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World Championship Boxing, 2007, Chicago, USA
This is the first World Championship where boxers who made it to the quarter finals became qualified for the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, China. Over one thousand boxers representing over more than one hundred countries showed up in Chicago to participate.
I had also hoped to participate more fully, but my student Shemuel Pagan, who I co-train with his father, Robert, lost in the semi final of the US Olympic trials. But even as a fan, I was excited and involved in the competitions.
Friends, Friends, Friends … From Kazakhstan, from Russian, from Israel, from Turkey, from Ukraine, Germany, USA…
I’ve been friends with Ken Porter since 2004, since the Jr. Olympic National Championships, where his son and my student Sasha Mamoshuk won Gold. His son Shawn lost at the Olympic trial; however, they still came to Chicago to support the US Olympic Team.
Two weeks passed like one day.
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