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Through the first half of the twentieth century, Amsterdam New York was identified all through the Northeastern a part of the nation as a notable sizzling mattress of nice newbie {and professional} boxers. Within the early 1970’s, an area boy by the title of Robert “Bobby” Stewart emerged upon the boxing scene and had the entire old-time combat followers within the space being reminded of its boxing glory days, and put Amsterdam again on the boxing map.

Bobby was born on February 25, 1952 in Amsterdam, to folks Robert J. Stewart and Dorothea McNeil Stewart. His father was a zone sergeant with the New York State Police and his mom labored in an area physician’s workplace. He had one sibling, a youthful sister named Susan, and so they grew up within the Henrietta Heights neighborhood of Amsterdam. On the age of eight, he began attending courses on the Amsterdam Y.M.C.A. the place he participated in swimming and basketball. The older guys have been all the time downstairs lifting weights and hitting the heavy luggage. Newbie boxing in Amsterdam was one of many largest packages on the East Coast and fighters from Amsterdam went to the Golden Gloves tournaments every year in Troy. The Y.M.C.A. would periodically let the youthful youngsters downstairs to hit the heavy luggage, however didn’t enable sparring. Bobby noticed this and began to get occupied with boxing on the age of 12. He put collectively sparring periods within the cellar of his dad and mom Chapel Avenue house, till his mom might not stand how loud the thuds have been getting as they struck one another, and threw all of them out. He went on to attend Amsterdam Excessive College and performed soccer and golf, whereas continually lifting weights and figuring out.

As a 17 12 months previous senior in Excessive College in 1969, he took up boxing and began sparring with future Amsterdam police officer Invoice Case. Case was seven years older than Stewart and had fought 20 occasions within the army. Stewart all the time did nicely in these sparring periods and developed sufficient confidence to enter the Adirondack AAU Golden Gloves Event at Hudson Valley Neighborhood Faculty in Troy. Case entered the event as nicely, and the 2 ended up going through one another within the finals. Bobby beat his older sparring associate and have become the Adirondack AAU Golden Gloves Champion of the Novice Heavyweight Class (175lbs). He obtained many accolades from everybody who watched him combat and he was inspired to proceed boxing. He then went to the Albany Trinity Institute boxing facility, and met skilled coach Matt Baranski. Baranski had been an incredible fighter himself as an undefeated army champion, and went on to teach newbie {and professional} fighters for a number of a long time. Stewart obtained permission to work out at his facility. After exhibiting as much as work out on daily basis for the subsequent few weeks, Baranski invited Stewart to spar with a seasoned fighter named Lenny West. He knew that the skilled West went straightforward on him, however the session allowed Stewart to construct his confidence.

In 1970, Stewart as soon as once more entered and received the Adirondack AAU Golden Gloves Event within the Novice Heavyweight Division. His efficiency caught the eye of Baranski, who started to teach Stewart. He was now 18, and married with a son named Robert Junior. He labored evenings as a bartender at Russo’s Tavern in Amsterdam and educated seven days per week. This included three days per week at Baranski’s Trinity Institute in Albany and the opposite days figuring out on the Amsterdam Y.M.C.A., and at his house.

In 1971, Stewart as soon as once more received the Adirondack AAU Golden Gloves Event after which entered the Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves Event in Holyoke Massachusetts within the Novice Heavyweight Division. He received the primary combat and misplaced the second.

