Next Ring 8 Meeting – Tuesday, Sept 17th – 7 pm at O’Neills
Our next General Membership Ring 8 meeting will occur on Tues. Sept 17th at ONeill’s Restaurant. Located at 64-21 53rd Drive, Maspeth, Queens, NY 11378.
Boxing writer Mike Woods
Our Guests will be:
Longtime Boxing Writer Mike Woods. Mike is currently the 1st Vice President of the Boxing Writers Assoc. of America (BWAA). He hosts a podcast show called “TalkBox” sponsored by Everlast.
He is a contributing writer to Ring Magazine and is Publisher of www.NYfights.com
He is SB Nation’s contractor of “Bad Left Hook” and is the blow by blow commentator on Facebook Live “Fightnights”.
Mike will be on hand to discuss whats new in boxing and giving us up to date info on all social media Boxing sites. A most Welcome Guest for Ring 8.
Pictured (left to right): Ray Cuadrado, who runs New York Metro Boxing, Ralph Clemente with his newest belt, and coaches Dan Rhodes and Mike Murphy.
Also, we will be Congratulating 2019 NY Metro USA Jr Olympic Boxing Champions who won medals at this years event. These 15 young Amateur Champions will be our guest along with their parent(s) to be introduced to Ring 8 membership. They will each be rewarded by Ring 8 VBA.
Coach Ray Cuadrado will be on hand to discuss what each of these young athletes went through on their rise to the Championships. Ring 8 VBA has long sponsored USA Metro Boxing Programs to help amateur Boxers achieve greatness. Our good friend Sonya Lamonakis is the President of USA Metro Boxing. Come join us in Congratulating.
Monte Barrett with our guest speaker Joe Murray
We will also have former 1990’s NYPD Boxing Team member turned lawyer Joe Murray, who is now running for Queens District Attorney on the Republican Party in the upcoming elections. Joe will meet the group and take questions from Queens residents. He will also talk on his amateur boxing career.
John Edebohls, with Leonore Lanzillotti
It is with sad regret that Ring 8 VBA announces the passing of member John Edebohls. John was a long time resident of Queens, NY was instrumental in assisting Ring 8 Board Of Directors with the erection of the The Sunnyside Gardens monument which stands today to commemorate the site. John never missed a Queens Ring 8 meeting.
Our October meeting will be held at the Plattduetsche Park Restaurant on Thursday, October 17th.
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We all hope to see you all on the 17th!
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