Report and Photographs by Boxing Bob Newman
The IBF’s annual “Meet The Champs” Cocktail reception at their thirty eighth annual conference in Chicago was a rousing success as a number of of Chicago’s notable champs and contenders from the previous, champs from elsewhere within the USA and the world, in addition to a newly minted IBF champ had been available to greet the gang, say a number of phrases and have fun the fortieth anniversary of the federation.
The primary IBF title struggle was held 40 years in the past, virtually to the day- Might twenty seventh, 1983, when Middleweight champ Marvelous Marvin Hagler defended in opposition to Wilford Scypion, including the newly fashioned group’s title to Hagler’s WBA & WBC assortment in Windfall, RI.
IBF president Daryl Peoples took to the lectern and welcomed the attendees to this 12 months’s celebration. He inspired assist of their SARB (Particular Help for Retired Boxers) program by means of purchases of merchandise on the conference. The particular T-shirts sporting the commemorative Hagler-Scypion mural and different gear will fund SARB and assist retired fighters in want.
Grasp of ceremonies Craig Stephen welcomed the fighters to the stage and inspired them to say a number of phrases or share some “IBF reminiscences” in the event that they had been so inclined. From Chicago had been former title challengers Andrew Golota, Marty Jakubowski and Fres Oquendo, former champs LeeRoy Murphy (IBF Cruiser), Montell Griffin (WBC and IBF Inter-Continental Mild Heavy), former world champs Murodjon Akhmadaliev (IBF/WBA Tremendous Bantam), Billy Dib (IBF Feather), Koki Kameda (WBA Mild Fly, WBC Fly & WBA Bantam), Nate Campbell (IBF/WBA/WBO Light-weight) and present IBF Tremendous Light-weight champion Subriel Matias.
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