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Mauro Ranallo

2021-07-20T01:25:40Z

Kjgier:

'''Mauro Ranallo''' is a Canadian boxing and combat sports commentator. He is best known as the current lead commentator for [[Showtime Championship Boxing]] and Showtime pay-per-views.

A native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Ranallo first broke in to sports media via professional wrestling telecasts in Western Canada. He moved to mixed martial arts in 2003 when he became the lead English commentator for the Japanese-based Pride Fighting Championships. In 2006, his MMA work brought him to Showtime where he worked their coverage of the EliteXC promotion, which was later bought out by Strikeforce. He began working on boxing shortly after and has been the network's main blow-by-blow voice since, replacing [[Bob Papa]] due to his conflicts calling New York Giants football. He was also active in major pro wrestling as well, as he was the lead commentator for the WWE's SmackDown program from 2015 to 2017, and was lead caller for its NXT brand from 2017 to 2020. Ranallo left WWE citing a toxic environment within the company: he suffers from bipolar disorder and is an advocate for mental health awareness, and was reportedly bullied behind the scenes for this condition by broadcast partners (and former WWE wrestlers) John Bradshaw Layfield and Corey Graves. Ranallo has also worked on commentary for the streaming service [[Triller]] (before that company hired [[Jim Lampley]] as lead commentator) and has recently returned to MMA when the Bellator promotion moved its telecasts to Showtime.

[[Category:Boxing Media]]

Fight:2523547

2020-11-17T04:15:38Z

Kjgier:

<fight>2523547</fight>
*WBC Franchise lightweight title
*''The Ring'' lightweight title
* Aired on [[ESPN]] basic cable as a special attraction. The fight drew 4.2 million viewers as the first major boxing title match since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ESPN

2020-11-17T04:15:01Z

Kjgier:

[[File:ESPN logo.JPG|right|300px]]
*'''ESPN''' is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming. Its name derives from "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network".
*Founded by Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan, it launched on September 7, 1979, under the direction of Chet Simmons, the network's President and CEO (and later the United States Football League's first commissioner). The Getty Oil Company provided funding to begin the new venture via executive Stuart Evey. John Skipper is ESPN's current president, a position he has held since January 1, 2012.
*ESPN's signature telecast, SportsCenter, debuted with the network and aired its 30,000th episode on February 11, 2007. ESPN broadcasts primarily from its studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices in Miami; New York City; Seattle; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Los Angeles. The Los Angeles office, from which the late-night edition of SportsCenter is now broadcast, opened at L.A. Live in early 2009.
*While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, it has not been free from criticism. This criticism includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts.
*ESPN first began boxing coverage with its ''Top Rank Boxing on ESPN'' series, which eventually became ''[[ESPN Friday Night Fights]]''. ''FNF'' ended in 2017 when Top Rank re-established a contract with the network. It has recently begun airing pay-per-view events as part of its ESPN+ streaming platform.
*Main commentators associated with the network are [[Brian Kenny]], [[Teddy Atlas]], [[Joe Tessitore]], [[Timothy Bradley]], [[Max Kellerman]] and [[Andre Ward]]. [[Joe Martinez]] and [[Mark Shunok]] are ESPN's ring announcers.

== External Link ==
*[http://espn.go.com/ Official Site]

== See Also ==
*[[Top Rank Boxing on ESPN]]

[[Category:Television Channels]]

Teofimo Lopez

2020-11-17T04:08:13Z

Kjgier: /* Amateur Career */

[[File:Teofimo Lopez.jpeg|left|250px]]
<boxer>776269</boxer>
*'''Trainer:''' [[Teofimo Lopez Sr.]] (2016-present)
*'''Manager:''' [[David McWater]]

== Amateur Career ==
*Reported amateur record: 150-20
*'''2014''' US National Youth Championships Bronze medalist in Reno (60kg):
**Defeated Kelvin Davis 2:1
**Defeated [[Jesse Villarreal]] 3:0
**Lost to [[Andres Cortes]]
*'''2014''' US National Golden Gloves participant in Las Vegas (60kg):
**Defeated [[Jesus Vasquez]] 5:0
**Lost to [[Javar Jones]] 2:3
*'''2015''' US National Youth Championships quarter-finalist in Reno (60kg):
**Defeated [[Reshat Mati]] 2:1
**Defeated Paul Allen 3:0
**Lost to [[Andres Cortes]]
*'''2015''' US National Golden Gloves Gold medalist in Las Vegas (60kg):
**Defeated [[Yousif Saleh]]
**Defeated [[Gabriel Chairez]]
**Defeated [[Israel Mercado]]
**Defeated [[Andres Cortes]]
**Defeated [[Jamaine Ortiz]]
*'''2015''' US Olympic Trials Gold medalist in Reno (60kg);
**Defeated [[Israel Mercado]] 3:0
**Defeated [[Malik Montgomery]] 2:1
**Defeated [[Malik Montgomery]] 2:1. ''(No Olympic Qualification at 60 kg due to [[Carlos Balderas]] already winning his Olympic berth via the World Series of Boxing).''
*'''2016''' Americas Olympic Qualifier Silver medalist in Buenos Aires, Argentina (60kg), representing Honduras:
**Defeated [[Ludy Tenorio]] (Ecuador) 3:0
**Defeated [[Brian Gonzalez]] (Mexico) 3:0
**Defeated [[Ignacio Perrin]] (Argentina) 3:0
**Lost to [[Luis Cabrera]] (Venezuela) 1:2
*'''2016''' Honduras representative at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (60kg):
**Lost to [[Sofiane Oumiha]] (France) 0:3

==Regional & Minor Titles==
*[[WBC]] Continental Americas lightweight title
*[[NABF]] lightweight title
*[[USBA]] lightweight title
*[[NABA]] USA lightweight title

==Professional record==
*2 opponents (1 by KO) beaten for the World Lightweight Title.

{{start box}}

{{Succession box|
before=[[Richard Commey]]|
title=[[IBF Lightweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2019 Dec 14 –present 
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Vasyl Lomachenko]]|
title=[[WBO Lightweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2020 Oct 17 –present 
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Vasyl Lomachenko]]|
title=[[WBA Lightweight Champion]]|
after=—|
years=2020 Oct 17 –present '''Super Champion'''|
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:Honduran Olympians]]
[[Category:NABF Lightweight Champions]]

DAZN

2020-09-02T00:54:07Z

Kjgier:

[[File:DAZN.jpg|250px|right]]
DAZN (pronounced "da-zone") is an over-the-top subscription video streaming service owned by Perform Group. The service is dedicated to sports, offering live and on-demand streaming of events from various properties. It first launched in Austria, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland in August 2016, and in Canada the following year.

DAZN made its way into the US market in 2018 as a streaming service focusing on combat sports. It first featured fights from [[Eddie Hearn (Promoter)|Eddie Hearn]]'s [[Matchroom Sport]], a premier British promotion that had expanded into the US market, but would later snap up exclusive deals with top individual boxers, highlighted by an 11-fight contract with [[Saul Alvarez]] worth a reported $365 million. It would later pick up [[Golden Boy Promotions]] cards from [[HBO]] and the [[World Boxing Super Series]], as well as exclusive fight deals with [[Gennady Golovkin]] and [[Anthony Joshua]], and added ring announcer [[Michael Buffer]] as an ambassador. DAZN's business model replaces the traditional pay-per-view system with a monthly subscription-based model (currently $19.99 a month or $99.99 per year). Aside from boxing, DAZN in the USA airs several MMA promotions including Bellator, Combate Americas, and KSW, as well as other minor sports promoted by Matchroom such as darts and snooker.

