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 each other again in NYC in February, 2008. Mark Breland and I have been friends [...]
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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 hundred countries showed up in Chicago to participate. I had also hoped to participate more [...]
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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 only passing through New York to do some business in Miami. On my way back, [...]
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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 at the Olympic Trials, August 20-26, 2007. Eight boxers fought in each of the 11 [...]
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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 woman on the USA boxing team will fight on the same card as the WBC [...]
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Michael Kozlowski’s student’s, Jill Emery and Yuri Foreman, are featured in the book “80 Years of Golden Gloves” Bill Farrell’s book, “80 Years of Golden Gloves” (the oldest amateur boxing tournament in the world), came out prior to the Golden Gloves competitions of January 2007. In February 1927, in New York City, the Daily News [...]
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February 24th kicks off the Golden Gloves at New York City’s Copacabana. In honor of that, we’re featuring Michael Kozlowski, a trainer known for turning out sensational international champions – many of whom go on to become highly rated professionals Training For The Next Level Michael Kozlowski Looks To Build champions In The Pro Ranks [...]
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June 21, 2007, Dublin, Ireland. A history accompanied the first professional women’s bout held in Ireland but that’s where the glitz ended. Having cut her teeth at such salubrious venues as a Club Med in Florida and a National Guard Armoury in Dorchester Massachusetts, Jill Emery recorded a comfortable points victory over London based Russian [...]
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January 13th, 2007, Halle, Germany. Karolina Lukasik, 154, won by a split decision, over Jill Emery, 152. Scores: 99-92, 97-93 and 94-96. The referee Daniel van de Wiele also acted as judge, and he had Emery as the winner.
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October 11th, Westchester County Civic Center, White Plains, NY. Bantamweight Khabir Suleymanov (2-0) outworked Omar Carroll (0-1-1) to win by scores of 40-36 on all cards
