Undefeated Giovanni Scuderi, with a record of 8-0.
BoxRec: Giovanni Scuderi

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Ring 8 will be having our meeting on Tuesday September 20th, starting at 7 p.m. ET, at O’Neil’s Restaurant in Maspeth, New York. There will be a Board meeting starting at 6 PM…Our guest speakers will be Trainer, Andre Rozier, Boxers, Curtis Stevens & Luis Nunez.

Andre Rozier is an American boxing trainer out of New York and is widely considered absolutely one of the best coaches in the sport of boxing.
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In the corner, Rozier is known for his clear and concise instructions that help his fighters make key adjustments in pivotal moments. He develops great game plans with his fighters and takes pride in preparing them for different scenarios. Rozier uniquely builds a father figure like rapport with his fighters which allows him to successfully gain their respect and trust. Alongside training, Rozier is also the creator and exclusive designer of the popular “Havoc” brand boxing apparel, a boutique clothing company that provides boxers with glitzy shorts and jackets that push the boundaries of boxing fashion.

Curtis Stevens, who was rated as high as #8 in the World by Ring Magazine back in 2014, fought such setouts as Gennadiy Golovkin, Patrick Majewski and David Lemieux.

Luis Reynaldo Nunez (Alias: The Twist) is undefeated with a record of 17-0 with 12 KO’s. He won the Dominican Republic Super Bantamweight and the WBA Fedelatin Super Bantamweight titles, in his short career.

NOTE: Our annual Ring 8 Holiday Party will take place on Sunday, December 11th at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.

Contact:
President, Bob Duffy

Depcomish@aol.com
516-313-2304

President Bob Duffy opened the meeting with Paulette Balog leading us in the Flag Salute and 10 Count.
President Duffy talked about our recent New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies, which was a HUGE SUCCESS!!
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Paulette made a presentation to Pat Laudicina for his donations to Ring 8.
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President Duffy announced that Bobby McGuire will have his Fireman Boxing Show on July 8th, tickets are ONLY $40 and Ring 8 will pay for half that amount, so you only have to pay $20. This will go to the first 10 people to contact Bob Duffy.
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Friends of the Champ event will take place on June 4th at the Marina Del Rey, call Mike Bernard at 914.263.0209.
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President Duffy also talked on the donation that Ring 8 will be giving to the Klitschko brothers, supporting them in the war against Russia.
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President Duffy talked about our Christmas Party, which will take place on Sunday, December 11th at Russo’s on the Bay. We are trying to get Duran, Hearns and Barkley as our honorees!
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President Duffy stated that we should all support the other Veteran Boxing Organizations as much as we could.
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Jack Hirsch then introduced our first guest speaker Zachary Ochoa, who has a pro record of 21-3, along with one of his handlers Brian Jaffe.
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Jack also introduced our next guest speaker Johnny Turner, who had a pro record of 42-6-2, and was just inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.
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President Duffy then introduced our final guest speaker Louis Hubela, who had a 29-7 record as a pro.
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All of them talked on their boxing careers which was very entertaining!

(All Pictures taken by Stan Janousek, professional fight name Stanley Yanachek)

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Ring 8 will be having our meeting on Tuesday May 17th, starting at 7 p.m. ET, at O’Neil’s Restaurant in Maspeth, New York. …Our guest speakers will be Johnny Turner & Zachary “Zungry” Ochoa.

Johnny Turner, who fought from 1975 to 1984 and finished with a pro record of 42-6-2.

Johnny appeared in the Academy Award winning picture “Raging Bull,” with Robert DeNiro, which would chronicle the life of troubled middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. Turner would play the part of French boxer Laurent Dauthuille.

Johnny was just Inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame on May 1st.

BoxRec: Johnny Turner

Zachary “Zungry” Ochoa
• Fought less than a month ago on Showtime under Premier Boxing Champions as the promoter.
• Faced Brandun Lee who was The Ring Magazine prospect fighter of the year. Brandun was coming off a 15 fighter KO streak which Zachary snapped going the distance of 10 rounds with a unanimous decision for Lee.
• The word prior to the fight was we would get stopped yet we exceeded expectations and received very high praise after the fight including guys like Dan Rafael who praised Zach’s efforts on his podcast the day after.
• Was interviewed on Randy Gordons At The Fights prior to the fight
• Zach has never been knocked down in his professional career. He’s 21-3 with 7 KO’s.
• Has a strong New York buzz
• He was the first boxer to be sponsored by NFT sponsors. Very cool stuff!
• Is Trained by Stephen “Breadman” Edwards from Philly
• Zach left Brooklyn for 9 weeks to train in Philly leaving his family behind
• PBC and Showtime aka Stephen Espinosa assured us we will be back and was impressed with the efforts. Hoping to fight again within 6 months

BoxRec: Zachary Ochoa

Contact:
President, Bob Duffy

Depcomish@aol.com
516-313-2304

Ring 8 had their second meeting of 2022, last night at O’Neill’s Restaurant. So far, we had 3 of the best guest speakers we could ask for.
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Last month we had Jules Feiler, the 2-time Emmy Award winning television producer who was responsible for Holmes participating in the aforementioned Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony. Feiler is the CEO and Founder of The Pitching Staff Public Relations in New York City, which has also managed public relations in the boxing industry for many fighters. Jules talked on his career as a sports agent that had everyone laughing!

(All Pictures taken by Stan Janousek, professional fight name Stanley Yanachek)

This month we had Melvina Lathan, former boxing judge and the Boxing Commissioner for New York, PLUS we had David Diamante, the famed Ring Announcer who is still recovering from a horrible motorcycle accident.

Melvina talked about her career, how she met her husband, Dr. William Lathan, her mother, father and sisters and brothers. Being that it was Women’s Month, she also talked on several women that she has looked up to over the years.

Dave, also talked about his career and how he got started in the amateurs back at Gleason’s Gym, along with some of the fights he announced all over the World and in a very emotional speech, what he went through and had to overcome just to walk again!

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