Mauro Ranallo

2020-08-30T02:55:31Z

Kjgier:

Mauro Ranallo

2020-08-30T02:55:16Z

Kjgier:

'''Mauro Ranallo''' is a Canadian boxing and combat sports commentator. He is best known as the current lead commentator for [[Showtime Championship Boxing]].

A native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Ranallo first broke in to sports media via professional wrestling telecasts in Western Canada. He moved to mixed martial arts in 2003 when he became the lead English commentator for the Japanese-based Pride Fighting Championships. In 2006, his MMA work brought him to Showtime where he worked their coverage of the EliteXC promotion, which was later bought out by Strikeforce. He began working on boxing shortly after and has been the network's main blow-by-blow voice since, replacing [[Bob Papa]] due to his conflicts calling New York Giants football. He still keeps to his pro-wrestling roots, though, as he was the lead commentator for the WWE's SmackDown program from 2015 to 2017, and has been lead caller for its NXT brand since 2017.

[[Category:Boxing Media]]

Mauro Ranallo

2020-08-30T02:55:02Z

Kjgier: Created page with "''Mauro Ranallo'' is a Canadian boxing and combat sports commentator. He is best known as the current lead commentator for Showtime Championship Boxing. A native of Abbot..."

''Mauro Ranallo'' is a Canadian boxing and combat sports commentator. He is best known as the current lead commentator for [[Showtime Championship Boxing]].

A native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Ranallo first broke in to sports media via professional wrestling telecasts in Western Canada. He moved to mixed martial arts in 2003 when he became the lead English commentator for the Japanese-based Pride Fighting Championships. In 2006, his MMA work brought him to Showtime where he worked their coverage of the EliteXC promotion, which was later bought out by Strikeforce. He began working on boxing shortly after and has been the network's main blow-by-blow voice since, replacing [[Bob Papa]] due to his conflicts calling New York Giants football. He still keeps to his pro-wrestling roots, though, as he was the lead commentator for the WWE's SmackDown program from 2015 to 2017, and has been lead caller for its NXT brand since 2017.

Bill Cayton

2020-08-29T21:46:26Z

Kjgier: /* Biography */

[[File:BillCayton.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2005 Non-Participant Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/cayton.html click]]]

'''William D. Cayton''' (June 6, 1918 - October 4, 2003), best known for helping to manage and promote [[Mike Tyson]] early in his career, was also famous for preserving much of boxing's legacy through his efforts as a film historian and producer. He was inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 2005.
 
== Biography ==
Born in New York City, Cayton graduated from the University of Maryland in 1937 with a degree in chemical engineering and founded his own advertising agency, Cayton Inc., in 1945. He became involved in boxing in 1948 when he created and produced the TV program titled "Greatest Fights of the Century" to promote Vaseline Brand Hair Tonic. Television was then in its infancy and Cayton felt that boxing was the sport that lent itself best to the tiny black and white screens of the time.

To create the program, and many others that followed, he licensed, then later acquired, rights to vintage boxing film footage, and for nearly fifty years amassed and restored a collection of thousands of films going back to 1897. These films featured such legendary boxers as [[James J. Corbett]], [[Jack Johnson]], [[Jack Dempsey]], [[Joe Louis]], [[Rocky Marciano]], [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[George Foreman]], [[Wilfred Benitez]], and [[Kid Gavilan]]. Cayton even acquired rights to the first boxing film ever made, a sparring session filmed by Thomas Edison in 1894. His effort in collecting, restoring, and maintaining these films, many of which were rapidly deteriorating, is credited for preserving modern boxing's heritage and history.

Bill Cayton's company, Big Fights, also produced numerous boxing features including academy award-nominated "a.k.a. Cassius Clay", "Jack Johnson" and "The Legendary Champions." The latter film was directed by Harry Chapin, who would go on to become a famous singer-songwriter in the 1970s.

In 1960 Cayton was joined by boxing historian and film collector Jim Jacobs. The pair subsequently went into managing boxers, guiding such fighters as [[Wilfred Benitez]], [[Edwin Rosario]], and Iron [[Mike Tyson]] to world titles. Following Jacobs death in 1988, Cayton managed world champions [[Tommy Morrison]], [[Vinny Pazienza]], and [[Jeremy Williams]].

Cayton sold his film and tape library in 1998 to the Walt Disney Company, which shows many of the titles on its ESPN Classic network.

Cayton's career extended well beyond boxing. His advertising agency remained active until well into the 1970s. In 1957, working with director and writer, Fred Ladd, Cayton produced a very successful short animated feature film entitled "The Space Explorers" followed shortly thereafter by "The New Adventures of the Space Explorers," which were popular both as features and as TV episodes. Many additional cartoons and natural history films produced by Cayton were marketed under the names "Cartoon Classics," "Animatoons," and "Jungle." Cayton is also credited with reviving professional pool on television in 1977, producing showcase events which included, among others, the legendary Minnesota Fats - Willie Mosconi title bouts.

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[[Category:IBHOF Members]]

Showtime Championship Boxing

2020-08-29T21:39:48Z

Kjgier:

[[File:Showtime championship boxing.gif|right|200px]]
'''Showtime Championship Boxing''' is a [[Showtime]] boxing television series. Debuting in March of 1986, it is usually broadcast live on the first Saturday of every month. [[Marvin Hagler vs. John Mugabi|Marvin Hagler defeated John Mugabi]] in an 11th-round knockout on the debut broadcast of ''Showtime Championship Boxing''. The main broadcast team features [[Mauro Ranallo]] on blow-by-blow, [[Al Bernstein]] as chief color analyst and (when he is available) boxer [[Paul Malignaggi]] as an analyst. The third role was previously filled by [[Antonio Tarver]], [[Ferdie Pacheco]] and [[Bobby Czyz]] among others. [[Jim Gray]] is the chief reporter and interviewer, while [[Jimmy Lennon Jr.]] serves as ring announcer for most Showtime fights. Former top commentators include [[Steve Albert]] and [[Gus Johnson]].

== External Links ==
*[http://www.sho.com/site/sports/flash.do#/site/sports/home.do Official site]

[[Category:Television Shows]]

DAZN

2020-08-29T21:37:48Z

Kjgier:

[[File:DAZN.jpg|250px|right]]
DAZN (pronounced "da-zone") is an over-the-top subscription video streaming service owned by Perform Group. The service is dedicated to sports, offering live and on-demand streaming of events from various properties. It first launched in Austria, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland in August 2016, and in Canada the following year.

DAZN made its way into the US market in 2018 as a streaming service focusing on combat sports. It first featured fights from [[Eddie Hearn (promoter)|Eddie Hearn]]'s [[Matchroom Sport]], a premier British promotion that had expanded into the US market, but would later snap up exclusive deals with top individual boxers, highlighted by an 11-fight contract with [[Saul Alvarez]] worth a reported $365 million. It would later pick up [[Golden Boy Promotions]] cards from [[HBO]] and the [[World Boxing Super Series]], as well as exclusive fight deals with [[Gennady Golovkin]] and [[Anthony Joshua]], and added ring announcer [[Michael Buffer]] as an ambassador. DAZN's business model replaces the traditional pay-per-view system with a monthly subscription-based model (currently $19.99 a month or $99.99 per year). Aside from boxing, DAZN in the USA airs several MMA promotions including Bellator, Combate Americas, and KSW, as well as other minor sports promoted by Matchroom such as darts and snooker.

