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USA Boxing Alumni Association to Host Northeast Ohio Celebration at National Qualifier

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concolor AQUILEX, Col. (March 10, 2023)The USA Boxing Alumni Association will host two events during the 2022 National Qualifier in Cleveland, Ohio, to honor Northeast Ohio Olympians, Victor mundi, legendary coaches and officials, and others who have helped shape history of amateur Olympic-style boxing in the region.

The weekend celebration will begin with a meet and greet gathering on Saturday, Aprilis 23 at Masthead Brewing Company. This will be open to all USA Boxing Alumni Association members to gather ahead of the weeklong national tournament. Eventus, which will be free entry, will run from 7:30 p.m. ad 10:00 p.m.

The events will continue on Sunday, Aprilis 24 at the Crowne Plaza Ballroom for the Northeast Ohio Alumni Celebration Banquet. Two-time welterweight champion and Northeast Ohio native “Showtime” Shawn Porter will serve as Master of Ceremonies of the event that is expected to include Ohio greats like Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Williams Raynell, Carolus Conwell, Terrell Gausha, delante Cicero, Oshae Jones, Mickey Bey, Kelly Pavlik, et plura.

“I’m excited about Cleveland hosting this major National USA Boxing tournament,” said former IBF and WBC welterweight champion, Shawn Porter. “We were like a family growing up through the amateur system. I can’t wait to MC this Alumni Association banquet and have fun just like old times.”

The USA Boxing Alumni Association will also be awarding Lifetime Achievement Awards at the event.

Eventus, which will be from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 a.m., will be a ticketed event. Tickets will be $65.00 and will include dinner. Limited tickets will be available for purchase here. There will be no tickets sold at the door, so be sure to get them while they last.

“The USA Boxing Alumni Association is extremely excited to honor Northeast Ohio legends to kick off the National Qualifier,” said Chris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. “This weekend will bridge the past with the present. By celebrating the accomplishments of these great champions, carrucis, and officials, we hope to inspire the next generation of champions on their road to the 2024 Olympics.”

Pro magis notitia, placere contactus alumni@usaboxing.org.

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Ad perpetuam creatus est champion, mutua necessitudines inter USA pugilatu eiusque alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis, and boxing fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, possidet annua USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio in alumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, keychain, and e-wallet.

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DE USA BOXING: Missio USA Boxing erit ut athletae Americae Foederatae et carrucas ad praestantiam competitive stabilitam consequendam, develop mores, support ludo caestu, and promote and grow Olympic style boxing in the United States. The responsibility of USA Boxing is not only to produce Olympic gold, but also to oversee and govern every aspect of amateur boxing in the United States.

Born to box Ray “BUTIO BUTIO” Mancini

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concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (Aprilis 27, 2020) — As the son of a prizefighter, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (“Class of 2015”) Ray “BUTIO BUTIO” Mancini was born to box, and the Youngstown, Ohio fighter climbed to the top of the sport’s mountain, capturing the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title in 1982.

Mancini’s father, nuper Lenny “BUTIO BUTIO” Mancini, boxed professionally from 1937 ad 1947, condenda 46-12-3 (16 KOs) pro record. Lenny was the No. 1 ranked lightweight in the world in 1941 and considered a future world champion. Autem, his dream was sadly shattered when he was wounded during World War II. He returned to boxing after being discharged, but his physical issues due to the wound prevented him from fulfilling his once vast potential.

His son, Ray, took the mantle and ran with it to fame, glory and notoriety as a world champion. He started boxing young and had his first fight when he was 15 at the Junior Olympics in Cleveland. Ray had thought that he would have to wait until he turned 16, because that was the minimum age to compete in the Golden Gloves.

When I heard that I could enter (the Junior Olympics),” Mancini remembered, “I pressured my father to let me go (to Cleveland). A very close family friend was training some guys in the next town over from us and he was taking some fighters to the Junior Olympics. He said he’d take me there. I won by first fight by first-round knockout and I wound up winning the regional title. I went on to the Mid-West Regional in Detroit and fought a local kid, Sammy Fuentes, to go to the Nationals. He beat me by decision, but I gained my first real lesson about boxing and life: experience is everything. It was my sixth amateur fight and I was told that Fuentes had more than 200. It did not deter me, in eo,, it made me hungrier to succeed.

Succeed he did, despite his aggressive style that best suited the professional ranks much more than amateurs. He won 43 autem 50 amateur par, capturing top honors in the 1977 Youngstown Golden Gloves and Northeastern Ohio Golden Gloves. He also won the Northeast Ohio AAU Championship and reached the quarterfinals of the 1978 National AAU Tournament.

I lost a close decision in the semifinals of the 1978 National Golden Gloves to two-time U.S. Olympio Davey Armstrong,” Mancini said. “I lost a decision to Anthony Fletcher in the quarterfinals of the 1978 National AAU Championships and once again in the championship final of the Ohio State Fair. In my last amateur fight, I lost a bad decision to defending National Champion Melvin Paul at the 1979 National aurei Gloves LUDUS. (Postquam) I knew I wasn’t going to have another amateur fight and was going to turn pro.

I had more of a pro style when I fought in the amateurs. Three rounds didn’t benefit me. I never had a four-round fight (quasi pro). I started with six-rounders because, for my style, a three-round amateur or a four-round pro fight were pretty much the same for me. Six-rounders were more beneficial to me and that was proven right away.

I knew I wouldn’t win any of the major amateur championships because of my style. Per viam, quamquam, I beat some pretty good amateurs: Darryl Chambers,Memo Arreola, Tim Christianson atque Mark Chieverini. My amateur career just made me even more hungry to win a World title as a pro.



His seek and destroy style made him an instant favorite as a professional. “I had to be aggressive, as a fighter or on the playing field when I played other sports, because of my natural instincts,” Mancini explained. “I couldn’t sit back and wait for things to happen; I had to try and make things happen. I follow that thinking in my business life as well, but much like the fight game, you have to known when to attack and when to sit back and counter.

Mancini, who some called a little Rocky Marciano because of the way he fought, turned pro October 18, 1979 in Struthers, Ohio, cum stetissent Phil Bowen in foramen rotundum. Ray fought 15 times in his first year as a pro and extended his winning streak to 19, before he challenged World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight World champion Alexis Arguello (67-5), who won by way of a 14-round technical knockout, in a fight that was dead even after 10 rounds. After the match, then future Hall of Famer Arguello was quoted as saying: “I think my heart is special, but his (Mancini) is bigger than I have. Someday he will be champion.

