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USA Boxing declares June “Alumni Association Membership Drive Month”
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Колорадо Спрингсте, Тізе. (Маусым 11, 2018) – USA Boxing’s “Alumni Association Membership Drive Month” got off to a knockout start this past weekend in Canastota, Нью Йорк, at the annual International Boxing Hall of Fame Class induction ceremonies, as nine high-profile boxers, featuring an incredible accumulate pro record of 365-51-7 (239 КО) мен 24 major world titles, joined the growing USABAA ranks as proud, new members.
Chris Cugliari мен Джон Скалли represented USA Boxing Alumni Association, manning tables at the IBHOF golf tournament and Memorabilia Show, to increase USABAA awareness and recruit new members.
“The spirit of amateur boxing was alive and well throughout the International Boxing Hall of Fame weekend,” explained Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Executive Director. “Information about the new USA Boxing Alumni Association was well received by the weekend’s guests, and esteemed alumni such as Jesse Vargas and Reggie Johnson mentioned that they are excited to become more involved. The Alumni Association thanks the support provided by many this weekend, particularly Micky Ward and Antonio Tarver, who continue to spread our mission.”
“The fact is that the vast majority of professional boxers who attend the Hall of Fame weekend at Canastota each year were at one time amateur boxers and knew each other well before they ever even turned professional,” added invaluable USABAA advisor Scully, who recruits boxers for group-sponsored events like this. “At some point in the conversations between boxers across the grounds, the topics frequently will eventually turn to their amateur days together.”
“The amateurs, for me, was about fighting for respect,” екі бөлімшесі әлем чемпионы Кіші Jones (50-6, 28 КО); атап өтті. “To go to different places and make it very far (әуесқой ретінде), you have to learn how to conduct yourself and transact with others.”
Other new USABAA members are six-time, екі бөлімшесі әлем чемпионы Miguel Котто(41-6, 33 КО); four-time, екі бөлімшесі әлем чемпионы, сонымен қатар 1976 Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Famer, Майкл Спинкс (31-1, 21 КО); Irish heavyweight who retired Mike Tyson, Кевин McBride (35-10-1, 29 КО); two-time, екі бөлімшесі әлем чемпионыJesse Vargas (28-2-1, 10 КО); five time world champion and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Антонио Тарвер (31-6-1, 22 КО); two-time, екі бөлімшесі әлем чемпионы Реджи Джонсон (44-7-1, 25 КО), three-time, үш бөлімшесі әлем чемпионы Джеймс Тони (77-10-3, 47 КО); and world heavyweight contender Gerry Куни (38-3, 24 КО).
USA Boxing Alumni Association
Created to champion a lifelong, mutually beneficial relations between USA Boxing and its alumni, –боксшылар, officials, coaches and boxing fans — The Alumni Association connects generations of champions, inspiring and giving back to USA Boxing’s future boxing champions, сақина және жүзеге.
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, including its annual USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
To join the Alumni Association, simply register at alumni@usaboxing,.org for a $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, keychain and e-wallet.
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“I think this is great,” Jones talked about the formation of the USA Boxing Alumni Association. “Fighters who turned pro were great amateurs, but there are also a lot of amateurs who didn’t turn pro. Everybody doesn’t become champion, but they tried and gave their best, and that’s why this organization is good because all boxers are appreciated.”
“Although Hall of Fame weekend tends to focus on the professional careers of many fighters,” Cugliari concluded, “it was hard not to notice the effect that amateur boxing has had on the lives of many of these great champions. The USA Boxing Alumni Association wants to thank Ed Brophy for his generosity and support for boxing, and we look forward to a long partnership with the International Boxing Hall of Fame.”
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USA Boxing declares June “Alumni Association Membership Drive Month”
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PAST & PRESENT of USA Boxing: (L-R) 1972 Olympic bronze medalist Jesse Valdez, 2004 U.S. Nationals champion Austin Trout, future Olympic hopeful Sharaha-Taina Moreu, 2-time world (үшін) champion Danny Romero, мен 1984 Olympic silver medalist Virgil Hill.
Колорадо Спрингсте, COLO (Мамыр 31, 2018) – USA Boxing has declared June as its “Alumni Association Membership Drive Month”.
