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CEO/President Michelle Corrales-Lewis to welcome “exceptional” new class
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LAS VEGAS (Februari 13, 2017) – Den Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame will announce its fifth class of inductees on Onsdag, Februari. 15, vid 11 a.m. PST, Hall CEO/ president Michelle Corrales-Lewis tillkännages. Den 2017 class of nine boxers and five contributors will be revealed at Real Boxing, 5137 Den. Oquendo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89118. Lunch will be provide by TC’s Rib Crib.
The honorees will be formally inducted at the popular gala dinner on Lördag, Augusti. 12 at Caesars Palace. Ticket information will be released shortly.
“We have elected yet another exceptional class of inductees and I can’t wait to introduce them,” said Corrales-Lewis, vars sena make, Diego Corrales, was a member of the NVBHOF’s inaugural class in 2013. “We have some of the best boxers ever in this group and I know fans are going to be excited to have the opportunity to meet them.
“Our class of contributors is very strong as well and all have made a significant imprint upon boxing in Nevada.”
Past inductees include some of the greatest fighters who have ever lived, Inklusive Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran, Julio César Chávez, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis och mer.
The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame is an IRS 501 (c)3 charity and all donations are tax deductible. The Hall’s charitable contributions over the five years since its formation have helped boxers in need and boxing-related charities. Donations are welcome.
The Hall was founded in 2013 by noted boxing broadcaster Rich Marotta. För mer information, telefon 702-3NVBHOF, eller 702-368-2463.
For Media Credentials Contact: For Information And Sponsorship Opportunities Contact:
Media Coordinator Jon Hait Chief Executive Officer Michelle Corrales-Lewis
E-post: jhshark@aol.com E-post: michelle@nvbhof.com
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LOS ANGELES, CA— Juli 6, 2016—One of the greatest photographers of all-time, Howard Bingham, has entered into a long-term licensing agreement with renowned sports and marketing agent Harlan J. Werner to handle his photo collection featuring Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Nelson Mandela, the Black Panthers and Elvis Presley.
Bingham’s unbelievable talent and work has been seen world-wide in books, magazines, television and museums and art galleries as he has followed world leaders, the top musicians, Hollywood royalty, pop culture and one of the most recognized sports figures in the world in Muhammad Ali. Bingham was one of Ali’s best friends for over 50 years and followed the champion throughout his career and traveling with him world-wide.
“Howard has a very historic collection of photos numbering in the millions and this is the first time he has decided to license and offer his work to the public,” said Werner, who did a lot of work for Ali and currently represents Joe Namath, Sandy Koufax and many other superstar athletes. “I appreciate the trust that Howard and Dustin Bingham have put in me and Sports Placement Services to represent this historic collection of work. The collection and totality of the work is mind boggling. It is truly one of the few untapped photo collections in the world. We hope in the next year to be able to start sharing this incredible collection with the world.”
“Harlan’s love and dedication to the people he has worked with, including Muhammad and Lonnie Ali, Sandy Koufax, Joe Namath and Mike Tyson and his vision to protect my father’s work made it an easy choice for us,” said Dustin Bingham. “We look forward to working with Harlan and sharing my father’s incredible work with the world.”
Werner, who is a long-time sports memorabilia collector and dealer as well as co-owner of a national chain of retail movie memorabilia stores, is the founder of Sports Placement Service Inc., a sports licensing and marketing company that was established in 1985 to market and capitalize retired athletes. Werner has represented some of sports greatest athletes—Ali, Namath, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Koufax, John Riggins, Roy Campanella, Don Drysdale and Mike Tyson to name a few.
Werner is currently doing work for Koufax, Namath, Riggins, Fernando Valenzuela, Clayton Kershaw and Kershaw’s Challenge as well as the estate of Sonny Liston.
In addition to his personal knowledge of the memorabilia and autograph industry, Werner executive produced the movie “Tyson” and consulted on “One Night in Vegas” for ESPN’s 30 för 30 serie.
För mer information, visit the Sports Placement Services website at http://www.sportsplacement.com.
Showtime Sports® presents “KINGS OF THE RING: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing” featuring legendary heavyweight champions Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey och Joe Louis. The captivating film-length documentary written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Bud Greenspan, is airing on Showtime Fredag, Juni 10 vid 8 p.m. ET / PT.
