Ingram back from deepest depths of despair to giving back to at-risk youths

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Červenec 8, 2019) – Former boxing prospect Lamont Ingram has survived hell on earth, which included him losing virtually everything in his life, and now he’s giving back to at-risk youths in Jackson, Tennessee.


Minulý měsíc, Ingram was selected Most Outstanding Referee of USA Boxing’s 2019 Národní juniorské olympijské hry.

Ingram’s recovery is nothing short of incredible, especially considering he went from being an outstanding amateur boxer, who competed successfully in national amateur tournaments, to homelessness, blindness in both eyes, two failed suicide attempts and, bohužel, much more despair.

“I am no longer ashamed of what I went through because it made me the man I am today,” the 38-year-old Ingram said. “My life had been so hard that I was ashamed to talk about it for so long. I now understand that my struggles are my testimony for the next person to see that he or she can make it if they keep trying.

“Boxing is all I knew, but I couldn’t see out of one eye (cornea injury) that developed at the age of 19. I got mad at God and wanted to retire. I got depressed and didn’t understand why this had happened. V 2008, I became homeless the first time with nowhere to go. I lost everything, including my family, and then went (legally) blind in the other eye. Pak, God told me to work with children, and I also opened the non-profit halfway house.

“Boxing taught me how to never give up no matter how hard it gets. V 2013, I lost everything for the second time: my business, moje rodina, vše…..and I went homeless again. But I never gave up! The following year, when everyone said it was over for me, God gave me everything back times two. I lost the building I was in, but eventually I found another building. I had no money and I lost that building in 2013. God gave it back to me in 2016, when the man who bought it, gave it back to me. Nyní, I have the only two Federal and State halfway houses in Tennessee for special and general populations with more than 50 beds. I’m mostly at capacity all the time with men who have done 50 years calendar down to those who have done five years.”

Ingram operates the Second Chance “New Beginning” Halfway House and Homeless Shelter, as well as the Team Ingram Boxing & Mentoring Program.

Lamont started boxing when he was 14, because he used to be severely bullied to the point of having his head smashed into a brick wall, thrown into a garbage can, and jumped on repeatedly by others. Ingram’s mother sent him to a boxing coach, Rayford Collins, which turned out to be arguably the most life-changing moments of his life.

“I liked boxing,” Lamont remembered. “I wasn’t the best boxer, but I did beat some good boxers. I was a very determined young man, ačkoli. Byl jsem 58-10 s 35 knockouts as an amateur boxer. I got my special education high school diploma and later I graduated from Kaplan University with a 3.7 GPA in Business and Chemical Dependency.

“Most kids (in the boxing program) can’t afford the fee to our summer camp or boxing program going on right now. We give them a free breakfast and lunch. I really enjoy this, but I would have never thought that I’d be doing what I’m doing.”


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USA Boxing Alumni Association je otevřena všem, kteří mají rádi box a chtěli by zůstat ve spojení s amatérským boxem.. Členům je udělen přístup k široké škále speciálních akcí pořádaných Asociací absolventů, včetně každoročního přijetí síně slávy USA Boxing Alumni Association.

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Team Ingram Boxing Club & Mentoring Program was founded in 2017, after Ingram’s long battle associated with him not wanting anything to do with boxing, because he believed God had done him wrong for taking away from what he loved to do and was good at, box. When his amateur coach, Collins, died in 2016, Lamont decided to take a larger role at the gym, to the point he was there every day.

“For some reason I wanted to be part of it and help like my coach had helped save my life,” Ingram explained. “Boxing helped me. My coach was very firm, strict and very disciplined, but he loved us and wanted only the best for us. We have so many success stories that range from those that nobody could handle, to those who had F’s in school, plus those who had no hope at all. These youths are my world; I see myself and I know that change is possible, because I changed.

“The ultimate goal of my program is to instill life skills that will go with each young person throughout their individual lives like it has for me. I understand that not everyone will be an Olympic champion, or make the USA Olympic Team, become national or world champion. They can be a piece that sows the seed that never departs the one they sowed it to.”

Ingram has been a registered USA Boxing coach and official for three years. After becoming a level 2 official, he was chosen to referee the final day of the 2018 Eastern Qualifier, a rare feat for a relatively inexperienced official, to say the least. V 2019, he judged at the Western Qualifier and ranked No. 9 mimo 100, which is an unheard-of accomplishment for a level 2 official.

