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116th N.E. Tournament of Champions Nov. 10-11

Amateur boxing in Somerville

04.10 - BOSTON, Mass. -- The long, rich history of amateur boxing in New England continues November 10-11 with the 116th annual N. E. Tournament of Champions, sponsored by USA Boxing/New England and presented by S & L Boxing, at Goodtime Sports Emporium in Somerville.

The winners of the Nov. 11 championship finals, the first leg on the Road to Athens, will advance to the Regional I Championships in January. Olympic rules will be used featuring four two-minute rounds.

Former NE Tournament of Champions (NETC) title-winners reads like a virtual Who’s Who of New England boxing. NETC winners in the past that went on to capture world titles as professionals are contemporaries boxers such as present WBA welterweight champion "El Gallo" Jose Antonio Rivera (Worcester, MA), ex-WBA heavyweight title-holder John "The Quietman" Ruiz (Chelsea, MA), and five-time former champ Vinny "Pazmanian Devil" Paz (Warwick, RI).

Retired world and past NETC champions, listed here in no particular order, include Willie "Will ‘o the Wisp" Pep (Hartford, CT), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (Brockton, MA), Joey Gamache (Lewiston, ME), Marlon "Magic Man" Starling (Hartford, MA), "Irish" Micky Ward (Lowell MA), Paul Pender (Brookline, MA), Sal Bartolo (East Boston, MA), Harold "Chubby" Gomes (Providence, RI), Joey Archibald (Providence), Lou Brouillard (Worcester, MA), Dick "Honeyboy" Finnegan (Dorchester, MA), and Bill "Honey" Mellody (Charlestown, MA).

The old Boston Garden was the site of the NETC tournament, sometimes promoted under a different name, between 1930 and 1979 as three rings were used simultaneously over a four-day period with more than 100 participants.

The first 100 fans with paid tickets each night, Nov. 10 (opening round) and Nov. 11 (championship finals), will receive an autographed picture of Ward. Following NETC action, Monday Night Football (Green Bay-Philadelphia) will be broadcast, and Gatti-Ward I will be shown on a giant screen Tuesday evening.

Tickets are $15.00 (general admission) for table seating. Call 617.628.5559 for more information.

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