“I have been involved in boxing my entire life,” USA Boxing president John Brown деді. “I’m a strong believer in USA Boxing and The Grass Roots Program; that truly makes up everything that IS boxing in America. The USA Boxing Alumni Association was started to keep this FAMILY together. I’m hoping that each of our current members will reach out to ONE other potential new member. I look forward to a busy month of June. ”
Created to champion lifelong, mutually beneficial relations between USA Boxing and its alumni, –боксшылар, officials, coaches and boxing fans — The Alumni Association connects generations of champions, inspiring and giving back to USA Boxing’s future boxing champions, сақина және жүзеге.
Chris Cugliari мен Джон Скалли will oversee two USA Boxing Alumni Association tables at the International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, Маусым 7- 10 , Нью Йорк, during the its golf tournament and Memorabilia Show.
USA Boxing product Winky Wright (51-6-1, 25 КО), a two-time junior middleweight world champion, is one of only three boxers being inducted into the IBHOF Class of 2018.
Multiple world champion as a pro and 1984 Олимпиада ойындарының күміс жүлдегері, Вергилий “Quicksilver” Төбе, three-time Fight of the Year participant “Ирландия” Micky Ward, әлем чемпиондары Riddick Bowe, Кіші Jones and other “Alumni Association” members are expected to make supportive appearances.
“USA Boxing Alumni Association has enabled countless alumni to congregate at various events throughout the country since its inception last November,” added Cugliari, USA Boxing Alumni Association Executive Director. “By expanding our membership through a strong June campaign, we will build on our successful infancy and strengthen our ability to support the Alumni Association’s mission statement. We are very thankful for the support provided by our members and look forward to even better times to come.”
The Alumni Association drive will continue June 24-30 in Charleston, West Virginia during the 2018 Junior Olympics, Prep Nationals and Youth Open.
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.
To join the Alumni Association, simply register at alumni@usaboxing,.org for a $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, keychain and e-wallet.
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Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver Credits USA Boxing for giving him Structure that carried him to top
Колорадо Спрингсте, Тізе. (Мамыр 21, 2018) – Future Hall of Famer Anthony “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6-1, 1 NC, 22 КО) has just about done it all as a boxer having been an Olympic medal winner and world champion as an amateur, along with capturing five major light heavyweight world titles as a professional, as well as a pair of Ring magazine’s top honors, and four other world championships in two different divisions.
“I credit USA Boxing for giving me structure for the first time in my life,” Тарвер түсіндірді. “Everything was scheduled; curfew, eating, оқыту, sleep….барлық! I then understood that I had to be accountable for everything I did. I had talent, but I wasn’t structured, and that was bigger than me. I had to adjust to authority. My determination took off, giving me support I never had before. I went on to make speaking engagements and get sponsors. I broke barriers. I’ve been the best at every level that I fought at in the world.”
Tarver was a highly decorated amateur who had an amazing 158-12 рекорд. He is the only boxer to capture gold medals at World Amateur Championships, U.S. National Championships and Pan-American Games in the same year (1995). The Orlando, Florida-born southpaw won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, losing in the quarterfinals to future world champion Василий Жиров, who Tarver had defeated in the semifinals of the 1995 World Amateur Championships. Tarver also won top honors at the 1994 National Golden Gloves Tournament and 1995 World Championships Challenge.
“I went on a winning roll in 1995 and went into the Olympics in rare form,” Тарвер деді. “And that’s why I was favored to win a gold medal. I was hitting him (Жиров), the same guy I’d beaten in the World Championships, but no points were registering for me. I had a good second round, but I was down three points, so I threw my game plan away in the third round. I felt I had to do more and got away from my style: counter punching, not getting hit, and being patient. I thought I had won and so did a lot of people. I made up for that, дегенмен, with a gold-medal professional career.
“I had been faced with a decision about going pro after I was beaten in the ’92 Olympic Trials. I decided to stay in the amateurs, despite not having any guarantees about making the 1996 U.S. Олимпиада Team. I sacrificed four years of my pro career, which is why I turned pro at a relatively late age (27). I was determined when I found out the 1996 Olympics were in Atlanta. I think I made the right decision and I have no regrets.
“I had always dreamed of going to the Olympics. I saw Roy Jones, Jr – we first fought each other at 13 – get robbed of gold. I was watching that on television, jumped up, and knew where I was heading: The Olympics! We both suffered horrible decisions in the Olympics and I knew then that our careers would be parallel.
