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Terri Blair

2014-05-09T10:36:12Z

Smithjohn673:

[[File:777terriblairweighin.jpg|400px|left]]
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==Professional Titles==
*[[International Boxing Association]] female welterweight title (2006)
*[[North American Boxing Council]] female lightweight title (2006)
*[[North American Boxing Federation]] female light welterweight title (2007)

==External Link==
*[http://www.womenboxing.com/biog/tblair.htm WBAN Boxer Bio]

File:777terriblairweighin.jpg

2014-05-09T10:23:03Z

Smithjohn673:

Kara Ro vs. Terri Blair

2014-05-09T09:17:37Z

Smithjohn673:

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This was the pro debut for Ro, who would go on to win the [[Womens International Boxing Association|WIBA]] lightweight title and retire with a record of 17-0.

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Kara Ro vs. Terri Blair

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Pro debut for Ro.

Chevelle Hallback vs. Terri Blair

2014-05-09T08:53:55Z

Smithjohn673:

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*David A. Avila of thesweetscience.com wrote that Hallback vs. Blair was "perhaps the fight of the year" and round five "could be the round of the year for female fighters."

Fight:1098251

2014-04-29T19:36:28Z

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Terri Blair vs. Sumya Anani (2nd meeting)

2014-04-29T19:36:28Z

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*'''[[International Boxing Association]] Women's Welterweight Title''' (1st defense by Blair)

==Comments==
*Four days before the match, Blair’s grandmother suffered a fatal heart attack. Blair went directly from the funeral to the weigh-in.
*Promoter Greg Peals hoped to sell more than 2,000 tickets, but the crowd was less than a quarter of that.
*Blair knocked down Anani three times in the ninth round.

'''Blair, foe say paychecks bounced''' 
By Michael Grant, The Courier-Journal, June 14, 2006

It has been almost three weeks since Louisville's Terri Blair successfully defended her International Boxing Association women's welterweight championship at Louisville Gardens.

She says she is still waiting to be paid.

Jim Murphy, the attorney for promoter Greg Peals, said neither Blair nor her opponent, Sumya Anani, has been paid and that Peals is still trying to recoup an undisclosed amount of money from Louisville Gardens and Ticketmaster.

Louisville Gardens is owned by the city. Louisville Metro Deputy Mayor Rick Johnston said the Gardens is a rental facility and receives only a surcharge on tickets for facility usage and a set fee. Ticketmaster spokeswoman Bonnie Poindexter also disputed Peals' claim, saying "our contracted client has been paid in full under the terms of agreement with Ticketmaster."

According to a copy of the fight contract obtained by The Courier-Journal through an open-records request to the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority, Blair was supposed to receive $10,000 for her rematch against Anani.

Blair's trainer/manager, Abdul Jarvis, said Blair received a check for less than the contracted amount and that the check bounced. Anani, who lost via technical knockout to Blair on May 27 at Louisville Gardens, told a similar story. She was supposed to be paid $7,000. Anani said her check for $5,100 bounced when she tried to deposit it at her Kansas City bank.

Peals has repeatedly declined comment, referring all questions to Murphy.

Jarvis added that this experience has made him wary of fighting again in Kentucky. He said that in previous fights the purse money was secured before the bout. This was the first fight in Blair's adopted hometown of Louisville. She hails from Paintsville.

==External Links==
*[http://leoweekly.com/news-features/major-stories/features/the-terri-blair-story-slowly-but-surely-the-kentucky-fighter-ha "The Terri Blair Story" Leo Weekly]
*[http://womensboxing.proboards.com/thread/323/blair-again?page=1&scrollTo=2306 "Blair does it again!" Women's Boxing Forum]

Terri Blair vs. Sumya Anani (2nd meeting)

2014-04-29T19:34:40Z

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2014-04-29T19:23:21Z

Smithjohn673:

Terry Silver

2014-04-29T06:43:57Z

Smithjohn673:

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----

Trained by [[Baby LeRoy|Leroy "Baby Leroy" Edmerson]].

Lost to [[Sugar Ray Leonard]] in the light welterweight final of the 1974 National Golden Gloves Tournament.

1980 National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champion.

[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions|Silver, Terry]]

Tyrone Moore

2014-04-29T06:37:49Z

Smithjohn673:

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Trained by [[Baby LeRoy|Leroy "Baby Leroy" Edmerson]].

Fought [[Thomas Hearns]] for the 1977 National [[Golden Gloves]] Light Welterweight Championship.