Only seven months and three fights later, Mancini captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight World title way of a sensational first-round knockout of defending champion Arturo Frias (24-1). Ray dedicated that fight to his father, who was unable to become world champion, due to the wounds he suffered in World War II.

Mancini finished his pro career with a 29-5 (23 KOs), which included victories against world champions Bobby Chacon (523-5-1), Ernesto Espana (35-4), Frias and Jose Luis Ramirez (71-3), and all five of his losses were to world championsArguello, Hector Camacho, Greg Haughen atque Livingstone Bramble (bis).

Ray ‘Boom BoomMancini demonstrated the heart of a champion throughout his career,” dixit Christophorus Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Director. “Even though his in-ring success is primarily discussed at the professional level, the hunger to learn and grow as an amateur is something that inspires today’s USA Boxing champions. He is another example of a USA Boxing alumnus who experienced tremendous success resulting from experiences and lessons from his amateur days.

Mancini is proud of his roots in Youngstown, which also produced world pro boxing champions such as Harry Arroyo, Jeff Lampkin, Greg Richardson atque Kelly Pavlik.

Growing up in Youngstown helped me tremendously as a fighter,” Mancini talked about his hometown. “We all knew what a tough town it was and is and we knew the stories of all the fighters, amateur and pro, who had left a mark before us. Growing up there, football and boxing were the two sports everybody talked about. If you left a mark in either one, people still talked about you long after you’re playing, or fight days were over. So, to succeed in a town like Youngstown, was a tremendous accomplishment in itself.


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Ad perpetuam creatus est champion, mutua necessitudines inter USA pugilatu eiusque alumni, — ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, possidet annua USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio in alumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, key-chain and e-wallet.


The ultra-popular Mancini is one of the few boxers to have had a movie (“Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story)”), song (“Boom Boom Manciniby Warren Zevon) and book (“The Good Son: The Life of Ray “BUTIO BUTIO” Mancini by Mark Kriegel) about him.

Today, the 59-year-old Mancini still resides in Youngstown, and he remains involved in boxing as a color commentator for PBC on Fox. He’s also been a member of the Ohio Boxing Commission for the last three years. “I’m involved (in pugilatu) as close as I want to be and can still be a fan,” fatebatur. “What I miss most about the fight game is challenging myself mentally and emotionally, and to be able toget upand challenge myself physically on a daily basis. To stand in front of another man before the fight, right in the center of the ring, and say to myself, ‘Either you’re getting carried out of here tonight or I am, but one of us is getting carried out of here tonight,’ was my mentality. I miss that challenge!”

Looking back at his boxing career, Mancini maintains that he wouldn’t change a thing. “I can’t say I would do anything different, in REMINISCOR, because I won the World title, successfully defended it four times, made good money and retired healthy,” Mancini concluded. “People still remember and talk about my fights and I made it into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, the ultimate shrine for fighters. So, why would I want to have done anything differently?”

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One of the best all-time…. 1988 Olympic silver medalist Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe

concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (March 9, 2020) – By any standards, U.S. Olympian and former unified World heavyweight champion Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe is inarguably one of the all-time greatest boxers, et amateur amet.

Born and raised in the infamous Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York,, which also produced fellow World heavyweight championsMike Tyson atqueShannon Briggs, Bowe started boxing at 13 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Boxing Association Gym.

“I wanted to do everythingMuhammad Ali did,” Bowe explained why he got into boxing. “He was my idol. I wanted to join the Marines, but I fell in love with boxing and stayed with it. I forgot about the Marines.”

Bowe developed his craft and became an outstanding boxer, condenda 104-18 amateur record, highlighted by his controversial silver-medal winning performance at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Meridiem Korea.

A four-time New York Golden Gloves champion, Bowe also captured top honors at the 1986 Junior Mundus Championships, along with a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games, despite fighting in his final match with a fractured hand he hid from his coaches.

Bowe had a rivalry withRobert Salters, with whom he split four matches, but he defeated Salters, 3-2, in U.S. Box-Offs to qualify for the 1988 USA Boxing Olympic Team. His Olympic teammates includedRoy Jones, Jr., Ray MercerKennedy McKinney atqueAndreas Maynardus.

Controversary surrounded his Olympic championship fight against future World heavyweight champion, Canadian super heavyweight Levinius Lewis, who returned home with the Olympic gold medal. During his fight with Lewis, Bowe was deducted a point for a “ghost” head butt that never happened, and the referee gave Bowe a pair of disputed standing-eight counts, the last of which resulted in the stoppage of the fight in Lewis’ favor.

“That fight never should have been stopped,” Bowe commented. “I’m still happy about winning a silver medal. I still have it. And then I turned pro. My mother had 13 kids and I wanted to make my mother happy. I wanted to buy her a house. That’s what inspired me to box.”

“Bowe’s success as an amateur and professional has made him a household name amongst USA Boxing Alumni,"DixitChristophorus Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. “His combination of power and skill, along with his legendary battles with other USA Boxing Alumni at the pro ranks, establishes him as one of the greatest fighters that USA Boxing has ever produced.”

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Ad perpetuam creatus est champion, mutua necessitudines inter USA pugilatu eiusque alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

USA Boxing Alumni Consociatio aperta est cuivis qui pugilatum amore habet et cum caestu amateur manere coniunctam cupit. Sodales conceduntur accessus ad varios casus speciales ab Alumni Consociatione, possidet annua USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio inalumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per annum membership fee. Nova membra accipient subucula, keychain et e-peram.

With legendary trainerEddie Futch in his anguli, Bowe became the first truly unified World heavyweight champion, winning the title belt for all four recognized major sanctioning bodies: WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO.

Bowe retired with an amazing 43-1 (33 KOs) pro record. He had a 5-1 (4 KOs) mark in world title fights, 7-1 (5 KOs) versus past world heavyweight champions such asEvander Holyfield (bis), Pinklon ThomasTony TubbsBrus SeldonMichael Dokes atqueHerbie Hyde.

