And
Eastern Boxing Association
Junior Featherweight Champion
-- Photo By Bob Thiesfield
For The Connecticut Young Writers Trust,
Courtesy Of The Hartford Club
GABY TUNES UP FOR JOHN ICEMAN SCULLY, 9-24-09, WITH 7-TIME FORMER NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPION SAMMY VEGA (left) AND MIKE MACHINE GUN OLIVER, A REIGNING PROFESSIONAL FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION, AT THE HARTFORD CLUB. Gaby, aka Gabrielle Calvocoressi, the poet / ring enthusiast, and Iceman, the former light heavyweight contender / trainer, also got together last fall at The Hartford Club. They will headline a literary event including live jazz , rock and boxing, Jan. 15, 2010. Entry forms for the 2010 Connecticut Young Writers Competition will be distributed at the event.
Editor's Note: Part 2 Of A Series. Link To Chip Perez Post @ Bottom. Next: Israel Pito Cardona.
Can you really start boxing at age three? Mike Mike Machine Gun Oliver did, legs dangling from the little stool inside the ring. He trained with the legendary Johnny Duke and Iceman John Scully -- the former light heavyweight contender -- at gyms including the San Juan Center in Hartford.
Mike Mike spent his kindergarten years on the street until late at night, fending for himself. He suffered a hammer blow to the head and had to guard his food at one point living in an apartment with 30 people. Duke and Scully taught him to avoid confrontations and walk away from fights outside the ring.
Duke, who died in 2006 at age 81, spent about 60 years training Hartford boxers, mostly at the former Bellevue Square Boys Club. He guided Oliver to a New England Golden Gloves championship at 112 pounds in 1998.
Oliver currently fights at 120 - 122 pounds, in the super bantamweight / junior featherweight divisions. He is the reigning New England and Eastern Boxing Association Junior Featherweight Champion, with a professional record of 22 twins, seven by knockout, and two losses. He trains with Scully and Sammy Vega, a former seven-time national amateur champion, at the Lions Den in Middletown.
The Hartford Club
46 Prospect St.
Hartford CT
860-522-1271
SCHEDULE
11 am
Workshops
POETRY WORKSHOP
LED BY
DAVID “THE BODY SNATCHER” CAPPELLA
SPORTSWRITING WORKSHOP
LED BY
PAUL “DING-A-LING” DOYLE
12 noon - 1:15 pm
Lunch
To The Sounds
Of The Jen Allen Big Band, With Vocalists
JEN ALLEN BIG BAND
JEN ALLEN, keyboard
KRIS ALLEN, alto sax
BEN BILELLO, drums
MATT DWONSYK, bass
GEOFF BROOKES. trumpet
JAKE THIBAULT, tenor sax
PETER McEACHERN, trombone
KEITH GIBSON, guitar
VOCALISTS
Tamara Almai, Shannon Gunnip, Laura McCabe, DominiQue Padilla
1:30 pm
Undercard Of Poets &Writers
Leading Up
To Gaby v. Iceman Set 1
Undercard
FRANZ "ONIONS OREGANATO” DOUSKEY
KATE “LA TERRIBLE” RUSHIN
CHANDRA “BONECRUSHER” PRASAD
RICH “SIX HEADS” ESPOSITO
BOB “THE BREEZE” LEUCI,
AKA PRINCE OF THE CITY
SHOUHUA “HARD ROCK” QI
BINNIE “THE DEMON BARBER” KLEIN
“MERICILESS” AMY MA
THE MAIN EVENT
GABY “SHE BE STINGING” CALVOCORESSI
V.
ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY
Reading From Their Works
Co-Masters Of Ceremonies
‘IRISH’ RAVI SHANKAR
JEFFREY “NO DICE” DRESSLER
RAND “BLOOD” COOPER
Break,
Mid-Afternoon
6 pm
Evening Reception & Events
Hors d'oeurves Courtesy Of The Warren Group
Reception Entertainment:
Teen Rocker Phenom
Desiree Bassett & The Time Machine
Robert Goddfried, aka Rob The Drummer
Bob Larime, bass guitar
7 pm
Gaby v. Iceman, Set 2
National Anthem,
Sung By DominiQue
Of The Hartford Conservatory
& The Jen Allen Big Band
Boxing Exhibition
Coordinated By
Sammy Vega, Iceman John Scully,
Mike Mike Machine Gun Oliver
Cash Bar
At All Times
[still ok
to rsvp:
call 860-690-0211
or
write to
tntcomm82@cs.com]
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