Six Queens street renamings on tap

This past weekend the Western Queens Chronicle wrote about 6 street co-namings approved by New York City Council . One of them being honored is Mr. Ring 8 himself, Tony Mazzarrella, who owned the popular Waterfront Crabhouse restaurant in Long Island City until his death in January 2015. He was 77.

A top boxer in his youth, Mazzarrella opened the eatery in 1977. He famously held fundraisers and holiday parties at the restaurant for children with cancer.

As requested by Community Board 2 last year, the corner of Borden Avenue and 2nd Street in front of the eatery will be named for him.

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Here are the pictures from our recent meeting. Guest speaker Steve Farhood gave an Outstanding talk on the history of Boxing and Television. This was also the meeting that Jack Hirsch was voted in as Ring 8’s NEW President, as Bob Duffy has stepped down after 6 years. Also Henry Hascup was voted in as our Vice President.

Ring 8 will have their first meeting of the year next Tuesday night (January 17th), starting at 7 p.m. ET, at O’Neill’s Restaurant, located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York. NEW President, Jack Hirsch takes over from Bob Duffy and he has some Big shoes to fill. Jack was a 6 term President of the Boxing Writers Association of America, better known as the BWAA.

The International Boxing Hall of Fame has a NEW member and his name is Steve Farhood.

Steve has been involved in boxing for 38 years, during which he’s become universally respected for his integrity, honesty and expertise. In his distinguished career, he has served as announcer, writer, researcher and author. A former editor-in-chief of The Ring and KO magazines, Farhood has been the voice of ShoBox since its inception in 2001. Farhood is the “ironman” of the acclaimed series, having served all but one of 228 ShoBox telecasts.

A regular contributor to SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® and Premier Boxing Champions telecasts, Farhood is a four-category winner of awards by the Boxing Writers Association of America (Taub Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, Fleischer Award for Excellence in Print Journalism, Good Guy Award and Walker Award for Long and Meritorious Service).

The following videos was supplied to us by Dr. Adal Hussain, Phd Executive Producer World Liberty TV, Boxing Channel

Ring 8 VBA Holiday Awards Dinner at Russo’s on the Bay -2016

Interview with Bob Duffy Ring 8 VBA Boxing Organization President-2016

Exclusive interview with Barry McGuigan former World Featherweight Boxing Great-2016

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

Time is running out, everyone should try to put in an AD in for our event.

The event is next Sunday, and we still have plenty of room so get your tickets now!