“KINGS OF THE RING” explores the lives of four of the greatest heavyweight champions of the 20th century, who made an impact in history in and out of the ring, advocating for political issues and civil rights. The athletes not only pushed the boundaries by becoming champions, but they also achieved greatness while changing the world in the process.
An encore presentation of “KINGS OF THE RING: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing” will replay on SHOWTIME EXTREME on Saturday, Juni 11 vid 10:30 a.m. ET / PT. It will also be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND beginning Juni 15.
Unbeaten Super Welterweight Opens Up On The 154-Pound Division, Pros In The Olympics & Muhammad Ali As He Prepares To Face Willie Nelson In WBC Title Eliminator Denna lördag, Live på SHOWTIME®
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FÖRSYN, R.I. (Juni 7, 2016) – A Team Promotions hosted an open media workout på måndag at Bix Six Academy in Providence for undefeated former world champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade(22-0, 15 Kos). Den 2008 US. Olympian, av Providence, R.I., is finalizing preparations for denna lördag 12-round WBC Super Welterweight eliminator against Willie “The Great” Nelson (25-2-1, 15 Kos) av Cleveland, Ohio, in one of three fights on Showtime MÄSTERSKAP BOXNING® leva på Showtime (9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT) från Turning Stone Resort Casino i Verona, N.Y..
Biljetter för live-event, which is promoted by Banner Promotions, Inc., är prissatta på $85, $60, $45 och $35 och finns det erbjudanden nu. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Turning Stone Box Office, by calling 877.833.SHOW, eller online på Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com).
Here’s what Andrade, who’ll also be risking his WBO International title, sa Måndag:
Demetrius ANDRADE
Reflections of Muhammad Ali:
“Muhammad Ali certainly shook the world, and not only in boxing. He was colorful; nobody talked like him. He helped boxers, alltför. Ali is the reason Floyd (Mayweather, Jr) is who he is because Ali set the bar high.
“As an entertaining boxer, Ali brought blacks and whites together and later he spread the word about religion, culture and his other diverse interests.
“What young boxer didn’t do the Ali Shuffle? I know I did, and taunted my opponents like him, för."
About Pros in the Olympics:
“I’m for pros in the Olympics as long as an amateur, who has a few Olympic trials, has the first opportunity to qualify for the Olympics. Coming up in the amateurs, I fought grown men, some who had been Olympians a few times. Jag var 21 and some of the opponents were 34-35 and had already been Olympians one or two times. They had advantages in experience, makt och skicklighet. Olyckligtvis, Americans only have Olympic opportunities when they’re young amateurs.
“Would I go the Olympics now? Ja! The Olympics is the biggest thing on the planet. To represent the United States again, ja, I’d do it now for the chance to win gold. But I do think headgear should be applied in amateur boxing, including the Olympics.”
On the 154-pound division:
“I’m putting myself in the best position to fight for the WBO or WBC title. There are rumors of Canelo fighting (WBO champion Liam) Smith. Let me fight Smith and the winner gets Canelo. Or let me fight Canelo with the winner getting Smith.
“I’m going to knock out the Charlo twins. Both guys have fought on SHOWTIME, so those fights shouldn’t be too difficult to make. Once I take care of business with the Charlo twins, I’ll fight Lara (WBA-mästare) to clean up the division.”
On Gennady Golovkin:
“I definitely want to fight Golovkin. Let me build myself up first, by cleaning out the 154-division, and then we’ll have a mega-fight with two different styles. GGG is known for his knockouts. I knock out people, alltför, but I’m a better boxer than him. It’ll be one of the biggest fights in the sport of boxing. I’m going to clean up the 154-division, make my reputation and then it’s a go with GGG.”
Relationship with his opponent Willie Nelson:
“We were in the U.S. amateurs together, but because we were in two different weight classes – he was 140-147 och jag var 152 – there were no problems between us. We used to watch each other fight and watch other Americans box.
“Nelson is experienced having gone through the amateurs. Han slogs (Vingar) Martirosyan, who I beat (for the vacant WBO title by 12-round unanimous decision). He’s fought at this level. I know he’s tall, but I’m 6-foot-1, so our height difference isn’t serious.”
On returning to the ring:
“I’m pleased that we have this opportunity. SHOWTIME has given me this chance and now it’s up to me to prove I can backup what we said.”