(Source: The Courier-Journal, March 11, 2004)

Tyrone Moore

2014-04-29T06:22:42Z

Smithjohn673:

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Trained by [[Baby LeRoy|Leroy "Baby Leroy" Edmerson]]

Fought [[Thomas Hearns]] for the 1977 National [[Golden Gloves]] Light Welterweight Championship.

(Source: The Courier-Journal, March 11, 2004)

Baby LeRoy

2014-04-29T05:50:54Z

Smithjohn673:

[[File:Greg Page & Baby Leroy 1981.jpg|left|right|250px|thumb|Baby Leroy with Greg Page in 1981]]
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'''Leroy "Baby Leroy" Edmerson''' trained former [[WBA]] heavyweight champion [[Greg Page]] from 1974 to 1984.

Page began boxing under the tutelage of Edmerson at a Louisville Parks Department gym at age 15.

Edmerson was dismissed as trainer after Page lost to [[Tim Witherspoon]] in a 1984 fight for the vacant [[WBC]] heavyweight title. [http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20070504/SPORTS/105040003/Greg-Page-s-career-timeline]

'''Trainer gave guidance to a generation of champions''' 
By Bob Hill, The Courier-Journal, March 11, 2004

[[Terry Silver]] was sitting in his comfortable Jeffersonville, Ind., home watching a grainy video of himself fighting [[Sugar Ray Leonard]] for the 1974 National [[Golden Gloves]] Championship. A [[Howard Cosell]] sound-alike was doing the television voice-over, both fighters looking so young, so lithe, so agile.

With Silver was [[Tyrone Moore]], an old friend who had fought [[Thomas Hearns|Tommy "Hit Man" Hearns]] for the 1977 national title. Silver and Moore lost those fights. Silver would win his national title in 1980, his career interrupted by four years of college.

Both men would turn professional, sparring with and fighting some of the best, including Golden Gloves and WBA world champion Greg Page.

All three Louisville fighters would share one piece of history, their trainer, Leroy "Baby Leroy" Edmerson. Silver was 12 when he met Edmerson. He lived in Alpha Gardens. His neighbor was a former fighter, Billy Williams. Silver thought he and Williams' four sons all would be getting boxing lessons from their dad.

"All of a sudden this man pulled up in this old beat-up car and there was Leroy," said Silver, 48, now a mortgage salesman.

Moore, 45, grew up in Cotter Homes and works for the Metropolitan Sewer District. He needed some early quickness to launch his career. Edmerson was hauling Cotter Homes kids to the gym in the old car, but refused to include the 15-year-old Moore, saying he was too small.

"That old car had one back door that wouldn't open," Moore said, "so one day I just snuck in first and let the other guys come in behind me. I knew Baby Leroy wasn't going to put everybody else out just to get me out."

Silver and Moore recently told "Baby Leroy" stories for 40 minutes, laughing hard, pausing for reflection, searching for the words. Edmerson was from Cincinnati. He fought professionally for more than 20 years, never more than a journeyman, hanging on too long.

Small, compact, fit, he worked as a janitor, helped raise four daughters, wanted nothing from boxing except to train its next generation. He built his first ring in a Beecher Terrace basement with thin foam on the floor and four old posts for corners. He later used a sparsely furnished gym in an upstairs room at 919 Baxter Ave., then Baxter II on Oak Street.

A hundred young men came to him eager to learn his sport, including a chunky, overweight Page. Edmerson gave them guidance, discipline, direction, a life schedule and rides in his old car for free.

"I don't even remember ever giving him a dime for gas," Silver said.

Edmerson didn't raise his voice. He was a stickler for fundamentals, trained his fighters so well he would take entire Louisville teams to the national Golden Gloves finals.

"He produced as many national champions as Rick Pitino and Denny Crum and one world champion," said Silver, who wants to see Edmerson in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame.

In failing health, Edmerson was living in an Indianapolis nursing home when he died last Friday at 72. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 443 E. Kentucky St., with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery.

Silver saw Edmerson a final time last year. Not sure his old trainer recognized him, Silver kept talking to him, trying to make a connection, reminding Edmerson of his old admonition: "Stick your move."

"I kept saying `Leroy, Leroy, stick your move,'" Silver said. "Finally his eyes fluttered a little bit and he said, `I told ya, move.'"

"He wouldn't say anything else after that. I sat there about 40 minutes. ... It brought tears to my eyes."

