Archive for June, 2012

Jun-22-2012

Ring 8 Minutes and Notes, Tuesday, June 19, 2012

President Bob Duffy opened the meeting and

Carmine led everyone in the National Anthem. John Labate rang the bell 10 times in memory of those who passed on.

President Duffy introduced Emile Griffith’s son Louis and he talked on the condition of his father who is in Mercy Hospital. Emile had a very high fever and his sugar level was up, But his doing much better.

President Duffy introduced several children of some outstanding fighters of the past such as Charlie Norkus Jr., Jay Tunney and Emile’s son Louis. He then introduced the daughter of former Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion of the World, Dick Tiger, Christina. She talked about her father and that he was a Great Man as well as a Great fighter. She talked on the Dick Tiger Foundation and the New York Boxing Hall of Fame and how Great it would be if her father was inducted into it. She also wrote a book called “In Africa’s Honor,” which is a book about her fathers fights with Gene Fullmer.

Henny Walltsch stated that both Bobby Bartels and Lenny Mangiapane were sparring partners for Dick Tiger.

President Duffy and Frank Pena talked on Ring 8’s 2nd Annual picnic, which will take place on Sunday July 29th.

President Duffy introduced Arthur Webb, of the Daughter of Jacob Nursing Home, which is located at 1160 Teller Ave, Bronx, NY 10456-4145. The Nursing Home cares for people of all kinds.

President Duffy stated that Vinny Maddalone will be fighting Tyson Fury on the 7th of July and the winner might get a World Title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers.

Tommy Gallagher introduced Floriano Pagliara, who is the IBF Mediterranean Super Featherweight Champion. Floriano talked on Nino Benvenuti and said he was proud to become a member of Ring 8 and then he showed off his membership card.

President introduced several members in the boxing game that were in attendance.

Mike Carryl talked on the Long Island Boxing Championships that will be held at Gleason’s Gym from August 9th to the 12th.

Famed Ring Announcer and the voice of the Brooklyn Nets, Dave Diamante, introduced the next guest speaker Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, a current unbeaten Middleweight contender, who just beat Winky Wright and has a record of 27-0.

Quillin talked about how boxing changed his life for the better. He stated that his father came to this country in 1980, and that he had a hard life growing up. He talked on the Manny Pacquiao/Timothy Bradley fight But he stated that we should remember, regardless how the decision went, that it was a Great Fight. Quillin is now boxing for “Golden Boy Promotions.”

President Bob Duffy introduced our final guest speaker, Jay Tunney, the son of former Heavyweight Champion of the World Gene Tunney & the author of “The Prizefighter and the Playwright.”

Tunney showed a short film of his fathers 2 fights with Jack Dempsey, and the famous Long Count. He then talked about his book about his father and Bernard Shaw, and there relationship, which took him 11 years to write. The book has been out for 2 years and is now in it’s 2nd edition.

He also talked on his family, his mother, father and 2 brothers and a sister. His father lived until 1978 and his one brother and sister both died of cancer. His mother lived until 2008, just 12 days before her 101st birthday.

John Holden also talked on the book and he thought it was wonderful.

Tunney was asked questions about the Long Count, Jack Dempsey, Harry Greb and his fathers World Championship Belt. He stated that his father stated that he could have gotten up at anytime, he thought Dempsey was the Greatest fighter ever, Greb was the toughest and he donated his fathers belt to the Smithsonian.

President Duffy awarded all the guest speakers Ring 8 hats.

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Jun-13-2012

Next Ring 8 Meeting, Tuesday, June 19th – Guest Speakers Jay Tunney & Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin

 

This months guest speakers will be Jay Tunney, the son of former Heavyweight Champion of the World Gene Tunney & the author of “The Prizefighter and the Playwright” and Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, a current unbeaten Middleweight contender, who just beat Winky Wright and has a record of 27-0.

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Jun-4-2012

The 87th BWAA AWARDS DINNER

The 87th BWAA AWARDS DINNER


Wednesday, June 6

@ Copacabana

       268 West 47th Street

New York, NY

cocktails 6:00 p.m.

    Dinner and Awards 7:30

Full invitation available here.
To purchase tickets, tables, or ads in the souvenir program, please download the reply card.

