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

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Αγκαλιά. (Αύγουστος 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, Σεπτέμβριος 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, Ρωσία.

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 και 2016 Εθνικό Golden Gloves τουρνουά, 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, too”

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, τώρα, 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, Αγκαλιά. (Αύγουστος 19, 2019) – Milwaukee isn’t known as one of the leading producers of world-class boxers, ωστόσο, Team USA middleweight
Javier Martinez may be the rare exception.


“Milwaukee isn’t really a great place for boxing,” Martinez agreed, “αλλά (πούλμαν) Izzy Acosta always had a great program that produced a lot of national champions. Ας ελπίσουμε ότι, 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, συμπεριλαμβανομένου Myron “Pinky” Mitchell, who became the first junior welterweight champion of the world in 1922, Robert “Σπηλαιάνθρωπος” 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, Σεπτέμβριος 7-21, in Yekaterinburg, Ρωσία.

“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, που γυρίζει 24 τον Αύγουστο 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 Elite National Championships. 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, Αγκαλιά. (Ιούλιος 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, Τενεσί.


Τον προηγούμενο μήνα, Ingram was selected Most Outstanding Referee of USA Boxing’s 2019 National Junior Olympics.

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, δυστυχώς, 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. Σε 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. Τότε, 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. Σε 2013, I lost everything for the second time: my business, η οικογένεια μου, πάντα…..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. Τώρα, 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, αν και. Ήμουν 58-10 με 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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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, πυγμαχία. 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. Σε 2019, he judged at the Western Qualifier and ranked No. 9 εκτός 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 “Semper Fi” Herring Patriot, Ολυμπίου & now World Champ

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USA Boxing Alumni: (L) Jamel Herring and his stablemate, Terence “Μπουμπούκι” Crawford
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Αγκαλιά. (Ιούνιος 13, 2019) – Newly crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) σούπερ πρωταθλητής featherweight Jamel “Semper Fi” Ρέγγα has been a fighter practically all his life as a U.S. Marine and elite boxer.

The 33-year-old Herring (20-2, 10 KOs), fighting out of Cincinnati, has come full circle since he started boxing at the age of 15. “I started because I was doing poorly in school, cut from the basketball team,” he explained on why he chose the Sweet Science. “I didn’t want to be in the streets. It was not my character, so I had to find something else to do. A friend introduced me to boxing and I stuck with it. I eventually got my grades back up and made high honor roll.”


Herring also developed into an Olympic boxer, mostly while he was serving nine years in the U.S. Marines, and even when he was deployed twice in Iraq. He compiled an 81-15 ερασιτέχνης ρεκόρ, including top honors at the 2011 & 2012 Armed Forces Championships, 2011 Η.Π.Α.. Olympic Trials and 2012 US Nationals gold medalist, along with a silver medal at the 2010 World Military Games. He was the first active duty U.S. Marine to qualify for the US Boxing Team since 1992, as well as the first U.S. Marine to compete in the 2012 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες.

“I boxed a little during my second deployment during free time,” he noted. “I came back from my second deployment toward the end of 2007 and began boxing for the Marine Corps in 2008. Most of my amateur career came under the Marine Corps. I learned a lot traveling with the Marine Corps. I got to see more styles and competed in national tournaments as a Marine. They also had the funding to send me.”

The highlight of his amateur career was representing his country at the 2012 Olympics in London as captain of Team USA. Although he lost (19-9) in the opening round to two-time Kazakh boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov, who won gold at the 2013 World Championships and later at the 2016 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες, the opening Olympic ceremonies was the most memorable moment of his entire amateur boxing career for a special reason.

“That was the anniversary of my daughter’s passing,” Herring said. “It let me know that no matter what, you can still accomplish anything, even through ups and downs.”

Other members of the 2012 USA Olympic Team Herring captained included present day world champions in the pro ranks such as Errol Spence, Jr., Claressa Shields και Μάρκους Μπράουν, πρώην παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής Rau'Shee Warren, and world title challengers Terrell Gausha, Michael Hunter και Dominic Breazeale.


Herring remains close to USA Boxing, ρητό: “USA Boxing helped me because of the relationships I created, many of which still remain today. I met other fighters from around the world that I kept good relationships with. It also helped me become more of the people-person I am today. Being team captain taught me patience, because I had to deal with a lot of personalities, I still use those traits today. And I’m still close to my Olympic teammates today.”