“Boxing saved my life and it changed my life,” Ingram claimed. “I had a bad anger problem. I wouldn’t listen and I was disrespectful to my parents and authority figures. I stayed in trouble, on intensive probation, or locked up in juvenile detentions centers.

“I am a respectful, humble and dedicated official who loves boxing and watching people achieve their goals. People always told me what I couldn’t do; boxing showed me what I could do.”

And countless young men and women in Tennessee and the mid-South, not just Lamont, are the beneficiaries today of Lamont Ingram’s truly remarkable metamorphosis.

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Jamel “Vždy věrný” Sledě Patriot, Olympian & nyní mistr světa

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Absolventi USA v boxu: (L) Jamel Herring a jeho stablemate, Terence “Pupen” Crawford
(obrázek s laskavým svolením Mikeyho Williamse / Top Rank)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Červen 13, 2019) – Nově korunovaná Světová boxerská organizace (WBO) super muší šampion Jamel “Vždy věrný” Sleď jako bojovník byl prakticky celý život bojovníkem. Námořní a elitní boxer.

33letý sleď (20-2, 10 KO), bojovat z Cincinnati, se dostal do plného kruhu od chvíle, kdy začal boxovat ve věku 15. “Začal jsem proto, že jsem si ve škole vedl špatně, střih z basketbalového týmu,” vysvětlil, proč si vybral Sweet Science. “Nechtěl jsem být v ulicích. Nebyla to moje postava, takže jsem musel najít něco jiného. Přítel mě seznámil s boxem a já jsem se toho držel. Nakonec jsem dostal známky zpět a udělal jsem čest.”


Ze sledě se také vyvinul olympijský boxer, většinou, když sloužil devět let v USA. Mariňáci, a to i když byl dvakrát vyslán v Iráku. Sestavil 81-15 amatérský záznam, včetně nejvyšších vyznamenání na 2011 & 2012 Mistrovství ozbrojených sil, 2011 U.S.. Olympijské zkoušky a 2012 Zlatý medailista z USA, spolu se stříbrnou medailí na 2010 Světové vojenské hry. Byl první aktivní službou v USA. Marine se od roku kvalifikoval do amerického boxerského týmu 1992, stejně jako první USA. Marine soutěžit v 2012 Olympijské hry.

“Během svého druhého nasazení během volného času jsem trochu boxoval,” poznamenal. “Na konci roku jsem se vrátil ze svého druhého nasazení 2007 a začal boxovat u námořní pěchoty 2008. Většina mé amatérské kariéry spadala pod námořní pěchotu. Naučil jsem se hodně cestovat s námořní pěchotou. Viděl jsem více stylů a soutěžil jsem na národních turnajích jako mariňák. Měli také finance, aby mě mohli poslat.”

Vrcholem jeho amatérské kariéry bylo reprezentování jeho země na 2012 Olympiády v Londýně jako kapitán týmu USA. I když prohrál (19-9) v úvodním kole dvojnásobný kazašský boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov, kdo vyhrál zlato na 2013 Mistrovství světa a později na 2016 Olympijské hry, zahajovací olympijský ceremoniál byl ze zvláštního důvodu nejpamátnějším okamžikem celé jeho amatérské boxerské kariéry.

“To bylo výročí úmrtí mé dcery,” Herring řekl. “Dala mi vědět, že bez ohledu na to, stále můžete dosáhnout čehokoli, i přes vzestupy a pády.”

Ostatní členové 2012 USA Olympic Team Herring kapitán zahrnoval současné mistry světa v profesionálních řadách, jako je Errol Spence, Jr., Claressa Shields a Marcus Browne, Bývalý mistr světa Rau’Shee Warren, a vyzyvatele světového titulu Terrell Gausha, Michael Hunter a Dominic Breazeale.


Sleď zůstává blízko boxu USA, rčení: “USA Boxing mi pomohl kvůli vztahům, které jsem vytvořil, mnohé z nich zůstávají dodnes. Potkal jsem další bojovníky z celého světa, se kterými jsem udržoval dobré vztahy. Také mi to pomohlo stát se více z lidí-osob, kterými jsem dnes. Být kapitánem týmu mě naučilo trpělivosti, protože jsem musel jednat s mnoha osobnostmi, Tyto vlastnosti používám dodnes. A dnes jsem si stále blízký se svými olympijskými spoluhráči.”