Greg Page

2014-04-29T05:49:54Z

Smithjohn673:

[[file:Greg Page.jpg|left|250px]]
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'''Trainers:''' [[Baby LeRoy|Leroy "Baby Leroy" Edmerson]], [[Janks Morton]], [[Richie Giachetti]] 
'''[[:Category:Greg Page Gallery|Greg Page Photo Gallery]]''' 
 
== Amateur Career ==
'''Amateur Record:''' 94-11
*1975 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Quarterfinalist, losing to [[John Tate]].
*1976 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Semifinalist, losing to [[Michael Dokes]].
*1976 Ohio State Fair Heavyweight Champion, defeating [[Marvin Stinson]].
*1977 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Finalist, losing to [[Jimmy Clark (of Coatesville, PA)|Jimmy Clark]].
*1977 National AAU Heavyweight Champion, defeating [[Woody Clark]]. Page was voted the tournament's outstanding boxer.
*1978 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion, defeating [[William Hosea]].
*1978 National AAU Heavyweight Champion, defeating [[Tony Tubbs]].

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== Notes ==
*Page was one of four World Heavyweight Champions from Louisville, Kentucky. The other three are [[Marvin Hart]], [[Muhammad Ali]] and [[Jimmy Ellis]].
*At the age of 16, Page boxed an exhibition with [[Muhammad Ali]] at Louisville Gardens. After the exhibition, Ali said, "That boy hit me so hard, it jarred my kinfolks in Africa."
*On December 1, 1984, Page won the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship with an [[Gerrie Coetzee vs. Greg Page|8th-round knockout]] of [[Gerrie Coetzee]] in Sun City, South Africa. He lost the title five months later, dropping a [[Greg Page vs. Tony Tubbs |15-round unanimous decision]] to [[Tony Tubbs]] in Buffalo, New York.
*Page was a sparring partner for [[Mike Tyson]]. He once knocked Tyson down in training. It occurred while Tyson was preparing for his [[Mike Tyson vs. James (Buster) Douglas|fight]] against [[James (Buster) Douglas]] in 1990.
*On March 9, 2001, Page was [[Greg Page vs. Dale Crowe|knocked out in the 10th round]] by [[Dale Crowe]] in Erlanger, Kentucky. Reports stated that Page was down for 45 minutes before finally being taken to the hospital. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and had a massive stroke during post-fight surgery, which resulted in permanent paralysis to the left side of his body. Page was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Crowe helped organize fundraisers for Page, and the two remained friends for the rest of Page's life. Page even attended one of Crowe's bouts in 2002.
*The [[Kentucky Athletic Commission]] came under a great deal of criticism for not having sufficient ringside medical assistance and not having an ambulance on site. Page filed a lawsuit against the state of Kentucky, which was settled out of court in 2007. Page received $1.2 million and the state agreed to support a move to call changes in Kentucky's boxing regulations the "Greg Page Boxing Safety Initiative." State officials also agreed to establish a medical review panel to check the health conditions of athletes who may be at risk for injury.
*Page died April 26, 2009. "He had a hospital bed at home, and he slid out, which he has done before," said Jim Wesley, a Jefferson County deputy coroner. "His head was lodged between the rail and the bed itself." Page's death was consistent with positional asphyxia, an inability to breathe because of body position.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-16-courier-journal-page_x.htm Prodigy Greg Page adapts to life with brain injury]
*[http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2860558 Ex-heavyweight champ agrees to settle suit]
*[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090428/NEWS01/108290001/Ex-champ-Greg-Page-slips-from-bed-dies Ex-champ Greg Page slips from bed, dies]
*[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20070504/SPORTS/105040003/Greg-Page-s-career-timeline Greg Page's career: a timeline]
*[http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=4264 Amateur record (partial)]
*[[Wikipedia:Greg_Page_(boxer)|Wikipedia Bio]]

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title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Tony Tubbs]]|
years=1984 Dec 1 – 1985 Apr 29
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[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:2009 Deaths]]

File:Greg Page & Baby Leroy 1981.jpg

2014-04-29T05:49:35Z

Smithjohn673:

[[Category:Greg Page Gallery]]

File:Greg Page & Baby Leroy 1981.jpg

2014-04-29T05:38:03Z

Smithjohn673:

Greg Page

2014-04-26T19:51:52Z

Smithjohn673:

[[file:Greg Page.jpg|left|250px]]
<boxer>000381</boxer>
'''Trainers:''' Leroy Edmerson, [[Janks Morton]], [[Richie Giachetti]] 
'''[[:Category:Greg Page Gallery|Greg Page Photo Gallery]]''' 
 
== Amateur Career ==
'''Amateur Record:''' 94-11
*1975 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Quarterfinalist, losing to [[John Tate]].
*1976 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Semifinalist, losing to [[Michael Dokes]].
*1976 Ohio State Fair Heavyweight Champion, defeating [[Marvin Stinson]].
*1977 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Finalist, losing to [[Jimmy Clark (of Coatesville, PA)|Jimmy Clark]].
*1977 National AAU Heavyweight Champion, defeating [[Woody Clark]]. Page was voted the tournament's outstanding boxer.
*1978 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion, defeating [[William Hosea]].
*1978 National AAU Heavyweight Champion, defeating [[Tony Tubbs]].

{{start box}}
{{succession box | title=[[United States Amateur Heavyweight Champions|National AAU Heavyweight Champion]] | before= [[Marvin Stinson]]| after= [[Tony Tubbs]]| years=1977-1978}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jimmy Clark (of Coatesville, PA)|Jimmy Clark]]|
title=[[National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions|National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Marvis Frazier]]|
years=1978}}
{{end box}}

== Notes ==
*Page was one of four World Heavyweight Champions from Louisville, Kentucky. The other three are [[Marvin Hart]], [[Muhammad Ali]] and [[Jimmy Ellis]].
*At the age of 16, Page boxed an exhibition with [[Muhammad Ali]] at Louisville Gardens. After the exhibition, Ali said, "That boy hit me so hard, it jarred my kinfolks in Africa."
*On December 1, 1984, Page won the [[WBA]] Heavyweight Championship with an [[Gerrie Coetzee vs. Greg Page|8th-round knockout]] of [[Gerrie Coetzee]] in Sun City, South Africa. He lost the title five months later, dropping a [[Greg Page vs. Tony Tubbs |15-round unanimous decision]] to [[Tony Tubbs]] in Buffalo, New York.
*Page was a sparring partner for [[Mike Tyson]]. He once knocked Tyson down in training. It occurred while Tyson was preparing for his [[Mike Tyson vs. James (Buster) Douglas|fight]] against [[James (Buster) Douglas]] in 1990.
*On March 9, 2001, Page was [[Greg Page vs. Dale Crowe|knocked out in the 10th round]] by [[Dale Crowe]] in Erlanger, Kentucky. Reports stated that Page was down for 45 minutes before finally being taken to the hospital. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and had a massive stroke during post-fight surgery, which resulted in permanent paralysis to the left side of his body. Page was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Crowe helped organize fundraisers for Page, and the two remained friends for the rest of Page's life. Page even attended one of Crowe's bouts in 2002.
*The [[Kentucky Athletic Commission]] came under a great deal of criticism for not having sufficient ringside medical assistance and not having an ambulance on site. Page filed a lawsuit against the state of Kentucky, which was settled out of court in 2007. Page received $1.2 million and the state agreed to support a move to call changes in Kentucky's boxing regulations the "Greg Page Boxing Safety Initiative." State officials also agreed to establish a medical review panel to check the health conditions of athletes who may be at risk for injury.
*Page died April 26, 2009. "He had a hospital bed at home, and he slid out, which he has done before," said Jim Wesley, a Jefferson County deputy coroner. "His head was lodged between the rail and the bed itself." Page's death was consistent with positional asphyxia, an inability to breathe because of body position.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-16-courier-journal-page_x.htm Prodigy Greg Page adapts to life with brain injury]
*[http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2860558 Ex-heavyweight champ agrees to settle suit]
*[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090428/NEWS01/108290001/Ex-champ-Greg-Page-slips-from-bed-dies Ex-champ Greg Page slips from bed, dies]
*[http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20070504/SPORTS/105040003/Greg-Page-s-career-timeline Greg Page's career: a timeline]
*[http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=4264 Amateur record (partial)]

*[[Wikipedia:Greg_Page_(boxer)|Wikipedia Bio]]

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Gerrie Coetzee]]|
title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]]|
after=[[Tony Tubbs]]|
years=1984 Dec 1 – 1985 Apr 29
}}
{{end box}}

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[[Category:African American Boxers]]
[[Category:National Golden Gloves Champions]]
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:2009 Deaths]]