Bowe later avenged his lone pro loss to Holyfield, winning two of three fights with the “Real Deal.”

“I’m very happy with my pro career,” Bowe added. “I beat Holyfield two times and I think it should have been three. I’m not a sore loser, but I was the World heavyweight champion. How did he win that fight? The challenger needs to take the belt from the champion, and he didn’t do that. I thought I won by a point, at worst, maybe it should have been a draw, but I shouldn’t have lost the fight. I did become the first to ever knockout Holyfield. My pro career wasn’t too bad. I kept working hard and became two-time World heavyweight champion.”

Autem 51 and living in Maryland, Bowe has some advice for the American boxers trying to qualify for the 2020 Team USA Boxing Olympic Team.

“Just don’t think about it,” stressed Bowe, sounding like a Nike commercial. “Just do it! It worked for me. I showed up and didn’t think about it. And always finish strong.”

Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe, who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015, left his mark in amateur and pro boxing. Nobody can ever take that away from the big guy from Brownsville.

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DE USA BOXING:  Missio USA Boxing erit ut athletae Americae Foederatae et carrucas ad praestantiam competitive stabilitam consequendam, develop mores, support ludo caestu, et promovere et crescere stilo Olympico caestu in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Officium USA Boxing non solum ad Olympiam aurum producendum, sed etiam invigilare et regere omnem rationem amateur in Civitatibus Foederatis in Civitatibus Foederatis.

1988 Olympiae aurum medalist "inclementem" Ray Mercer respiciens ad experientiam suam Olympicam

concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (February 11, 2020) - Duo et triginta annos postquam numisma aureum Olympiae cepit, "Mitis" Ray Mercer Hludouuici eius meminit experientiae Olympiae similem mensem ultimum fuisse. Mercer, qui solus American heavyweight fortissimus est de omnibus suis Olympiae adversariis pulset, ibat ad mundum heavyweight championship for a professional for our "heavyweight double."

Nam Mercer, Omnes coepi in Germania, ubi eius US. Exercitus unitas fundatur. Oblatum est facultas ad vitandum exercitium campi XXX-die, Mercer condicionem accepit ut particeps sparringe pro gravibus ponderis pugillatoribus posti's inserviret. Quamvis nunquam induti par caestus ante, Mercer erat velox discens qui naturaliter fortis erat, et celeriter in 1985 U.S. Exercitus et inter opera heavyweight champion.

Mundus Classis Athleta Programma (WCAP), in quibus idoneos athletas exercendi facultatem ad Olympia fulltime, non est reversus tunc, nec adjuncto praecepta hodierna. Mercer victus futuri mundi heavyweight championTommy Morrison per foramen per Dei 1988 Olympiae IUDICIA et alius futuri mundi heavyweight titlist, Michael Bentt (5-0) in patrocinio finali. In the 1988 USA Olympicus archa-peracti in laudatis Caesaribus Pala

ce in Las Vegas, Mercer vicit consilium split (3-2) de Bentt, Mercer autem iam in Olympia certare idoneus esse cum US. Armatae virium propugnatorem.

"Cum essem in Exercitus, I had to win in the service, ponere omnia, et ad gradum proximum progredi,"Mercerius recordatus est." Ego quoque ad pugnatores mei ad Olympia caedere aliquid boni, et eram in optima figura vitae meae. Plus erat in amantibus disciplina, quam professio ordines. Postremus annus ante Olympia, Discessi domum meam unitas, iter multum pugnare, et mansit in domo mea lanista pro vivis in foribus.

Mercer historiam fecit apud the 1988 Olympia Seoul, Meridiem Korea, cum factus est et solus propugnator Olympicus heavyweight exsistit ut omnes quattuor adversarios in Civitatibus Foederatis pulset:  Rudolphus Gavenciak (Czechoslovakia – RSC3), Aloisius Gaudiano(Italia – KO1), Arnaldus Vasnderlyde (Nederlands - RSC2) atqueBonum Hyun Man (South Korean - KO1).

"Sciebam me habuisse ad knockout South Korean in final,Mercer admisit. "Iustus volui facere quod possem esse aurum numisma Olympicum. Non puto me figito.

"Auro numisma conciliatus in quibusdam magnis-vicis mutationes mihi consecuta est. Factus sum celebritas", de familia nomen tuum, et licet mihi pecuniam facere professionalem. Optimum, quod mihi accidit, numisma aureum Olympiae vincebat, etiam plusquam titulum mundi conciliandi tamquam pro. Nihil comparatum est, ut Olympionicae auri medalista. Somnium meum peregi. Ego nunquam somniavi ire pro, nisi postquam aurum numisma lucratus sum.

"Vere momenti erat ut aurum numisma vincere. Pugnavi cum corde meo"; nulla pecunia involvit, tantopere celebrat noctem (parta aurum numisma) quod paucis horis numisma meum perdidi. Somnium venisse, manus meae contremuerunt, et perdidi numisma. Quod nox!"

Mercer offert sodales 2020 USA Boxing Olympic Qualification Team unum frenum of consilium, "Retinete pugnando, sequere somnium tuum et accipe illud extremum gradum. "

Mercer, qui natus est in Jacksonville, Florida, facta sua multa praeventus pro debut in 1989, cum stetissentIsai McGhee tertio eorum pugna in urbe Atlantica. "Misericordia" vicit suum primum 18 pro pugnat, comprehendo nonam per knockout of *Franciscus Damiani, sequitur defensam contra Cicero, qui omissus est in quinto circuitu.

Per suam XIX annos pro vitae, Mercer compilavit 36-7-1 (26 KOs) record, vincens quattuor mundi pugiles in Damiani, Morrison, Tim Witherspoon atqueOssie Ocasio.  Quinque ex octo curriculis damnis propugnatoribus mundi erant: Levinius LewisWladimir Klitschko,Marcus Tullius CiceroEvander Holyfield atqueShannon Briggs

"Ray significat omnia quae facit USA pugilatu superbus.","DixitChristophorus Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. "Sicut veteranus exercitus", Olympia aurum medalist, et heavyweight vindicem mundi, Excellentiam et professionalismum demonstravit qui optimus reflectit quae USA pugilatu offerat.