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Vytvořeno k celoživotnímu prosazování, vzájemně výhodné vztahy mezi USA Boxing a jeho absolventy, –boxerky, úředníci, trenéři a fanoušci boxu — Sdružení Alumni spojuje generace šampionů, inspirovat a vracet se budoucím šampiónům USA v boxu, dovnitř a ven z kruhu.

USA Boxing Alumni Association je otevřena všem, kteří mají rádi box a chtěli by zůstat ve spojení s amatérským boxem.. Členům je udělen přístup k široké škále speciálních akcí pořádaných Asociací absolventů, včetně každoročního přijetí síně slávy USA Boxing Alumni Association.

Připojit se k Alumni Association, jednoduše se zaregistrujte na alumni@usaboxing.org pro $40.00 za rok členský příspěvek. Noví členové obdrží tričko, klíčenka a elektronická peněženka.



“Jamel je dokonalým příkladem odolnosti a vytrvalosti,” zmínil Chris Cugliari, Ředitel sdružení absolventů boxu v USA. “Jeho tvrdá práce, oběť, a neschopnost přestat bez ohledu na to, s jakými překážkami se setká, bude i nadále inspirovat další generaci šampionů po mnoho let. Asociace absolventů boxu v USA mu chce poděkovat za vše, co dal ostatním, uvnitř i vně kruhu.”

Jamel Herring nikdy nepřijel snadno, zejména jeho pozoruhodný obrat po tragické ztrátě jeho dcery, Ariyanah, což se stalo tři roky před dnem před zahajovacím ceremoniálem olympiády.

“Moje cesta nebyla snadná,” Sleď přidán, “Měl jsem své vzestupy a pády. Jsem olympionik, ale nikdy mi nic nebylo předáno. Musel jsem bojovat za všechno, co jsem dostal. To je můj čas!”

To určitě je, zvláště poté, co porazil obhájce šampiona WBO v super muší váze Masayuki Ito, letos v květnu 25, aby se stal mistrem světa. Důkaz, že dobré věci se dobrým lidem skutečně stávají.


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USA Boxing standout bantamweight Duke Ragan fighting for his daughter’s future

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Květen 29, 2019) – Boxers fight for a variety of reasons. Team USA bantamweight Duke Ragan is driven in the gym and ring by his two-year-old daughter, Kennedy Ragan.


The 21-year-old Ragan trains with his fellow elite squad members in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which is a long way from his home and daughter in Cincinnati.

“It is difficult being away from her,” Ragan admitted, “but she motivates me. I’m boxing for our future.”

Ragan’s future in boxing is bright. He is the No. 1 bantamweight in the United States, who plans to cash-out after the 2020 Olympiády v Japonsku.

Although he had his first amateur match when he was seven, Ragan was practically born to box, evident by pictures of him as an infant wearing baby boxing gloves. His father and coach, Derek “Duke” Ragan, who named his son with his own nickname, had a lot of friends who were boxers. When Duke’s older brother by six years, Lewis Walker, trained at their uncle Sean Singleton‘s gym, young Duke was being trained in the house by his father.

“I played other sports when I was young, but I didn’t in high school,” Ragan said. “My father started training me when I was six and a year later, I was at the gym training and sparring. I didn’t want to play any sports other than boxing.”

Ragan has a 151-19 amatérský záznam, highlighted by his silver-medal performance at the 2017 World Championships. He captured gold at the 2016 & 2018 Elitní národní mistrovství, qualifying him for the 2020 Olympic Trials for Boxing, as well as at the 2016 National Golden Gloves Championships.


In addition to winning a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships, Ragan has been successful in other International competition, brát nejvyšší ocenění na 2017 Chemistry Cup, runner-up at the 2018 Presidents Cup, and third place finishes in the 2017 Continental Championships and 2019 Pan American Qualifier in Nicaragua. In the latter tournament, Ragan lost in the semifinals to Ecuadorian Jean Caicedo, 3-2, to qualify for the Pan-American Games, Červenec 27 in Lima, Peru.