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“Jamel is the perfect example of resiliency and persistence,” mentioned Κρις Κούλιαρι, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. “His hard work, θυσία, and inability to quit no matter what obstacles he encounters will continue to inspire the next generation of champions for many years. The USA Boxing Alumni Association wants to thank him for all that he has given to others, both in and out of the ring.”

Nothing has ever come easy for Jamel Herring, especially his remarkable turnaround after the tragic loss of his infant daughter, Ariyanah, which happened three years to the day prior to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

“My road wasn’t easy,” Herring added, “I had my ups and downs. I’m an Olympian, but nothing was ever handed to me. I had to fight for everything I’ve gotten. Αυτό είναι ο χρόνος μου!”

It certainly is, particularly after he defeated defending WBO super featherweight champion Masayuki Ito, τον περασμένο Μάιο 25, για να γίνει παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής. Proof that good things do indeed happen to good people.


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

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Αγκαλιά. (Μάιος 29, 2019) – Boxers fight for a variety of reasons. Team USA bantamweight Δούκας Ράγκαν 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, Κολοράντο, 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. Είναι το Νο. 1 bantamweight in the United States, who plans to cash-out after the 2020 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες στην Ιαπωνία.

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” Ragένα, 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 ερασιτέχνης ρεκόρ, highlighted by his silver-medal performance at the 2017 Παγκόσμιοι πρωταθλητές. He captured gold at the 2016 & 2018 Elite National Championships, 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 Παγκόσμιοι πρωταθλητές, Ragan has been successful in other International competition, taking top honors at the 2017 Χημεία Κύπελλο, 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, Ιούλιος 27 in Lima, Περού.

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, Άντριαν Μπρόνερ, Rau'shee Warren και Tim Austin, μεταξύ άλλων.

“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), Πολωνία, Bulgaria and Nicaragua. Τελικά, Duke Ragan wants to continue representing his country and traveling all over the world, ελπίζω, booking a trip to Tokyo next year.

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Troy Isley coming off biggest win, Preparing for 2020 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Αγκαλιά. (Μάιος 6, 2019) – USA Boxing middleweight Τροία Isley is coming off the most significant victory of his young career, when he defeated the 2016 Χρυσό Ολυμπιακό μετάλλιο, Cuba’s Arlen Lopez, at the recent Pan American Games Qualifier in Managua, Νικαράγουα.


Lopez served as a positive barometer for Isley in terms of his potential 2020 Olympic run. “Beating Lopez is my biggest win so far,” Isley admitted. “He won a gold medal at the last Olympics. I avenged my loss to him in 2017. We almost fought in The Continentals, but he lost in the quarterfinals, and I lost in the semifinals. We could face each other again in July at the Pan American Games.”

Σε 2017, Isley captured a gold medal at the Elite World Championships, which marked a first for an American elite boxer in six years. He’s progressed year-by-year, taking top honors at the 2012 & 2013 National PAL Championships, 2014 National Junior Olympics, 2016 & 2017 Elite National Championships. So far this year, in addition to winning at the Pan American Games Qualifier, he also took gold at the Strandja Tournament in Bulgaria.

Not too shabby accomplishments for a kid who really didn’t like boxing, especially compared to football, which was his favorite sport growing up.

“When I returned to the gym I trained at, Αλεξανδρεία (VA) Boxing Club,” USA National Team assistant coach Kay Koromba remembered,” they needed help with a young kid, Τροία Isley. I had a simple conversation with him. He said he’d come back to the gym if I was there coaching. I didn’t go back for a little while and he didn’t return. I eventually took over the gym when the coach left, and Troy returned.

“Troy is friends with Keyshawn Davείναι (USA Boxing’s No. 1-rated lightweight). They both live in Virginia (Troy in Alexandria, Keyshawn in Newport) and train with me at the Alexandria Boxing Club, when we aren’t living and training in Colorado Springs. They fought as kids and became good friends. All of the other boxers here look up to them.”

“Ήμουν μόνο 8 and at first I really didn’t like boxing,” the now 20-year-old Isley spoke about his introduction to amateur boxing. “I was more interested in team sports like football, but I gave up boxing when I chose to compete in the Box-Offs. I just wanted to be a kid and you can’t play boxing. I went back to the gym and beat up everybody. Coach Kay told my father that he could make me into a national champion, and that gave me a lot of self-esteem.”

A self-described boxer puncher, Isley is an intelligent, well-spoken boxer with eyes on the future, outside of boxing, taking on-line business courses through DeVry University. “I can do it all,” he offered about his boxing style. “I’m working on using more jabs to be a better all-around boxer. The jab sets the offense up. I’m working on my jab because you can win fights with a jab.”