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Ad perpetuam creatus est champion, mutua necessitudines inter USA pugilatu eiusque alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

USA Boxing Alumni Consociatio aperta est cuivis qui pugilatum amore habet et cum caestu amateur manere coniunctam cupit. Sodales conceduntur accessus ad varios casus speciales ab Alumni Consociatione, possidet annua USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio inalumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per annum membership fee. Nova membra accipient subucula, keychain et e-peram.

Merceri egregius curriculo amateur pugilatu etiam inclusus est classicus compositus contra Cubanum magnum et tria tempora numisma Olympicum auri, Felix gladium abstraxit, at USA vs. Cuba dual par, in quo Mercer bis commotus est Savon, qui supervixit sine detrimento addito detrimento tantum quod Cubanus referendarius ambiguam interventus fecit, qui popularem suum tempus recuperandi et controversiae dedit. 2-1 victoria.

"Et dedit mihi octo denarios sine causa stantes," Mercer addidit. "Percutio hominem istum et id scit. Adhuc tactu sumus etsi Anglice non loquitur. Amicum translate habet et nos in Facebook tangimus. Non placet inter se ".

Today, Mercer in domo fundat caritatem in North Carolina, quae includit liberum nulla caestu, autem, potius, reddite communitati et docendi iuvenes, maxime qui bullied, artes quas necesse erit in realem mundum exire.

Ray Mercer zenith bis in pugilatu pervenit ut numisma Olympicum aurum et mundi gravis auctor ut professio. Non nimium sordidum aliquem, qui numquam vere arca archa voluit.

"Pugiens servavit animam meam"," Mercer conclusit." Vitam meam sine caestu cogitare non possum, certe idem non esset.

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DE USA BOXING:  Missio USA Boxing erit ut athletae Americae Foederatae et carrucas ad praestantiam competitive stabilitam consequendam, develop mores, support ludo caestu, et promovere et crescere stilo Olympico caestu in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Officium USA Boxing non solum ad Olympiam aurum producendum, sed etiam invigilare et regere omnem rationem amateur in Civitatibus Foederatis in Civitatibus Foederatis.

3rd annual USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception

Sen. John McCain to be honored

ex genere 2019 caerimoniahoc Friday at Golden Nugget Deversorium & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana

concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (December 11, 2019) -Senator John McCain will be posthumously presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for his tireless work to protect boxers and elevate the sport this Friday night at a special ceremony during the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana.

The HOF reception is being held in conjunction with the ongoing 2020 U.S. Olympia Team IUDICIA pro pugilatu et 2019 National Championships at the Lake Charles Civic Center. Finales Olympiae iudiciorum dominicae celebrabuntur, Dec. 15, ad Aureum Nugget Hotel & Casino. Hall of Fame broadcasterAl Bernstein ex Showtime Sports serviet eventus emcee tertio anno in ordine.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association’s third HOF class also includes three Olympic gold-medalists"Magnus" George ForemanMark Brelandatque"Smokin" Joe Frazier, as well as legendary coachesAl Mitchell atqueRay Rodgers.

The late Sen. McCain boxed at the U.S. Naval Academy, where the 5’ 7” lightweight competed three years as a fearless boxer who reportedly always came forward, never reversing gears. In his final year, he managed the battalion boxing team to a brigade championship.

“Our family believes our father would accept this award graciously as a very high honor,” daughterMegan McCain said on behalf of the McCain family. “The courage, character and action needed to step into the ring is something he felt very strongly about.

“He learned many life lessons through boxing, including the value of fitness, disciplinam, individual performance training and operating as part of a team. Boxers run up against opposition they have no idea how to attack or defend against, yet they figure it out and learn about themselves, as well as develop endurance during the process.”

“Senator McCain was a true ally to the sport, having personally understood the courage and risk-taking required from those who enter the ring,"DixitChris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Executive Director. Throughout his career in politics, USA Boxing communicated with his office numerous times as part of a collaborative effort to safeguard the future of Olympic style, amateur pugilatu, and Senator McCain never hesitated to offer to do more for our athletes. For this and many other reasons, the USA Boxing Alumni Association looks forward to honoring his legacy this weekend.”

Convivis speciales includere confirmatus 1988 Olympia aurum medalistAndreas Maynardus, three-vicis National AAU Aliquam Anni (1972-76-77) Joe Clough, 1984 Olympic gold medalist Frank Tateet fratrem suumThomas, 1972 OlympioTim dement, 2002 Aurea caestus fortissimus NationalJaidon Codrington, 1980 Olympiae QualifierJackie Barbatus, 1981 Olympia IuniorGlen Modicue, quattuor tempus National championEric Kelly, 1988 Eastern Olympia Qualifier championJohn ScullyObie BarbatusMarcus Lanton etStephensfratres -DonaldusAntonius atqueJerry.

QUALITER Fieri MEMOREUM IN USA PYXIS ALUMNI CONGREGATIO

Creatus est vindicem perpetuam, mutuae rationes inter USA Boxing eiusque Alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

USA Boxing Alumni Consociatio aperta est cuivis qui pugilatum amore habet et cum caestu amateur manere coniunctam cupit. Sodales conceduntur accessus ad varietatem specialium eventuum ab Alumni Associatione, inter USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio inalumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per annum membership fee. Nova membra accipient subucula, keychain et e-peram.

CARDACES 2017: Classis in carta pergeretMuhammad Ali atqueEvander Holyfield, praeter veteran nullasGaudeamus Sanders atqueTom Coulter.

CARDACES 2018: U.S. Olympiae Team medalistae et mundi (professionalem) pugilesRoy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward atqueClaressa ancilia, ac pristini USA Boxing National Director CoachingEmanuel Steward et veteran USA pugilatu officialiTom Cleary.

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Simply The Best! Mark Breland

ex genere 2019 caerimonia Dec. 13 at Golden Nugget Deversorium & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana

concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (December 3, 2019) – Arguably the greatest American amateur boxer of all-timeMark Breland will be inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame on Friday night, December 13, in speciali genere 2019 ceremony at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana.

HOF receptio in conjunctione cum 2020 U.S. Olympia Team IUDICIA pro pugilatu et 2019 National Championships, Dec. 7-15, at the Lake Charles Civic Center. Finales Olympiae iudiciorum dominicae celebrabuntur, Dec. 15, ad Aureum Nugget Hotel & Casino. Hall of Fame broadcasterAl Bernstein ex Showtime Sports serviet eventus emcee tertio anno in ordine.

