Monday, April 30, 2012
Paul Jonas says despite a low turnout Saturday evening, he’s planning another fight night in June.
An optimist might say that the banquet hall was half-full during the amateur boxing show Saturday night at a Banquet hall in Lakemoor. Cary resident Paul Jonas, a promoter putting on his first amateur boxing show, is an optimist and he said Saturday was the first of many fight nights to come. “I’m all in,” Jonas said. “It’s not quantity that counts. It’s quality.” Many sitting ringside at Lakemoor Banquets, including boxing coaches, saw an exciting night of boxing and offered rave reviews. “I’m happy with this venue,” said Tony Prignits, a boxing coach with the Pug’s Boxing Club in Crystal Lake. “Tonight you saw even matchups and exciting boxing. For Paul’s first time around, it was a very good show. Things like this need time to catch on…
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Paul Jonas plans to stage the first of many amateur boxing shows starting in April at a banquet hall in Lakemoor.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Cary resident Paul Jonas said amateur boxing is his passion and plans to promote shows monthly at the Lakemoor Banquet Facility. The Chicago area has plenty of boxing promoters, but none based in McHenry County. Jonas said he wants to start putting on amateur boxing shows using local fighters as headliners. Crystal Lake alone is home to two boxing clubs -- Pug's Boxing Club and Mango Boxing Club. “I realize I’m the new guy in town when it comes to boxing promotions,” Jonas said. “That’s why I’m working closely with Jack Cowen.” Cowen, a Chicago Golden Gloves franchise director, will be the matchmaker at Jonas' first boxing show April 28. Jonas said his budget for the show -- to rent the hall and pay Cowen -- is about $6,500. Tickets will …
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Coaches say standout has enough heart and determination to win spring tournament.
Bobby DeCore, a 19-year-old tool and die maker, tore through two sparring partners Dec. 30 at the School of Hard Knocks, a boxing gym in Crystal Lake. "Bobby is training like a champion," said Gary Dobry, owner of the gym. "He's got the desire. He's the one fighter from this gym who has risen to the top. You've got to want it bad enough. He really wants it. He's training hard every day." "Bobby's got moxie," Tony Prignits said. "He's got enough moxie to win it all." Prignits, who speaks with a heavy British accent, has been working DeCore's corner. He wears a shirt that says, "Tony The Motivator." But Prignits said what he is telling DeCore about becoming a champion is more than just the words to get a good workout out of him. Prignits …
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tiffany
6:27 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
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