Ragan is looking forward to avenging his controversial loss to Caicedo at the Pan-American Games. “I was the No. 1 seed at the Pan American Qualifier, and I think I’ll be the No. 1 seed at the Pan American Games,” Ragan commented. “I think I got a bad decision in the semifinals. There will be some good competition at the Pan American Games, but nobody for me to worry about.”

Self-described as a pure boxer who enjoys moving around the ring snapping jabs, Ragan also has sufficient power to put opponents to sleep. He wants to become part of Cincinnati’s rich boxing history, which has produced all-time greats such as Aaron Pryor,Ezzard Charles, Adrian Broner, Rau'shee Warren a Tim Austin, mimo jiné.

“Pryor and Charles boxed in the same community where I grew up,” Ragan noted. “I really haven’t done anything yet, but it would be cool to be world champion like them.”

USA Boxing has played a major role in Ragan’s young life and, if he gets his wish, it’ll continue to be for at least another year or so. “My main focus is 2020, I’ll worry about turning pro after that,” he remarked. “Amateur boxing has brought me a long way. I’m more disciplined, better focused, and a much smarter boxer. I have a higher boxing IQ. I’ve also had to learn to make sacrifices, because I’ve got to be a man to make time for my young daughter. All of this is getting me ready to be a professional.

Ragan has traveled around the world as a Team USA boxer having been to Germany and Kazakhstan (twice apiece), Polsko, Bulgaria and Nicaragua. Nakonec, Duke Ragan wants to continue representing his country and traveling all over the world, hopefully, booking a trip to Tokyo next year.

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Troy Isley přichází z největší výhry, Příprava na 2020 Olympijské hry

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Květen 6, 2019) – USA box střední váhy Troy Isley opouští nejvýznamnější vítězství své mladé kariéry, když porazil 2016 Olympijský vítěz, Kuba Arlen Lopez, na nedávném kvalifikaci na Panamerické hry v Manague, Nikaragua.


Lopez sloužil Isleymu jako pozitivní barometr, pokud jde o jeho potenciál 2020 Olympijský běh. “Bití Lopeze je moje zatím největší výhra,” Isley připustil. “Na poslední olympiádě získal zlatou medaili. Pomstila jsem mu svou ztrátu 2017. Skoro jsme bojovali v The Continentals, ale prohrál ve čtvrtfinále, a prohrál jsem v semifinále. V červenci jsme se mohli znovu setkat proti sobě na Panamerických hrách.”

V 2017, Isley zachytil zlatou medaili na elitním mistrovství světa, což pro amerického elitního boxera znamenalo poprvé za šest let. Rok od roku postupoval, brát nejvyšší ocenění na 2012 & 2013 Národní mistrovství PAL, 2014 Národní juniorské olympijské hry, 2016 & 2017 Elitní národní mistrovství. Zatím letos, kromě vítězství v Pan American Games Qualifier, také získal zlato na turnaji Strandja v Bulharsku.

Není to příliš ošuntělé úspěchy pro dítě, které opravdu nemělo rád box, zejména ve srovnání s fotbalem, což byl jeho oblíbený sport.

“Když jsem se vrátil do tělocvičny, trénoval jsem, Alexandrie (VA) Boxerský klub,” Asistent trenéra národního týmu USA Kay Koromba pamatoval,” potřebovali pomoc s malým dítětem, Troy Isley. Měl jsem s ním jednoduchý rozhovor. Řekl, že by se vrátil do posilovny, kdybych tam trénoval. Na malou chvíli jsem se nevrátil a on se nevrátil. Když trenér odešel, nakonec jsem převzal tělocvičnu, a Troy se vrátil.

“Troy je přítel Keyshawn Davje (USA Boxing's No. 1-hodnocené lehké). Oba žijí ve Virginii (Troy v Alexandrii, Keyshawn v Newportu) a trénovat se mnou v Alexandria Boxing Clubu, když nežijeme a netrénujeme v Colorado Springs. Bojovali jako děti a stali se dobrými přáteli. Všichni ostatní boxeři k nim vzhlížejí.”

“Byl jsem jen 8 a zpočátku se mi opravdu nelíbilo boxovat,” nyní dvacetiletý Isley hovořil o svém úvodu do amatérského boxu. “Více mě zajímaly týmové sporty jako fotbal, ale vzdal jsem se boxu, když jsem se rozhodl soutěžit v boxech. Chtěl jsem být jen dítě a nemůžete hrát box. Vrátil jsem se do posilovny a všechny zmlátil. Trenér Kay řekl mému otci, že ze mě může udělat národního šampiona, a to mi dalo hodně sebeúcty.”

