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Minnesota Boxing Hall Of Fame
The Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame is a commemorative organization with plans to create a museum. It celebrates the history of boxing in the state of Minnesota by honoring individuals whose achievements within the sport are noteworthy. History Though several individuals had previously considered creating a hall of fame for Minnesota boxing, it was noted boxing historian Jake Wegner who pulled together the local boxing community in 2009, filed for nonprofit status, and assembled a board of directors for the new hall. With Wegner as the president, the board consisted of Jeff Flanagan (Vice-President), Don Evans (Treasurer), Jim Wells (Secretary), Denny Nelson, Jim Carlin, and Wayne Bebeau. The inaugural class of inductees was announced on July 5, 2010 and the induction banquet took place on October 12, 2010. In April 2014, founder and President, Jake Wegner resigned from the organization. In May 2014, Jeff Flanagan was elected president. The Minnesota Boxing board consists of Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Demmings
Doug Demmings (May 9, 1951 – March 24, 2002) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1983. Professional boxing career Demmings' career began in inauspicious fashion with two losses in his first four fights, before he began an unbeaten streak that ran to 19 bouts over three years. Demmings then fought Sugar Ray Seales for the United States Boxing Association, USBA middleweight title, a bout which he lost in a 15-round decision. Demmings would subsequently fight (and lose to) Marvin Hagler, "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, Alan Minter, Dwight Davison, Wayne Caplett (three times), Alex Blanchard, and John Mugabi, John "The Beast" Mugabi. At the time of his retirement in 1983 Demmings had compiled a record of 31-12 with 14 wins by knockout. After Boxing Demmings died in 2002 from pancreatic cancer, and was buried in full boxing gear. He was posthumously inducted into the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame in 2013. References External links * 1951 births 2002 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy O'Hara
James John O'Hara (born James John Ehrich; December 3, 1925 – January 17, 2002) was a commissioner and then executive secretary for the Minnesota Board of Boxing from 1976 to 2001. When O'Hara was appointed to the Minnesota Board of Boxing, he was a retired light heavyweight amateur and retired professional heavyweight boxer. O'Hara retired from the ring in 1953 with a claim to the Minnesota professional heavyweight title after a win over Don Jasper. Boxing career Golden Gloves O'Hara competed in the Northwest Golden Gloves tournament in 1943, 1944, and 1945 as a light heavyweight. He was 4-F, unfit for military service, due to gout attacks which he suffered all his life. Over the winter of 1943–1944, O'Hara won the St. Paul Golden Gloves tournament as a light-heavy. He finished runner up at the Northwest Golden Gloves tournament, having been rated an even chance to win the championship. During the 1945 Golden Gloves, a rivalry began between O'Hara and Earl Adkinson that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Stecher
Anton Charles Stecher (February 7, 1889 – October 10, 1954) was an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling and boxing promoter and trainer. He was the booker and trainer for his brother, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Stecher, and later was America's top wrestling promoter. In 1948, Stecher was one of five promoters to back Paul "Pinkie" George in the formation of the National Wrestling Alliance. In boxing, he was a prominent promoter in the sport, particularly from 1944–1954, and is credited with reviving boxing in Minnesota during the 1940s. He is a member of the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame ( Class of 2013) and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ( Class of 1996) Early life Anton Stecher was born on February 7, 1889, on a farm just outside Dodge, Nebraska. "Tony" had a substandard education and worked as a farmhand from a young age. His younger brother Joe was born on April 4, 1893. In January 1912, Tony and Joe visited nearby Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Schommer
Dan Schommer, alias "Dangerous Dan," is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1994, challenging for the WBO super middleweight title in 1994. Amateur career Schommer compiled an amateur boxing record of 95-9, and was a six-time winner of the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves. Professional career Schommer made his professional debut in 1986, at age 26, defeating Cleo Johns by TKO. In an eight-year professional career Schommer won nationally televised fights against Alberto Gonzalez, Ricky Stackhouse, and Nicky Walker. The pinnacle of his career occurred in October 1994 when he fought world champion Chris Eubank with Eubank's WBO super middleweight belt on the line. Eubank won an unpopular unanimous decision, after which Schommer retired with a career record of 30-1-1. Schommer was inducted into the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame The Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame is a commemorative organization with plans to create a museum. It celebrates the history of box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Needham