Michael Buffer

2020-08-29T21:21:42Z

Kjgier:

[[file:Buffer.michael.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Michael Buffer]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2012 Non Partcipant Category Hall of Fame bio:
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/buffer.html]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
 
'''[[:Category:Michael Buffer Gallery|Michael Buffer Image Gallery]]'''

'''Michael Buffer''' is a well-known and popular ring announcer, famous for his catch-phrase "Let's get ready to rumble!" (Buffer has trademarked this phrase, and has sued numerous people and companies, including Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema, and Oliver North for using it without his authorization. [http://www.secondsout.com/usa/colhauser.cfm?ccs=208&cs=13614]) In 2008, Buffer had successful surgery to remove cancerous tumors from the throat and neck.[http://www.eastsideboxing.com/weblog/news.php?p=15182&more=1]. In 2018, Buffer signed an exclusive contract with the [[DAZN]] streaming service to serve as ring announcer for their boxing cards. Previously Buffer had worked mostly for [[HBO]] televised fights.
*Brother of fellow ring announcer [[Bruce Buffer]]
*Grandson of former Bantamweight World Champion [[Johnny Buff]]
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]], "Expanded Category" (Announcers & Broadcasters)
*2012: [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] Inductee
== External Links ==
Official Web site: [http://www.letsrumble.com/]

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[[Category:Announcers]]
[[Category:Boxing Media]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]

Jimmy Lennon Jr.

2020-08-29T21:19:51Z

Kjgier:

[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2013 Non Participant Category Hall of Fame bio:
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/lennon_jr.html]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
[[file:Lennonjr.jimmy.jpg|Jimmy Lennon Jr.]]
 
'''Jimmy Lennon Jr.''' is the son of fellow Hall of Fame boxing ring announcer [[Jimmy Lennon Sr.|Jimmy Lennon]]. Lennon primarily works fights on the [[Showtime]] network (with his catchprase "It's showtime!" reflecting that) but has also recently worked [[Premier Boxing Champions]] cards and on [[ESPN]].

*[[:File:Boy Ali.JPG|Photo #1]] & [[:File:Boy Ali2.JPG|Photo #2]] of a very young Jimmy Lennon Jr. with [[Muhammad Ali]]

[[Category:Announcers|Lennon, Jr., Jimmy]]
[[Category:Boxing Media|Lennon, Jr., Jimmy]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members|Lennon, Jr., Jimmy]]

Danny Romero vs. Johnny Tapia

2020-07-01T00:10:29Z

Kjgier:

[[file:21408Poster.jpg|right|300px]]
<fight>21408</fight>
*'''[[IBF]] & [[WBO]] super flyweight titles'''
*Tapia and Romero had both grown up in New Mexico and offered a study in contrasts: while Tapia had originally been regarded as the state's boxing prodigy, his drug suspension allowed Romero to emerge as a clean-cut new star in his absence. The Romero family had also trained Tapia as a youth and the split between the two camps had not been a clean one. As such, the match produced extra intrigue, with thousands of New Mexicans traveling to Las Vegas for the fight. Broadcaster HBO noted that extra security measures (such as metal detectors and mandatory pat-downs for fans, now commonplace at American sporting venues but then seen as strict) were put in place at turnstiles, as it had been rumored that gangs in New Mexico had split allegiances behind either Tapia and Romero and Thomas and Mack Center officials feared a violent riot if controversy emerged during the fight.

Anthony Mundine

2019-06-06T01:34:29Z

Kjgier: /* Rugby Career */

[[File:Anthony Mundine1975.jpg|250px|left]]

<boxer>014646</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Tony Mundine]] 
'''Manager:''' [[Khoder Nasser]]

 
[[:Category:Anthony Mundine Gallery|Anthony Mundine Gallery]]
 
 

== Regional & Minor Titles ==
*[[WBO]] Oriental Middleweight Title
*[[WBC]] Silver Light Middleweight Title
*[[WBA]] International Light Middleweight Title
*[[IBF]] North American Middleweight Title
*[[WBA]] Interim World Light Middleweight Title
*[[IBO]] World Middleweight Title
*[[WBA]] International Middleweight Title
*[[WBA]] Fedelatin Super Middleweight Title
*[[WBA]] Pan African Super Middleweight Title
*[[PABA]] Super Middleweight Title
*[[IBF]] Pan Pacific Super Middleweight Title
*Australian Super Middleweight Title

== Facts ==
*Indigenous Australian boxer and former rugby league player
*Since Mundine turned professional, every single fight of his has been broadcast on Australian Pay-Per-View.
* In his debut fight, he was reportedly paid $500,000.
* According to Fox Sports News, Mundine's fight with Danny Green was the highest grossing Pay Per View fight in the world (Per Capita). [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/mundine-becomes-middle-man/story-e6frfglf-1111118007575]
*Has a record of 7-4 (2 KOs) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 8-5 (4 KOs) against current or former world titleists.
**Won against [[Lester Ellis]], [[Danny Green]], [[Daniel Geale]], [[Bronco McKart]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Sam Soliman]] (3 times)
**Lost against [[Sven Ottke]], [[Manny Siaca]], [[Mikkel Kessler]], Daniel Geale, [[Joshua Clottey]].

== Rugby Career ==
*Between 1993 and 2000, Mundine played in Australia's National Rugby League, with all but one season coming for the St George-Illawarra Dragons. He played for the Brisbane Broncos in 1997, amidst the backdrop of "The Super League War" where league in Australia/New Zealand was split into two competitions over television and other rights. 
*'''1996''' Lost in Grand Final, against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. 
*'''1997''' Played 18 games for the Broncos, scoring three tries. He also played in his first winning Grand Final team, beating the Cronulla Sharks. 
*'''1998''' After turning his back on the Broncos, he returned to the Dragons. The following year he assisted the Dragons' run to the Grand Final. 
*'''1999''' Mundine was selected to play for the New South Wales state rugby league team in 1999 in each of the three matches in the Rugby League State of Origin series.

Despite being the highest paid player in the NRL, Mundine quit rugby in 2000 as he believed he was being subjected to extreme levels of anti-indigenous racism in the game. Earlier that year, he had also converted to Islam, and decided to take up boxing after a friend showed him videos of [[Muhammad Ali]] in the ring.

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Byron Mitchell]] Lost bid for Super Championship|
title=[[WBA Super Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Manny Siaca]]|
years=2003 Sep 3 – 2004 May 5 '''Regular Champion'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Mikkel Kessler]] Upgraded to Super Champion|
title=[[WBA Super Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Mikkel Kessler]] Regular Champion|
years=2007 Mar 7 – 2008 May 28 '''Regular Champion''' '''Vacated'''
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:Aboriginal Boxers]]
[[Category:Muslim Boxers]]
[[Category:World Super Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Australian World Champions]]
[[Category:Boxers who played pro sports]]

Jim Norris

2019-06-01T05:00:50Z

Kjgier:

[[File:Jim Norris 1955.JPG|right|thumb|250px|President Jim Norris in his IBC office.]]
'''Jim Norris''' was a partner with ex-champion [[Joe Louis]] and [[Arthur Wirtz]] in the formation of the [[International Boxing Club]], with Norris taking 80% of the stock. He also served as the IBC's President. The IBC was set up in direct opposition to [[Mike Jacobs|Mike Jacobs']] [[Twentieth Century Sporting Club]]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=11QATDIx9CAC&pg=PT237&lpg=PT237&dq=jim+norris+joe+louis+wirtz&source=bl&ots=FkllvYI1SK&sig=iGyo3zoHBKrcpirWl_3hThf7FXw&hl=en&ei=5JXRTuiKGYfg2AWayM3_Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=jim%20norris%20joe%20louis%20wirtz&f=false]

Norris was a very wealthy and an extremely powerful man in the mid 20th century. He owned many companies and was heavily involved in the sports world: he owned the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League, a major stake in Madison Square Garden, and champion racehorses. Jim Norris was also a very unsavory individual and was widely known to associate with criminals. As president of the International Boxing Club, Norris had a virtual monopoly on championship fights due to a lucrative contract the IBC had to broadcast fights on national television.

