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.