Promoters are lining up to pitch their companies to sign Isley, who has a definitive plan that involves making the 2020 USA Olympic Boxing Team, medal in Japan, and then turn professional.

“The Olympics is only a year away,” Isley noted. “I’m close with Keyshawn and Shakur(Stevenson, 2016 Olympic silver-medalist and an 11-0 pro prospect). Training with them makes things easier for all of us. We drive each other and train against different styles. I’m always picking up new stuff. We help each other training, πυγμαχία, and just talking. We’re always together, either in Alexandria or Colorado Springs. Shakur still goes there for good sparring.

“Shakur tells us a lot about his experiences in the Olympics and now as a pro. Me and Keyshawn have always talked about being together on the USA Boxing Olympic Team. We keep working hard and staying focused. It’s been our dream.”

Dreams do come true but, πρώτα, Isley is preparing for the Pan-Am Games and, possibly, his rubber match with the defending Olympic gold-medalist, Lopez.

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World Class referee….. Tom Cleary USA Boxing Alumni Association, Τάξη του 2018 Inductee

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Αγκαλιά. (Νοέμβριος 12, 2018) – The late Tom Cleary was one of the most respected referees in the world during his illustrious career. He joins a select group in the Class of 2018 getting inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame.

 

 

 

The second annual USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception, held in conjunction with the 2018 USA Boxing Elite and Youth National Championships and Junior and Prep Open, Δεκέμβριος 2-8, will be held December 7, at the Radisson Hotel (215 S. Temple St.) in Salk Lake City, Γιούτα.

 

 

 

In addition to Cleary, η κατηγορία του 2018 also includes U.S. Olympic Team medalists and world (επαγγελματίας) champions Roy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward και Claressa Shields, as well as a past USA Boxing National Director of Coaching, ο αείμνηστος Emanuel Steward.

 

 

 

The charter class inducted last year included Muhammad Ali και Evander Holyfield, as well as veteran coaches Roosevelt Sanders και Tom Coulter.

 

 

 

A longtime resident of Westchester, Οχάιο, Cleary was a USA Boxing member since 1982, and he served as Chief of Officials for the National Collegiate Boxing Association from 2002 until his passing May 21, 2017.

 

 

 

He refereed in 12 διαφορετικές χώρες, on four continents, as an International Official assigned by AIBA. Tom earned a three-star rating and he was selected to work the World Series of Boxing.

 

 

 

“Tom’s dedication to amateur boxing and respect he garnered from boxers, coaches and fellow officials are second to none,” είπε Κρις Κούλιαρι, Εκτελεστικός Διευθυντής της Ένωσης Αποφοίτων Πυγμαχίας των ΗΠΑ. “The Alumni Association emphatically endorsed his case for the Hall of Fame, and his induction was received both by those close to him, as well as the entire amateur boxing community. Tom’s commitment to serving USA Boxing provides a great example for all of us and we couldn’t be prouder to call him a member of this year’s Hall of Fame class.”

 

 

 

Tom never forgot where he came from, dedicating countless hours to the youth of Cincinnati, in addition to helping boxing clubs run efficiently throughout his community for more than a quarter-century.

 

 

 

Ο 2017 NCBA Official of the Year, Tom worked local, regional, national, International, world and Olympic levels of boxing. Highlights included working numerous U.S. Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα, four U.S. Προκριματικούς των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων (2000, 2004, 2008 & 2012) και ο 2007 World Championships in Chicago.

 

 

 

“When I was a young coach at the Air Force Academy,” USA Boxing coach Ed Weichers σχολίασε, “we needed to replace an AIBA top notch referee who was retiring. We were looking for a highly qualified person and Tom Cleary was recommended. He came out the next 25 years straight. Tom was one of the best referees. He cared so much about the safety of the boxers and Tom was also a valuable mentor.

 

 

 

“Tom was a wonderful man who everybody loved. He administered referee clinics in the United States and always helped those in need, youngsters and adults. Tom’s work in the Cincinnati area influenced so many boxers and coaches for more than 25 χρόνια. We dearly miss him.”

 

 

 

Ένωση Αποφοίτων Πυγμαχίας ΗΠΑ

 

Created to champion a lifelong, αμοιβαία επωφελείς σχέσεις μεταξύ του USA Boxing και των αποφοίτων του, –μπόξερ, αξιωματούχοι, προπονητές και λάτρεις της πυγμαχίας — Ο Σύλλογος Αποφοίτων συνδέει γενιές πρωταθλητών, εμπνέει και δίνει πίσω στους μελλοντικούς πρωταθλητές πυγμαχίας της USA Boxing, μέσα και έξω από το δακτύλιο.