Popsaný boxer puncher, Isley je inteligentní, dobře mluvený boxer s očima do budoucnosti, mimo box, absolvování on-line obchodních kurzů na DeVry University. “Zvládnu to všechno,” nabídl svůj styl boxu. “Pracuji na tom, abych používal více úderů, abych byl lepší všestranný boxer. Úder nastaví přestupek. Pracuji na úderu, protože můžete vyhrát souboje úderem.”

Pořadatelé se seřadí, aby podpořili své společnosti, aby podepsali Isley, kdo má definitivní plán, který zahrnuje výrobu 2020 USA olympijský tým boxu, medaile v Japonsku, a pak se stal profesionálem.

“Na olympiádu zbývá už jen rok,” Poznamenal Isley. “Jsem si blízký s Keyshawnem a Shakur(Stevenson, 2016 Stříbrný olympijský medailista a an 11-0 profesionální vyhlídka). Cvičení s nimi nám všem usnadňuje věci. Jezdíme navzájem a trénujeme proti různým stylům. Stále vyzvedávám nové věci. Pomáháme si navzájem trénovat, zápasení, a jen mluvit. Jsme vždy spolu, buď v Alexandrii nebo Colorado Springs. Shakur tam stále chodí na dobré zápasení.

“Shakur nám říká hodně o svých zkušenostech z olympiády a nyní jako profesionál. Já a Keyshawn jsme vždy mluvili o tom, že jsme spolu v olympijském týmu USA v boxu. Stále tvrdě pracujeme a soustředíme se. Byl to náš sen.”

Sny se stávají skutečností, ale, první, Isley se připravuje na Pan-Am Games a, možná, jeho gumový zápas s obhájcem olympijského zlata, Lopez.

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Rozhodčí světové třídy….. Tom Cleary USA boxerská asociace absolventů, Třída 2018 Branec

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Listopad 12, 2018) – Pozdní Tom Cleary během své slavné kariéry byl jedním z nejuznávanějších rozhodčích na světě. Připojí se k vybrané skupině ve třídě 2018 uvedení do síně slávy USA Alumni Association Alumni Association.

 

 

 

Druhý ročník Síně slávy USA Boxing Alumni Association, konané ve spojení s 2018 Elitní a mládežnické mistrovství USA v boxu a Junior a Prep Open, Prosinec 2-8, se bude konat v prosinci 7, v hotelu Radisson (215 S. Temple St.) v Salk Lake City, Utah.

 

 

 

Kromě Clearyho, Třída 2018 zahrnuje také USA. Medailisté olympijského týmu a svět (profesionální) šampioni Roy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward a Claressa Shields, stejně jako bývalý americký ředitel koučování v USA, pozdě Emanuel Steward.

 

 

 

Zahrnuta byla i charterová třída uvedená v loňském roce Muhammad Ali a Evander Holyfield, stejně jako veteránští trenéři Roosevelt Sanders a Tom Coulter.

 

 

 

Dlouholetý obyvatel Westchesteru, Ohio, Cleary byl od té doby členem amerického boxu 1982, a od roku působil jako vedoucí funkcionářů Národní asociace kolegiálního boxu 2002 až do jeho května 21, 2017.

 

 

 

Rozhodl se dovnitř 12 rozdílné země, na čtyřech kontinentech, jako mezinárodní úředník přidělený AIBA. Tom získal tříhvězdičkové hodnocení a byl vybrán do World Series of Boxing.

 

 

 

“Tomova oddanost amatérskému boxu a respekt, který získal od boxerů, trenéři a kolegové jsou bezkonkurenční,” řekl Chris Cugliari, Výkonný ředitel Asociace absolventů USA boxu. “Sdružení absolventů důrazně podpořilo jeho případ pro síň slávy, a jeho indukce byla přijata jak jeho blízkými, stejně jako celá amatérská boxerská komunita. Tomův závazek sloužit USA Boxing je skvělým příkladem pro nás všechny a nemohli jsme být pyšnější, když jsme ho mohli označit za člena letošní třídy Síně slávy.”

