Jimmy Bivins is residing at the McGregor Nursing Home in East Cleveland, Ohio. Nick Harris is residing at the Soldiers and Sailors Nursing Home in Sandusky, Ohio.
The O.S.F.B.&A. will be sponsoring an amateur boxing event at the Brook Park Armory in February of 2011

The association finalized the nominations for the 2010 inductees for the  Hall of Fame and selected were:  Nick Pappas, Arnold Mitchell, Errid Calderas, and Mark Haire; posthumously Lloyd Marshall, Berry Wright and Dominic Tomaro.

Our condolences go out to the family of Paul Bell who died on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Mr. Bell’s funeral was held on April 17, 2010 at Pernell Jones Funeral Home and an obituary was written about Mr. Bell in the Plain Dealer on Sunday, April 25th. The article listed Mr. Bell as being an inductee into the Ohio State Former Boxers’ Hall of Fame. May Mr. Bell rest in peace. In closing, I look forward to seeing you at the meeting and for further information, call me at (216) 721-1674 or Mike Galassi at (216) 276-0123.

If any member has an email, would you forward it to me so that I can add it to the association’s email contacts; you can email the information to me at esdn1@yahoo.com or call me at (216) 721-1674.

Pres. Mike Galassi
Secy. Gene Glen