USA Alumni Consociationis Alumni Consociationis tertia HOF classis etiam duo alia includit duo Olympionicae auri-medalistae, "Magnus" George Foremanatque "Smokin" Joe Frazier, as well as legendary coachesAl Mitchell atqueRay Rodgers

Sen. Ioannes McCain et posthumus adeptionem Award specialem vitam ad opus suum indefesso praesidio pugilum et elevant in ludo.

“I’m very happy to be inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame,” Breland said. “It really means a lot, especially going in this year with Foreman and Frazier. I guess it proves I’ve done a lot in boxing. I’m happy to be going in. I had a lot of fun in USA Boxing. To be going into the same Hall of Fame withEvander (Holyfield) (MuhammadNumquid, Foreman, Frazier…champs like that, it’s something for me to be with them.”

Breland, et cunctis filiis Ephraim, first got into boxing at the age of eight, due to him being brought to his first boxing match, Frazier-Ali I, at Madison Square Garden. “We were up in the top seats,” the Brooklyn-born and raised Breland remembered like it was yesterday. “The crowd, the atmosphere…all I could think of was, wow!  I didn’t realize until I got older that there were so many stars there watching Ali and Frazier, because they were all at ringside.

“The next day I went to a gym. I was really skinny, small, but I came back the next day. I enjoyed working out and fell in love with boxing. I wanted to box in big tournaments. This is what I wanted to do, but I had hid boxing from my parents. They knew I had I played football, but that was okay with them, because unlike in boxing, we had a helmet. I won at the Junior Olympics and it was in the papers. I saw it and thought my mother was going to kill me. My mother asked me why I hadn’t told her, so I invited her to watch me fight in the Golden Gloves. She was in one of the front rows, but afterwards when I asked her what she thought when I knocked out my opponent, she said she didn’t see it because she had closed her eyes.”

Breland went on to become a five-time New York Golden Gloves champion with a 21-0 record, including 19 knockouts, 14 coming in the opening round. In 1982, Breland captured a gold medal at the prestigious World Championships in Munich, Germania, after which he was named the No. 1 welterweight in the world by AIBA. He was also selected as Boxer of the Year (1982) by USAABF.

At the 1984 OLYMPIA, held in Los Angeles, Breland fought his way to a gold medal,

along with eight of his American teammatesPaul GonzalezSteve McCroryMeldrick TaylorPernell WhitakerJerry Page,Frank TateHenry Tillman atqueTyrell Biggs.

Breland, who completed his amateur career with an amazing 110-1 (73 KOs) record, appeared to be cooler than the other side of the pillow on a hot, steamy night. No real celebrations after he won gold, to the contrary, Mark was emotionless, the same as he still is today as a trainer of champions.

“I’ve always been really laid back,” he explained. “I just remember raising my hands. At an Olympic press conference, I was asked if I was happy, and I just said I was glad it was over. I guess I didn’t seem excited. I was happy but calm. It’s the same way now (as a trainer); it’s just me. I’m happy to win and happy to be doing what I do.”

“Mark’s dominance over his competition throughout his USA Boxing career cements him as a legend,” commentedChris Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Executive Director. “His ring intelligence, commitment to his craft, and ability to fight at any pace against any style makes him a tremendous example for today’s group of amateur champions. It has been a long time coming, but the Alumni Association looks forward to reflecting on his accomplishments and honoring Mark in Louisiana.”

Convivis speciales includere confirmatus 1988 Olympia aurum medalistAndreas Maynardus, three-vicis National AAU Aliquam Anni (1972-76-77) Joe Clough, 1984 Olympic gold medalist Frank Tateet fratrem suumThomas, 1972 OlympioTim dement, 2002 Aurea caestus fortissimus NationalJaidon Codrington, 1980 Olympiae QualifierJackie Barbatus, 1981 Olympia IuniorGlen Modicue, quattuor tempus National championEric Kelly, 1988 Eastern Olympia Qualifier championJohn ScullyObie BarbatusMarcus Lanton etStephensfratres -DonaldusAntonius atqueJerry.

QUALITER Fieri MEMOREUM IN USA PYXIS ALUMNI CONGREGATIO

Creatus est vindicem perpetuam, mutuae rationes inter USA Boxing eiusque Alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

USA Boxing Alumni Consociatio aperta est cuivis qui pugilatum amore habet et cum caestu amateur manere coniunctam cupit. Sodales conceduntur accessus ad varietatem specialium eventuum ab Alumni Associatione, inter USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio inalumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per annum membership fee. Nova membra accipient subucula, keychain et e-peram.

Breland made his much-anticipated pro debut November 15, 1984, apud inclytum Madison Square Garden, defeating Dwight Williams by way of a six-round unanimous decision. During his illustrious pro career (1984-1997), Breland compiled a sterling 35-3-1 (35 KOs) record and he was a two-time World welterweight champion.

The 56-year-old Breland, who once trained the late, magna 1992 US OlympianVernon Forrest, currently trains another great USA Boxing alumni and 2008 Olympic bronze medalistDeontay Wilder, the reigning World Boxing Council heavyweight champion.

“Once I started boxing in the amateurs,” Breland concluded, “I started progressing. I learned a lot from other amateurs like different styles. Boxers from New York/New Jersey had different styles than boxers from Georgia/Florida, and fighting Cubans was completely different. I was beating up a Cuban fighter, but every time I hit him, somehow, they took away a point from me. I knew right away that I had to knock him out to win, and they did end up stopping the fight.”

CARDACES 2017: Classis in carta pergeretMuhammad Ali atqueEvander Holyfield, praeter veteran nullasGaudeamus Sanders atqueTom Coulter.

CARDACES 2018: U.S. Olympiae Team medalistae et mundi (professionalem) pugilesRoy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward atqueClaressa ancilia, ac pristini USA Boxing National Director CoachingEmanuel Steward et veteran USA pugilatu officialiTom Cleary.

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Closing cuts & controlling blood flow leads 83-year-old Ray Rodgers into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame

ex genere 2019 caerimonia Dec. 13 at Golden Nugget Deversorium & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana

concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (November 25, 2019) – Arkansas boxing icon Ray Rodgershas successfully dealt with more cuts than most surgeons, all the way into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame, in which he’ll be inducted on Friday night, December 13, in speciali genere 2019 caerimonia, ad Aureum Nugget Hotel & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana.

