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May 7, 2009 Rochester, New York
Ruslan Khayrtdinov (2-0-0) who came from Moscow to train with me two months ago, defeated a local fighter, Dwayne Hardaway (0-0-1) in his American debut.Two months of hard training was not enough to get…
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My First British Boxer
On April 13, 2008, I went to LaGuardia Airport to get my new student, Billy Dawson, who just flew in from England. Both his father and grandfather were boxers.
The day after I got back from…
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10 Days of Fasting
If you come to a new country with the ambition of becoming a world level professional boxing coach competing with coaches who are originally from here, you have to always be in good shape. You have…
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After 26 years the first meeting of the two, great world class amateur boxers Serik Konakbaev (USSR, Kazakhstan) and Mark Breland (USA).
After attending the amateur boxing world championships in Chicago, November, 2007 Serik and I looked forward to meeting…
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World Championship Boxing, 2007, Chicago, USA
This is the first World Championship where boxers who made it to the quarter finals became qualified for the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, China. Over one thousand boxers representing over more than one…
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When Students Don’t Forget…
In January, 2007, I received a call…
- Mike, it’s me, Timofey.
- Where are you?
- I am at JFK.
- Why didn’t you tell me you were coming? I could’ve met you!
- I’m…
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HOUSTON TO HOST THE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS – BOXING, AUGUST 20-26
NATIONAL PAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT OXNARD, CALIF., OCTOBER 1-6
The U.S. Olympic Team Boxing Trials – Eighty-eight of the nation’s top amateur boxers competed for 11 coveted Olympic berths…
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(AUG 27) After many years of struggle, top amateur athlete, Jill Emery, has finally gotten her chance to fight for a belt in the US. On September 27th at the Tachi Palace, in Lemoore, California.
Emery, who was the oldest…
