Winners of various National boxing tournaments will face off for the first round of the Olympic Trials in Mobile, AL on July 31. The winner in each weight class will represent the United States in the 2012 London Olympics.
Why is this relevant to the Capital Region? Albany's Amir Imam, of Albany City Boxing will be competing.
Fighters generally qualify for the Trials by winning one of the following tournaments: The National PAL, National Golden Gloves, USA Boxing National Championships, or the Armed Forces Championships.
Imam didn't win any of these. Despite coming close in the 2010 National PAL championship, he came up just short, taking home the silver. Instead, he had to compete at the Last Chance Qualifier Tournament early this month --literally the last chance for boxers to advance to the trials-- where he won all six bouts over the course of six days.
Imam will be competing at 152 pounds in the welterweight division. Capital Region Sports wishes our local fighter the best of luck.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
So long, Doc
The longtime play-by-play voice of the New Jersey Devils is stepping down to take a position with NBC and Versus.
Mike "Doc" Emrick has been with the Devils organization for 21 years. Most notably, he called the games during the Devils late-1990s/early-2000s run that included winning three Stanley Cup championships in nine years. Many of the notable players that were on those championship teams came up through the Devils' farm system in Albany, with the then Albany River Rats.
Here's what Doc had to say to fans about his departure: http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=569804
Mike "Doc" Emrick has been with the Devils organization for 21 years. Most notably, he called the games during the Devils late-1990s/early-2000s run that included winning three Stanley Cup championships in nine years. Many of the notable players that were on those championship teams came up through the Devils' farm system in Albany, with the then Albany River Rats.
Here's what Doc had to say to fans about his departure: http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=569804
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Capital Region Craft Brewers Festival at The Joe
Not exactly a sports topic per se, unless you're a competitive drinker, but sports related nonetheless:
The Tri-City Valley Cats and Brown's Brewing Company will be teaming up to host the second annual Capital Region Craft Brewers Festival at Joe Bruno Stadium on Saturday, July 23. The event runs from 2:30 to 6:30 pm.
According to The Valley Cats' website:
Attending this year along with Brown's will be: Adirondack Pub & Brewery, Blue Point Brewing, Brewery Ommegang, Brooklyn Brewery, C.H. Evans Albany Pump Station, Cape Ann Brewing, Chatham Brewing, Cooper's Cave, Cottrell Brewing Company, Crossroads, Ithaca Beer Company, Keegan Ales, La Brasserie Unibroue, Lake Placid Pub & Brewery, Madison Brewery, Long Trail Brewing Co., Olde Saratoga Brewing Company, Otter Creek, Roc Brewing, Saranac, Smuttynose, Switchback, Wandering Star, and Wolaver's Organic Ales. Several additional breweries are expected to join prior to the July 23rd event.
More information can be found at the Valley Cats' website: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110713&content_id=21774646&vkey=news_t577&fext=.jsp&sid=t577
The Tri-City Valley Cats and Brown's Brewing Company will be teaming up to host the second annual Capital Region Craft Brewers Festival at Joe Bruno Stadium on Saturday, July 23. The event runs from 2:30 to 6:30 pm.
According to The Valley Cats' website:
Attending this year along with Brown's will be: Adirondack Pub & Brewery, Blue Point Brewing, Brewery Ommegang, Brooklyn Brewery, C.H. Evans Albany Pump Station, Cape Ann Brewing, Chatham Brewing, Cooper's Cave, Cottrell Brewing Company, Crossroads, Ithaca Beer Company, Keegan Ales, La Brasserie Unibroue, Lake Placid Pub & Brewery, Madison Brewery, Long Trail Brewing Co., Olde Saratoga Brewing Company, Otter Creek, Roc Brewing, Saranac, Smuttynose, Switchback, Wandering Star, and Wolaver's Organic Ales. Several additional breweries are expected to join prior to the July 23rd event.
More information can be found at the Valley Cats' website: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110713&content_id=21774646&vkey=news_t577&fext=.jsp&sid=t577
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Rumble in the Catskills
World Class Promotions hosted an amateur boxing card this past Saturday in Catskill. "Rumble in the Catskills III" hosted 14 Olympic-style boxing matches. A number of local gyms were represented, including fighters from Syracuse Golden Gloves, Albany City Boxing, Old School Boxing in Ellenville, and the legendary Catskill Gym (home of the late Hall of Fame Trainer Cus D'Amato, and recent International Boxing Hall Of Fame inductee, "Iron" Mike Tyson).
Also worth noting-- the baddest man to ever come out of the South Bronx (that's bad), three-time world champion, Iran "The Blade" Barkley was in attendence. For those of you who don't know, Barkley holds two wins over Thomas Hearns, and has fought the likes of James Toney, Nigel Benn, Michael Nunn, and Roberto Duran.
You can read more about "Rumble in the Catskills" here: http://blog.timesunion.com/boxing/world-class-promotions-rumble-in-the-catskills-iii-last-saturdays-great-show/8607/
Also worth noting-- the baddest man to ever come out of the South Bronx (that's bad), three-time world champion, Iran "The Blade" Barkley was in attendence. For those of you who don't know, Barkley holds two wins over Thomas Hearns, and has fought the likes of James Toney, Nigel Benn, Michael Nunn, and Roberto Duran.
You can read more about "Rumble in the Catskills" here: http://blog.timesunion.com/boxing/world-class-promotions-rumble-in-the-catskills-iii-last-saturdays-great-show/8607/
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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