HOF receptio in conjunctione cum 2020 U.S. Olympia Team IUDICIA pro pugilatu et 2019 National Championships, Dec. 7-15, at the Lake Charles Civic Center. Finales Olympiae iudiciorum dominicae celebrabuntur, Dec. 15, ad Aureum Nugget Hotel & Casino. Hall of Fame broadcaster Al Bernstein ex Showtime Sports serviet eventus emcee tertio anno in ordine.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association’s third HOF class also includes three Olympic gold-medalists, “Big” George Foreman, Smokin'” Joe Frazier atque Mark Breland, as well as legendary coach Al Mitchell.

Sen. Ioannes McCain et posthumus adeptionem Award specialem vitam ad opus suum indefesso praesidio pugilum et elevant in ludo.

There isn’t much in boxing, if anything, that Rodgers hasn’t done: ille artifex pugnorum, official, trainer, administrator and, utique, cut homo. “I’m a boxing guy,” Rodgers said in his Southern twang. “I’ve been around the block, several times. But I don’t say I’m a cut man, I’m a laceration management specialist.

Rodgers first got into boxing when he was in the fifth grade, back in Oklahoma, where he was born. A memo was sent around that there would be a tryout for boxing held the next day at the local high school gym. His parents gave their permission to let him tryout, the first chapter of his incredible boxing career.

From the first moment,” the charming boxing character remembered, “Ego aduncum. I still have the letter I received in boxing. That was in 1947 and I’m still in boxing. I’m very proud of that.

Rodgers has worked 39 world championship fights in professional boxing, as a cut man (he only trains amateur boxers) for the likes of world champions Jermaine Taylor, Wayne McCollough atque Tommy Morrison.

It’s been beyond belief for a regular old boxing guy like me,” Rodgers said about his life in boxing. “I’ve traveled all over the world, many times, as a cut man.

He was the first national official of both the Golden Gloves and Silver Gloves. More, he’s already been inducted in three Hall of Fames: Silver Gloves, Golden Gloves and Arkansas Sports HOF.

Ray’s sacrifice to countless youth as a coach, Mentoris, cut homo, and leader throughout the amateur boxing community is inspirational,” commentati Christophorus Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Executive Director. “His years of service and the knowledge he has passed on to other generations is what makes him a Hall of Famer, and we look forward to honoring him in December.

Rodgers hasn’t slowed down, despite recently celebrating his 83rd natalis. He still owns and operates Ray Rodgers Boxing Club in West Little Rock, Arkansas, in addition to serving as director of the Arkansas Golden Gloves and Mid-South Tournament, which includes Louisiana, Mississippi, Western Tennessee and Arkansas. And he’s also the vice-president of the National Golden Gloves and chairman of the National Silver Gloves.

At my age, I’m happy to have any birthday,” Rodgers joked. “I’m hoping to live another 10-12 annis, Lord willing. It’s all in the Lord’s hands; controlling the flow of blood, quamquam, is in my hands.

Convivis speciales includere confirmatus 1988 Olympia aurum medalist Andreas Maynardus, three-vicis National AAU Aliquam Anni (1972-76-77) Joe Clough, 1984 Olympia aurum medalist Frank Tate et fratrem suum Thomas, 1972 Olympio Tim dement, 2002 Aurea caestus fortissimus National Jaidon Codrington, 1980 Olympiae Qualifier Jackie Barbatus, 1981 Olympia Iunior Glen Modicue, quattuor tempus National champion Eric Kelly, 1988 Eastern Olympia Qualifier champion John Scully, Obie Barbatus, Marcus Lanton etStephens brothersDonaldus, Antonius atque Jerry.


QUALITER Fieri MEMOREUM IN USA PYXIS ALUMNI CONGREGATIO

Creatus est vindicem perpetuam, mutuae rationes inter USA Boxing eiusque Alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events host by the Alumni Association, inter USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio in alumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, keychain et e-peram.




CARDACES 2017: Classis in carta pergeret Muhammad Ali atque Evander Holyfield, praeter veteran nullas Gaudeamus Sanders atque Tom Coulter.

CARDACES 2018: U.S. Olympiae Team medalistae et mundi (professionalem) pugiles Roy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward atque Claressa ancilia, ac pristini USA Boxing National Director Coaching Emanuel Steward et veteran USA pugilatu officiali Tom Cleary.

"Smokin" Joe Frazier viam impugnavit in USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame

ex genere 2019 caerimonia Dec. 13 at Golden Nugget Deversorium & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana

concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (November 21, 2019) - Una pugilatu omnium temporis maximi, nuper, magna"Smokin" Joe Frazier, inducetur posthume in USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fam, Friday nox, December 13, in speciali genere 2019 caerimonia, at Golden Nugget Deversorium & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana.

HOF receptio in conjunctione cum 2020 Olympiae iudiciis et 2019 National Championships Dec. 7-15, apud Lacum Carolum Centrum Civicum. Finales Olympiae iudiciorum dominicae celebrabuntur, Dec. 15, ad Aureum Nugget Hotel & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana. Hall of Fame broadcasterAl Bernstein ex Showtime Sports serviet eventus emcee tertio anno in ordine.

USA Alumni Consociationis Alumni Consociationis tertia HOF classis etiam duo alia includit duo Olympionicae auri-medalistae, "Magnus" George ForemanatqueMark Breland, praeter par ornata carrucis, Al Mitchell atqueRay Rodgers

Sen. Ioannes McCain et posthumus adeptionem Award specialem vitam ad opus suum indefesso praesidio pugilum et elevant in ludo.

"Pro nostra familia,"Joe filius"Marvis Frazier dixit, "Gratias agere volumus Alumni Associationis Boxing Alumni pro memoria Joe Frazier. Hunc venerantes ut hoc ei in novas aetatum fabularum generationes inducet..

"Pater meus didicit disciplinam opus ire et vincere Olympiae aurum et facere quod opus est mundi fortissimus. Tulit ad pros et verberavitMuhammad Ali optime in mundo pugna. Erant duo propugnatores magni qui simul convenerunt ut homines ostenderent quid sit de re pugnis omnibus.