Norris was personally responsible for fixing numerous bouts--including [[Fight:21775|Max Schmeling vs. Harry Thomas]] in 1937, and [[Jake LaMotta vs. Billy Fox]] in 1946. His corruption knew no limits. Besides match fixing, he was also unofficially managing many boxers (usually against their will) and persuading them to hire his associates as advisers. Norris’s actions perpetuated a chain of farces, which were passed off as competitive bouts to an unsuspecting public, helping to erode boxing’s integrity. [http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-boxing-moments-in-history.php] His corruption and infamous business practices were not limited to boxing, either. When Red Wings star Ted Lindsay attempted to form a player's union in the NHL, Norris stripped him of the club captaincy and traded him to Chicago, which was owned by his IBC partner [[Arthur Wirtz]]. Lindsay would eventually file an anti-trust lawsuit against Norris and the NHL: the league was forced to submit to many of the union's demands as part of a settlement, and Lindsay was later recognized for his activism by having the NHLPA's player of the year award named after him.

Norris died in 1966 at the age of 59. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B1NPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6876,2596639&dq=jim+norris&hl=en]

*Also see [[James Norris]]
*[[:File:Gibson-Norris-Bentley.JPG|Photo #2]], [[:File:Weill-Norris-Felix.jpg|Photo #3]]

Joe Goossen

2019-06-01T04:40:55Z

Kjgier:

[[file:Joe Goossen.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Joe Goossen (R) with [[Diego Corrales]]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
'''Joe Goossen''' is a Southern California based trainer who rose to prominence guiding the Ruelas brothers, Gabe and Rafael, to world titles. His entire family has been involved in boxing since the 1980s, either as a trainer, manager, promoter (his late brother [[Dan Goossen]] running a number of promotional firms, including [[America Presents Boxing]] and [[Goossen Tutor Promotions]]), or owning the Ten Goose gym in Los Angeles, popular with both pro fighters and celebrities. The gym's name is a reference to his family, as Joe is one of ten siblings. He is a 2005 Inductee into the [[California Boxing Hall of Fame]]. Most recently Goossen has served as a television commentator for Fox's [[Premier Boxing Champions]] broadcasts.
 

== Fighters Trained ==
*[[Riddick Bowe]] (in his 2005 comeback)
*[[Lionel Butler]]
*[[Joel Casamayor]]
*[[Diego Corrales]]
*[[Frankie Duarte]]
*[[Dominick Guinn]]
*[[Segundo Mercado]]
*[[Edison Miranda]]
*[[John Molina]]
*[[Shane Mosley]] (for his 2nd bout with Winky Wright)
*[[Michael Nunn]]
*[[Rocky Pepeli]]
*[[Alexander Podrezov]]
*[[Manuel Quezada]]
*[[Gabriel Ruelas]]
*[[Rafael Ruelas]]
*[[Malik Scott]]
*[[Lance Whitaker]]
*[[Sergey Lipinets]]

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Harold Lederman

2019-05-13T04:31:44Z

Kjgier:

[[File:400858.jpeg|left|250px]]
{{ibhof |url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/lederman.html}}
<Human>400858</Human>
Harold Lederman began working as a boxing judge in the 1960s in New York. A pharmacist by trade, he continued officially judging fights until his retirement in 1999. However, he was best known for his work on [[HBO]] boxing telecasts, where he served as an unofficial scorer beginning in the 1980s until HBO ended boxing coverage in 2018. Lederman passed away at the age of 79 after a long battle with cancer: his death brought in tributes from across the sporting world.

* His famous catchprase was, "OK, Jim!", referring to [[Jim Lampley]] before he announces his score for the round. He also usually led off his rationale for the scoring with "Jim, I gotta tell ya something...", and his recitation of the rules for the fight was also popular and often imitated by boxing fans.
* Father of boxing judge [[Julie Lederman]].
* Inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame on November 10, 2005.
* Inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame on March 30, 2014.

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Sauerland Event

2019-04-22T00:42:05Z

Kjgier:

[[File:Sauerland Event.jpg|right|200px]]
'''Sauerland Event''' is a German promotion company owned by [[Wilfried Sauerland]] and his sons [[Kalle Sauerland|Kalle]] and [[Nisse Sauerland|Nisse]]. Active primarily in Germany and Scandinavia, the company has recently expanded to the UK and US with the [[World Boxing Super Series]] tournaments.
 
== External Links ==
[http://www.boxen.com/index.php Official Website] (in German)

[[Category:Promoters|Sauerland Event]]

Sam Rosen

2019-04-15T22:32:47Z

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'''Born:''' August 12, 1947 in Ulm, Germany

Emigrated with his family in 1949 to Brooklyn, where he was raised.

== Commentator ==
Madison Square Garden Network blow-by-blow announcer for both pro boxing and Golden Gloves. Also called boxing for Showtime. Best known as the longtime voice of New York Rangers hockey on MSG.

== Awards and Recognition ==
*1989 Sam Taub Award - The [[Boxing Writers Association of America Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism Award]]

[[file:Rosen_Sam.jpg|left|Sam Rosen]]

[[Category:Boxing Media|Rosen, Sam]]

Max Kellerman

2019-04-15T22:30:42Z

Kjgier:

[[file:Maxk.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]

'''Max Kellerman''' is an American boxing commentator and sports talk radio host based in Los Angeles. He appears as a color commentator on [[HBO World Championship Boxing]] and [[HBO Boxing After Dark]] and as has hosted a midday talk show on 710 ESPN radio in Los Angeles. Along with [[Stephen A. Smith]], he hosts the popular and controversial morning show ''First Take'' on ESPN. With the end of HBO's boxing coverage in 2018, Kellerman will move to ESPN's boxing team as part of the hosting panel with Smith.

Kellerman was previously best known for his work at ESPN, where he was a studio commentator with [[Brian Kenny]] on [[ESPN Friday Night Fights]] and the original host of ''Around the Horn''. He has also worked on Fox Sports, where he hosted talk show ''I, Max''. He got his start in boxing media as a high schooler in New York City, where he hosted a popular call-in show called ''Max on Boxing'' on public-access television and radio.

He made a brief appearance in [[Rocky Balboa]] alongside [[Jim Lampley]] and [[Larry Merchant]], who served as the broadcast team for the fight between Rocky and Mason Dixon.

On October 17, 2004 the body of Max's brother, freelance-writer Sam Kellerman, was found in his Hollywood apartment. As a result of the ensuing investigation, former boxer [[James Butler]] was arrested and charged with Sam's murder. He later confessed to the murder and was given a 29-year sentence.
[[Category:Boxing Media|Kellerman, Max]]

Max Kellerman

2019-04-15T22:28:46Z

Kjgier:

[[file:Maxk.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]

'''Max Kellerman''' is an American boxing commentator and sports talk radio host based in Los Angeles. He appears as a color commentator on [[HBO World Championship Boxing]] and [[HBO Boxing After Dark]] and as has hosted a midday talk show on 710 ESPN radio in Los Angeles. Along with [[Stephen A. Smith]], he hosts the popular and controversial morning show ''First Take'' on ESPN. With the end of HBO's boxing coverage in 2018, Kellerman will move to ESPN's boxing team as part of the hosting panel with Smith.

Kellerman was previously best known for his work at ESPN, where he was a studio commentator with [[Brian Kenny]] on [[ESPN Friday Night Fights]] and the original host of Around the Horn..

He made a brief appearance in [[Rocky Balboa]] alongside [[Jim Lampley]] and [[Larry Merchant]], who served as the broadcast team for the fight between Rocky and Mason Dixon.

