President Bob Duffy opened the meeting with Paulette Balog leading us in the Flag Salute and 10 Count.
President Duffy talked about our recent New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies, which was a HUGE SUCCESS!!
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Paulette made a presentation to Pat Laudicina for his donations to Ring 8.
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President Duffy announced that Bobby McGuire will have his Fireman Boxing Show on July 8th, tickets are ONLY $40 and Ring 8 will pay for half that amount, so you only have to pay $20. This will go to the first 10 people to contact Bob Duffy.
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Friends of the Champ event will take place on June 4th at the Marina Del Rey, call Mike Bernard at 914.263.0209.
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President Duffy also talked on the donation that Ring 8 will be giving to the Klitschko brothers, supporting them in the war against Russia.
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President Duffy talked about our Christmas Party, which will take place on Sunday, December 11th at Russo’s on the Bay. We are trying to get Duran, Hearns and Barkley as our honorees!
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President Duffy stated that we should all support the other Veteran Boxing Organizations as much as we could.
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Jack Hirsch then introduced our first guest speaker Zachary Ochoa, who has a pro record of 21-3, along with one of his handlers Brian Jaffe.
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Jack also introduced our next guest speaker Johnny Turner, who had a pro record of 42-6-2, and was just inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.
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President Duffy then introduced our final guest speaker Louis Hubela, who had a 29-7 record as a pro.
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All of them talked on their boxing careers which was very entertaining!

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