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Feb-18-2016

Ring 8 guest speaker Lou DiBella last Tuesday night, February 17, 2016 in NY

6c244484-f360-4901-821d-0cd5282a4d83Boxing promoter Lou DiBella was Ring 8’s monthly guest speaker this past Tuesday night at O’Neill’s Restaurant, located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York.

“Lou was fantastic,” Ring 8 president Bob Duffy said. “He was very informative and spoke nearly 30-minutes. He kept everybody in tune to what’s happening in boxing today, discussed how difficult it is to promote a boxing show, and answered everybody’s questions. Our members really enjoyed listening to Lou.”

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ABOUT RING 8: 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 still 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 on line to www.Ring8ny.com for more information about RING 8.

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(L-R) Ring 8 vice president Jack Hirsch, promoter Lou DiBella and Ring 8 president Bob Duffy. Photos courtesy of John Roe)
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Feb-15-2016

Next Meeting this Tuesday, February 16th at O’Neill’s – Boxing Promoter Lou DiBella Guest Speaker

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Our meeting this Tuesday we will have Lou DiBella as our guest speaker ….doors open at 7:00 pm at O’Neills restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Dr., Maspeth, NY 11378.

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Louis John DiBella, Jr. (b. 17 May 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is a boxing promoter. Fighters promoted in the past include Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins, both world champions. Taylor was dethroned by the now retired Kelly Pavlik, but later regained the middleweight title. Also Paul Malignaggi, a former junior welterweight champion.

DiBella was head of programming for HBO Sports before starting his own promotional firm, DiBella Entertainment. He also owns the San Francisco Giants affiliate, the Richmond Flying Squirrels. He also promotes former middleweight champion Sergio Gabriel Martinez, Andre Berto, Zsolt Erdei, Glen Johnson, Jose Pedraza and Andy Lee among others.

DiBella was Inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame in 2014.

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Feb-11-2016

NEW YORK STATE BOXING HALL OF FAME

* The 5th annual NYSBHOF induction Ceremonies will be held Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. ET), April 3rd, at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.

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The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame announced its 18-person class of 2016 and it is led by the late Hector Camacho Sr., who was also elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and will be inducted in June.

Living boxers who will be enshrined are former welterweight titleholder and 1986 New York Golden Gloves champion Aaron “Superman” Davis (49-6, 31 KOs); Rochester’s former junior welterweight titleholder Charles Murray (44-9, 26 KOs); Bronx two-time lightweight title challenger and 1970 New York Golden Gloves champion Vilomar Fernandez; and New York’s former lightweight title challenger Edwin Viruet.

Posthumous inductees include former three-division titlist “Macho” Camacho (79-6-3, 38 KOs), who was from Puerto Rico but grew up in Spanish Harlem and made his name in New York; also included are four Brooklyn fighters: former world middleweight champion Rocky Graziano (67-10-6, 52 KOs), former lightweight champion Rocky Kansas (62-11-6, 38 KOs), former bantamweight titleholder Joe Lynch and former top welterweight Joe Miceli.

Non-participants being enshrined are International Boxing Hall of Fame executive director Ed Brophy of Canastota, New York, Bronx promoter Joe DeGuardia, former New York State Athletic Commissioner and media personality Randy Gordon of Melville, New York, and Queens manager Dennis Rappaport.

Posthumous non-participant inductees are Bronx manager Howie Albert, Manhattan trainer/cutman Freddie Brown, New York City television commentator Howard Cosell, Manhattan former boxer and referee Ruby Goldstein and New York City manager Jimmy Jacobs, best known for co-managing a young Mike Tyson.
For more information contact President Bob Duffy, PO Box 724, Massapequa Park, NY 11762 – 516-313-2304.

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