Stewart entered and received the 1972 Nationwide AAU Junior Boxing Championship in Latham New York and was the primary attraction. After entering into higher form and shedding just a few kilos, he as soon as once more entered the Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves Event in 1972, however as a Gentle Heavyweight within the Open Division and received. This earned him entry into the New England Golden Gloves Event in Lowell Massachusetts. He received that event as nicely, and together with teammate Marvin Hagler, certified for U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves Championships in Minneapolis Minnesota. On the Nationals, he received his first match and misplaced the second. Hagler competed within the Gentle Middleweight Class and was additionally eradicated from the event. It was round this time that Bobby was starting to be touted because the areas subsequent nice skilled. Baranski acknowledged Stewart’s devotion to coaching and launched him to Constantine “Cus” D’Amato, a veteran boxing coach within the Catskills who had guided 21 12 months previous Floyd Patterson to turn into the youngest Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1956 on the age of 21. Bobby was usually invited all the way down to spar with a few of D’Amato’s higher fighters, and very often it was the extremely regarded Eugene “Cyclone” Hart from Philadelphia. 4 years later Hart would unsuccessfully problem Marvin Hagler as an expert. Bobby remembers these journeys to the Catskills, “I’d go down to coach at Cus’ and infrequently stayed over at his house so I might get in elements of two days of sparing with a few of his guys. It was these nights after coaching wherein I stayed up late speaking with Cus that I realized essentially the most. He was so inspirational and actually knew how you can construct up your confidence. He was the best affect on my life each contained in the ring, in addition to out of it.” On two completely different events within the fall of 1972, Baranski and Stewart traveled all the way down to Mohammad Ali’s “Fighters Heaven” coaching camp in Deer Lake Pennsylvania to help with exercises. Ali was there making ready for his November combat with Bob Foster and Cus was already there with just a few of his fighters, together with Cyclone Hart who lived in close by Philadelphia. Bobby was introduced all the way down to spar with Hart and never solely obtained to look at Ali spar along with his companions, but additionally obtained to speak with him. In response to Stewart, “Ali was very all the way down to earth and really straightforward to speak to. The present he placed on for the press was simply his approach of figuring out his nerves. He was actually nothing like that. All of us picked up nice pointers from him. On the best way again, we might convey Cus with us and drop him off in Catskill alongside the best way.” Stewart was now 20 years previous with two sons, Robert Jr. and John David, and continued to bartend at native Amsterdam space institutions to assist his household. Stewart felt that being married with a supportive spouse (Bonnie) and having a household saved him disciplined and away from the standard distractions that he would possibly in any other case face as a single 20 year-old.

In January of 1973, an AAU Boxing Present came about at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis and featured one of the best of the USA vs. one of the best of England. Bobby fought England’s William Knight of London, who had received two fights for Nice Britain on the 1972 Olympics in Munich Germany, as one of many featured fights of the present. Most of Stewart’s teammates had represented america on the 1972 Olympics in Munich Germany. It was the most important combat of his life up till that time and three busloads of followers from Amsterdam made the journey to New York Metropolis on a piece night time. Bobby was 23-2 at this level as an newbie. The combat went the gap and the choice went to his opponent. A cloud of boos stuffed the world when the judges outcomes have been learn, however everybody was very proud that Stewart was in a position to go the gap with a seasoned fighter who had fought within the Olympics the 12 months earlier than. Though he misplaced, he was nonetheless a hero to those that made the journey and respect for Amsterdam Boxing was again!Stewart entered and received the Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves Champion in 1973, which earned him entry into the New England Gloves Event for a second 12 months in a row. There he was as soon as once more a teammate of Marvin Hagler, who helped calm the jitters that Bobby was feeling heading into the finals. In response to Stewart, “there have been three rings going with fights within the enviornment and everybody ready to combat lined up so as of your weight class and also you stood subsequent to the man you have been about to combat. I used to be feeling nervous, when Marvin Hagler turned again to me and mentioned ‘take a look at these [expletive]. We’re going to kick their [expletive]’. Each of our opponents have been standing proper there apart from us and heard him say this. I had been nervous up till that time, however he instilled confidence in me, and we each went out and received our fights and the New England Golden Gloves Championships for our respective weight courses.” This win as soon as once more certified each Stewart and Hagler to compete within the U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves event that came about in Lowell Massachusetts that 12 months. On the Nationals, Stewart received his first two fights after which misplaced his third to D.C. Barker. Barker went on to win the U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves Gentle Heavyweight Championship, in addition to the 1973 Nationwide AAU Championships just a few months later when he defeated Leon Spinks. Hagler received all of his fights in Lowell and have become the U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves Gentle Middleweight Champion.