ANDRE WARD
Sugar Ray Robinson Award
Fighter of the Year  

DELVIN RODRIGUEZ –
PAWEL WOLAK
Ali – Frazier Award
Fight of the Year

VIRGIL HUNTER
Eddie Futch Award
Trainer of the Year

DEWEY BOZELLA
Bill Crawford Award
Courage in Overcoming Adversity

DON ELBAUM
John F. X. Condon Award
Long and Meritorious Service

VITALI KLITSCHKO &          WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
James A. Farley Award – Honesty & Integrity in Boxing

AL BERNSTEIN
Marvin Kohn “Good Guy” Award

GEORGE PLIMPTON (posthumous)
A.J. Liebling Award
Outstanding Boxing Writing

COLIN HART
Nat Fleischer Award
Excellence in Boxing Writing

BERNARD HOPKINS
Special Recognition
Oldest Fighter to Win a World Championship

BWAA NEWS & AWARDS JOURNALISM AWARDS June 4, 2012

Andre Ward is BWAA Fighter of the Year

Wolak – Rodriguez I Named Top Fight

Virgil Hunter, Al Bernstein, Elbaum & Bozella also to be honored

Andre Ward has won an Olympic gold medal, professional world titles, and Showtime’s Super Six super-middleweight tournament. Now the Boxing Writers Association of America has named Ward its Fighter of the Year for 2011, bestowing its Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award. Ward was chosen over nominees Nonito Donaire, Wladimir Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao.

For all winners, see our Boxing Awards page.


Klitschko Brothers, Bernard Hopkins to be Honored at BWAA Dinner

Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have been chosen to receive the BWAA’s James A. Farley Award for “Honesty and Integrity in Boxing.” Vitali and Wladimir are known not only for their ring achievements butalso for their civic and charitable activities. For more than 15 years they have been using their popularity to raise money and promote health for children in Ukraine andaround the globe. Vitali will attend the 87th annual BWAA Awards Dinner to be held June 6 at the Copacabana in New York City. Bernard Hopkins will be presented with a special recognition of his 2011 feat of becoing the oldest boxer to win a major world title.


BWAA Co-Sponsors Bill Gallo Bust

The Boxing Writers Association of America, along with the Veteran Boxers Association of New York/Ring 8 and the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation, co-sponsored the creation of a bust of Bill Gallo, the late New York Daily News cartoonist and writer. Gallo was a longtime BWAA member and 1999 Liebling Award winner. The bronze bust, created by sculptor Carl LeVotch (far right, with New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and BWAA President Jack Hirsch), will be displayed permanently at Gallagher’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, a Gallo favorite.

BARNEYS WRITING AND PHOTO AWARDS

In perhaps the most diverse voting results to date, judges for the 11th annual Boxing Writers Association of America writing contest, known as the “Barneys” in honor of the late BWAA president Barney Nagler, have tabbed different first-place winners in each of the six categories. Taking top Barneys honors are Michael Rosenthal, of RINGTV.com, for Event Coverage; Bernard Fernandez, of the Philadelphia Daily News, for Column; Lee Groves, of RINGTV.com, for News Story; Tom Gerbasi, of Boxingscene.com, for Feature Under 1,750 words; Ron Borges, of Boxing Monthly, for Feature Over 1,750 Words, and Springs Toledo, of Thesweetscience.com, for Investigative Reporting. Judging was done on a blind basis, with all entries submitted without bylines or other identifying marks.

In photography, Naoki Fukuda of RINGTV.com took first place in Action and second in Feature photography. Will Hart of HBO had the first-place Feature photo. Chris Cozzone placed second in Action (the above photo showing Mike Lee versus Pablo Gomez) and third in Feature. Tom Casino of Showtime placed third in the Action category.

Full contest results and links to the winning articles are here. All winners will be recognized at the 87th annual BWAA Awards Dinner to be held June 6 at the Copacabana in New York City.


George Plimpton Named Liebling Award Winner

Colin Hart Wins Fleischer

George Plimpton, the elegant literary adventurer who graced boxing with witty, insightful prose and once had his nose broken in the line of duty, will receive this year’s A.J. Liebling Award. The Boxing Writers Association of America presents the award in memory of Liebling, the legendary New Yorker wordsmith who called his favorite sport “The Sweet Science.”

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