On October 17, 2004 the body of Max's brother, freelance-writer Sam Kellerman, was found in his Hollywood apartment. As a result of the ensuing investigation, former boxer [[James Butler]] was arrested and charged with Sam's murder. He later confessed to the murder and was given a 29-year sentence.
[[Category:Boxing Media|Kellerman, Max]]

Rafael Limon vs. Bobby Chacon (4th meeting)

2018-12-23T06:36:54Z

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<fight>66470</fight>

*[[WBC]] Super Featherweight Title (Limon defending)

*The long armed Limon controlled the early action, landing a stiff jab, and exploding with combinations in spots.
*As the fight wore on, Chacon was able to land the lead right with more and more accuracy on his southpaw opponent.
*Chacon was down in round 3 from a left hand. Chacon appeared to be off balance, but a punch did land.
*Chacon was cut near the right eye/nose in round 4.
*Chacon was dropped in round 10 by a looping counter left.
*Limon was down with seconds to go in round 15 after absorbing two lead rights.
*Fight was aired live on [[ABC's Wide World of Sports]], with [[Keith Jackson]] (better known for his work on college football) as commentator.

Fight was named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year]].
*Video[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fHl3FLPrUE] Long time Chacon associate [[Babe Griffin]] can be seen in Chacon's corner.

Ricardo Mayorga

2018-12-23T01:09:13Z

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[[File:Mayorga.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Ricardo Mayorga]]
<boxer>16901</boxer>
 

Son of Eddy Mayorga and Miriam Perez, '''Ricardo Mayorga''' was born on October 3, 1973. He began boxing in the amateurs continuing the steps of his brother Jaime, taking advantage of the fact that in the 1980s the sportsmen of high ability could compete in sports and fulfil the Military Obligatory Service.

After a regular stint in amateur boxing, especially fighting for the team of the Army next to boxers like [[Rosendo Alvarez]], [[Gustavo Herrera]] and [[Oscar Dominguez]], Mayorga decided to turn professional.

His first professional bout was on, August 29, 1993 in San Jose, Costa Rica, facing the unbeaten Tico prospect [[Humberto Aranda]] (3-0). But without much backing and little preparation and because he worked in a night job of the capital, he lacked stamina and was stopped on technical knockout in six rounds.

In 1994 he took part in another three fights in Costa Rica, winning them all, returning to Nicaragua and winning four bouts in 1995. But after a second win over [[Miguel Angel Perez]] in December 1995 (Miguel is the older brother of [[Luis Alberto Perez]], the former [[IBF]] super flyweight champion), Mayorga retired from boxing for two years.

The difficult economic situation forced him to emigrate to Costa Rica looking for better horizons. But he did not make it in order to box, but to get some economic revenues that allowed him to subsist. Mayorga returned to action in 1998, achieving a victory over [[German Espinales]], always boxing on the local undercards.

Lady luck did not accompany him as he lost decisions to [[Roger Benito Flores]] and [[Henry Castillo]], already fighting in Costa Rica under the promotion of Costa Rican manager [[Efrain Vega Duran]], who continued supporting him and guided him down the path of victory, achieving six straight wins until a two round technical draw with Cuban [[Diosbelys Hurtado]]. That draw against Hurtado, in November 1999, gave signals that Mayorga was ready for big fights.

Vega continued his backing and in 2000 Mayorga experienced the best year of his career. Fighting in Costa Rica, he achieved seven consecutive victories until he obtained the opportunity to battle with Venezuelan [[Adolfo Salazar]] in Turmero, Venezuela, on part of the program "K.O. to Drugs" that the [[WBA]] organizes every year. It was there that Mayorga impressed the American promoter [[Don King]], with his one round demolition of Salazar.

In that moment, King and Vega agreed that Mayorga be integrated into the teamwork of the powerful promoter. Ricardo won $10,000 for that fight, plus another $10,000, which King gave him for his surprising victory against a tough rival like the Venezuelan, who was profiled as a promising prospect. Already under the promotion of King, "The Matador" traveled to Las Vegas in February of 2001, where he liquidated Dominican Republic's [[Elias Cruz]] in three rounds.

With this victory, Mayorga was assured a world title fight with the Guyanan [[Andrew Lewis]]. History thoroughly details this "no contest" in July of 2001, because of a clash of heads, and the knockout in March of the following year over Lewis to win the welterweight title of the WBA.

Unfortunately, the relationship of Mayorga with Vega was wounded once Ricardo conquered the world title. Without entering in major details, Mayorga said that he did not want to continue under the management of Vega. Vega, on the other hand, stood firm, mainly because he supported him and helped to reconstruct his career. But since there was no solution to the discord, Don King decided to negotiate with Vega so that he would sell him the contract of the new welterweight champion.

King paid $100,000 dollars to Vega for the contract and he named his son [[Carl King]] the new manager and after almost one year of inactivity, a fight with [[Vernon Forrest]] was negotiated.

Mayorga was known as a fiery and unique personality. He smoked cigarettes (sometimes on the way to the ring) and would often pepper his press conferences with explicit and vulgar threats to his opponents.
== Career Factoids ==
*Has a record of 4-3 1NC (2 KO) in World Title fights.
*Has a record of 5-5-1 1NC (2 KO) against former or current world titleists.
**Won against [[Andrew Lewis]], [[Vernon Forrest]] (x2), [[Michele Piccirillo]], [[Fernando Vargas]]
**Lost against [[Cory Spinks]], [[Felix Trinidad]], [[Oscar De La Hoya]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Miguel Cotto]]
**Drew against [[Diosbelys Hurtado]]
**No Contest against [[Andrew Lewis]]

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{{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Andrew Lewis]]}}
{{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[WBA Welterweight Champion]]
|years=2002 Mar 30 – 2003 Jan 25 '''Upgraded to Super Champion''' 2003 Jan 25 – 2003 Dec 13 '''Super Champion'''}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Cory Spinks]] Super Champion}}
|-
{{s-aft|after=[[Jose Antonio Rivera]] Regular Champion}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Vernon Forrest]]|
title=[[WBC Welterweight Champion]]|
after=[[Cory Spinks]]|
years=2003 Jan 25 – 2003 Dec 13
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Javier Castillejo]] Stripped|
title=[[WBC Light Middleweight Champion]]|
after=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]|
years=2005 Aug 13 – 2006 May 6
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayorga, Ricardo}}
[[Category:World Welterweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Light Middleweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:Nicaraguan World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]

Carl Frampton

2018-12-22T23:05:01Z

Kjgier: /* Notes */

[[File:CarlFrampton1.jpg|250px|left|thumb]]
<boxer>499601</boxer>
'''Trainer:''' [[Gerry Storey]] (2009-2013), [[Shane McGuigan]] (2013-2017), [[Jamie Moore]] (2017-) 
'''Management:''' [[Barry McGuigan]] (-2017), [[MTK Global]] (2017-) 
'''Promoter:''' [[Eddie Hearn (Promoter)| Eddie Hearn]] (2009-2013), [[Blain McGuigan]] (2013-2017), [[Frank Warren]] (2017-)

