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two things if you do... noone in the other forum seems to be up on the ammy scene.
What did SaddamAli test positive for that has him pending on the olympic team?
Also heard last night Shem Pagan is going Pro soon.....
here is a recent article on him.
Shem Pagan joins U.S. Olympic Boxing
By Mitch Abramson
Special to The News
Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 4:00 AM
Two former bad boys of boxing, who happen to be father and son, are getting a taste of Olympic glory while trying to distance themselves from their volatile past.
Shem Pagan, a two-time Golden Gloves champion from Borough Park who was once arrested for coming to the defense of his father during a melee at a gym, has been selected to join the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team as a training partner in Colorado Springs. The 19-year-old might also accompany the team to Beijing for the Olympics in August, though he might turn pro before that happens. He will also fly back to compete in the Daily News Golden Gloves when his 132-pound weight class is called.
While he is not on the team - there are no alternates on the U.S. Boxing team - Pagan is nonetheless thrilled to rejoin fellow Brooklynite Sadam Ali, who made the team but is under voluntary suspension for failing a drug test, a result he is fighting.
"It's a dream come true," Pagan said. "I can show the other fighters what I can do, and I'll see Sadam. We've known each other since we were little; we're good friends."
Speaking from Colorado, Ali said, "Shem's my boy so I can't wait for him to get out here."
While Pagan, who lost in the semifinals of the U.S. Olympic trials, is a terror in the ring, some have labeled his father and trainer, Robert Pagan, a terror outside of it.
Last year, a dispute involving Robert and a boxer led to punches being thrown at Gleason's Gym. Shem came to his defense, decking a person who threw a punch at his father, and Shem was later arrested and spent a night in jail.
Earlier this month, Robert said he was hit in the face by Nelson Cuevas, an employee of the Mendez Boxing Gym in Manhattan after another disagreement over a boxer.
Instead of firing back, Robert, a former pro boxer who once trained with Roberto Duran, did something at odds with his excitable personality: He exercised restraint. Robert called the police and went to the hospital to treat a gash above his eye that required eight stitches, according to eyewitnesses.
"I didn't hit him back because I didn't want to get kicked out of another gym and get a bad reputation around New York," said Robert, 45. "I had to be the bigger man in that situation."
When he arrived home that day and told Shem of the incident, he received the ultimate compliment from his son.
"He said he was proud of me for not hitting him back," Robert said. "That meant a lot and made me realize again that I had done the right thing."
What did SaddamAli test positive for that has him pending on the olympic team?
Also heard last night Shem Pagan is going Pro soon.....
here is a recent article on him.
Shem Pagan joins U.S. Olympic Boxing
By Mitch Abramson
Special to The News
Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 4:00 AM
Two former bad boys of boxing, who happen to be father and son, are getting a taste of Olympic glory while trying to distance themselves from their volatile past.
Shem Pagan, a two-time Golden Gloves champion from Borough Park who was once arrested for coming to the defense of his father during a melee at a gym, has been selected to join the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team as a training partner in Colorado Springs. The 19-year-old might also accompany the team to Beijing for the Olympics in August, though he might turn pro before that happens. He will also fly back to compete in the Daily News Golden Gloves when his 132-pound weight class is called.
While he is not on the team - there are no alternates on the U.S. Boxing team - Pagan is nonetheless thrilled to rejoin fellow Brooklynite Sadam Ali, who made the team but is under voluntary suspension for failing a drug test, a result he is fighting.
"It's a dream come true," Pagan said. "I can show the other fighters what I can do, and I'll see Sadam. We've known each other since we were little; we're good friends."
Speaking from Colorado, Ali said, "Shem's my boy so I can't wait for him to get out here."
While Pagan, who lost in the semifinals of the U.S. Olympic trials, is a terror in the ring, some have labeled his father and trainer, Robert Pagan, a terror outside of it.
Last year, a dispute involving Robert and a boxer led to punches being thrown at Gleason's Gym. Shem came to his defense, decking a person who threw a punch at his father, and Shem was later arrested and spent a night in jail.
Earlier this month, Robert said he was hit in the face by Nelson Cuevas, an employee of the Mendez Boxing Gym in Manhattan after another disagreement over a boxer.
Instead of firing back, Robert, a former pro boxer who once trained with Roberto Duran, did something at odds with his excitable personality: He exercised restraint. Robert called the police and went to the hospital to treat a gash above his eye that required eight stitches, according to eyewitnesses.
"I didn't hit him back because I didn't want to get kicked out of another gym and get a bad reputation around New York," said Robert, 45. "I had to be the bigger man in that situation."
When he arrived home that day and told Shem of the incident, he received the ultimate compliment from his son.
"He said he was proud of me for not hitting him back," Robert said. "That meant a lot and made me realize again that I had done the right thing."