Tarver made his pro debut February 18, 1997 Филадельфиядағы, тоқтату Joaquin Garcia (4-0) Екінші раундта.
“I was an Olympic bronze medal winner but when I first turned pro,” Tarver added, “I didn’t have a promoter or manager. Nobody was willing to take a chance on me until I was 4-0, when I signed by first contract with Рассел Пелц. I felt nobody could beat me.”
Nobody was able to beat Tarver, at least until his 17ші pro fight, қашан Эрик Хардингdefeated Tarver by way of a 12-round unanimous decision.
Екі жыл өткеннен кейін, Tarver embarked on a 12-fight murderer’s row stretch during the next seven years, arguably establishing him as the No. 1 әлемдегі фунт үшін фунт Fighter. It all started with a successful rematch with Harding (21-1-1) in Indianapolis, when Tarver dropped Harding in the fourth round, plus twice more in the fifth, on his way to a fifth-round technical knockout to avenge his lone pro loss to that date.
Next up for Tarver was a showdown with 44-3 Montell Griffin for the WBC and IBF 175-pound division titles, which were vacated by Рой Джонс Jr., Сәуір 26, 2003 Mashantucket жылы Foxwoods Resort Casino кезінде, Коннектикут. In his first world title shot as a pro, Tarver pitched a complete shutout, decking Griffin in the first and last rounds to shut out his opponent by scores of 120-103 барлық үш судьялардың.
Жеті айдан кейін, дегенмен, Tarver lost a controversial 12-round majority decision and his WBC crown (he was stripped of his IBF belt) to WBA Super and IBO champion Jones in Las Vegas. The following May at the venue, Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, дегенмен, Tarver became the first to knockout Jones, putting him to sleep in the second round.
Tarver then became a mainstream celebrity, appearing on late-night shows and covers ofRing magazine and KO Magazine, and co-hosting an ESPN Жұма Түнгі күреседі телебағдарлама.
“I was robbed in my first fight with Roy,” Tarver insisted. “They called my knockout of Roy the greatest upset in light heavyweight history. Why didn’t they see me coming? I had beaten everybody ranked ahead of me. Roy was the pound-4-pound king, but he knew. I may not be the fastest, the quickest, or the strongest, but I doubt that there’s ever been a pro fighter to enter the ring with a higher IQ than me. Even at my age, I still feel that way today.”
The WBC stripped Tarver of his title in 2004 for fighting IBF champion Glen Johnson (41-9-2) instead of the WBC mandatory challenger. Джонсон, иронически, was stripped of his IBF title for the same reason right before his fight in Los Angeles with Tarver. Tarver and Johnson fought for Ring and IBO titles and Johnson won a 12-round split decision.
In their rematch six months later Мемфис қаласында, Tarver won a unanimous 12-round decision over Johnson to capture the IBO strap. Tarver completed his trilogy with Jones, retaining his IBO title with a unanimous 12-round decision (117-111, 116-112, 116-112).
Tarver lost a 12-round decision June 10, 2006 in Atlantic City to Бернард Хопкинс for the IBO championship, which was soon vacated and recaptured by Tarver with a 12-round majority decision over Elvir Muriqi (34-3).
Tarver traveled to Australia in 2011 to challenge IBO cruiserweight champion and local hero Danny Green, who retired after nine rounds, as Tarver added another title belt to his display case.
Жылдың желтоқсан айында 2013 in Temecula, Калифорния, Tarver knocked out Jonathon Banks (29-2-1) in the seventh round, and Tarver’s last fight was a 12-round split decision draw with former world champion Стив Каннингем (28-7) Ньюарке, Нью-Джерси.
Жылы 2006, Tarver starred as Mason “The Line” Dixon, the heavyweight champion in the film,Рокки Бальбоа.
Tarver, as he marches towards his planned history-making performance by becoming the oldest heavyweight world champion of all-time, also has served as a color commentator in boxing for Spike TV and Showtime.
Бүгін, жасында 49, Tarver is still technically active, and he also trains his son and undefeated middleweight prospect, Антонио Тарвер, Jr. (5-0 (4 КО), where they live in Tampa, Флорида.