 

 

 

Η Ένωση Αποφοίτων Πυγμαχίας των ΗΠΑ είναι ανοιχτή σε οποιονδήποτε έχει αγάπη για την πυγμαχία και θέλει να παραμείνει συνδεδεμένος με την ερασιτεχνική πυγμαχία. Τα μέλη έχουν πρόσβαση σε μια μεγάλη ποικιλία ειδικών εκδηλώσεων που διοργανώνει η Ένωση Αποφοίτων, including the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

 

 

 

Για ένταξη στον Σύλλογο Αποφοίτων, απλά εγγραφείτε στο alumni@usaboxing.org για ένα $40.00 ετησίως συνδρομή μέλους. Τα νέα μέλη θα λάβουν ένα μπλουζάκι, μπρελόκ και ηλεκτρονικό πορτοφόλι.

 

 

 

 

Tom is survived by his wife, Diane, their two children and eight grandchildren.

 

 

 

Tom Cleary’s leadership and mentor-ship inspired all those who were fortunate enough to meet him. He cared passionately about the boxers he shared the ring with, offering words of advice before, during and after bouts.

 

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

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(L-R) – Ώστιν Πέστροφα, Jesse Valdez, Raphael Marquez and B.J. Λουλούδια

COLORADO SPRINGS, Αγκαλιά. (Οκτώβριος 5, 2018) — 1972 Χάλκινος Ολυμπιονίκης 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. Στο 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.

 

 

 

Σε 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. Πολεμική Αεροπορία, 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 Η.Π.Α.. Olympic Boxing Team by defeating future world champion Ο Eddie Μουσταφά Μοχάμεντ.

 

 

 

“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, Γερμανία, 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. Δυστυχώς, 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.

 

 

 

Ο 1972 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες, ωστόσο, 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. Αργότερα, 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, Οκτώβριο. 6 & 12 in CHATTANOOGA

 

 

 

Team USA and Team Germany, two of the world’s top amateur boxing programs, will meet in Chattanooga, Τενεσί, for two separate duels taking place Saturday, Οκτώβριος 6 και την Παρασκευή, Οκτώβριο. 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 μπόξερ, aged 8-40, compete from Oct. 8-13.

 

 

 

 

After the 1972 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες, 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. Αντί, 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. Αρχικά, 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?

 

 

 

“Όταν ήμουν 14 ή 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.”

 

Ένωση Αποφοίτων Πυγμαχίας ΗΠΑ

 

 

 

Created to champion a lifelong, αμοιβαία επωφελείς σχέσεις μεταξύ του USA Boxing και των αποφοίτων του, –μπόξερ, αξιωματούχοι, προπονητές και λάτρεις της πυγμαχίας — Ο Σύλλογος Αποφοίτων συνδέει γενιές πρωταθλητών, εμπνέει και δίνει πίσω στους μελλοντικούς πρωταθλητές πυγμαχίας της USA Boxing, μέσα και έξω από το δακτύλιο.

 

 

 

Η Ένωση Αποφοίτων Πυγμαχίας των ΗΠΑ είναι ανοιχτή σε οποιονδήποτε έχει αγάπη για την πυγμαχία και θέλει να παραμείνει συνδεδεμένος με την ερασιτεχνική πυγμαχία. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της ετήσιας δεξίωσης στο Hall of Fame της Ένωσης Αποφοίτων Πυγμαχίας των ΗΠΑ.

 

 

 

Για ένταξη στον Σύλλογο Αποφοίτων, απλά εγγραφείτε στο alumni@usaboxing.org για ένα $40.00 ετησίως συνδρομή μέλους. Τα νέα μέλη θα λάβουν ένα μπλουζάκι, μπρελόκ και ηλεκτρονικό πορτοφόλι.

 

 

 

 

Τώρα 70, the Mexican-American from Houston has never regretted the decision he made nearly a half-century ago, ή, φυσικά, his experience at the 1972 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες. 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, Αγκαλιά. (Ιούνιος 13, 2018) — Hall of Fame referee 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, Μη. 2 Αμερικανός, 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.

 

 

 

Επίσης, 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 Τρινιδάδ, 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, Πενσυλβάνια, 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 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες, 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. Σε 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.

 

 

 

“Τότε, 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. Μια μερα, 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, εκείνη τη στιγμή, 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. Δύο χρόνια αργότερα,, I was a licensed referee and, όπως λένε, the rest is history.”

