Glen Cove Boxing Club to Be Named After Howard Davis Jr.

The City of Glen Cove looks to honor the memory of the late boxing legend Howard Davis Jr. with a special dedication ceremony on July 31.

Glen Cove Boxing Club will officially be renamed the Howard Davis Jr. Glen Cove Boxing Club at the club's ceremony at 2 p.m.

“Howard Davis Jr. was such a vital part of the Glen Cove community that we wanted to make sure his legacy lives on in the sport that brought him Olympic Gold,” Mayor Reggie Spinello said in a press release. Davis passed away in Dec. 2015 from stage 4 lung cancer at the age of 59.

Davis, a 1976 Olympic gold medalist, learned of his diagnosis in February 2015 and was inspired to “clobber cancer” through his charity, the Howard Davis Jr. Foundation.

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Howard’s wife Karla Guadamuz-Davis, his children, members of the Glen Cove Boxing Club and the Glen Cove Housing Authority will be in attendance. All residents are invited to attend.

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