2014 GOLDEN GLOVES

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir@yahoo.com


IN LAS VEGAS....ITS OVER.....PRETTY POOR PUSH ON THE PROMOTION ON THIS BUT IN THAT ITS HERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR WE WILL START EARLY FOR THAT ONE.... NOW.
LAS VEGAS HOTEL MAY 2015 NATIONAL GOLDEN GLOVES.
2014


THIS A FIVE DAY EVENT ....10 WEIGHT CLASSES....39 DISTRICTS....THE UNITED STATES.


IT WAS GREAT.


REACTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS...... HERE...... AND TO FOLLOW.


PRETTY MUCH A THREE RING CIRCUS....IN A NICE SORT OF WAY......3 RINGS THE FIRST THREE DAYS...NON STOP ACTION.....3....TWO MINUTE ROUNDS...ITS OVER....SINGLE ELIMINATION...THEY WEIGH THE FIGHTER EACH DAY...NICE IDEA....I ONCE SAW  A PRO FIGHT WHERE THE BOXERS WEIGHED IN THE DAY BEFORE AND AT THE BELL THEY WERE A COMBINED 35  POUNDS OVER...NOT HERE...NICE ADMINISTRATION....BIG JOB OF ORGANIZATION WITH THE ANNOUNCER WORKING THREE RINGS....3 SETS OF FIGHTERS...3  REFEREES.....5 JUDGES FOR EACH FIGHT....SOMEBODY SOLD LOTS OF BLUE SHIRTS.


1959 I LEFT VERDIGRE, NEBRASKA FOR NORFOLK, NEBRASKA AND REGIONAL GOLDEN GLOVES...THAT COVERS 64 YEARS OF .....SORT OF FOLLOWING THIS....ALWAYS LIKED IT...STILL DO.....GOOD COMPETITION AND REAL GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP...FEW KNOCKOUTS.....HAS TO BE SOME TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP INVOLVED HERE....THESE TRAITS GOOD FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.


BARRYS BOXING OF LAS VEGAS (702 368 2696) THE LOCAL CONTACT FOR THIS...THANKS....
MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS ALSO WITH BANNERS ON THE LAS VEGAS HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER WALLS....THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.


THIS ACTUALLY AN 8 DAY EVENT WITH BANQUET...DRAWS...BRIEFINGS PRIOR TO THE FIRST BELL.


MAY 2015 LETS ALL GET ON THIS FOR NEXT YEAR AND SUPPORT AND FOLLOW THIS GREAT DIVERSON FROM THE REAL WORLD.


QUONTEX MCRATH....THE ONLY NEVADA FIGHTER IN THE FINALS....LOST A CLOSE ONE TO SAMUEL VALENTIN OF FLORIDA.....


TWO RINGS FRIDAY AND ONLY ONE SATURDAY WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A SPECTACULAR SHOW....6 CHAMPIONS FROM 2013 RETURNED TO SPICE THE FLAVOR IN THIS YEARS EVENT.


201+ CHAMPION FROM DETROIT...JERMAINE FRANKLIN....MANY OF THESE FIGHTERS WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR AND MANY WILL TURN PRO....THEIR MISSION HERE IS THAT THEY WILL ALL BE BETTER CITIZENS.....I WILL..... AND I COULD TELL MANY OF THOSE I MET HERE WILL TOO....PRETTY GOOD CLASS OF PEOPLE.


REALLY BIG EVENT WITH LVEN REPORTERS GARY TURNER AND FRANK ARNOLD CONTRIBUTING.


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