 

 

 

Σήμερα, Smoger is still a very active referee, traveling around the world to officiate, as well as co-chairman of the International Boxing Association (IBA) αξιωματούχοι, 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, και αριθ. 2, πούλμαν. 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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Ο Keyshawn Davis προχωρά στην κορυφή του Norfolk, Θα. εγγενής είναι 2020 Ελπίδα του Ολυμπιακού για την ομάδα των ΗΠΑ

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Αγκαλιά. (Ιούνιος 8, 2018) Η υπέρβαση των αντιξοοτήτων είναι κάτι που αντιμετωπίζουν πολλοί άνθρωποι σε όλη τους τη ζωή, και κάνει αυτό το άτομο αυτό που είναι. Για τον Keyshawn Davis, έχει ξεπεράσει τις αντιξοότητες από την αρχή, και τώρα βρίσκεται στο δρόμο για την κορυφή του κόσμου της πυγμαχίας.

 

 

 

Ο Ντέιβις ξεκίνησε την πυγμαχία όταν ήταν μόλις εννέα ετών, αφού η μητέρα του πήγε αυτόν και δύο από τα αδέρφια του στο γυμναστήριο. Μαλώνονταν συνέχεια μεταξύ τους και τσακώνονταν στο σχολείο. Μετά από περίπου μια ώρα παρακολούθησης δύο παιδιών γύρω στην ηλικία του να τσακώνονται, η μητέρα του ρώτησε αν ήθελαν να εγγραφούν. Την επόμενη μέρα ο Keyshawn και τα δύο αδέρφια του ήταν στην προπόνηση στο γυμναστήριο.

 

 

 

Έκτοτε, Ο Ντέιβις έχει κερδίσει πολλούς τίτλους και τώρα βρίσκεται στην πρώτη του ομάδα υψηλών επιδόσεων μετά τη νίκη του στο 2017 ΗΠΑ εγκιβωτίζοντας Πανελλήνιο Πρωτάθλημα. Μετά από εκείνη τη νίκη, έχει φτιάξει το Κολοράντο Σπρινγκς, Αγκαλιά. ένα δεύτερο σπίτι, καθώς αφιερώνει μεγάλο μέρος του χρόνου του προπονούμενος στο Ολυμπιακό Προπονητικό Κέντρο των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών.

 

 

 

Η προπόνηση για την πρώτη του χρονιά σε επίπεδο ελίτ ξεκίνησε με ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα στρατόπεδα εκπαίδευσης πολλών εθνών που έχει φιλοξενήσει ποτέ το USA Boxing. Ο Ντέιβις είχε την ευκαιρία να κάνει σπάρι όχι μόνο με τους Αμερικανούς συμπαίκτες του, αλλά πυγμάχοι από τη Μεγάλη Βρετανία, Νέα Ζηλανδία και Πολωνία. Η προετοιμασία οδήγησε σε μια από τις πιο περήφανες στιγμές της νεανικής του καριέρας, το πρώτο του ελίτ διεθνές τουρνουά και τίτλος στο τουρνουά Strandja στη Βουλγαρία.

 

 

 

“Ήταν μια πολύ διαφορετική εμπειρία, επειδή ήταν η πρώτη φορά που έφυγα από τη χώρα,” δήλωσε ο Ντέιβις. “Έπρεπε πραγματικά να συνηθίσω στο διαφορετικό περιβάλλον, ειδικά η διαφορά ώρας, καθώς στην αρχή απέρριψε το πρόγραμμα ύπνου μου.”

 

 

 

Ωστόσο, δεν άφησε τίποτα να τον αποσπάσει από το να φτάσει στην κορυφή του βάθρου.

 

 

 

“Το συναίσθημα ήταν τόσο εξωπραγματικό,” είπε ο Ντέιβις για την επίδοσή του στο χρυσό μετάλλιο στη Βουλγαρία. “Είπα στον εαυτό μου ότι αυτό είναι μόνο ένα χρυσό και πρέπει να είμαι εδώ μετά από κάθε τουρνουά. Ήταν απλά ένα υπέροχο συναίσθημα.”

 

 

 

Λίγο μετά τη νικήτρια του εμφάνιση στη Βουλγαρία, Ο Ντέιβις επέστρεψε στο ρινγκ εκπροσωπώντας την ομάδα των ΗΠΑ στο USA vs. IRL Βορειοανατολική Περιήγηση εγκιβωτισμού. Παλεύοντας μόνο σε μία από τις τρεις στάσεις της περιοδείας, Ο Ντέιβις έκανε κάθε λεπτό να μετράει, καθώς σημείωσε άλλη μια εντυπωσιακή νίκη μπροστά σε μεγάλο αριθμό Αμερικανών φιλάθλων.

