Once again we had some Great guest speakers.

Mark Breland, who many people consider the Greatest American Amateur Boxer ever finishing his Amateur career with a record of 110-1. Mark won five consecutive New York Daily News Golden Gloves titles, in 23 bouts in the New York Daily News Golden Gloves, Mark was 23-0 with 22 knockouts, 15 in the first round, and then finished his Amateur career winning a GOLD MEDAL in the 1984 Olympic Games. As a pro, Mark went on to win the World Boxing Association World welterweight title twice. and is currently the trainer of WBC Heavyweight Champion, Deontay Wilder.

Brian Adams who won 2 New York Golden Glove Championships, and has a 17-4-1 record as a Pro. He also run the New York Golden Gloves for many years and if one of the top commentators in boxing.

Andre Rozier, who is considered one of the top Boxing trainers in the business. He brought up a young prospect and Lightweight contender, Richard Commey.

Henry “Henny” Wallitsch the former Ring 8 President who fought as a Heavyweight from 1957 to 1966. He fought some of the largest Heavyweights of his era, including future WBA Heavyweight Champion 6’6″ Ernie Terrell, 6′ 9½″ James J. Beattie (twice), and the 1960 Olympic Heavyweight Gold Medal winner 6’2″ Franco de Piccoli. His biggest win was over Sweden undefeated Champion Lennart Risberg at the Polo Grounds on the under card of the 2nd Floyd Patterson/Ingemar Johansson fight. Henny was also a sparring partner for Both Patterson, Johansson, Jerry Quarry as well as Charlie Norkus Sr.

Also, Bob Duffy talked on the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame

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

Mark Breland

Brian Adams

Andre Rozier (left), with one of his young prospects and Lightweight contender, Richard Commey (on the mic).

Henry “Henny” Wallitsch

Bob Duffy

Melvina Lathan

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Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 15th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM

Mark Breland, who many people consider the Greatest American Amateur Boxer ever finishing his Amateur career with a record of 110-1. Mark won five consecutive New York Daily News Golden Gloves titles, in 23 bouts in the New York Daily News Golden Gloves Mark was 23-0 with 22 knockouts, 15 in the first round. and then finished his Amateur career winning a GOLD MEDAL in the 1984 Olympic Games.

Mark didn’t do too bad as a pro either finishing with a record of 35-3-1 with 25 KO’s, while winning the World Boxing Association World welterweight title twice.

• Retired with a record of 6-2-1 (6 KOs) in world title fights.
• Retired with a record of 3-3-1 (2 KOs) against former, current and future world champions:
  • Won against Steve Little, Rafael Pineda, Lloyd Honeyghan.
  • Drew with Marlon Starling.

Henny Wallitsch the former Ring 8 President who fought as a Heavyweight from 1957 to 1966. He fought some of the largest Heavyweights of his era, including future WBA Heavyweight Champion 6’6″ Ernie Terrell, 6′ 9½″ James J. Beattie (twice), and the 1960 Olympic Heavyweight Gold Medal winner 6’2″ Franco de Piccoli. His biggest win was over Sweden undefeated Champion Lennart Risberg at the Polo Grounds on the under card of the 2nd Floyd Patterson/Ingemar Johansson fight. Henny was also a sparring partner for Both Patterson, Johansson, Jerry Quarry as well as Charlie Norkus Sr.

NOTE: Next month our guest speaker will be undefeated Heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller.

President Jack Hirsch opened the meeting and Paulette Balog led us in our Flag Salute and 10 Count.

John Reetz, who managed Iran Brakley among others was our guest speaker. He talked on his career as a manager.

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

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 17th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM.

(L-R) John Reetz, Iran Barkley and Bob Duffy

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 17th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM.

David Diamante has announced professional boxing, MMA, and Muay Thai internationally for over fifteen years.  David has announced for HBO, including HBO World Championship Boxing and HBO Boxing After Dark; as well as Showtime, ESPN, FOX Sports, SNY, and MSG. In addition, David has announced in Spanish on Televisa and Azteca America. David is the official master of ceremonies for the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.

David also appeared in the major motion picture Southpaw.

David Diamante served as the official voice of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center for six seasons. David announced for the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend. He has also announced NCAA games and tournaments.

