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Jan-23-2020
An open letter all Members of Ring 8 VBA
January 23, 2020
An open letter all Members of Ring 8 VBA:
A special Board of Directors meeting was held in early January 2020.
The Board of Directors have adopted the following changes starting with our January meeting:
Ring 8 membership dues will rise $5, from $30 to $35 per member. Our operating costs have risen with various price increases for our events. This will be the first dues increase in several years for our membership.
Ring 8 General Membership meetings will now meet every other month instead of monthly. Please check our website www.ring8ny.com for upcoming meeting notices and guest speakers.
Our schedule for 2020 will now reflect our meetings in the following months:
January (just held),
March 19th (Thursday) at the Plattdeutsche Rest., Franklin Sq., NY (Rest. Is closed Tuesdays)
April 19th, 2020 (Sunday) New York State Boxing HOF Dinner. Russo’s on The Bay (Flyer will be posted shortly)
May 21st (Tuesday) at ONeills Rest, Maspeth
We will break for summer months June, July and August
September (date and location to be determined)
November (date and location to be determined)
We will hold our December 13th, 2020 (Sunday) Annual Ring 8 VBA Holiday Awards Dinner at Russo’s on The Bay as in the past.
All meetings will start at 7 pm as in the past with open buffet. Board Of Directors meetings start at 6 pm
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The co-pay price of the pre-meeting meal will rise $5 to $10 to help meet the price increases at the Restaurants.
We Thank You for your kind consideration in this matter. We value your membership to Ring 8 VBA and hope to see you at our meetings and events.
Charlie Norkus Jr, President
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Ring 8
The NYS Veteran Boxer’s Association
Contact:
President, Charlie Norkus
Post Office Box 7413
Wantagh, NY 11793
CNorkusR8@aol.com
516-781-3065
Posted under UncategorizedJan-22-2020
Ring 8 Pictures & Notes of Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at O’Neill’s Restaurant
The first meeting of the New Year took place on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at O’Neill’s Restaurant. President Charlie Norkus opened the meeting with our Flag Salute followed by the 10 count by Boxing Judge Ron McNair!
President Norkus announced several changes for 2020, including the annual membership dues going up to $35, our buffet will now cost each member $10 and Ring 8 will have a by-monthly meetings, instead of monthly ones!
We had several Outstanding Guest speakers which included Mathew “Lefty Gunz” Gonzalez, who was interviewed by President Norkus and talked about his career and his future plans. We also had Bobby McGuire the Head Coach/ Mgr of FDNY Boxing Team, who will be running bouts March 13th Hulu Theatre FDNY vs Police Depts.
Bob Duffy talked on the up coming New York State Boxing Hall of Fame event on April 19th and Fred Romano who talked on his newest project “The Boxing Genome Project.” A large scale future boxing reference to identify, collect and categorize, preserve and publicize the existence of various content related to the sport of Boxing.
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(All Pictures taken by Stan Janousek, professional fight name Stanley Yanachek)
Fred Romano
Mathew “Lefty Gunz” Gonzalez with President Charlie Norkus
Bobby McGuire
Bob Duffy
Ring 8
The NYS Veteran Boxer’s Association
Contact:
President, Charlie Norkus
Post Office Box 7413
Wantagh, NY 11793
CNorkusR8@aol.com
516-781-3065
Posted under Meeting NotesJan-8-2020
Next Ring 8 Meeting – Tuesday, January 21st at O’Neill’s – Mathew “Lefty Gunz” Gonzalez & Fred Romano Guest Speakers!
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Welcome back to All our Ring 8 VBA members for our 2020 season
Ring 8 will meet at ONeill’s Restaurant, 64-21 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY 11378 on Tuesday January 21st, 2020 at 7pm. We will offer a buffet meal for a $5 co-pay on arrival. Meeting will start shortly after.
We have two guests from the New York boxing area.
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Mathew “Lefty Gunz” Gonzalez , this future Welterweight Champion is presently
10 (6 KO’s)-0 since winning this past December in NYC. This 23 yr old Puerto Rican pugilist fights out of Ridgewood, Queens. Mathew is a southpaw and is known for his heavy hands and fast combinations and as Mathew says “Always comes to fight”.
He is a crowd favorite whenever he steps into the ring.
Mathew had a 38-7 amateur record, and won the Jr. National GG Nationals, before turning pro in 2017, and won his first two fights in North Carolina. He opened up his 2018 campaign in the Barcleys Center, Brooklyn with a UD win over Alex Serna on the undercard of the Errol Spence title fight vs. Lamont Peterson.
He presently trains at the International Boxing & Fitness Gym in Ridgewood, Queens.His long time advisor Jenny Badillo will be on hand also.
Mathew might be tough in the Ring, but his kind demeanor and dedication to hard work, easily earned him Ring 8’s Prospect Of The Year Award given to him this past December at out Annual Holiday Awards Dinner. Congratulations once again Mathew and welcome to Ring 8 VBA.
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Fred Romano is a boxing historian for over 35 years. A few years ago, he was a research consultant for the HBO Boxing Series “RingLife” at which time he interfaced with prominent boxing promoters, fighters and trainers. At that time Fred also hosted a cable television show ” Boxing with Fred Romano” which aired monthly in Manhattan.
In 2004, his first book was released “The Boxing Filmography, American Features 1920-2003” through McFarland Publishing. In 2017 Fred published his second book ” The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio & Television, A blow by blow description 1921-1964″.
Both of his books are great reading for any boxing fan and is used as guides by many boxing writers.
Most recently, Fred , served as a media consultant and writer for Star Boxing, Inc. handling press releases and public relations for the international boxing promotional company.
Fred is a member of the American Assoc. for the Improvement of Boxing (AAIB) for twenty years, and sat on its Board of Directors from 1991 to 1995, Mr Romano was a certified amateur judge in New York and worked several NY Golden Gloves shows at Madison Square Garden. He is a member of International Boxing Research Organization (IBRO). and is a voting member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY.
Fred will be on hand to discuss his new project “The Boxing Genome Project.” A large scale future boxing reference to identify, collect and categorize, preserve and publicize the existence of various content related to the sport of Boxing.
A reminder to all Ring 8 members, we will be collecting our 2020 dues starting this month. $35 per year. Please bring your membership cards with you so we can update them.
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Contact:
CNorkusR8@aol.com
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Ring 8
The NYS Veteran Boxer’s Association
Contact:
President, Charlie Norkus
Post Office Box 7413
Wantagh, NY 11793