Stewart as soon as once more cruised via the competitors to win each the Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves Championship and the New England Championships in 1974. This marked three consecutive years that he by no means misplaced a combat on the New England Golden Gloves Championships, and as soon as once more punched his ticket to compete within the U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves event being held in Denver Colorado. There, he defeated future WBA Heavyweight Champion of the World (1982-83) Michael Dokes, to turn into the 1974 U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves Gentle Heavyweight Champion. To place this title in perspective, it is very important take a look at a number of the previous world champions who held the title earlier than him. If you happen to look again within the report books at who had received the title fifteen years prior in 1959, you will note the title of Cassius Clay (Mohammed Ali). If you happen to return twenty 5 extra years earlier than that to 1934, you will note the title of Joe Louis. And when you flip ahead by ten years to 1984, you will note that Evander Holyfield as soon as held the identical title {that a} younger Robert “Bobby” Stewart from Amsterdam now held. This can be a title that Stewart had aspired to win since he first began preventing competitively. It additionally marked the primary time {that a} fighter who had received the Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves Championship in Holyoke, went on to win the Nationwide Title.

After profitable the Nationals, Stewart was now the #1 Newbie Gentle Heavyweight Fighter within the nation and had it been an Olympic 12 months, he would have been the #1 seed at america Olympic Boxing Trials. He might have continued to combat as an newbie and anticipate the 1976 Olympics, however he was having a tough time discovering amateurs in his weight class to combat him. He was also known as a Rocky Marciano type fighter, in that he saved after his opponents. It was additionally mentioned that he moved like a 160lb fighter, however hit like a Heavyweight. Due to this fame, amateurs in his weight class needed no a part of him. When he initially signed as much as combat within the New York Metropolis Every day Information Golden Gloves Event earlier that 12 months, many of the entrants in his weight class dropped out. After which when it was introduced that he was not going to take part so he might give attention to making ready for the New England Gold Gloves, the registration record for the Gentle Heavyweight Division mysteriously stuffed up once more.

After a lot encouragement from household and buddies, he determined retire as an newbie with a 45-5 report, and switch skilled that spring with Baranski as his coach. Baranski arrange an aggressive schedule which might see him combat six occasions between Could and December. His first combat was on Could 5, 1974 in Philadelphia, towards Billy Early of that very same metropolis. Whereas Early already had six skilled fights beneath his belt, Stewart made straightforward work of him with a second spherical TKO. Within the crowd that night time was Cus D’Amato, who was requested what he considered Stewart’s efficiency. D’Amato’s response, “He was somewhat nervous at first. Nevertheless, as soon as he warmed up, he went for the kill.” For Stewart’s second combat, which was again in Philadelphia, he rode with Baranski and D’Amato who talked about boxing the whole journey. Unable to sleep, Stewart simply sat within the again seat listening and studying from the smart previous boxing minds as they talked. His opponent was Vandel Woods and so they squared off in entrance of 4,000 followers. The combat went the gap and Stewart got here out on the unsuitable finish of coronary heart breaking resolution. He bounced again from the loss and went on to win his subsequent 4 fights that 12 months. Two of these fights came about Madison Sq. Backyard, and he received them each. His October 29, 1974 combat could be a part of the historic “Rumble within the Jungle” wherein Mohammad Ali received again the Heavyweight Championship from the previously undefeated Champion George Foreman. The combat came about in Kinshasa, Zaire (Congo), the place the date there was really October thirtieth. 60,000 followers attended the combat in Zaire, and it was watched on tv by 1 billion viewers world-wide. 5 million watched the combat in america because it was streamed throughout the nation on closed circuit pay-per-view. Stewart was a part of the occasion preventing on the undercard that was televised stay from Pittsfield Massachusetts. He got here away a unanimous resolution towards Kenny Jones from New Haven Connecticut, for his fourth victory that 12 months and three wins in a row. Baranski loved coaching Stewart as he was straightforward to get together with, educated exhausting and was all the time prepared to coach and spar with the absolute best fighters. It was round this time that he repeatedly spared with heavyweight contender Dave Zyglewicz of Watervliet, who misplaced to Joe Frazier in 1969 for the World Heavyweight title. Zyglewicz’s report was 30-3 at the moment.

