紐約 (十一月 15, 2017)) – 名人堂成員 埃文德 “實打實” 霍利菲爾德 and former world welterweight champion 路易斯·科拉佐 will be special guest speakers at Ring 8’s next monthly meeting,星期二 夜晚, 十一月 21, at O’Neill’s Restaurant (64-21 53RD Drive) in Maspeth, 紐約,
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,” 環 8 總統 傑克·赫希 說. “所以, 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. 代替, 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 科斯), but this past year he has operated a New York City-based promotional company, Real Deal Boxing. A U.S. 奧林匹亞, Holyfield is the only unified world cruiserweight champion, as well as a four-time heavyweight champion of the world.
他有一個 16-7-2 record in world title fights and won 19 的 30 fights with two draws against past or present world champions, defeating a Who’s Who list of all-time greats such as 德懷特·莫哈末·坎威, 喬治·福爾曼, 拉里·霍姆斯, 里迪克·鮑 和 邁克·泰森 (兩次), 更多的名人之中.
Born in Brooklyn and now a resident of Queens, 科拉佐 (37-7. 20 科斯) 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 何塞·安東尼奧·里維拉 在伍斯特, 馬薩諸塞州.
The 26-year-old Collazo, who has also defeated world champions 米格爾·安赫爾·岡薩雷斯 和 維克托·奧爾蒂斯, remains a world title contender having upset 21-1 薩米瓦斯奎茲 in his last action by way of a sixth-round knockout last February.
