April 27th-29th , Jr. Team Sweet Science will also be heading to New Jersey for their annual Elite Heat tournament in Newark. Check back for list of fighters slated for competition.

April 27th, at the Resorts Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City , New Jersey , “Iron” Dan Crabtree will be taking on Juan ” The Beast” Rodriguez in a 4 round battle in the welterweight division. This highly anticipated fight was to have taken place on last month’s Trenton, New Jersey card, however the bout was scratched at the last minute by the Ringside physicians due to an allergic reaction Crabtree had suffered.

Jameel McCline 271 vs. Livin Castillo 215
Przemyslaw Opalach 161 vs. Eberto Medina 157.5
Juan Rodriguez Jr. 147 vs. Daniel Crabtree 148
Alando Swain 157 vs. Eddie Edmonds 157
Mikayla Nebal 120.5 vs. Nydia Feliciano 120
Tyrone Luckey 135 vs. Ramon Ellis 138
Venue: Hamilton Manor
Promoters: Nedals Promotions & Andre Kut’s KEA Boxing
1st bell: 7:30 PM Eastern

On March 31st, 2012 , Team Sweet Science heads back to the Hamilton Manor for another exciting card thanks to Nedal Boxing Promotions of Trenton, New Jersey. Slated to make her professional debut, Mikayla Nebel faces Nydia Feliciano (4-3-2) of Bronx, New York and stablemate “Iron” Dan Crabtree takes on Union City’s Juan Rodriguez Jr. (8(3KO)-0).

On March 17th, in Zanesville, Oh at the Zanesville PAL, Coach Hartmeyer has invited Team Sweet Science to their annual Lucky Gloves. Those slated to compete are as follows:

Chris Aldea , 165lbs , Novice division
Ulises Lopez, 125lbs , Novice division

Check back for results/and video.

On March 3rd-4th, Team Sweet Science combatants will be competing in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio, at the annual Arnold Classic Sports Festival Boxing tournament. Jr. SS boxers participating are as follows:

Derrell “Young Gunner” Gibbs , 154lbs , 15 years old, Senior division
J’juan “Don Juan” Hamilton , 138lbs , 15 years old, Senior division
Chris Aldea, 165lbs , 20 years old , Novice division
Ulises Lopez , 125lbs , 17 years old , Novice division

Check back for the videos and results.

On February 17th, 2012, at Nutley High School in Nutley, New Jersey, “Iron” Dan Crabtree prepares to face Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (6-0), a Nutley Highschool graduate in a 6-round, Main event bout. Upcoming on February 8th, “Iron” Dan will be on ATG Radio out of Las Vegas, Nevada for an interview/phone conference between him and his opponent LaManna. Be sure to check it out on gofightlive.com.

February 2-4,2012, Derrell ” Young Gunner” Gibbs and Brandon “Ace” Vega will be representing Sweet Science in the National Silver Gloves tournament in Independence, Missouri. The annual tournament is hosted by the best in Boxing, Ringside. Gibbs will be competing in the 15 years old(Senior), 156lb division while his teammate Vega is slated in the 13 year old (Junior), 112lb division. Check back for results (and pictures of the belts!).

As of the first of the year, Sweet Science fighters will no longer brandish the logos of any organizations, companies, or corporations other than ours. Our “Sponsors” (with the exception of Buckeye Nissan) never understood exactly what it meant to be a Sponsor. The owner of one company wanted Personal Training for he and his wife, also giving his employees access to the gym, our athletes wore his company logo on our trunks, banners displayed in gym, featured his company on our website, and to cap it off wanted exclusive rights to profit from any shows or events we would have in the future by providing certain services we would need. This gentlemen expected all of this in exchange for an amount of money I would be too embarrassed to disclose. Another “Sponsor” convinced us to put on an event that they would financially “take care of” and when the dust settled our amateur program (quickly becoming the best in the country) was left hanging, forced to absorb the brunt of a few thousand dollar loss to say the least. What started out as a “Charity event” ultimately became a business venture for said “sponsor” as the language they used went from them making a philanthropic contribution to them complaining about all of the “losses” they had incurred? And, as we stated you cannot lose what you were never suppose to gain! What we do at Sweet Science Boxing is completely and solely centered around the children of the community. The very fact is most people are more than willing to part with their money with no strings attached as long as it goes to kids with cancer or some other unfortunate circumstance but when it comes to kids doing positive things like winning National Championships as our kids do, then the well becomes dry or were suppose to sing and dance for lack of better words when having your name attached to our internationally known, World class program should be enough. The companies we dealt with advertise, but they’re only known locally through crappy newspaper advertisements. Keep in mind, that’s a far cry from having your company logo on the trunks of a Professional boxer featured in the Associated Press (AP) which the whole world gets to see or HBO World Title Undercard appearances for that matter. The proceeds from our Professional bouts largely fund our amateur program and keep us afloat so to speak. There has long been a misconception that the strength of our organization was built or based off the sponsorships on behalf of rich, or powerful companies but this could not be further from the truth. The only company we dealt with that truly seemed to understand the meaning of the word Sponsorship was Buckeye Nissan (they cut us a check and wished us well) and we continue to have a stellar relationship with them to this day. But allow us to impart a little advice to anyone looking to be a sponsor or looking for a sponsor, make sure both parties truly understand the definition of the word Sponsor and remember right makes might, not might makes right!

Definition on Dictionary.com : http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Sponsor

-Staff

On Saturday, January 21st, at the Hamilton Manor near Trenton, New Jersey, Our founder Russ Niggemyer lost a controversial 6-round decision to Alando Swain (4(1KO) -1) of New Jersey. Niggemyer dropped Swain in the 2nd round with a perfectly timed straight right hand,but Swain was able to hang on and escape the round. Judges Pierre Benoist and Kason Cheeks saw it 57-56 for Swain while Emil Conforti had it 57-55 in favor of the New Jersey fighter. We caught up with Russ Niggemyer after the bout and this is what he had to say, ” I don’t know what fight those judges were watching. I feel like I at least won, 4 round to 2, and even had a 10-8 round in my favor as I knocked him down in the 2nd round. Swain’s a real nice guy and he fights hard, but he held a lot and punched while holding a lot, I felt like my camp could’ve been a little more vocal to the ref about this but it would’ve probably fell on deaf ears anyways, I won this fight and he knows it, that’s enough for me. Can’t cry over spilled milk, I’ll forge on. My career has taken some hits this year, but the experience was invaluable! I hope to fight 100 times. If I wind up with a record of 90-10, 80-20, or even 70-30, that’s pretty good in my book. ” SS fight writers saw the bout 59-56 for Niggemyer.