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Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 20th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM.

Our guest speakers will be Chris Algeri and his promoter Joe DeGuardia, along with author Mike Stanton who will talk about his new book on Rocky Marciano called “Unbeaten.”

Chris Algieri, who is promoted by Joe DeGuardia, is the Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Jr. Welterweight Boxing Champion, ISKA World Welterweight Kickboxing Champion and WKA World Super Welterweight World Kickboxing Champion, with over 13 years professional fight experience. Been featured on HBO PPV, HBO Boxing After Dark, NBC Primetime, Showtime EXTREME, PBC on Spike, ESPN Friday Night Fights, and NBC Sports.

Algieri established himself as the ‘Pride of Huntington’, fighting in Long Island, NY just miles from his hometown of Greenlawn at The Paramount Theater in Huntington, NY, selling out the Theater eight consecutive times. He then went on to headline HBO’s Boxing After Dark, where he staged Ring Magazine’s Upset of 2014, by defeating Ruslan Provodnikov to win the WBO Super Lightweight World title at the Barclay’s Center. This led to the biggest fight of his life…

In only his 21st Professional Boxing match; Chris moved up in weight to fight the future Hall of Famer, Manny Pacquioa, in Macao China on HBO Pay Per View. Chris dropped the decision to the Philippino Great, but earned much respect in defeat. The world tour that preceded the build up to fight night saw 7 countries and exposed Chris to countless fans from all over the world.

Chris also went on to fight against Amir Khan and Errol Spence, Jr.

Joe DeGuardia the son of former professional boxer Joseph DeGuardia Sr., DeGuardia competed in the ring himself and achieved a successful amateur career. Among other titles, DeGuardia won the New York Golden Gloves Championship in 1988 while still attending law school at Hofstra University. In 1991, he took over the community based Morris Park Boxing Club, which his father had founded, and relocated it to a new location

Joe began promoting boxing fights in 1992, founding Star Boxing, a boxing promotional company originally based in the Bronx, NY. For the last 26 years, DeGuardia has been professionally active in the boxing industry promoting. Past and present, boxers promoted by Star Boxing include former world champion Antonio Tarver, two time World Champion and 2008 US Olympian Demetrius Andrade, former WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Chris Algieri, former IBF Welterweight champion Joshua Clottey, former Heavyweight contender Vinny Maddalone and former WBC International Light Heavyweight champ Joe Smith Jr.. In 2016, DeGuardia moved Star Boxing’s offices to White Plains, NY.

Mike Stanton, who will talk about his new book called “Unbeaten,” which is a story about Rocky Marciano – The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary heavyweight champions like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson: He never lost a professional fight. His record was a perfect 49-0.

Unbeaten is the story of this remarkable champion who overcame injury, doubt, and the schemes of corrupt promoters to win the title in a bloody and epic battle with Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952. Rocky packed a devastating punch with an innocent nickname, “Suzie Q,” against which there was no defense. As the champ, he came to know presidents and movie stars – and the organized crime figures who dominated the sport, much to his growing disgust. He may have “stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump,” as one sportswriter said, but he also fought his own private demons.

In the hands of the award-winning journalist and biographer Mike Stanton, Unbeaten is more than just a boxing story. It’s a classic American tale of immigrant dreams, exceptional talent wedded to exceptional ambitions, compromises in the service of a greater good, astounding success, disillusionment, and a quest to discover what it all meant. Like Suzie Q, it will knock you off your feet.

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President Jack Hirsch opened the meeting and Paulette Balog led us in our Flag Salute and 10 Count.

President Jack Hirsch talked about the up-coming events

Jenny Badillo talked about her fighter unbeaten Welterweight Mathew Gonzalez 7-0 (4) and then Mathew talked about his career and that his next fight will be at Madison Square Garden.

Middleweight DeVaun Lee 10-4-1 (5), who was our NY prospect of the year at the last banquet, talked about his time on the contender series currently airing on EPIX

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

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Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 16th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM

Our main guest speakers will be unbeaten Welterweight Mathew Gonzalez 7-0 (4)

and middleweight DeVaun Lee 10-4-1 (5). Lee was our NY prospect of the year at the last banquet and is on the contender series currently airing on EPIX.

All 3 guest speakers were amazing!

Ritchie Kiley who won our Uncrowned champion award last December, talked about his career, all the ups and downs and had everyone laughing.

Sean Monaghan the light heavyweight contender, also talked on his career and his ups and downs as well and his trainer Joe Higgins continued to talk about Sean’s career and that your more then just a coach in the ring, your a coach outside the ring as well. He continued to say how proud he was not only the way his fighters fought in the ring But how they conducted themselves during and after there career ended. Joe told some stories that had as all laughing out loud!

GREAT MEETING, GREAT SPEAKERS & GREAT PICTURES!!!

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

Ritchie Kiley who won our Uncrowned champion award last December, Sean Monaghan the light heavyweight contender, and his trainer Joe Higgins will be the Ring 8 guest speakers at its next monthly meeting on Thursday night, September 20th (7 p.m. ET start), at Plattdeutsch Park Restaurant (1132 Hempstead Turnpike) in Franklin Square, New York.

Richard Kiley – Uncrowned Champion Award with Vinny Maddalone

Joe Higgins presents the Prospect of the Year Award to Sean Monaghan

Another Great meeting with Great speakers.

Matchmaker Eric Bottjer, Heavyweight Contender Jarrell Big Baby Miller and Middleweight Contender Curtis Stevens all gave Great talks on there careers in boxing.

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

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, June 19th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM

Jarrell Big Baby Miller is one of the most exciting heavy weight boxers in the United States with a splitting resemblance to Mike Tyson and the charisma to go along with it. Miller also comes from the rich history of Bed Stuy, Brooklyn.

With only two fights under his belt, he was a New York Golden Gloves finalist and has worked as chief sparring partner for both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko. In 2015 he made his Showbox debut scoring a third round knockout against Uzbekistan number one heavyweight, Akaror Muralimov. Making his Showbox debut a success, Showbox immediately wanted to put Jarrell under the next Showbox card of 2016, where he was put up against another heavyweight prospect Donovan Dennis. With a NABA heavyweight title on the line Jarrell dropped Dennis in the first round with ferocious right hand. But Dennis stood on his feet until the 7th round, where he was stopped by a velocity of combos which caused the referee to call the fight due to Dennis being out cold on his feet.

He continued his winning streak by stopping Nick Gulvas, Fred Kassi, Gerald Washington and Mariusz Wach and then won a onesided decision over Johann Duhaupas.

Miller is currently ranked #3 in the Heavyweight Division by the WBA.

Eric Bottjer, World Class matchmaker. He worked for Don King Productions, Cedric Kushner, Dan Goossen’s Promotion and DRL Promotions. He is one of the top and most respected matchmakers in the business.