Natus in Carolina Meridionali, Frazier notissimus erat electae Philadelphiae caestu producto, condenda 38-2 amateur record. Is erat trium temporum Nationalis Gloves aurei propugnatoris cuius duo tantum damna utrique erantBuster Mathis, qui solus est adversarius vincere Frazier, possidet damnum per decisionem - dubitabile secundum Frazier - in iudiciis Olympicis.

cum US. Olympiae Team heavyweight adjunctoBuster Mathis certare potuit 1964 Olympia propter injuriam, Frazier uteretur hac occasione ut tortor.

Frazier abiit ut unus e tantum quattuor pugilibus Americanis numisma in Tokyo fieret, Joe sola aurum medalist, non obstante praevaricationem pollicem in semifinals. In foramen rotundum, Frazier de PulsanteGeorgius Olynello (Uganda), per tertiam partem sistendumAtholiae McQueen (Australia) in quarterfinals. contraVadim Yemelyanov (Russia) semifinal in circuitu, Frazier vicit iter alterum per KO, quamvis sinistrum pollicem fregit.

Nolebat nemini dicere quod pollicem fregisset, veritus ne pugnare liceret, Frazier ostendit tremendi stridoris clarus factus est ad conciliandam peractionem, 3-2, versusHans Huber (Civitatum Foederatarum Germaniae) in pilae finale ut capiat numisma aureum.

"Auro numisma conciliatus Olympiae amateur vitae suae erat CALEO,"Marvis notandum est." Hoc significabat se esse optimum in mundo, et ea quoque faciliora in pros. Cogito eum sensisse adiutum esse illum verum hominem, optimum in mundo, nec multi dicere possunt. Auro olympico conciliatus pollice fractis ostendit patrem nostrum quid facere posset et probaret quod ille homo esset. Non timuit ut officium factum. Non excusat, ut QUATIO fieri, fuit quod pater omni tempore. Et tu melius gessisti officium factum."

Frazier (32-4-1, 27 KOs) profectus est ut a three-vicis mundi heavyweight champion, vincere similiaMuhammad AliJimmy Ellis (bis), Bob Foster, Anscharius Bonavena(bis), Jerry Quarry, Mathis, Doug JonesEddie Fac atqueGeorge Chuvalo per suam XVI annos professionales vitae.

Tantum recensentur 5-11 ½, Frazier notissimum erat pro eius Bobby, textrinum, inexorabilis pressus et iecur-sque hamo sinistro. e vita migravit Nov 7, 2011 ob inpedimenta ex cancer iecoris aetatis suae 67.

"Joe legatum in USA Boxing in aeternum vivebit","addidit"Christophorus Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Executive Director. "Sibi durities et cor nulli secundus", et pugiles pugiles USA hodieque Joe de definitione propugnatoris in et extra anulum spectare possunt. Expectamus colendo legatum suum ut aulam Famer die Decembris 13th."

Convivis speciales includere confirmatus 1988 Olympia aurum medalistAndreas Maynardus, three-vicis National AAU Aliquam Anni (1972-76-77) Joe Clough, 1984 Olympia aurum medalistFrank Tateet fratrem suumThomas, 1972 OlympioTim dement, 2002 Aurea caestus fortissimus NationalJaidon Codrington, 1980 Olympiae QualifierJackie Barbatus, 1981 Olympia IuniorGlen Modicue, quattuor tempus National championEric Kelly, 1988 Eastern Olympia Qualifier championJohn ScullyObie BarbatusMarcus Lanton etStephens fratres -DonaldusAntonius atqueJerry.

QUALITER Fieri MEMOREUM IN USA PYXIS ALUMNI CONGREGATIO

Creatus est vindicem perpetuam, mutuae rationes inter USA Boxing eiusque Alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

USA Boxing Alumni Consociatio aperta est cuivis qui pugilatum amore habet et cum caestu amateur manere coniunctam cupit. Sodales conceduntur accessus ad varietatem specialium eventuum ab Alumni Associatione, inter USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio inalumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per annum membership fee. Nova membra accipient subucula, keychain et e-peram.

CARDACES 2017: Classis in carta pergeretMuhammad Ali atqueEvander Holyfield, praeter veteran nullasGaudeamus Sanders atqueTom Coulter.

CARDACES 2018: U.S. Olympiae Team medalistae et mundi (professionalem) pugilesRoy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward atqueClaressa ancilia, ac pristini USA Boxing National Director CoachingEmanuel Steward et veteran USA pugilatu officialiTom Cleary.  

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DE USA BOXING:  Missio USA Boxing erit ut athletae Americae Foederatae et carrucas ad praestantiam competitive stabilitam consequendam, develop mores, support ludo caestu, et promovere et crescere stilo Olympico caestu in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Officium USA Boxing non solum ad Olympiam aurum producendum, sed etiam invigilare et regere omnem rationem amateur in Civitatibus Foederatis in Civitatibus Foederatis.

USA Boxing Alumni Association announces Hall of Fame Class of 2019

George Foreman, Mark Breland, Joe Frazier, Al Mitchell & Ray Rodgers

Lifetime Achievement Award to Sen. Ioannes McCain

Dec. 13 reception at Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana

concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (November 4, 2019) – Olympic gold-medalists"Magnus" George ForemanMark Breland atque"Smokin" Joe Frazier head the Class of 2019 into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame, Friday nox, December 13, at Golden Nugget Deversorium & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana.

HOF receptio in conjunctione cum 2020 Olympiae iudiciis et 2019 National Championships. Dec. 7-15, apud Lacum Carolum Centrum Civicum. The finals Olympic Trials will be held Sunday, Dec. 15, ad Aureum Nugget Hotel & Casino in lacum Caroli, Louisiana. Hall of Fame broadcasterAl Bernstein ex Showtime Sports serviet eventus emcee tertio anno in ordine.

USA Boxing Alumni Association’s third class also includes decorated coachesAl MitchellatqueRay Rodgers

Sen. Ioannes McCain will be posthumously presented a special Lifetime Achievement Award. A fearless boxer for three years at the U.S. Naval Academy, Sen. McCain managed his battalion’s boxing team to the brigade championship.

