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25th Annual Ring 8 Holiday &
Awards Dinner
Star boxers, industry dignitaries and fans turned out in
record numbers for the recent 25th annual RING 8 Holiday
Event and Awards Ceremony at Russo's On The Bay in Howard
Beach, New York.
A sold-out crowd of more than 500 enjoyed a day of boxing.
"People came out in force and this was our largest
attendance ever," RING 8 President and dinner chairman Bob
Duffy said. "On behalf of all RING 8 members, I'd like to
thank everybody for attending, especially the award winners,
many of whom traveled a great distance to be with us on the
silver anniversary of our Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony.
A good time was had by all. All of the award winners
received a brass plaque, exclusively molded for RING 8.
Manny liked it so much he took it home on the plane and
proudly showed it off in Detroit. We're looking forward to
next's year holiday event, as well as the first New York
State Boxing Hall of Fame awards dinner, April 1st at
Russo's On The Bay."
Master of Ceremonies Dave Diamante announced all of the
award winners:
2011 RING 8 Honorees
Fighter of the Decade (1990's): Roy Jones, Jr.
Fight of the Year: Delvin Rodriguez vs. Pawel Wolak
First Hispanic Heavyweight Champion of the World: John Ruiz
Outstanding Achievement Award: Tomasz Adamek
Trainer of the Decade: Emanuel Steward
Ring 8 Promoter of the Year: Ziggy Rozalski
Uncrowned Champion: Michael DeLaRue
Longevity Service to Amateur Boxing: Frank Pena
Humanitarian Award: Jill Diamond
Amateur Boxer of the Year: Marcus Brown
Ring 8 Member of the Year: Keith Sullivan
Official of the Year: Ralph Petrillo
Ring 8 Boxing Historian: Henry Hascup
Manager of the Year: Philip Pilevsky
In addition to award-winners Jones, Ruiz and Adamek, other
world champions in attendance included Mark Breland, Juan
LaPorte, Iran "The Blade" Barkley, "Downtown" Leona Brown
and Junior "Poison" Jones. Active boxers joining Fight of
the Year participant Delvin Rodriguez and 2012 U.S. Olympic
Boxing Team member Marcus Brown included unbeaten IBF super
featherweight champion Amanda "The Real Deal" Serrano, NABF
light welterweight titlist Gabriel "Tito" Bracero, popular
heavyweight Vinny Maddalone, and world title challenger
Cindy "Checkmate" Serrano. Additional retired boxers
included Bobby Cassidy, Sr., Hubert Hilton, Mark Medal,
Bobby Bartels, Lennie Mangiapane, and Mark McPherson.
Boxing dignitaries there in addition to the aforementioned
award winners included IBF President Darryl Peoples, IBF
Championship Chairman Lindsey Tucker, HBO "judge" Harold
Lederman, NABF President Joe Dwyer, New York State Athletic
Commission Chairperson Melvina Latham, ESPN boxing
analyst/trainer Teddy Atlas, former NYSAC Chairperson Ron
Scott Stevens, trainer Tommy Gallagher ("The Contender"
series), international manager Stan Hoffman and former NYSAC
commissioner and Ring 8 President Bob Duffy.
Other celebrities included the cast of the New York-based
play, Kid Shamrock, based on the life of Bobby Cassidy, Sr.,
along with the screenplay writer, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., and
executive producer Dave Schuster.
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