1975 noticed Stewart compete in 5 extra fights, profitable all of them and ending the 12 months on 9 combat win streak. His first combat of 1976 was towards Otis Gordon, and with Stewart’s 9 combat win streak on the road they fought on the Coliseum in Latham. In entrance of a crowd filled with hometown followers, he delighted them along with his tenth straight win for the reason that loss in his second combat as an expert. He would combat two extra occasions in 1976, profitable one and shedding for a second time to Vandel Woods, leaving his skilled report at 12-2. 1977 would mark Stewarts final 12 months in skilled boxing and he would win one combat and lose the opposite. He would win his first combat in March with Eddie Philips, however lose his second that April to Eddie Davis. Davis would go on to win the USBA Gentle Heavyweight Title in 1982, after which unsuccessfully problem Michael Spinks in 1984 for the three Gentle Heavyweight Titles he held at the moment. Stewart’s ultimate report was 13-3 in 16 skilled matches that noticed him by no means knocked out. It was additionally a profession that noticed him get to journey and compete in a dozen states, in addition to in Canada and South America, as each an newbie {and professional}.

Whereas Stewart would by no means go well with as much as field professionally once more, his largest contribution to the game he beloved was but to return. In 1978 he went to work full time for the Tryon College for Boys, which was a juvenile detention heart positioned in Johnstown New York. As a result of he had been an expert boxer, administration allowed him to start out a program wherein he sparred with college students within the Elmwood Cottage as a reward for good habits. This was the cottage (division) of the campus the place the scholars who obtained in bother of their respective cottages have been despatched for self-discipline. Stewart had two guidelines for the aspiring boxers, or those that simply needed to have an opportunity to take some swings at him with gloves on. The primary was that they needed to put forth an effort at school and never get in any bother. The second rule was that after they obtained within the ring, they needed to keep in for one full spherical (3 minutes) and couldn’t hand over or stop.

Late within the fall of 1979, a 13 12 months previous boy named Michael Tyson was transferred to Tryon from the Bridges Juvenile Heart in Bronx, New York. He was a petty legal from Brownsville New York who had been arrested 38 occasions by the point he was 13 years previous. He was initially positioned within the Briarwood Cottage part of the campus. Shortly after arriving, he obtained into bother and was transferred over to the Elmwood Cottage and positioned into lockdown. Whereas in lockdown, he sees different youngsters coming by his door smiling and glad. He then learns that they have been getting back from having placed on boxing gloves and sparring with a counselor named Mr. Stewart. Stewart loved working with the youngsters and felt it was a approach for them to higher themselves. And as long as they stayed out of bother and confirmed an curiosity, he would proceed to work with them and educate them how you can field. Upon listening to this, Tyson saved asking workers if he might meet Mr. Stewart. Finally, Stewart goes to Tyson’s room, smashes the door open and intimidates him to see what he’s fabricated from. He instructed Mr. Stewart that he needed to be a fighter and instructed him that he would do no matter was requested of him. Stewart made a take care of him that if his habits modified and that if he went to high school and had no incidents for a month, that he would think about working with him. Stewart would examine the logs saved by workers on Tyson every day to see if his habits had been enhancing. After 6 days of drastic enchancment, Stewart agreed to let Tyson spar with him. On the time, Mike was 5′ 6″ tall and weighed 196 kilos. Though Stewart pushed Mike across the ring and simply dealt with him, he by no means stop. Their future sparring periods started to attract crowds of youngsters within the cottage, and even workers took curiosity. As Mike obtained higher, Stewart would work with him on strikes wherein they threw punches at each other and practiced counter strikes. He taught him how you can bob, shield himself and how you can throw combos of punches. Employees began listening to one thing happening in Mike’s room after the entire different youngsters had gone to sleep and realized that he was in there practising these strikes by shadow boxing, typically till three within the morning. Employees started reporting to Stewart that Mike’s habits and energy within the classroom was enhancing since he began boxing with him. An added bonus for Tyson and a number of the different youngsters who behaved, was to be launched from the campus for just a few hours to attend boxing matches that have been placed on on the former Bishop Burke Excessive College, now a Lexington Heart facility, in Gloversville. As Tyson improved, he was beginning to get one of the best of Stewart and leaving him with black eyes and a damaged nostril. Stewart needed to begin coaching like an expert once more to maintain up with him. Stewart was more than happy to not solely see Tyson’s habits change, however he was additionally glad that he was dwelling as much as his phrase of doing no matter was essential to study and get higher at boxing. After just a few months of working with Tyson, in March of 1980 Stewart was starting to assume Tyson might be an incredible fighter. He obtained permission from Tryon to take Tyson to see his former coach Matt Baranski on the Albany Trinity Institute the place he himself had educated as each an newbie {and professional}. He needed to get Baranski’s impression of Tyson and discover out if he noticed the identical potential that he noticed. Baranski was impressed however didn’t consider he was solely 13. He was satisfied that he was not less than 20. Base on this evaluation, Stewart instantly referred to as his previous pal Cus D’Amato and requested him if he might convey Tyson all the way down to have him check out him. Cus agreed to look him over, so Stewart then spent per week prepping Mike for the sparring session in entrance of Cus. He had him do issues he thought would catch Cus’ consideration. The preparation labored, as Tyson carried out an ideal first spherical sparring with Bobby in entrance of Cus and his workers. Within the second spherical, Stewart made Tyson’s nostril bleed and Cus’ assistant Teddy Atlas tried to cease the session. Younger Tyson refused, stating that Mr. Stewart had taught him to not stop, and that he needed to go three rounds. They ended up going all three (3 minute) rounds, leaving Cus impressed. And after watching him spar for simply 9 minutes, Cus confidently proclaimed to Stewart that he felt Tyson would sooner or later turn into the youngest Heavyweight Champion of the World, ever. Upon returning to Tyron, they stepped up their exercises, sparring three nights per week and dealing on the brand new strikes that Cus and Atlas have been educating him on coaching visits to Cus’ health club. These coaching periods came about when Tyson was allowed house visits. As an alternative of going again to New York Metropolis, he would go keep at Cus’ house for just a few days. With no one on the health club that might deal with sparring with Tyson, Stewart would get within the ring to spar with him for the exercises. It was right now that workers and academics at Tryon have been fully mesmerized by Mike’s enhancements in school, seeing him elevate his studying stage by 4 grades in the midst of the three months he had been figuring out with Bobby. He had merely by no means gone to high school or been taught, however now had motivation and course. Stewart usually went to bat for him behind the scenes and championed the truth that he was smarter than anybody had ever given him credit score for.