“I was older than the rest of the boxers on the U.S. Olympic Team and the U.S. National Team,” Тарвер атап. “What a team! Guys like Диего Corrales мен Заб Яһуда didn’t make that Olympic Team. I gave Флойд Мэйуэзер, Jr. his first moniker, ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’, until he changed it years later to ‘Money’. We had a bond on that Olympic team with Floyd, Фернандо Vargas, David Reid, Zarim Raheem and the others.”
Although at the age of 49 he is still an active fighter, Tarver occassionally does some color commentating and he trains pro and amateur boxers at a gym in Tampa, Флорида. “I’m not retired as a fighter,” Tarver commented. “I started a program, ‘Train with The Champ’, and it includes room rent and training. I like to say it’s an AirB&B for boxing. I train my son (5-0 орта Антонио Тарвер, Jr. ана жерде. I learned a lot from my early days, training in Orlando with my coach, Lou Harris, and I reunited with Джимми Williams, кім 90 қазір, training my son together in Tampa.
Tarver also is an advocate of the relatively new “USA Boxing Alumni Association,” which was created to champion a lifelong, mutually beneficial relations between USA Boxing and its alumni, –боксшылар, officials, coaches and boxing fans — the Alumni Association connects generations of champions, inspiring and giving back to USA Boxing’s future boxing champions, сақина және жүзеге.
“I’m going online to join,” Тарвер деді. “I’m looking forward to attending an Alumni Association meeting, Маусым 24-30 during the Junior Olympics in Charleston, Батыс Вирджиния.
Everything that goes around, айналасында келеді, in USA Boxing. Just ask future Hall of Fame candidate Antonio Tarver.
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1stUSA Boxing Alumni Association event in N.E. A knockout in Lowell, Масса
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NEW ENGLAND TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS Open division semifinal results from Lowell
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Former USA boxers to hold private meet-and-greet at New England Tournament of Champions Open Division Championships
1шіUSA Boxing Alumni Association Event in N.E.
Бейсенбі, Ақпан 22
Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Масса.
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Колорадо Спрингсте, Тізе. (Ақпан 19, 2018) – USA Boxing will host a private USA Boxing Alumni Association meet-and-greet Осы бейсенбі түн (Feb. 22), prior to that evening’s open division finals of the New England Tournament of Champions, part of the 72nd annual New England Golden Gloves Championships, at historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Массачусетс.
The Feb. 22ND USA Boxing Alumni Association also being held, бөлігінде, to promote the 2018 АҚШ қарсы. Ирландия Солтүстік-Шығыс Бокс Тур, which kicks-off Дүйсенбі, Наурыз 12, at the newly renovated Royale Entertainment Complex in Boston’s famed theater district. The USA vs. Ireland Northeast Boxing Tour will continue Наурыз 15 Спрингфилд қаласында СПС орталығында, Масса. and concludes Наурыз 21 at The Manchester Downtown Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Many of New England’s all-time great amateur boxers will participate, including hometown hero and three-time New England champion, “Ирландия” Micky Ward. Others include Хосе Антонио Ривер, Джон Скалли, Richie LaMontagne, Dave Sullivan, Travis мен Tarvis Simms, Bobby Harris, Питер Манфред, Jr., Joe Alloj, Lawrence Балшық-Bey мен Troy Wortham.
All USA Boxing Alumni Association members, as well as any prospective members, are welcome to attend this unique meet-and-greet, starting when doors open at 6:30 p.m. ЖӘНЕ, until the first bout at 7:30 p.m. ЖӘНЕ.
Билет бағасы де басталады $18.00, тек $7.00 студенттерге арналған (Жеке куәлік қажет) and are available to purchase by calling the Lowell Memorial Auditorium box office at 1.866.722.8881 or ordering online at www.lowellauditorium.com.
Created to champion a lifelong, mutually beneficial relations between USA Boxing and its alumni, –боксшылар, officials, coaches and boxing fans — The Alumni Association connects generations of champions, inspiring and giving back to USA Boxing’s future boxing champions, сақина және жүзеге.
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, соның ішінде Жұма evening’s USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
To join the Alumni Association, simply register at alumni@usaboxing,.org for a $40.00 per year membership fee. New members will receive a T-shirt, keychain and e-wallet.
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Attention USA Boxing Alumni
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Ма & Holyfield to be inducted this Friday into USA Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame inaugural class
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