PHILADELPHIA - Dylan Price, of Sicklerville, NJ, will be named the "2016 Amateur of the Year" at the Briscoe Awards on Sunday, October 15, 2017, at Xfinity Live! in Philadelphia. Price won the US National Championships in Reno, Nevada and took home a Bronze Medal at the Youth World Championships, in St. Petersburg, Russia, both in 2016. His stellar year earned him bragging rights as the area's top amateur.
Price recently turned professional, and will take home the final salutation for his fine amateur career on Sunday. Past winners of the award include Darmani Rock, Jaron Ennis, and Stephen Fulton, all currently unbeaten pros.
ABOUT THE BRISCOE AWARDS ON OCTOBER 15 FROM 1-4 PM
The Briscoe Awards are named in honor of legendary Philly middleweight Bennie Briscoe and the trophies given away - the Briscoe Statue and the Briscoe Medal - all bear the deceased icon's likeness. The event brings together the local boxing community, including the award winners, their families, past and present boxers, fight fans, other boxing people, and general sports fans.
This is the tenth year for the Briscoe Awards, which are presented by Philly Boxing History Inc., a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization, dedicated to preserving and celebrating Philadelphia's great boxing legacy. Past winners at the Briscoe Awards include Bernard Hopkins, Danny Garcia, Steve Cunningham, and many others.
The event returns to Xfinity Live! Philadelphia, the central hub of Philly's sports stadiums, located at 1100 Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia. Admission is $5, and tickets can be purchased at BriscoeAwards.com or by calling 609-377-6413. Everyone is welcome.
For more information, please call John DiSanto, 609-377-6413 / [email protected].
The 10th Annual Briscoe Awards will be held on Sunday, October 15, 2017, 1-4 PM, at Xfinity Live!, 1100 Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphia.
Dylan Price to win Philly top amateur for 2016
Re: Dylan Price to win Philly top amateur for 2016
Congrats to Price but him turning pro so young is why USA doesn't do well in the Olympics anymore. I remember another Philly great amateur Anthony Thompson who won silver in the 2001 senior world championships in Belfast. He turned pro right afterwards. He would have medaled in the Olympics in '04 but he turned pro in what ended up as a less than spectacular pro career finishing at 23-3 with no title fights. As an amateur he won every national title in the US and did really well at the worlds. Had he medaled In the Olympics, he could have turned that into more money.
Re: Dylan Price to win Philly top amateur for 2016
I agree with JMac. Terrible idea to turn pro.
The pound for pound list is littered with olympians for a reason. Even a "success story" like Erickson Lubin is instructive. He's getting a title shot at 22, BUT he's spent 5 years fighting opponents considerably less skilled than those on the amateur international scene. Going to the olympics would have delayed things for for 2 or 3 years, which would have been a good thing -- he'd be closer t to his physical peak at 24-25 than 22. Lubin could have medaled at the olympics bring him far more exposure. Consider this: Shakur Stevenson has 19,000 Twitter followers to Lubin's 5,000 despite Lubin being a pro for 4 years more. The difference? Stevenson medaled at the olympics and got lots of exposure, Lubin fought scrubs on undercards.
The pound for pound list is littered with olympians for a reason. Even a "success story" like Erickson Lubin is instructive. He's getting a title shot at 22, BUT he's spent 5 years fighting opponents considerably less skilled than those on the amateur international scene. Going to the olympics would have delayed things for for 2 or 3 years, which would have been a good thing -- he'd be closer t to his physical peak at 24-25 than 22. Lubin could have medaled at the olympics bring him far more exposure. Consider this: Shakur Stevenson has 19,000 Twitter followers to Lubin's 5,000 despite Lubin being a pro for 4 years more. The difference? Stevenson medaled at the olympics and got lots of exposure, Lubin fought scrubs on undercards.