Stewart additionally began to fret about what would turn into of Mike when his time at Tryon was over and he went again to the streets of New York Metropolis when he was paroled within the fall. That’s when he organized to have Mike go stay with Cus within the Catskills. He felt it will present a optimistic environment for him to stay and critically practice to field. Whereas he was not scheduled for launch till October of 1980, the state allowed him to go away Tryon early to ensure that him to start out college in Catskill in September. He then went to stay with Cus and his companion Camille Ewald. There, the couple grew to become mum or dad figures to him. It was additionally throughout this time that Mike grew to become a pupil of boxing historical past and continued to use himself in school, whereas critically coaching to be an expert boxer. For the subsequent two years, Stewart continued to journey all the way down to Cus’ health club in Catskill to spar with Tyson. Cus appreciated Stewart staying concerned as he all the time felt that he introduced out one of the best in Tyson. Stewart knew how you can keep a step forward of Mike, the place as he would knock different sparring companions. With Stewart, he obtained a greater, longer exercise. After two years, Tyson obtained so good that Stewart couldn’t sustain with him and youthful paid professionals needed to be introduced in to spar with him. Tyson then started taking the identical path that Stewart had as an newbie, getting into the identical Golden Gloves tournaments. And in 1984, Tyson matched one among Stewarts “claims to fame” when he additionally received the U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves Championship as his mentor had ten years earlier. This marked simply the second time in historical past {that a} fighter who had received the Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves Championship in Holyoke Massachusetts went on to win the Nationwide Title of their respective weight class.

On March 6, 1985, on the age of 19, Tyson turned skilled when he fought and knocked out Hector Mercedes in Albany New York. He would combat 27 extra occasions in 1985 and 1886. He received all of them and on November 27, 1986, in his twenty eighth skilled combat, Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to assert WBC Heavyweight Title, bringing reality to Cus D’Amato’s March 1980 proclamation to Bobby Stewart that Tyson would sooner or later turn into the youngest Heavyweight Champion of the World. Tyson was simply 20 years previous, and Bobby Stewart was there ringside on the Las Vegas Hilton boxing ring, cheering on his former pupil simply has he had for each combat main as much as one of the vital historic nights within the historical past {of professional} boxing. In response to Stewart, “the morning after Mike’s 1986 combat with Berbick, I used to be within the foyer of the Hilton Resort testing and Tyson was coming via the foyer with an entourage that included his administration crew, safety guards and law enforcement officials. His coach Kevin Rooney observed me and yelled to the group to cease. He then tapped Tyson on the shoulder and pointed over to me. Tyson broke away from the group and came visiting and gave me a hug. I might hear Rooney say loud sufficient to the entourage ‘its okay, that’s the man that began this all’. As Mike hugged me I instructed him ‘you probably did it, now you’re the champ child.’ It was a particular second, understanding the place he got here from only a few years earlier than, the place he might have ended up, and the place he was at that second.’ I couldn’t have been happier for him or prouder.”