 

 

 

Tom nikdy nezapomněl, odkud přišel, věnovat nespočet hodin mládeži v Cincinnati, kromě toho, že pomáhá boxerským klubům efektivně fungovat v celé jeho komunitě po více než čtvrt století.

 

 

 

The 2017 Úředník roku NCBA, Tom pracoval místně, regionální, národní, Mezinárodní, světové a olympijské úrovně boxu. Mezi nejdůležitější patří práce na mnoha amerických trzích. Národní mistrovství, čtyři USA. Olympijských soudů (2000, 2004, 2008 & 2012) a 2007 Mistrovství světa v Chicagu.

 

 

 

“Když jsem byl mladým trenérem na Air Force Academy,” USA boxerský trenér Ed Weichers komentoval, “potřebovali jsme vyměnit špičkového rozhodčího AIBA, který odcházel do důchodu. Hledali jsme vysoce kvalifikovanou osobu a byl doporučen Tom Cleary. Vyšel další 25 roky rovně. Tom byl jedním z nejlepších rozhodčích. Tolik mu záleželo na bezpečnosti boxerů a Tom byl také cenným rádcem.

 

 

 

“Tom byl úžasný muž, kterého všichni milovali. Spravoval rozhodčí kliniky ve Spojených státech a vždy pomáhal těm, kteří to potřebovali, mladí i dospělí. Tomova práce v oblasti Cincinnati ovlivnila tolik boxerů a trenérů více než 25 léta. Velmi nám chybí.”

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association

 

Vytvořeno k celoživotnímu prosazování, vzájemně výhodné vztahy mezi USA Boxing a jeho absolventy, –boxerky, úředníci, trenéři a fanoušci boxu — Sdružení Alumni spojuje generace šampionů, inspirovat a vracet se budoucím šampiónům USA v boxu, dovnitř a ven z kruhu.

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association je otevřena všem, kteří mají rádi box a chtěli by zůstat ve spojení s amatérským boxem.. Členům je poskytován přístup k široké škále speciálních akcí pořádaných Alumni Association, včetně recepce Síně slávy USA Boxing Alumni Association.

 

 

 

Připojit se k Alumni Association, jednoduše se zaregistrujte na alumni@usaboxing.org pro $40.00 za rok členský příspěvek. Noví členové obdrží tričko, klíčenka a elektronická peněženka.

 

 

 

 

Tom je přežit jeho manželkou, Diane, jejich dvě děti a osm vnoučat.

 

 

 

Vedení a mentorská loď Toma Clearyho inspirovalo všechny, kteří měli to štěstí, že se s ním setkali. Vášnivě se staral o boxery, se kterými sdílel prsten, nabízet slova rady dříve, během a po záchvatech.

 

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USA Boxing Alumni Association Profile: 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist JESSE VALDEZ

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(L-R) – Austin Trout, Jesse Valdez, Raphael Marquez and B.J. Květiny

COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Říjen 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. Na 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.

 

 

 

V 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, who qualified for the 1972 U.S.. 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, Německo, 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. Bohužel, 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.

 

 

 

The 1972 Olympijské hry, nicméně, 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. Později, 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, Říjen. 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, Říjen 6 and Friday, Říjen. 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 boxerky, letitý 8-40, compete from Oct. 8-13.

 

 

 

 

After the 1972 Olympijské hry, 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. Místo toho, 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. Zaprvé, 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?

 

 

 

“Když jsem byl 14 nebo 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 (medical) benefits.

 

 

 

“I try to go to clubs and help amateurs, but I don’t watch pro fights.”

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association

 

 

 

Vytvořeno k celoživotnímu prosazování, vzájemně výhodné vztahy mezi USA Boxing a jeho absolventy, –boxerky, úředníci, trenéři a fanoušci boxu — Sdružení Alumni spojuje generace šampionů, inspirovat a vracet se budoucím šampiónům USA v boxu, dovnitř a ven z kruhu.

 

 

 

USA Boxing Alumni Association je otevřena všem, kteří mají rádi box a chtěli by zůstat ve spojení s amatérským boxem.. Členům je udělen přístup k široké škále speciálních akcí pořádaných Asociací absolventů, včetně každoročního přijetí síně slávy USA Boxing Alumni Association.

 

 

 

Připojit se k Alumni Association, jednoduše se zaregistrujte na alumni@usaboxing.org pro $40.00 za rok členský příspěvek. Noví členové obdrží tričko, klíčenka a elektronická peněženka.

