Posted by Durell Wambolt on January 25, 2012 at 09:38 am
WBA KO DRUGS CAMPAIGN March 10th, 2012 @ STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB
TheBoxingExaminer.com
By Michael J. Schmidt
TheBoxingExaminer.com
The World Boxing Association was pleased to announce today that its WBA”KO to Drugs Campaign” was coming to Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in conjunction with STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB. The boxing show is scheduled for March 10th, 2012 and the WBA KO Drugs Campaign/ STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB boxing show is dedicated in memory of Robbie Wilcox with the proceeds raised going to the childhood Cancer Camp “Camp Trillium”. The Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre offers and promotes recreational experiences to bring children with cancer and their families together. It provides an environment that normalizes relationships and experiences, helping children and their families in the healing process and enhancing their quality of life.
The WBA “KO to Drugs Campaign” was introduced by the President of the WBA, Dr. Gilberto Mendoza, in 1989, at the World Boxing Association Convention which took place in Margarita Island, Venezuela. Other locations through the years have included Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on November 10, 2011 at 22:55 pm
Michael J Schmidt of Cloverlay Management Corporation is pictured (L) with World Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez after a light workout in Las Vegas as he prepares to Challenge Manny Pacquiao Saturday night for the Welterweight Championship.
Posted by Durell Wambolt on January 26, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Edited by Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott
The following is an excerpt from a speech, printed with permission, given by Michael Schmidt, Lawyer, at one of his favorite eateries, Zorro’s Steakhouse, at Toronto, Canada.
“This gathering, as designed, is a small group in appreciation of those that have been so helpful. I am here to discuss, as one of the contributing authors, the maiden book launch and book signing for ‘The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1880’s to the 1920’s’ which will take place February 9th in Atlanta, Georgia.
The book contains fifteen biographical essays detailing great black boxers from an original golden era of the sweet science with an introduction by the legendary Al Bernstein.
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It is of course fitting that a book celebrating great black boxers should have its book launch in Atlanta, Georgia, the home of Martin Luther King Jr., during the month celebrating Black History. Further, it is appropriate that the book launch take place in Atlanta perhaps as a reminder of the importance of sport and culture and Atlanta’s place in the boxing world. It seems just yesterday that Atlanta power brokers, amongst others Sam Massell and Leroy Johnson, did what seemed to be the impossible, in having the courage and conviction to do what few other States would do, sanctioning and staging the comeback of civil rights icon, and legend, Muhammad Ali against top ranking heavyweight Jerry Quarry. Some forty plus years have passed since that fall night in Atlanta but its importance will live on. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on October 9, 2010 at 07:45 am
Submitted By: Michael J. Schmidt
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Famed artist, and most certainly friend and supporter of boxing, Leroy Neiman would have been busy this past United Promotions card at the Hershey Centre in Ontario, Canada. The point is that Leroy Neiman has a way of putting you right in the fight scene with some of his artwork. If you have been lucky enough to have had time to really examine some of his depictions in detail, of Madison Square Garden ringside view, Ali-Frazier 1, or perhaps his out of Boxing arena sketches, such as famous fight scribe bar of yesteryear, Toot’s Shores, you might just recognize a famous face or two, or three, or ten… I say might because some of the characters are drawn so fine or woven oh so small over a larger landscape that it is that vague feeling of a person you have not seen since childhood. There is a familiarity but oh so subtle: Frankie Carbo, perhaps. Jackie Gleason, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Johnny Adie by the microphone dropping down from the ceiling. Who is that blond ringside? Read More
