RETIRED BOXERS FOUNDATION, Inc. RBF Punchline September 2007 Volume 1, Issue 1 From the Founder & President, Alex “The Bronx Bomber” Ramos: Special points of Wow! The Retired a better job and to make Jacquie taught me how interest: boxers Foundation has our organization even to use the Internet and been in existence for more efficient! email, and now the world nearly 10 years now! We of boxing is at my finger- • California Hall of Things are going well have developed a reputa- tips (slow as they are!). I Fame Photos for me as well. Executive tion over the years that Director, Jacquie Richard- want to thank so many will continue to be the people, but I don’t want to • RBF Update from son, always tells me that foundation for our growth leave anyone out either! President Alex “The we must continue taking a Bronx Bomber” (no pun intended!). step for- Jacquie has Ramos We are very proud of ward stuck by me our accomplishments and every day through • Shout Outs and Hon- the retired fighters we for the thick and ors! have been able to help benefit of thin, and over the past years. We thousands thus, all the have added some new of retired retired fight- programs and some are in profes- ers we help. the works. We thought it sional I live in my was time to let you all boxers own place The Killer and the Kitty! now, but know that we remain dedi- who The Bronx Bomber and his we stay in cated to our mission of need our adopted Kitten, “Papa!” assisting retired profes- assis- touch every day so that the RBF sional boxers in the transi- tance. The Retired Box- continues to work for the Inside this issue: tion from their glorious ers Foundation is my pas- days in the ring to a digni- sion and with plenty of fighters. I would also like to thank Lt. Mike Indri and fied retirement. We have retired fighters in the Golf Tournament his wife Lori for sticking by Hooks for Books 2 learned a lot and some of same boat I am, and some it wasn’t easy! No matter! far worse off, I will never us for the past eight years! RBF News-WBCares Lt. Indri is our Vice Presi- We learned enough to do run out of work. Amateur Boxing Requiem for a Heavy- 3 weight 4th Annual RBF “Irish Micky Ward Celebrity Golf Tournament California Hall of Fame thank Gary Litchfield and event returned to a fantastic Resurrecting the Champ 4 his staff for the out- championship venue and with Peter Lerner standing success of the new and returning celebrity MyWorldofSports.com 5 Fourth Annual “Irish” personalities. Where are they now? Micky Ward Celebrity Legendary junior wel- More RBF News Golf Tournament on th terweight boxer “Irish” Honors 6 Monday, August 27 , Micky Ward, and the RBF 2007 at the Indian Ridge extends Special thanks to The Retired Boxers Country Club in Andover, “Irish” Micky Ward for his Foundation would like to Massachusetts. This year’s continued support of the PDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.com RBF Punchline Golf Tournament (continued) Retired Boxers Foundation some! Special “Thanks” to awesome job putting this “Micky Ward retired with and for being the host of Patty Shuler who is the tournament together. our 4th Annual Celebrity “boss behind the scenes” Please visit dignity after a career that Golf Tournament, now and is instrumental in help- www.rbfgolf.com for more spanned nearly 20 years. He named in his honor. Special ing organize the golf tourna- information and for registra- represents everything we thanks also go to Gary and ment. Steve Fournier, Pre- tion information for next want the sport of boxing to his crew at the Litchfield miere Golf, has done an year’s tournament. Company are simply awe- be: A sport where world class athletes compete with the best in their class, give the fans what they really want to see, and retire when they want to. “ Alex" The Bronx Bomber” Ramos Founder & President “Every kid should have “Hooks for Books” Supports Amateurs & Schools Many professional boxers area that brings thousands shine and be recognized, the chance to compete to were once youngsters of fans to local high schools and provides scholarships whose lives were touched to watch students compete and donations to local be a HOME TOWN by caring adults who men- for the honor of being schools. Again, these kids tored them. The RBF made named a “Home Town become fans of the sport at a promise when we organ- Hero,” complete with ap- the very least, and several HERO!” ized in 1998, to assist disad- plause, a medal, and com- vantaged youth including munity recognition. The Mark Frazie, Founder support for existing pro- RBF is in the process of grams and gyms, and