== Amateur Career ==
*'''2003''' World Cadet Championships participant in Bucharest, Romania (46kg):
**Defeated [[Zeeshan Butt]] (Pakistan) 32:15
**Lost to [[Hamza Bin Mounaouer]] (Tunisia) 14:17
*'''2005''' Irish National Champion in Dublin (51kg):
**Defeated [[Jamie Conlan]] 16:6
**Defeated [[Derek McArdle]] 19:8
**Defeated [[Derek Thorpe]] 14:4
*'''2005''' European Junior Championships participant in Tallinn, Estonia (51kg):
**Defeated [[Jaroslav Korinek]] (Czech Republic) 46:27
**Lost to [[Boumer Daci Amine]] (France) 61:67
*'''2007''' European Union Championships Silver medallist in Dublin, Ireland (57kg):
**Defeated [[Denis Zabins]] (Latvia) RSC-OS 2
**Defeated [[Michał Chudecki]] (Poland) 19:10
**Lost to [[Khedafi Djelkhir]] (France) 27:37
*'''2009''' Irish National Champion in Dublin (57kg):
**Defeated [[Tyrone McKenna]] 14:5
**Defeated [[Kevin Fennessy]] AB 2
**Defeated [[David Oliver Joyce]] 10:5

==Regional & Minor Titles==
*[[BBBoC]] Celtic super bantamweight title
*[[Commonwealth Boxing Council]] super bantamweight title
*[[IBF]] Inter-Continental super bantamweight title
*[[EBU]] (European) super bantamweight title
*interim [[WBO]] World featherweight title

== Career Factoids ==
*Has a record of 5-1-0 (1 KO) in world title fights
*Has a record of 7-1-0 (3 KO's) against former or current world champions
**Won against [[Steve Molitor]], [[Kiko Martinez]] (twice), [[Hugo Fidel Cazares]], [[Scott Quigg]], [[Leo Santa Cruz]] & [[Nonito Donaire]].
**Lost against [[Leo Santa Cruz]]

==Notes==
*Frampton was managed by [[IBHOF]] member and former-world champion [[Barry McGuigan]].
*Not unlike his former manager and mentor McGuigan, Frampton has often said that he wants to bridge the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland through boxing. He grew up in a staunch Unionist area of Belfast, however learned his trade at a Catholic gym and elected to fight under the Irish flag as an amateur instead of for Great Britain.

==Awards & Recognitions==
*[[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year]] (2016)

== External Link ==
*[http://www.premierboxingchampions.com/carl-frampton Profile on Premier Boxing Champions]

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Kiko Martinez]] |
title=[[IBF Super Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Jonathan Guzman]]|
years=2014 Sep 6 – 2016 May '''Vacated'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Scott Quigg]] |
title=[[WBA Super Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Nehomar Cermeno]]|
years=2016 Feb 27 – April 2016 '''Stripped'''|
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Leo Santa Cruz]] Super Champion |
title=[[WBA Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Leo Santa Cruz]]|
years=2016 July 30 – 2017 Jan 28 '''Super Champion'''|
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frampton, Carl}}
[[Category:World Super Bantamweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:Northern Irish World Champions]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Boxing Council Super Bantamweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]

International Boxing Club

2018-12-20T06:03:18Z

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The '''International Boxing Club''' was formed by [[Jim Norris]], [[Arthur Wirtz]], and [[Joe Louis]] in 1949, with Norris taking 80% of the stock. Norris also served as the IBC's President. This New York club is to be distinguished from the [[International Sporting Club (NYC)]] of many years earlier.

The IBC was set up in direct opposition to [[Mike Jacobs|Mike Jacobs']] [[Twentieth Century Sporting Club]]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=11QATDIx9CAC&pg=PT237&lpg=PT237&dq=jim+norris+joe+louis+wirtz&source=bl&ots=FkllvYI1SK&sig=iGyo3zoHBKrcpirWl_3hThf7FXw&hl=en&ei=5JXRTuiKGYfg2AWayM3_Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=jim%20norris%20joe%20louis%20wirtz&f=false]

Norris was a very unsavory individual and was widely known to associate with criminals. As president of the International Boxing Club, Norris had a monopoly on championship fights due to a lucrative contract the IBC had to broadcast fights on national television.

Norris was responsible for fixing numerous bouts. Besides match fixing, he was also unofficially managing many boxers (usually against their will) and persuading them to hire his associates as advisers.[http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-boxing-moments-in-history.php]

Norris also held an interest in promotions at [[Madison Square Garden]]. [[:File:Norris IBC.jpg|Source]] Wirtz and Norris also at the time controlled half the National Hockey League (Wirtz owned Chicago while Norris owned Detroit: Madison Square Garden, who owned the New York Rangers, was jointly held by both) and also had interests in horse racing.

In 1957, the IBC was ruled to be a monopoly. The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled against the IBC and ordered it to be dissolved. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1132206/index.htm] [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rPZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8AAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6697,3928360&dq=international+boxing+club+monopoly+supreme+court&hl=en] MSG was eventually sold to the Graham-Paige Corporation, formerly an automaker who had become a diversified holding company, as a way to satisfy anti-trust requirements.

Arthur Wirtz

2018-12-20T05:59:18Z

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[[File:ArtWirtz.jpg|left|thumb|275px]]
'''Arthur Wirtz''' was a partner with ex-champion [[Joe Louis]] and [[Jim Norris]] in the [[International Boxing Club]] during the late 1940s into the 1950s. He was also the Executive-President and Treasurer of the [[Olympia Stadium]] in Detroit during at least 1945.

Wirtz began his business career in real estate, and became friends with Norris when they purchased the Olympia and its main tenant, the Detroit Red Wings. He would then later buy the [[Chicago Stadium]] and stakes in [[Madison Square Garden]] and the St. Louis Arena, before starting the IBC with Norris. During this time he would also buy the NHL's Chicago Black Hawks: his family retains ownership of the 'Hawks to this day.

Bell Centre: Montreal

2018-12-20T05:48:02Z

Kjgier: /* Montreal, QC, Canada */

[[File:BellCentre.jpeg|700px|thumb|left]]
 
== Montreal, QC, Canada ==

*1260 de la Gauchetière St West (near Crescent)
*Home to the Montreal Canadiens National Hockey League team, it regularly hosts boxing cards in Montreal, predominantly INTERBOX and GYM ([[Yvon Michel]] Promotions) events.

[[Category:Canadian Venues|Bell Centre: Montreal]]
[[Category:Montreal Venues|Bell Centre: Montreal]]

Leo Dandurand

2018-12-20T05:46:51Z

Kjgier: /* Promoter */

== Promoter ==

Promoter based out of Montreal, Canada. He was in partnership with [[Joe Cattarinich]] and [[Louis Letrourneau]], with whom he also owned the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League.

See also, the [[Montreal Forum]]

[[Category:Promoters|Dandurand, Leo]]

Montreal Forum

2018-12-20T05:45:56Z

Kjgier: /* Montreal, QC, Canada */

== Montreal, QC, Canada ==
[[file:MontrealForum2.jpg|right|frame|<center>Montreal Forum: Circa 1925</center>]]

The '''Montreal Forum''', located at 2313 Saint Catherine Street (St. Catherine & Atwater, just north of Cabot Square), existed from 1924 to 1996, and had a capacity of 11,000-14,000 for boxing. Its inaugural professional boxing show was held [[Show:123615|April 20, 1925]]. It became the preeminent boxing venue of Montreal from the 1920s and for many years later. And, of course, the Forum was the home of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team for many, many years.

A number of world bantamweight title bouts were held here in the early 1930s, when Montreal was was doing more than any other city at the time to promote the 118-pound weight class. ([[National Boxing Association]] President [[Edward Foster]] was to acknowledge by 1934: "I consider Montreal the logical bantamweight capital of the world." ''The Standard'' (Montreal) June 21, 1935.) The Forum, and Montreal in general, has hosted numerous world title contests, with the [[Archie Bell vs. Pete Sanstol|Archie Bell vs. Pete Sanstol bout]] having been the first world title bout ever held in the city. (See also, [[World Title Fights Held in Canada]].) As of 1977, excluding exhibitions, no fewer than 52 world champions had fought in Montreal--many in the Forum. Its final boxing show was held [[Show:65913|December 5, 1995]].