When requested about Stewart’s position in his profession, Tyson nonetheless has a tough time greedy how he was lucky sufficient to have somebody like Stewart come into his life. He states, “Who is that this man, how might which have occurred, how does this Irish man turn into part of my life? Coming from Brownsville I didn’t belief white-people. I by no means met anybody like that, so I by no means actually understood how somebody might do one thing like that for another person. I couldn’t perceive how somebody might care about me like that. I had no thought what I used to be entering into, however am grateful that somebody who was in my life for such a short while, turned out to be the most important affect in my life. It’s prefer it was magic that it ever occurred.” When instructed of Tyson’s feedback and the way he nonetheless is uncertain of why Stewart was so good to him, Stewart responded with, “As a result of he was so good to me. He did every little thing I requested him to do, and lived as much as every little thing he promised me throughout that first night time we spoke in his room at Tryon when he instructed me he needed to be a fighter.” Even after Tyson grew to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World, he continued to go away tickets for Stewart to all of his fights. The primary occasion that Stewart missed was his February 1990 combat towards Buster Douglas in Tokyo, as he was reluctant to make the fourteen hour flight from New York to Japan. Sarcastically, it will be the primary skilled combat that Tyson would lose.

Whereas Stewart retired from boxing earlier than reaching his likelihood at a title combat, his affect on Amsterdam, in addition to the world of boxing was felt and carries on as we speak. Not solely did he have a serious position in serving to to supply one of many biggest Heavyweight Champions in historical past, he additionally had a fairly spectacular preventing profession himself. Successful the 1974 U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves Championship is a feat that has him etched within the report books amongst such greats who’ve additionally held that very same title; Joe Louis (1934), Mohammad Ali (1959) and Evander Holyfield (1984). In 1988, for the thirtieth Anniversary of the Holyoke Boys Membership Golden Gloves Event, they named their all-time crew by the 13 weight classes. Bobby Stewart was chosen as their all-time biggest for the 175lb Gentle Heavyweight Class and his protÈgÈe Mike Tyson (world champion on the time) was chosen as their all-time biggest Tremendous Heavyweight to ever come via their program. This can be a prestigious honor for each fighters, and only one extra approach wherein they’re without end linked in boxing lore.

When requested what his proudest moments in his life are, Stewart responded “profitable the Nationwide Championship is my biggest accomplishment and favourite, indisputably. My objective was to sooner or later break into the highest 10 within the nation, which might have made me glad. However I obtained to #1. I’m additionally happy with Mike Tyson and understanding I gave him some assist alongside the best way.” If you happen to see a automotive driving round Upstate New York with the license plates boasting “74CHAMP”, you’ll know that it belongs to Bobby Stewart. Now retired, Bobby resides in Tribes Hill and nonetheless works out seven days per week. Included in his routine is stretching, sit-ups, bike driving, hitting the heavy bag, chopping wooden and doing landscaping for others.

For having received the U.S. Nationwide Golden Gloves Gentle Heavyweight Championship in 1974 and happening to field professionally, Robert “Bobby” Stewart has been nominated for induction into the Fulton County Baseball & Sports activities Corridor of Fame. The date and placement of his induction ceremony can be introduced within the close to future.

Thanks to the next who helped with the analysis in scripting this story; Mike Tyson, Billy White, Rob Hickman, Roy Carter, Eddie Rivera, Invoice Ryder, Jason Pajonk-Taylor and the Aqua Coaching Bag Group www.aquatrainingbag.com , Noel Levee, Irwin “Dutch” Corridor, and Stan Karpinski.

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