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Evander Holyfield & Luis Collazo Ring 8’s Special Guest Speakers

Tirsdag, November. 21 på O’Neill's Restaurant
In Maspeth, NY
NEW YORK (November 15, 2017)) – Hall of Famer Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield and former world welterweight champion Luis Collazo will be special guest speakers at Ring 8’s next monthly meeting,Tirsdag nat, November 21, på O’Neill's Restaurant (64-21 53rd Drive) in Maspeth, New York,
Because a large crowd is expected, only Ring 8 members will be allowed to attend this meeting, but membership may be obtained at the door for those interested in joining Ring 8.
Evander Holyfield is one of the few living legends in our sport,” Ring 8 præsident Jack Hirsch sagde. “Så, you can imagine how thrilled we are to have him as a guest speaker. We had planned to present Holyfield with the Ring 8 Legends Award at our holiday banquet, but a lucrative business opportunity will prohibit him from being there that afternoon. I stedet, we will present him with that award at O’Neil’s. It says a lot about Evander that he adjusted his schedule to remain in New York to attend our meeting.
Luis Collazo is a terrific fighter in his own right, having been a former world champion. His career seems to be on an upswing once again and we are anxious to hear about his future plans.
Holyfield has retired as a boxer with an outstanding 44-10-2 (29 KOS), but this past year he has operated a New York City-based promotional company, Real Deal Boxing. A U.S. Olympian, Holyfield is the only unified world cruiserweight champion, as well as a four-time heavyweight champion of the world.
He had a 16-7-2 record in world title fights and won 19 af 30 fights with two draws against past or present world champions, defeating a Who’s Who list of all-time greats such as Dwight Muhammad Qawi, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Riddick Bowe og Mike Tyson (to gange), blandt flere notabiliteter.
Born in Brooklyn and now a resident of Queens, Collazo (37-7. 20 KOS) captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight world title on April 2, 2005, winning a 12-round split decision over hometown favorite and defending champion Jose Antonio Rivera i Worcester, Massachusetts.
The 26-year-old Collazo, who has also defeated world champions Miguel Angel Gonzalez og Victor Ortiz, remains a world title contender having upset 21-1 Sammy Vasquez in his last action by way of a sixth-round knockout last February.
OM RING 8: Ring 8 blev den ottende datterselskab af det, der dengang var kendt som National Veteran Boxers Association – dermed, RING 8 – og i dag organisationens motto forbliver: Boxers Hjælpende Boxers.
RING 8 er fuldt forpligtet til at støtte mindre heldige mennesker i boksning samfund, der kan kræve assistance i form af at betale husleje, lægeudgifter, eller hvad forsvarligt behov.
Gå på nettet til www.Ring8ny.com for mere information om RING 8, den største gruppe af sin art i USA med mere end 350 medlemmer. Årlige medlemskab afgifter er kun $30.00 og hvert medlem har ret til en buffet middag på RING 8 månedlige møder, undtagen juli og august. Alle aktive boksere, amatører og professionelle, med en aktuel boksning licens eller bog er berettiget til en gratis RING 8 årligt medlemskab. Gæsterne på Ring 8 medlemmer er velkomne til en pris på kun $7.00 per person.

Ring 8 Guest Speaker Promoter Lou DiBella Pictures

NEW YORK (Februar 18, 2016) – Boxing promoter Lou DiBella was Ring 8’s monthly guest speaker this past Tuesday night at O’Neill’s Restaurant, placeret på 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York.
Lou was fantastic,” Ring 8 præsident Bob Duffy sagde. “He was very informative and spoke nearly 30-minutes. He kept everybody in tune to what’s happening in boxing today, discussed how difficult it is to promote a boxing show, and answered everybody’s questions. Our members really enjoyed listening to Lou.

(L-R) Ring 8 vice president Jack Hirsch, promoter Lou DiBella and Ring 8 Præsident Bob Duffy
(pictures courtesy of John Roe)
OM RING 8: Ring 8 blev den ottende datterselskab af det, der dengang var kendt som National Veteran Boxers Association – dermed, RING 8 – og i dag organisationens motto stadig: Boxers Hjælpende Boxers.
RING 8 er fuldt forpligtet til at støtte mindre heldige mennesker i boksning samfund, der kan kræve assistance i form af at betale husleje, lægeudgifter, eller hvad forsvarligt behov.
Gå på nettet til www.Ring8ny.com for mere information om RING 8, den største gruppe af sin art i USA med mere end 350 medlemmer. Årlige medlemskab afgifter er kun $30.00 og hvert medlem har ret til en buffet middag på RING 8 månedlige møder, undtagen juli og august. Alle aktive boksere, amatører og professionelle, med en aktuel boksning licens eller bog er berettiget til en gratis RING 8 årligt medlemskab. Gæsterne på Ring 8 medlemmer er velkomne til en pris på kun $7.00 per person.

Jimmy Slattery book author Rick Blake to be Ring 8 Guest Speaker Tuesday night in New York

NEW YORK (April. 20, 2015) – Author Rich Blake vil blive i morgen nats (Tirsdag, April 21) special Ring 8 guest speaker at O’Neill’s Restaurant, placeret på 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York.

Blake is a veteran New York City-based author who has written, Slats: The Legend & Life of Jimmy Slattery, to be released next month by publisher No Frills Buffalo. Blake is best known for covering the financial world for numerous publications, including Institutional Investor, ABCNews.com and Reuters HedgeWorld. He was a co-founder and executive editor of Trader Monthly magazine. The 46-year-old Buffalo native is the author of two non-fiction books, The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up og Talking Proud: Rediscovering the Magical Season of the 1980 Buffalo Bills. He also is co-author of a third work of non-fiction, Diary of a Hedge Fund Manager.

Slattery personified the Golden Era of sports during the boom/bust 1920s and ’30s.

The sleek, handsome, lightning-fast Slattery was a phantom in the ring, soaring across the national stage like a comet before crashing into oblivion. Discarded by the ages, Blake’s book is the incredible true story of the Irish boy-wonder who captivated the boxing world at its peak.

 

At Ring 8’s monthly meeting i morgen aften, Blake will recount his research into Slattery’s early burst to fame in the metropolitan area during the spring of 1924, sharing some highlights of what he uncovered like tying in Queens fight promoter SimonSiFlaherty, the Queensboro A.C. in Long Island City and the Queensboro Bowl, which was expanded in the spring of 1924 as part of efforts by Flaherty and Paddy Mullins to land a Jack Dempsey-Harry Wills fight that, desværre, never came materialized. Blake will also speak about how the New York City fire department condemned the club’s stadium built at the base of the Queensboro Bridge and how Flaherty managed to get around that.

OM RING 8: Ring 8 blev den ottende datterselskab af det, der dengang var kendt som National Veteran Boxers Association – dermed, RING 8 – og i dag organisationens motto stadig: Boxers Hjælpende Boxers.

RING 8 er fuldt forpligtet til at støtte mindre heldige mennesker i boksning samfund, der kan kræve assistance i form af at betale husleje, lægeudgifter, eller hvad forsvarligt behov.

Gå på nettet til www.Ring8ny.com for mere information om RING 8, den største gruppe af sin art i USA med mere end 350 medlemmer. Årlige medlemskab afgifter er kun $30.00 og hvert medlem har ret til en buffet middag på RING 8 månedlige møder, undtagen juli og august. Alle aktive boksere, amatører og professionelle, med en aktuel boksning licens eller bog er berettiget til en gratis RING 8 årligt medlemskab. Gæsterne på Ring 8 medlemmer er velkomne til en pris på kun $7.00 per person.