 

 

 

Ωστόσο, πριν την επιτυχία έρθουν αγώνες.

 

 

 

“Είμαι παιδί από το Νόρφολκ, Θα. που ξεκίνησε με τίποτα; Μόνο η μητέρα μου και τα πέντε παιδιά της,” δήλωσε ο Ντέιβις.

 

 

 

“Καθώς η ζωή προχωρούσε, Συνέχισα να βελτιώνομαι στο ρινγκ, αλλά έξω από το ρινγκ ήταν φρικτό, από προβλήματα θυμού μέχρι αποστολή σε ψυχιατρικό ίδρυμα,” συνέχισε ο Ντέιβις. “Δεν θα πίστευα ποτέ ότι θα βρισκόμουν στη θέση που είμαι σήμερα, Γι' αυτό ευχαριστώ τον Θεό που με ευλόγησε με όλους τους υποστηρικτές μου; από τις αδερφές μου, Shanice και Shantel Davis, επίσης τα αδέρφια μου, Keon και Kelvin Davis, και φυσικά η μητέρα μου, Γουάντα Ντέιβις. Χωρίς αυτούς δεν θα ήμουν εδώ σήμερα. Είμαι ένα θαύμα που περπατά και θέλω απλώς να δείξω στον κόσμο τι μπορεί πραγματικά να κάνει ο Keyshawn Davis.”

 

 

 

Βοηθώντας τον Keyshawn να ξεπεράσει τους αγώνες του ήταν ο προπονητής του που ήταν εκεί από την αρχή, Κέι Κόρμα, καθώς και 2016 Ο ασημένιος Ολυμπιονίκης Shakur Stevenson.

“Πέρυσι που με έβαλαν στο ψυχιατρείο, ήταν και οι δύο ακριβώς εκεί και με πίεζαν να επιστρέψω στον δρόμο,” δήλωσε ο Ντέιβις. “Ποτέ δεν με παράτησαν ούτε με αμφέβαλλαν. Πάντα ήξεραν τι μπορώ να κάνω, παρόλο που ήμουν σε άσχημη θέση.”

 

 

 

Μια άλλη πηγή κινήτρου και βοήθειας ήρθε από έναν άλλο συμπαίκτη, Τροία Isley, που ήταν εκεί δίπλα του για να γνωρίσει την πρώτη χρονιά του Keyshawn ως ελίτ μαζί του.

 

 

 

“Ο Τρόι ήταν μια τεράστια βοήθεια για μένα κατά τη διάρκεια του πρώτου μου έτους στην ελίτ ομάδα υψηλών επιδόσεων,” ανέφερε ο Ντέιβις. “Μου έλεγε ποιες τροφές μπορεί να χρειαστώ σε ένα ταξίδι για να με βοηθήσουν να διατηρήσω το βάρος μου.”

 

 

 

Όταν ο Ντέιβις πήγε στη Βουλγαρία για το πρώτο του διεθνές τουρνουά, Ο Τρόι ήταν εκεί εκπροσωπώντας την ομάδα ΗΠΑ μαζί του. “Μου είπε πώς ένιωσε την πρώτη του φορά που αγωνίστηκε διεθνώς, και απλά πήρα όλες τις πληροφορίες του και τις χρησιμοποίησα προς όφελός μου.”

 

 

 

Τώρα ο στόχος είναι να συνεχίσει να προπονείται και να έχει επιτυχία σε διεθνές επίπεδο. Έχει ελπίδες να γίνει Ολυμπιακός Πρωταθλητής 2020 και να μπορεί να δώσει πίσω στην οικογένειά του.

 

 

 

“Το μεγαλύτερο κίνητρό μου είναι απλώς να δώσω στην οικογένειά μου μια καλύτερη ζωή.”

 

 

 

Με ένα χρυσό κάτω από τη ζώνη του, Ο Ντέιβις θα αναζητήσει τον δεύτερο διεθνή τίτλο του στο 2018 Chemistry Cup αργότερα αυτόν τον μήνα. Μπορείτε να συνεχίσετε να παρακολουθείτε το ταξίδι του προς το 2020 Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες του Τόκιο μέσω των social media μέσω Instagram (@keyshawndavis1) ή SnapChat (@key4999).

 

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