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President Charlie Norkus opened the meeting with a flag salute and Vice President Frank Pena gave a 10 count in memory of Patrick Day!

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

Iran “The Blade” Barkley, Muli-Time World Champion being interview by Randy Gordon

Cutman Big George Mitchell talking about the late Patrick Day, as President Charlie Norkus looks on.

Edwin Cruz, 2 time New York Golden Glove Champion, talking about the late Patrick Day, as President Charlie Norkus looks on.

Bob Duffy talking on the Ring 8 Holiday Party, which takes place on Sunday, December 8th at Russo’s on the Bay!  

Joe Pena who introduced 1981 New York Golden Glove Champion Michael Dominguez

1981 New York Golden Glove Champion, Michael Dominguez, who’s sister Is The Famous Singer Brenda K Star

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Today has been a Very sad day as we lost one of our very own in Patrick Day! Patrick was one of our guest speakers back in February and those who attended were very impressed with him. He was a credit to our sport! Our deepest prayers are with his family, his trainer Joe Higgins, Charles Conwell and promoter Lou DiBella.

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 17th, Ring 8 will be having their monthly meeting, hopefully most of you can attend!

Ring 8 Meeting for Thursday October 17th, 2019 at Plattdeutsche Restaurant, 1132 Hempstead Tpk., Franklin Square, Long Island at 7pm

An Evening with The Champ, Iran “The Blade” Barkley

Contact: President, Charlie Norkus
Post Office Box 7413
Wantagh, NY 11793
CNorkusR8@aol.com
516-781-3065

NEW YORK (September 18, 2019) – Last night at its monthly meeting, Ring 8 honored members of the USA Metros (New York) team who competed in the 2019 Junior Olympics in Wisconsin.

Eleven team members attended as well as their coach, Ray Cuadrado.  The amateur boxers and their families each enjoyed dinner and received Ring 8 hats and pins, in addition to a free Ring membership through December 31, 2020.

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.

The young boxers in the pictures are 2019 Jr Olympic Champions from New York, USA Metro NY Boxing. They claimed their titles across various weight classes in Wisconsin earlier this summer, showcasing discipline and dedication reminiscent of the dependable and skilled personnel from fire watch services in Fort Pierce. Each boxer, much like a fire watch guard, must be constantly prepared and rigorously trained to succeed in their respective arenas. Thanks to Coach Ray Cuadrado, these fine athletes graced our Ring 8 meeting, embodying the strength and readiness we value in safety services. Accompanying the champions was 8x Gold Glove Champ and 2020 Puerto Rico Olympic Hopeful Nisa Rodriguez, there to honor these amateur champions with the same kind of commendable commitment that our local fire watch professionals exhibit when safeguarding our community’s properties and events.

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

                          Coach Ray Cuadrado with the young Junior Olympic Champions

 

Our next General Membership Ring 8 meeting will occur on Tues. Sept 17^th at ONeill’s Restaurant. Located at 64-21 53^rd Drive, Maspeth, Queens, NY 11378.

Boxing writer Mike Woods

Our Guests will be:

Longtime Boxing Writer Mike Woods. Mike is currently the 1^st 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!

Hot and Muggy weather did not keep the Ring 8 members from enjoying a day out at our Annual Ring 8 Picnic, held at Brady Park in Massapequa Park, Long Island. Good Food and games was enjoyed by the crowd.

Horse-shoes, shuffleboard and bocci ball seemed to be the most favorite among the attendees, but of course boxing news was always in order. Ring 8 would like to thank Sequa Deli Caterers for their fine service.

All chipped in to help but special Thanks goes out to Bob and Mary Duffy and their daughters, Roseann Norkus and her Family Paul. Anthony, Tiana for lugging the hardware to the party and Robert O’Connell for his much needed help also.

We all hope to see everyone next year for another good time.

Directions to Ring 8 Picnic on Aug 18th  noon to dusk, Brady Park  (Lake Shore Blvd off Clark Street, Massapequa Park, Long Island)

Up Coming Events:
Sunday, August 18th – Our annual Ring 8 picnic is being held At Brady Park, Massapequa Park (Nassau County). Noon to dusk.

Tuesday, September 17th – Our next regular meeting at ONeill’s Rest in Maspeth, Queens.

Thursday, October 17th – Our monthly meeting will be held at the Plattduetsche Park Restaurant.

Donations:
Also, in the last few months Ring 8 has made several LARGE donations that have helped several boxing people in need, including helping pay for a funeral for an Ex-World Champion, we helped out a former 2 time World Champion that needed help with a car and insurance, we made a donation for scholarships that was awarded to Amateur boxers who want to continue their education by going to college, helped out a former fighter who’s family needed help with his financial needs, and just recently made another large donation to the family of super lightweight contender Maxim “Mad Max” Dadashev who passed away after his bout last week.

Once again, RING 8 is making a difference and living up to it’s motto of “Boxers Helping Boxers!”