The Forum was gutted and converted to a shopping, bowling and movie theater mall. Its grand history as a boxing venue gets virtually no mention in the memorabilia that the current Forum management displays on the walls of the upper floors, mostly devoted to the proud history of the Canadiens. ([[:Image:MontrealForum1938.jpg|Image]] of 1924-1938 version; [[:Image:MontrealForum2006.jpg|image]] of the site today.)

[[file:MontrealForum.jpg|frame|right|<center>Forum interior: Pete Sanstol (left), Armand Vincent & Archie Bell (May 1931)</center>]]
Some of Montreal's and the Forum's better-known promoters include:
*[[George Kennedy]]: Montreal's first major boxing promoter, then owner of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.
*[[Leo Dandurand]], [[Joe Cattarinich]], [[Louis Letrourneau]]: triumvirate owners of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1920s.
*[[Armand Vincent]]: 1930s
*[[Aleck Moore]]: 1930s
*[[Lawson Bampton]]: He was also a frequent contributor, and local correspondent, for [[The Ring Magazine]] during the 1930s
*[[Al Foreman]] & [[Harry Foreman]]
*[[Jules Racicot]]
*[[Meyer Alper]]
*[[Raoul Godbout]]: Promoter & Matchmaker 1940s-early 1950s
*[[Eddie Quinn]]: perhaps Montreal's best-known promoter; he left the Forum in 1964
*[[Regis Levesque]]
*[[Gerry Grundman]] & his Matchmaker [[Claude Mouton]]: 1970s
Some of the latter information on promoters is courtesy of [[Boxing Illustrated|''Boxing Illustrated'']], [[Boxing Illustrated: August 1977|August 1977]], pp. 44-51.

== External Links ==
[[file:MontrealForum.Ticket.jpg|right|350px|early 1950s ticket]]
*Official Website: [http://www.forum-montreal.com/]
*Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Forum]
*General History: [http://hockey.ballparks.com/NHL/MontrealCanadiens/oldindex.htm]
*Illustrated Print: [http://campbellstudio.com/pages/montrealforum.html]
*Forum Ice Hockey Chronology: [http://hockey.ballparks.com/NHL/MontrealCanadiens/articles.htm]
*William Lyon Mackenzie King at the Forum: [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/king/053201/05320113020908_e.html]
*[[:Image:ForumProgram.jpg|Sample Forum Boxing Programme]]
*1934 Bantamweight Tournament [[:Image:MontrealTournament.Nov1934.jpg|advert]]

[[Category:Canadian Venues|Montreal Forum]]
[[Category:Montreal Venues|Montreal Forum]]

Johnny Tapia

2018-12-20T00:08:58Z

Kjgier: /* Notes */

[[File:Tapia DWF15-333461.jpg|left|frame]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2017 Modern Category Hall of Fame bio:
[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/tapia.html]]]
<boxer>001160</boxer>
'''Managers:''' Paul Chavez (1988-1995) Teresa Tapia, his wife (1995-2011) 
'''Trainers:''' Paul Chavez (1988-1995) Larry Goossen (1995) [[Miguel Diaz]] (1995-1996) Dub Huntley (1996) [[Jesse Reid]] (1997-1998) [[Eddie Futch]] (1997) [[Tom Virgets]] (1998) [[Freddie Roach]] (1998-2002) [[Eddie Mustafa Muhammad]] (2003) [[Oscar Suarez]] (2004-2005) Sergio Chavez (2005) Kevin Henry (2007) [[Henry Anaya Jr.]] (2010-2011) 
'''[[:Category:Johnny Tapia Gallery|Johnny Tapia Gallery]]

== Amateur Achievements ==
*Amateur Record: 150-12 or 101-21 with 65 knockouts (sources differ) [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/inductionweekend/2012/tapia_12.html] [http://www.hboworldboxing.com/apps/hboe/hboboxing/Boxer.do?BoxerTkey=INDP109]
*1983 National [[Golden Gloves]] Light Flyweight Champion. Outpointed [[Darrin Pitts]] in the finals.
*1984 United States [[Olympics|Olympic]] Western Trials Light Flyweight Finalist. Outpointed by [[Arthur Johnson]] in the finals.
*1985 National Golden Gloves Flyweight Champion. Outpointed [[Richard Duran]] in the finals.

== Professional Career ==
[[File:TAPIA-BACK-FLIP.jpg|right|thumb|285px|Tapia would celebrate wins by doing a back flip]][[File:JOHNNY-DANNY-310.jpg|right|thumb|285px|Johnny Tapia (left) vs. Danny Romero]][[File:Ayala vs. Tapia I.jpg|right|thumb|285px|Johnny Tapia (left) vs. Paulie Ayala I]]
*Tested positive for cocaine following his technical decision win against Santiago Caballero in October 1990. Tapia was suspended indefinitely. He did not fight again for 3½ years.
*Stopped [[Henry Martinez]] in eleven rounds to win the vacant [[World Boxing Organization]] Junior Bantamweight Championship in October 1994. Tapia would successfully defend the title thirteen times.
*Defeated [[International Boxing Federation]] Junior Bantamweight Champion and fellow Albuquerque native [[Danny Romero]] by a twelve-round unanimous decision in July 1997 to unify the WBO and IBF 115-pound titles.
*Defeated [[Nana Konadu]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[World Boxing Association]] Bantamweight Championship in December 1998.
*Lost the WBA Bantamweight Championship to [[Paulie Ayala]] by twelve-round unanimous decision in June 1999. It was Tapia's first loss as a professional. He entered the fight with a record of 48-0-2. The bout was named [[Ring Magazine Fight of the Year|Fight of the Year]] by [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].
*Had a rematch with Paulie Ayala in October 2000 at a catchweight of 124 pounds. Ayala once again won by a twelve-round unanimous decision.
*Defeated [[Manuel Medina]] by a twelve-round majority decision to win the [[International Boxing Federation]] Featherweight Championship in April 2002.
*Stripped of the IBF Featherweight Championship in September 2002 for choosing to fight [[Marco Antonio Barrera]], ''The Ring'' Featherweight Champion, instead of the IBF's No. 1-ranked featherweight contender. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2002-10-03-notebook_x.htm]
*Lost to Marco Antonio Barrera by a twelve-round unanimous decision in November 2002.
*Had a record of 17-1-1 (6 KOs) in world title fights.
*Had a record of 11-3 (2 KOs) against former, current and future world titlists.
**Won against [[John Michael Johnson]], [[Jesus Chong]], [[Rolando Bohol]], [[Hugo Rafael Soto]], [[Danny Romero]], [[Rodolfo Blanco]], [[Nana Konadu]], [[Jorge Eliecer Julio]], [[Cesar Soto]], [[Manuel Medina]], [[Mauricio Pastrana]].
**Lost against [[Paulie Ayala]] (twice), [[Marco Antonio Barrera]].