 

 

 

 

Nyní 70, the Mexican-American from Houston has never regretted the decision he made nearly a half-century ago, nebo, samozřejmě, his experience at the 1972 Olympijské hry. Jesse Valdez has become a valued speaker for the USA Boxing Alumni Association.

 

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Hall of Fame referee Steve Smoger successfully transitioned from amateur to pro boxing

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Červen 13, 2018) — Hall of Fame rozhodčího Steve “Double S” Smoger, arguably the most recognizable and respected official in boxing history, holds the unique distinction of officiating in more states and countries than any of his peers.

 

 

 

Smoger ranks among the top six all-time, Do Not. 2 americký, in terms of most pro boxing matches officiated (1015), including an incredible 220 world time matches. He has been a referee in some of the greatest boxing matches ever – Vernon Forrest-Shane Mosley, Bernard Forrest-Felix Trinidad, Kelly Pavlik-Jermain Taylor, Roy Jones, Jr.-Hopkins, Micky Ward-Emanuel Burton, Andre Ward-Carl Froch and Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II among the most notable.

 

 

 

Také, Smoger has refereed matches featuring a Who’s Who of Boxing: Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield. Roberto Duran, Hector Camacho Sr., James Toney, Mike McCallum, Vinny Paz, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Arturo Gatti, Felix Trinidad, Diego Corrales, Gennady Golovkin, Lucia Rijker, Christy Martin and so many others..

 

 

 

In addition to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Smoger has also been inducted into four other Hall of Fames in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Atlantic City.

 

 

 

As a youngster, Smoger got hooked on boxing, primarily because his father was an “awesome fan”, who religiously watched the popular Friday night boxing series, Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, with his son. Steve’s father told him that boxing was the last version of will and skill, one-on-one, to determine the better man that night.

 

 

 

Smoger said he was too small to play football, too short for basketball, so he became a cross-country runner in high school. A friend invited Smoger to the local YMCA in New Jersey to get checkout its boxing program. Only one day working with a pro boxer was enough for Steve to realize that being a boxer wasn’t for him. But he still loved boxing.

 

 

 

After he started refereeing amateur matches in southern New Jersey and Delaware, Smoger got the break of his life that dramatically changed his life. “Everything in life is timing,” Smoger explained. “The gentleman who gave George Foreman the small American that he proudly waved after winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympijské hry, Pat Duffy, opened a gym in southern Jersey. I told him that I wanted to train as a referee. I trained under the great Frank Cappuccino and then had to honor to train with Zach Clayton. He trained to music so referees moved without being herky-jerky. V 1978, I started officiating then-AAU boxing and worked out of the Atlantic City PAL gym, which remains a vibrant amateur boxing club. I’m still there 40 years later, serving on its Board of Directors, and I’m also its legal counsel.

 

 

 

“Pak, the boxing gods shined on me. Casinos were coming to Atlantic City in 1978 and boxing was involved at all the casinos there. I was the district attorney in Atlantic City, so after work I went to the PAL gym to workout with the kids. Jednoho dne, the phone rang in the gym. Nobody else was there, so I answered. It was the New Jersey Boxing Commissioner, ‘Jersey’ Joe Walcott, who asked me who was in charge. I said that, v té době, I was in charge. He said there was a pro show that night and they were short of inspectors. He said that they need somebody to watch the hand wrapping. I told him I was well versed in hand wrapping and that was it, I was hired to work that show and they gave me the royal treatment.”

 

 

 

“Walcott’s chief second was Chief Roy Johnson, who Walcott brought into the state commission. He hired me in 1982 as a probationary referee. O dva roky později, I was a licensed referee and, jak se říká, the rest is history.”

 

 

 

Dnes, Smoger is still a very active referee, traveling around the world to officiate, as well as co-chairman of the International Boxing Association (IBA) úředníci, and a valued USA Boxing Alumni Association advisor. Steve has made several appearances at Alumni Association gatherings across the country.

 

 

 

“I am honored to be the ‘unofficial’ representative of all officials who’ve made the transition from amateur to pro boxing,” Smoger commented. “I’m the only active referee (Alumni Association advisor) who made the transition from the amateur to the pro level.