Sen. McCain was the architect of the ground-breaking Muhammad Ali Act, pushed for the pardoning ofJack Johnson, and worked with the Cleveland Clinic on the forefront of brain trauma studies leading to more safety measures for boxers.

“My father had a passion for boxing,” his daughterMegan McCain said. “He loved it for the thrill of achievement, the nobility of struggle, and the dignity of men bloodied but unbowed. His love for boxing and his love for America had a lot in common. That’s why he worked tirelessly to protect and elevate the sport – making it an arena of integrity for fans and fighters alike.

“That’s also why I am honored to join the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame to accept their Lifetime Achievement Award on his behalf.”

Foreman (quia: 76-5, 68 KOs, amateur: 22-4) was also a three-time World Heavyweight Champion as a pro, in addition to famously winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, as well as at the National AAU Championships. A resident of Houston, Texas, his victims included Frazier (bis), Ken NortonDwight Muhammad Qawi atqueMichael Moorer.

Considered one of the greatest amateur boxers of all-time, Breland (quia: 35-3-1, 25 KOs), amateur: 110-1) aureus in medalist 1984 Olympic Games in Las Angeles and 1982 World Championships. The Brooklyn native was a two-time World Welterweight Champion as a pro. His most notable victories were versusSteve LittleRafael Pineda atqueLloyd Honeyghan.

The late Frazier (quia: 32-4-1, 27 KOs, amateur: 38-2), representing Philadelphia, captured a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Japan and he was a three-time World Heavyweight Champion as a professional. Frazier’s hit list includedMuhammad AliJimmy Ellis (bis),Bob Foster atqueAnscharius Bonavena (bis).

Mitchell has been in boxing for more than 60 annis, first as a boxer, but he’s much better known as a world-class boxing coach. He has been the boxing coach at N. Michigan University for decades, in addition to being head coach of the 1996 U.S. Olympiae Team, and technical advisor for the 2004 atque 2012 U.S. Olympic squads. He was selected as the 1994 USA Boxing Coach of the Year and among the 800-plus national amateur champions he has worked with areMike TysonMayweather atqueVernon Forrest.  He currently trains 2016 U.S. Olympian and world title contenderMikaela Mayer, who will be in attendance supporting her coach.

A legend in Arkansas boxing, Rodgers has been an outstanding coach and extraordinary cut-man, who has been in the corner of world champions such asWayne McCulloughJermain TaylorIran Barkley atqueTommy Morrison.  Ray’s decades of service through coaching and mentorship for the youth of Arkansas have established him as a role model and inspiration for amateur boxing coaches everywhere.

“This year’s USA Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame class, as well as Senator McCain, represent the very best of Olympic style boxing, turn et de corona,"commentatiChristophorus Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Executive Director. “Their decades worth of service representing themselves inspire us to give back and support current and future generations of champions. The USA Boxing Alumni Association looks forward to an exciting and memorable evening as we honor these champions of our sport.”

Convivis speciales includere confirmatus 1988 Olympia aurum medalistAndreas Maynardus, three-vicis National AAU Aliquam Anni (1972-76-77) Joe Clough, 1984 Olympia aurum medalistFrank Tateet fratrem suumThomas, 1972 OlympioTim dement, 2002 Aurea caestus fortissimus NationalJaidon Codrington, 1980 Olympiae QualifierJackie Barbatus, 1981 Olympia IuniorGlen Modicue, quattuor tempus National championEric Kelly, 1988 Eastern Olympia Qualifier championJohn ScullyObie BarbatusMarcus Lanton etStephens fratres -DonaldusAntonius atqueJerry.

QUALITER Fieri MEMOREUM IN USA PYXIS ALUMNI CONGREGATIO

Creatus est vindicem perpetuam, mutuae rationes inter USA Boxing eiusque Alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

USA Boxing Alumni Consociatio aperta est cuivis qui pugilatum amore habet et cum caestu amateur manere coniunctam cupit. Sodales conceduntur accessus ad varietatem specialium eventuum ab Alumni Associatione, inter USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

Alumni Consociationis adiungere, tantum subcriptio inalumni@usaboxing.org ad * $40.00 per annum membership fee. Nova membra accipient subucula, keychain et e-peram.

CARDACES 2017: Classis in carta pergeretMuhammad Ali atqueEvander Holyfield, praeter veteran nullasGaudeamus Sanders atqueTom Coulter.

CARDACES 2018: U.S. Olympiae Team medalistae et mundi (professionalem) pugilesRoy Jones, Jr., Andre Ward atqueClaressa ancilia, ac pristini USA Boxing National Director CoachingEmanuel Steward et veteran USA pugilatu officialiTom Cleary

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Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring Patriot, Olympio & now World Champ

USA Boxing Alumni: (L) Jamel Herring and his stablemate, Terence “Bud” Crawford
(picture courtesy of Mikey Williams / Top Rank)

concolor AQUILEX, Lap. (June 13, 2019) – Newly crowned World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Allec 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 amateur record, including top honors at the 2011 & 2012 Armatae Virium Championships, 2011 U.S. Olympiae iudiciis et 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 Olympia.

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 Olympia, 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 ancilia atque Marcus Browne, mundi fortissimus prioris Rau’Shee Warren, and world title challengers Terrell Gausha, Michael Hunter atque Dominicus Breazeale.


Herring remains close to USA Boxing, dicens: “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.


USA Alumni Association

Creatus est vindicem perpetuam, mutua necessitudines inter USA pugilatu eiusque alumni, –ut pugillatores, magistratus, carrucis et pugilatu fans — Alumni Consociationis generationes pugilum connectit, inspirare et reddere in USA pugilatuum pugilum futurarum pugilum, et egredietur anuli.

The USA Boxing Alumni Association is open to anyone who has a love for boxing and would like to stay connected with amateur boxing. Members are granted access to a wide variety of special events hosted by the Alumni Association, possidet annua USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.

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Jamel is the perfect example of resiliency and persistence,” mentioned Christophorus Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Director. “His hard work, sacrificium, 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, et in et de anulum.”

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. Hoc est tempus!”

It certainly is, particularly after he defeated defending WBO super featherweight champion Masayuki Ito, hanc quoque olim acceptam May 25, mundi fortissimus fieri. Proof that good things do indeed happen to good people.


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