John Daniel Needham (May 20, 1867 – September 12, 1922) was an American boxer. Of Irish descent, he was based in St. Paul and started his pro boxing career by challenging lightweight bare-knuckle champion Tommy Danforth to a fight. The fight agreement stipulated that Needham needed to knock his opponent out to win the fight, so the fight was awarded to Danforth even though Needham was better than him through 8 rounds. Needham would become the lightweight champion of the Northwest in 1888 and he would controversially lose a bout for the lightweight championship of America. Around 1889, he made the jump to welterweight. One of his first fights in his new weight class is one of the longest boxing matches ever recorded, a 100 round fight against Patsy Kerrigan. The fight was declared a draw, with both men being in the brink of death. The following year, Needham would challenge Tommy Ryan for the welterweight world title. But he would end up losing after 76 rounds, in another one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to western boxing, in which only fists are involved, it has developed in different ways in different geographical areas and cultures of the World. In global terms, "boxing" today is also a set of combat sports focused on Strike (attack), striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions, such as kicks, Elbow (strike), elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of these variants are the bare-knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Miske
Billy Miske, alias ''The Saint Paul Thunderbolt'' (April 12, 1894 – January 1, 1924), was a professional boxer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. During his tenure as a pugilist he had multiple-bout series with a plethora of all-time greats including Harry Greb, Jack Dempsey, Fred Fulton, Jack Dillon, Tommy Gibbons, Bill Brennan and Battling Levinsky, among others. Despite a career shortened by illness and an early death, statistical website BoxRec still lists Miske as the No. 26 ranked heavyweight of all time.All-Time Heavyweight Rankings BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2014-04-11. Professional boxing career [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Rodriguez
Bobby Rodriguez is an American retired Super Featherweight boxer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Personal life Bobby Rodriguez is a member of Minnesota's illustrious Rodriguez family of boxers: Rafael, Kenny, Rudy, all of whom fought professionals; brother John, who fought only as an amateur, and Cory, son of John, who is an active professional boxer at this writing. Bobby now spends his retirement training young golden glove boxers in the Leech Lake area. Professional career Rodriguez made his professional debut on May 10, 1967, with a 4-round points defeat of Archie Bailey in Saint Paul. Rodriguez won his first 20 professional fights, losing for the first time by TKO on January 16 of 1969, when he was stopped due to cuts in the sixth round of a fight with Pete Gonzalez at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Raleigh
John Raleigh (31 March 1890 – 1969) was an Irish hurler who played for the Tipperary senior team. Raleigh made his first appearance for the team during the 1913 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until he left the panel after the 1915 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal and one Croke Cup medal. Raleigh was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. At club level Raleigh played with Emly Emly or Emlybeg () is a village in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical Barony (Ireland), barony of Clanwilliam (County Tipperary), Clanwilliam. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman .... References 1890 births 1969 deaths Tipperary inter-county hurlers Emly hurlers {{Tipperary-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Holmgren
Gary Holmgren is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1974 to 1984. Professional career Holmgren made his professional debut on May 15, 1974, with a first-round knockout win against Milton Buckley in St Paul, Minnesota. His first loss came in only his second fight, a five-round points loss to Bruce Finch, who would go on to make a name for himself as a welterweight contender. Holmgren would follow up that loss with a stretch in which he won 16 of 17 fights, including a decision win against 21-2 Rory O'Shea in 1975. Holmgren's career peaked in January 1983 when he won the Minnesota junior middleweight title by defeating Rafael Rodriguez (boxer), Rafael Rodriguez on points in a ten-rounder. Holmgren retired afterwards, having compiled a career record of 22 wins and 5 losses, with 12 wins coming by way of knockout. Professional boxing record , - , align="center" colspan=8, 22 Wins (12 knockouts, 10 decisions), 5 Losses (2 knockouts, 3 decisions) , - , align=" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
