Ring 8’s first 2022 meeting next Tuesday at O’Neil’s Restaurant in Maspeth, NY

NEW YORK (February 8, 2022) — Ring 8’s first monthly meeting of 2022 will be held next Tuesday night (Feb. 15^th), starting at 7 p.m. ET, at O’Neil’s Restaurant in Maspeth, New York.

The meeting is the first gathering of members since its highly successful 34th Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony this past December 12th, highlighted by the celebration of the 40^th anniversary of the epic Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney world heavyweight title fight, at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. have been announced. A record 410 people attended the event.

Special guest speaker is 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.

Among the items being discussed is the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) awards dinner, which is sponsored by Ring 8, to be held May 1^st at Russo’s On The Bay.

“We’ve had tremendous responses from members who are so happy to be attending our first Ring 8 meeting of 2022,” Ring 8 President Bob Duffy said. “They’re anxious to resume Ring 8 activities. We’re excited to have Jules Feiler as the guest speaker to talk about his experiences in boxing.”

Ring 8‘s yearly $30.00 membership dues will be collected, a first in more than 2 years due to the pandemic. Cost for that evening’s dinner is $5.00 for members, $10.00 non-members.

ABOUT RING 8:  Formed in 1954 by an ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Ring 8 became the eighth subsidiary of what was then known as the National Veteran Boxers Association — hence, RING “8″ — and today the organization’s motto remains: Boxers Helping Boxers.

RING 8 is fully committed to supporting less fortunate people in the boxing community who may require assistance in terms of paying rent, medical expenses, or whatever justifiable need.

Go online to www.Ring8ny.com for more information about RING 8, the largest group of its kind in the United States with more than 350 members. Annual membership dues is only $30.00, and each member is entitled to a buffet dinner at RING 8 monthly meetings, excluding July and August. All active boxers, amateur and professional, are entitled to a complimentary RING 8 yearly membership. Guests of Ring 8 members are welcome at a cost of only $7.00 per person.

CONTACT:

Bob Trieger, Full Court PRESS, 978.590.0470, bobtfcp@hotmail.com, @FightPublicist

Contact:
President, Bob Duffy

Depcomish@aol.com
516-313-2304

President Bob Duffy opened the meeting with Paulette leading us in the Flag Salute. President then talked on the Ring 8 Christmas with takes place on Sunday, December 12th at Russo’s on the Bay!

Jack Hirsch talked on the 2022 NY State Boxing Hall of Fame and then named all the NEW Inductees.

Jack also introduced our Guest speaker Ed Post, the President of Spartan Sports.

(All Pictures taken by Stan Janousek, professional fight name Stanley Yanachek)
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The next meeting for Ring 8 will be this Tuesday, November 16th at O’Neill’s Restaurant, 64-21 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY 11378 at 7 PM.

Our Guest speaker will be 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.

President Bob Duffy talked about the recent New York State Boxing Hall of Fame which was very successful. There were approx 275 people that attended.

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

President Duffy talked about our up-coming Holiday Party, which will take place on Sunday, December 12th at Russo’s on the Bay.

Henry Hascup talked about the up-coming New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Induction and Award Ceremonies that will take place on November 11th.

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Our meeting did have 39 members and it was quite a nice turnout

1. In the spirit of camaraderie we will support Bob McGuire boxing show on July 16 ( FDNY Boxing team ). Please call me after July 1 st at 516 313 2304 if interested in going …I would need a list . Depending on the number of request there may be a nominal fee of $10.00 on a per $30.00 ticket ( the $20 extra cost which would be picked up by Ring 8 )

2. On Sunday, Sept 19 will be our 2020 New York State Boxing Hall of Fame that was canceled due to Covid 19 . Please show support for this venture since it is a 100 non for profit event . All the proceeds go to both Ring 8/NYBHOF

3. On June 7th, I was honored to attend the Freeport HS Scholarship and Award program and the 2021 Patrick Day Sport Achievement award went to Victor Charles. A fine young man who will be attending St John’s University. I invited Mr Charles and a guest to our annual Holiday Party.

4. On Nov 11, 2021 Ring 8 will be supporting the NJ Boxing Hall of Fame. We will secure a table for this prestigious event. Anyone interested in attending please notify me. John McKaie.
a Ring 8 member and supporter will be in this induction class.

5. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday Sept 21 back at O’Neill restaurant 7:00 pm ( 6:00 pm board meeting )

We will have a holiday award event on Dec 12 . the Honorees will be announced at the Sept meeting

Have a safe and enjoyable summer

Bob Duffy

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

Contact:
President, Bob Duffy

Depcomish@aol.com
516-313-2304

After over a year Ring 8 is BACK!

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday May 27th at the Plattduetsche Park Restaurant located at 1132 Hempstead Turnpike Franklin Square, NY.
6:00 pm board meeting followed by buffet at 7:00 for all.
No dues will be collected but there will be a $5.00 cost for food . .
It will be nice to catch up!

Up-coming Ring 8 and New York State Boxing Hall of Fame events:

Sept 19, 2021 (Sunday) will be the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Awards Dinner The class of 2020

Dec 12 , 2021 (Sunday) will be the Ring 8 Holiday awards dinner

May 1 , 2022 (Sunday) will be the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Awards Dinner The class of 2022

All the dinners will be at Russo s on the Bay

These dates are secured …..with Russo ……

As an organization I believe we must start to get back into the our goal of supporting the many entities associated with the boxing community

I will give a financial report in full but …While we did collect a few hundreds dollars on dues for the months of January and February we were still successful in giving out over $14,000 last year alone. I would be happy to answer any and all questions at any time before the meeting but A full report will be given out at the meeting on the 27th.

Stay safe
President, Bob Duffy