aca- creating a formal partner- demic enrichment programs ship with Mark Frazie and HOOKS FOR BOOKS and mentoring. Former “Hooks for Books” to make Middleweight Contender, the program nationwide, Mark Frazie created a suc- starting in California. The cessful pre-amateur pro- program provides an oppor- gram in the Ohio Valley tunity for ordinary kids to RBF News WBC Cares / Jill Diamond September 27th - 3 Title fights at the Jill Diamond is the WBC’s Tachi Palace, Le- with the RBF in a collaboration Lady-in-charge of women’s moore, California boxing and the WBC Cares October 9th - Program. The RBF has had the Benefit for WBC privilege of working with the and Celebration of WBC and Jill Diamond for Boxing, Gotham RBF Prez, Alex Ramos and WBC Cares, some time now, and we com- Comedy Club, NYC (212.367.9000) Octo- mend them for all they do for with V-Shield to produce the retired and current fight- ber 13th - Boxing Hall of sports wear with a return to ers. Following are some up- Fame, California the RBF and the WBC Cares Page 2 coming events: The WBC is also partnering program. Watch for the news! PDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: http://www.docudesk.com From the RBF Founder & President Volume 1, Issue 1 dent covering the East Dignity!” RBF! We continue to cre- Coast and does a fabulous My thanks must also go ate relationships to help job! Thank you Mike! to Per Akeson for his great retired fighters, including I also have to thank articles for our “Where are jobs, education, and oppor- Col. Bob Sheridan, who is they Now? Page at our tunity! Look for future sto- not only on the RBF Board website, ries on SuperFighter, www.myworldofsports.com, of Directors, but also my www.retiredboxers.org. mentor. He is one of my V-Shield, Hooks for Books There are a lot of other and more! Very exciting most trusted friends and I people to be thanked and respect him so much. opportunities are in the you will read about them in works! We also have some Thanks Col. Bob! our latest edition of the wonderful documentaries in My most sincere thanks Punchline! If you like it, the works, including one must also go to Ron Shelton maybe we can publish that is almost finished by for his generous donation more! Let us know what Rob Sale, on the safety as- that made it possible for the you think! pects of boxing that will RBF to exist in the first help educate the athletes THE FUTURE place. Ron Shelton is and the public about head We have so much to clearly one of the injuries in boxing. “Undisputed Champions for look forward to at the RBF Amateur Boxing is the Future of Boxing! “Healthy amateur The Retired Boxers Foun- as amateurs in “USA been producing great amateur dation firmly believes that Against the World” and the shows like the Desert Show- programs are the the sport of boxing will in the bouts leading up to down that draws over 600 amateur fighters from around thrive only if the amateurs the Olympics! Healthy ama- future of a sport get the support they need. teur programs are the fu- the country! Look for 60 hours of programming on local Back in the 80’s, the sport ture of a sport that needs cable networks and on a new of boxing was proud of the to grow their new talent website, myworldofsports.com ! that needs to grow up and coming fighters who AND new fans! The RBF This partnership, in collabora- were featured on network has several programs lined tion with the Retired Boxers sports! Fighters that were a up to make this possible: Foundation, will feature not their new talent part of “Tomorrow’s only amateur boxing, but small PUBLICITY: shows and features on up and Champions” on NBC are AND new fans!” still recognizable to the fans. ALL STAR PRODUCTIONS coming fighters! More infor- The fans got to watch them out of the Palm Desert has mation in future articles and at www.retiredboxers.org ! “Requiem for a Heavyweight” Bob Rusch, an actor and the Bomber” Ramos, wanted to and to Ken’s family, for Artistic Director for the Sky jump out of his chair and their loss. We were lucky Pilot Theatre in North Hol- advise “Mountain!” Ken to see such an amazing per- lywood, just finished an Butler, who played Moun- formance, and luckier still to amazing performance of tain’s manager, Maish, was get to see Ken Butler! “Requiem for a Heavy- so good, Alex wanted to The Retired Boxers Foun- jump up and argue with weight” and the theatre dation is deeply touched by him! Unfortunately, Butler company donated 10% of the generosity of Sky Pilot the proceeds to the Retired became ill during the run of Theatre Company, and es- “Requiem” and passed away Boxers Foundation.