In 2016, David announced for the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Awards Ceremony in New York City.

In 2012, David hosted NBC Sports Network’s daily national morning television program, The ‘Lights.

David is the owner and founder of Diamante’s Brooklyn Cigar Lounge. Since 2009, David has created his own line of highly-rated, hand-rolled cigars, which can be exclusively found at Diamante’s.

David has been featured in: The New York Times, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Business Insider, MSN, Cigar Aficionado, Ring Magazine, Smoke Magazine, NY Post, NY Daily News, BBC Radio and many other publications.

Unparalleled and unforgettable, David Diamante has built an adoring fan base across the globe.

Curtis Stevens is a former regional NABF middleweight champion, having held the title twice in 2013, and in the same year challenged for the WBA and IBO middleweight titles.

Stevens made his professional debut on September 30, 2004, stopping Henry Dukes in the first round. He would remain undefeated over his next twelve fights until a loss to Marcos Primera, who stopped him in the eighth and final round on July 20, 2006. In a rematch against Primera later that year on November 15, Stevens avenged the loss with an eight-round unanimous decision.

On November 2, 2013, Stevens received his first world title opportunity when he faced WBA and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. He has also fought Andre Dirrell  and David Lemieux.

We had some Great guest speakers this month. Marcus Browne who fought in the 2012 Olympic Games is 21-0 with 16 KO’s. He is rated #8 in the World by Ring Magazine in the Light Heavyweight Division. Boxing trainer Andre Rozier, and Physical conditioning guru Scooter Honig who works with Ali and other world class fighters. Scooter also conditions LL Cool J.

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

Marcus Browne

Boxing trainer Andre Rozier

Physical conditioning guru Scooter Honig

President Jack Hirsch

Charlie Norkus Jr., talking on the NY Metro Amateur Show that Ring 8 ran and also the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 20th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM

Marcus Browne will be our guest speaker tonight. Browne who fought in the 2012 Olympic Games is 21-0 with 16 KO’s. He is rated #8 in the World by Ring Magazine in the Light Heavyweight Division.

On Sunday, April 29th, 2018, the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame will hold its 7^th Annual Induction Ceremonies at the beautiful Russo’s on the Bay, located at 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach, New York starting at 12:30 PM.  Tickets are priced at $150 per person, $70 per child (under 16).

Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include (Spring Valley) IBF Cruiserweight World Champion Al “Ice” Cole (35-16-3, 16 KOs), (Long Island) WBA light heavyweight Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle (36-6-2, 22 KOs), (Central Islip) IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 KOs), (Brooklyn) world lightweight title challenger Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 KOs), and (Buffalo) undefeated world-class heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi (36-0, 29 KOs).

Posthumous participants being inducted are NBA & NYSAC World Featherweight Champion (Manhattan) Kid “Cuban Bon Bon” Chocolate (136-10-6, 51 KOs), (New York City) 20th century heavyweight James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 KOs), (Williamsburg) World Lightweight Champion Jack “The Napoleon of The Prize Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super Lightweight Champion Billy Costello (40-2, 23 KOs), (Beacon) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World Champion Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 KOs), (Brooklyn/Yonkers) world-class middleweight Ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 KOs) and (Port Washington) heavyweight contender Charley “The Bayonne Bomber” Norkus (33-19, 19 KOs).

Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) trainer/advisor Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) boxing historian/editor Herb Goldman, (Bronx) matchmaker Bobby Goodman, (Ardsley) NYSAC chairperson/judge Melvina Lathan, and (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/promoter Ron Scott Stevens.

Posthumous non-participant inductees are (Brooklyn) ring announcer Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) boxing publicist Murray Goodman, (New York City) boxing writer/historian Bert Randolph Sugar and (Lower East Side) radio & television announcer/journalist Sam Taub.

Each attending inductee (or direct descendant of) will receive a custom-designed belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.

The 2017 inductees were selected by the NYSBHOF nominating committee members: Jack Hirsch, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, and Neil Terens.

All boxers needed to be inactive for at least three years to be eligible for NYSBHOF induction, and all inductees must have resided in New York State for a significant portion of their boxing careers or during the prime of their respective career.