 

 

 

“The accent has always been No. 1, on boxers, a č. 2, trenéři. USA Boxing is the best group I’ve ever been associated with and, for me personally, I’ve seen what amateur boxing does for kids in this country. They learn under difficult circumstances, through boxing, to successfully reach different levels in life. I enjoy watching the development of youths who go through the USA Boxing program and do very well.

 

 

 

“Boxing enables boxers. My accent is on youths, to watch them grow and develop, not turn pro, to better their lives.”

 

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Keyshawn Davis is Pushing His Way to the Top Norfolk, Will. native is 2020 Olympic hopeful for Team USA

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Klín. (Červen 8, 2018) Overcoming adversity is something many people deal with throughout their lives, and it makes that person who they are. For Keyshawn Davis, he has been overcoming adversity from the beginning, and he is now on his way to the top of the boxing world.

 

 

 

Davis began boxing when he was just nine-years-old, after his mother took him and two of his brothers to the gym. They were constantly fighting each other and fighting in school. After about an hour of watching two kids around his age spar his mother asked if they wanted to sign up. The next day Keyshawn and his two brothers were in the gym training.

 

 

 

Od té doby, Davis has won numerous titles and is now on his first elite high-performance squad following his win at the 2017 USA Boxerské Národní mistrovství. Following that win, he has made Colorado Springs, Klín. a second home, as he spends a great deal of his time training at the United States Olympic Training Center.

 

 

 

Training for his first year at the elite level began with one of the largest multi-nation training camps USA Boxing has ever hosted. Davis got the opportunity to spar with not only his American teammates, but boxers from Great Britain, New Zealand and Poland. The preparation led to one of his proudest moments of his young career, his first elite international tournament and title at the Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria.

 

 

 

“It was a very different experience, being that it was my first time out of the country,” stated Davis. “I really had to get used to the different environment, especially the time difference, as it threw off my sleep schedule at first.”

 

 

 

Nicméně, he did not let anything distract him from reaching the top of the podium.

 

 

 

“The feeling was just so unreal,” said Davis about his gold medal performance in Bulgaria. “I told myself that this is just one gold and I need to be standing here after every tournament. It was just a great feeling.”

 

 

 

Shortly after his winning performance in Bulgaria, Davis was back in the ring representing Team USA on the USA vs. IRL Northeast Boxing Tour. Only fighting in one of the three stops of the tour, Davis made every minute of it count, as he pulled off another impressive victory in front of a large number of American fans.

 

 

 

Nicméně, before the success came struggles.

 

 

 

“I am a kid from Norfolk, Will. that started with nothing; Just my mother and her five children,” stated Davis.

 

 

 

“As life went on, I kept getting better in the ring, but outside the ring was horrible, from anger problems to getting sent to a mental institution,” continued Davis. “I would’ve never thought I would be in the position I am today, so I thank God that he blessed me with all my supporters; from my sisters, Shanice and Shantel Davis, also my brothers, Keon and Kelvin Davis, and of course my mother, Wanda Davis. Without them I wouldn’t be here today. I am a walking miracle and I just want to show the world what Keyshawn Davis really can do.”

 

 

 

Helping Keyshawn get past his struggles has been his coach who has been there from the beginning, Kay Korma, jakož i 2016 Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson.

“Last year when I was put in the mental home, they were both right there pushing me to get back on track,” Davis stated. “They never gave up on me or doubted me. They always knew what I was capable of, even though I was in a bad place.”

 

 

 

Another source of motivation and help came from another teammate, Troy Isley, who has been there by his side getting to experience Keyshawn’s first year as an elite with him.

 

 

 

“Troy has been a huge help for me during my first year on the elite high-performance squad,” mentioned Davis. “He has been telling me what foods I might need on a trip to help me maintain weight.”

 

 

 

When Davis went to Bulgaria for his first international tournament, Troy was there representing Team USA with him. “He told me how he felt his first time fighting internationally, and I just took all his information and used it to my advantage.”

 

 

 

Now the goal is to continue training and being successful at the international level. He has hopes of becoming an Olympic Champion in 2020 and being able to give back to his family.

 

 

 

“My biggest motivation is just to give my family a better life.”

 

 

 

With one gold under his belt, Davis will look for his second international title at the 2018 Chemistry Cup later this month. You can continue to follow his journey to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics through social media via Instagram (@keyshawndavis1) or SnapChat (@key4999).

 

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