För mer information: Twitter: @AndradeATeam, @BooBooBoxing, @ShowtimeBoxing, SHOSports. Instagram: @BooBooATeam,www.Facebook.com.DemetriusAndrade
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MIAMI (April 6, 2015) – Veteran boxning manager John Seip har tecknat högt dekorerad italiensk amatör boxare Daniel Mark Scardina till ett exklusivt chefsavtal.
Seip är mest känd för att styra Peter “Kid Choklad” Quillin till World Boxing Organization (WBO) världen mellanvikt titel. Personen New Yorker förvaltar också stigande brittisk super mellanvikt Steed “Hingsten” Woodall (7-0-1, 5 Kos).
Den 21-årige Scardina kommer från Rozzano, en stad med mindre än 40,000 människor i provinsen Milano. Han började boxning i 2008 vid en ålder av 16, efter i sin farbrors fotspår som var en boxare på den tiden, samt Daniele s förebild.
Scardina, som hade 56 amatör skjutningarna, fångade toppriser i många italienska turneringar inklusive Rovereto National, Nationell silver Glove, och två nationella Golden Gloves. Han vann också en bronsmedalj vid en internationell händelse.
I 2013, Han boxades för Italia åska Boxing Team i World Series of Boxing, vinna sin enda match mot ett tyskt motståndare.
Scardina först fångade Seip uppmärksamhet på den världsberömda 5th St. Gym i Miami Beach, ursprungligen öppnades 1950 av Chris Dundee, och hem för otaliga världsmästare har tränat där bland annat Muhammad Ali, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pastrano, Emile Griffith, Archie Moore, Roberto Duran, Sonny Liston och Willie Pep. Den rika tradition fortsätter i den nya 5th St. Gym, ligger i närheten på 1434 Alton Street, där topp fighters från hela världen, såsom Bernard Hopkins fortfarande utbilda.
“Jag såg honom först träna på 5th St. Gym och han såg ut som en typisk amatör,” Seip förklarade. “Han kastade breda slag och visste inte hur man kastar en bra jab. Utbildare Guy Laieta och Dino Spencer började arbeta med honom och nu är han använder sin räckvidd, kämpar på distans, och kastar kombinationer av stötar och krokar. Han är passionerad om boxning, lyssna och lära varje dag. Daniele har bra hand hastighet och kraft. Han är en stilig grabb, alltför. Jag såg något i honom, immateriella, och beslutade att underteckna honom.
“Dino är en ägare som har skapat en förstklassig gym med stora sparring möjligheter i en atmosfär som presenterar så många duktiga fighters som verkligen driva varandra. Det är redan klart att Danielle har förbättrat sin färdighetsträning där. Han är lång, snabb och kraftfull. Hans arbetsmoral är otroligt; han är den första i gymmet, sista att lämna. Du kan inte skada den här killen, antingen. Vi tror att han har en mycket ljus framtid.”
Till skillnad från fighters från Ryssland och fd Sovjet nationer, liksom de från Latinamerika som kommer till USA för att etablera sin yrkesboxningskarriär, Italienska födda fighters sällan har följt samma väg som Scardina, som flyttade till Miami förra året och sover på golvet i sin brors lägenhet.
Den ensamme mästaren italienskfödda värld som slogs professionellt i Amerika är Vito Antuofermo (50-7-2, 21 Kos), som var mästare i mellanvikt WBC / WBA i 1979-1980. Antuofermo, fast, flyttade med sin familj till Brooklyn från Puglia, Italien när han var 17 och han lärde sig hur man boxas i Amerika.
“Jag har alltid velat bli en mästare i Amerika,” Scardina sa. “Det är den amerikanska drömmen för mig. Jag tror jag ska ha en stor möjlighet i detta land för att vara den största boxaren jag kan vara med rätt hjälp. John Seip är rätt manager för mig eftersom han tror att vi kan VM tillsammans som ett team.”
Scardina favorit boxare är Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Guillermo Rigondeaux och Miguel Cotto. “Jag jobbar på perfektion som en utanför kämpe och till huvud mina armar närmare,” Scardina tillsatt. Jag kämpar för att bli världsmästare.”
Scardina förväntas göra sin pro debut i maj eller juni.
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