'''Minor Titles'''
*[[United States Boxing Association]] Junior Bantamweight Title (1990)
*[[North American Boxing Federation]] Super Flyweight Title (1994)
*[[International Boxing Council]] Americas Lightweight Title (2010)

== Notes ==
*Jerry Padilla, Tapia's father, vanished before he was born. Tapia thought he was dead, but he turned up in 2010 after being released from a federal penitentiary. DNA tests confirmed his paternity.
*Virginia Tapia, Johnny's mother, was murdered when he was eight years old.
*Tapia's uncles made him fight older boys in matches. They would bet on him to win and beat him if he lost.
*Tapia was raised by his maternal grandparents.
*Miguel Tapia, Johnny's grandfather, was an amateur boxing champion and taught him how to box.
*Tapia struggled with drugs and alcohol for many years. He was declared clinically dead five times as a result of drug overdoses.
*Tapia attempted suicide several times.
*Johnny and Teresa Tapia were married in 1994. They had three children. [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/sports/johnny-tapia-champion-boxer-amid-chaos-dies-at-45.html?_r=0]
*[[HBO]] aired a documentary about his life and career, simply called ''Tapia'', in 2013. It included interviews with Johnny and Teresa and rare footage of his rise to stardom.
*On May 27, 2013, Tapia was found dead inside his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The autopsy report stated that Tapia's death was the result of heart problems and the onset of Hepatitis C, likely from the many tattoos he had. Teresa Tapia shared the autopsy report with reporters at a press conference on August 21, 2013, and said she was doing it to dispel the myth that her husband died after using illegal drugs. "This shows that he did not die of a drug overdose," she said. "It doesn't make the pain go away, but I felt I needed to say that." Investigators found one Hydrocodone tablet, a painkiller, on the floor beside his body. They said there were no indications of an overdose or alcohol use, but that the 45-year-old former fighter likely developed medical complications from past illegal drug use. Teresa Tapia said her husband was taking medication for his bipolar disorder and for his high blood pressure. [http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8296071/johnny-tapia-wife-says-fighter-died-heart-problems]
*At the beginning of his 2006 autobiography, ''Mi Vida Loca: The Crazy Life of Johnny Tapia'', Tapia wrote: "My name is Johnny Lee Tapia. I was born on Friday the 13th. A Friday in February of 1967. To this day I don't know if that makes me lucky or unlucky. When I was eight I saw my mother murdered. I never knew my father. He was murdered before I was born. I was raised as a pit bull. Raised to fight to the death. Four times I was declared dead. Four times they wanted to pull life support. And many more times I came close to dying. But I have lived and had it all. I have been wealthy and lost it all. I have been famous and infamous. Five times I was world champion. You tell me. Am I lucky or unlucky?"

{{start box}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Johnny Bredahl]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Super Flyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Victor Godoi]]|
years=1994 Oct 12 – 1998 Dec 5 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Danny Romero]]|
title=[[IBF Super Flyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Mark Johnson]]|
years=1997 Jul 8 – 1998 Dec 5 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Nana Konadu]]|
title=[[WBA Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Paulie Ayala]]|
years=1998 Dec 5 – 1999 Jun 26
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jorge Eliecer Julio]]|
title=[[WBO Bantamweight Champion]]|
after=[[Mauricio Martinez]]|
years=2000 Jan 8 – 2000 Sep '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Manuel Medina]]|
title=[[IBF Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Juan Manuel Marquez]]|
years=2002 Apr 27 – 2002 Sep 30 '''Stripped'''
}}
{{end box}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tapia, Johnny}}
[[Category:Mexican American Boxers]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:World Super Flyweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Bantamweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:Three Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:NABF Super Flyweight Champions]]
[[Category:New Mexico Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:2012 Deaths]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]

Demetrius Andrade vs. Walter Kautondokwa

2018-10-14T17:31:08Z

Kjgier:

[[File:SaundersvsAndrade.jpg|320px|right]]
<fight>2270151</fight>
*'''Promoters:''' [[Eddie Hearn (Promoter)| Eddie Hearn]] ([[Matchroom Sport]]), [[Ken Casey]] ([[Murphys Boxing]])
*'''Ring Announcer:''' [[Michael Buffer]]
*'''Aired On:''' [[Sky Sports (UK)| Sky Sports]], [[DAZN]] (Main Event)
*'''[[WBO]] World middleweight title''' (vacant)
*The fight was originally scheduled to be Andrade vs [[Billy Joe Saunders]]: however, following a failed drugs test and a video posted on social media where Saunders offered a woman crack cocaine and money for him to hit her and receive oral sex, Saunders was denied a boxing license by the Massachusetts commission. The WBO ordered [[Walter Kautondokwa]] to face Andrade for what was originally going to be the interim middleweight title, which became the full version when Saunders announced he was vacating the belt.

Top Rank Boxing on ESPN

2018-07-09T00:35:50Z

Kjgier:

[[Top Rank Boxing]] and then-fledgling [[ESPN]] formed a partnership to bring a weekly boxing to the cable network which culminated with the first regularly televised boxing series since 1964. The first event was held on April 10, 1980 in Atlantic City, when middleweight [[Frank Fletcher]] decisioned [[Ben Serrano]]. The now defunct Top Rank Boxing on ESPN was the longest running cable series and weekly boxing series in history, after celebrating its 16th consecutive year in 1996.

Beginning in 2017, Top Rank cards returned to ESPN airwaves in a two-year deal. In addition, Top Rank committed to providing programming to ESPN+, a paid over-the-top streaming service launched in 2018: these would include both minor cards with up-and-coming boxers as well as events that had previously been pay-per-view fights. The first fight of the revived Top Rank Boxing on ESPN was [[Manny Pacquiao]] vs. [[Jeff Horn]], while the first major ESPN+ card was headlined by [[Terence Crawford]] again facing Horn.
[[Category:Television Shows]]

Top Rank Boxing on ESPN

2018-07-09T00:34:09Z

Kjgier:

[[Top Rank Boxing]] and then-fledgling [[ESPN]] formed a partnership to bring a weekly boxing to the cable network which culminated with the first regularly televised boxing series since 1964. The first event was held on April 10, 1980 in Atlantic City, when middleweight [[Frank Fletcher]] decisioned [[Ben Serrano]]. The now defunct Top Rank Boxing on ESPN was the longest running cable series and weekly boxing series in history, after celebrating its 16th consecutive year in 1996.

Beginning in 2017, Top Rank cards returned to ESPN airwaves in a two-year deal. In addition, Top Rank committed to providing programming to ESPN+, a paid over-the-top streaming service launched in 2018: these would include both minor cards with up-and-coming boxers as well as events that had previously been pay-per-view fights. The first fight of the revived Top Rank Boxing on ESPN was [[Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn]], while the first major ESPN+ card was headlined by [[Terence Crawford]] again facing Horn.
[[Category:Television Shows]]

Stanley Christodoulou

2018-06-30T05:55:51Z

Kjgier:

[[file:Stanley Christodoulou.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 2004 Non-Participant Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/nonparticipant/christodoulou.html click]]]
'''Name:''' Stanley Chrisodoulou 
'''Nationality:''' South African 
'''Residence:''' Johannesburg, South Africa 
'''Born:''' 1944-01-31 
'''Officiating Record:''' [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=400900&cat=judge Judge] 
'''Officiating Record:''' [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=400900&cat=referee Referee]
 
'''[[:Category:Stanley Christodoulou Gallery|Stanley Christodoulou Gallery]]'''

 
'''Stanley Christodoulou''' is a Johannesburg, South Africa based boxing judge and referee. Christodoulou has judged bouts in South Africa, as well as internationally with the [[WBA]], whom he is involved with in leaderships roles dealing with officiating. He has worked major international fights since the 1970s even though for much of his career world sports governing bodies barred South African participants in protest of apartheid: however, Christodoulou holds both Greek and South African citizenship and thus was able to officially represent Greece.

Some of the notable bouts Christodoulou has officiated, include:
*[[Pipino Cuevas vs. Thomas Hearns]] (referee)
*[[Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello (1st meeting)]]
*[[Marvin Hagler vs. Roberto Duran]]( referee )
*[[Kostya Tszyu vs. Jan Piet Bergman]] ( judge )
*[[Austin Trout vs. Saul Alvarez]] ( judge )

{{DEFAULTSORT:Christodoulou, Stanley}}
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[[Category:Referees]]
[[Category:Officials]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]