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 following the death of J. M. W. Turner. The exhibition title was "borrowed from the poet and critic <mask>'s 1949 collection of essays Places of the Mind", and, in doing so, "acknowledges how every landscape drawing is a construct of the mind and imagination of its creator". Works

New Verse: An Anthology (1942 edition)
Compiled by Grigson. Poets included were:

C. Day-Lewis – Bernard Spencer – Philip O'Connor – Louis MacNeice – George Barker – Kathleen Raine – Frederic Prokosch – A. J.Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2002. (Contains a comprehensive <mask> bibliography.) Ostrom, Hans. "The Mint," in British Literary Magazines: The Modern Age, 1914–1984. Ed. Alvin Sullivan. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986, 264–267.(Grigson edited The Mint.) External links
 <mask> page at Faber. "<mask> – alumnus of St Edmund Hall, Oxford". Julian Symons, "<mask>, <mask> Harvey (1905–1985)", rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009, accessed 2 December 2013. "<mask> – Poet, writer, critic, broadcaster, 1905–1985" at colander.org
 I. Woncewas, "A Centenary Reconsideration: Thinking About <mask>". Parameter Magazine."Correspondence. William Empson and <mask>son on climbers, criticism, and the morality of rudeness", Poetry Foundation. "<mask>son" at My Poetic Side. 1905 births
1985 deaths
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<mask> (born December 15, 1987), best known as <mask>, is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including the lineal junior welterweight title from 2018 to 2020; previously he held the WBO and Ring magazine featherweight titles in 2013, the WBO junior lightweight title from 2013 to 2014, the WBC and IBF lightweight titles between 2017 and 2019, and the IBF junior welterweight title in 2018. He has also challenged once for the IBF welterweight title in 2019. Early life and education
Born to Mexican parents, Miguel Angel's father, Eduardo, was an amateur boxer and trainer of world champion boxer Fernando Vargas at La Colonia Youth Boxing Club. His older brother, Roberto was a professional boxer and a former IBF Super Featherweight Champion who lost his belt to the late Diego Corrales. His oldest brother, Daniel, was a boxer and trainer. He has been featured on ABC's show American Latino TV and he talked about balancing studies with the demands of boxing.<mask> has said he grew up in a "gang-related neighborhood" in Oxnard, California. <mask> said that his parents were both strawberry pickers. Amateur career

<mask> started his amateur career at the age of fourteen. In 2003, he won a silver medal at the National Junior Olympic Championships in the 125 lb division. In 2004, he won a gold medal at the National Junior Golden Gloves Championships and a silver medal at the National Police Athletic League Championships, both in the 132 lb division. In 2005, he won a bronze medal at the National Golden Gloves

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 Championships and a gold medal at the National Police Athletic League Championships, both in the 132 lb division. Amateur highlights
2003 National Junior Olympic Championships (Silver Medal, 125 lbs)
2004 National Junior Golden Gloves Championships (Gold Medal, 132 lbs)
2004 National Police Athletic League Championships (Silver Medal, 132 lbs)
2005 National Golden Gloves Championships (Bronze Medal, 132 lbs)
2005 National Police Athletic League Championships (Gold Medal, 132 lbs)

Professional career

Featherweight

Early career
<mask> is known as a patient fighter with good punching power, a natural right-hander who likes to switch to southpaw during some of his fights.He turned pro in 2006 and signed with Bob Arum's Top Rank. <mask> was undefeated in his first 20 professional fights with 17 of them coming by way of knockout. In April 2010, <mask> <mask> beat the veteran Tomas Villa by T.K.O. in the first round, to win the USBA Featherweight Championship. He then beat Matt Remillard to win the WBO NABO Featherweight Championship. This would not only be the last boxing bout but also the last event Nick Charles would broadcast, Charles would die a few days later from cancer. In his next fight HBO asked <mask> to turn down a world title shot against Billy Dib to fight on the undercard of Julio César Chávez, Jr. vs. Sebastian Zbik.After his win over Rafaël Guzmán, <mask> sent his well wishes to Genaro Hernández who was struggling with cancer, Hernández would die a few days later. Months later he beat Juan Carlos Martinez in under four rounds at the Madison Square

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 Garden in New York City. <mask> vs. Salido
<mask>'s first major step up in competition came on January 19, 2013 against WBO Featherweight champion and Ring No. 1 ranked featherweight, Orlando Salido. His fight with Salido was originally supposed to happen on November 10, 2012 at Wynn Las Vegas but Salido broke his finger and had to pull out of the fight with <mask> fighting Jonathan Victor Barros as a late replacement. <mask> would get his chance again In front of a near sell out crowd of 4,850 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, <mask> dominated the bout from the very beginning, keeping Salido at range with the jab. <mask> knocked Salido down four times early on in the fight, building up a large lead on the scorecards.During the 8th round, Salido accidentally clashed heads with <mask>, causing <mask>'s nose to break. The fight was stopped between rounds, with the decision going to the scorecards. <mask> won with the scores of 79–70, 79–69, 79–69 to win his first world title. Speaking of the headbutt, <mask> said, "I had the perfect fight going on. I was beating him up good, and then he drove his head into my face -- but it was accidental." <mask> earned a career-high $220,000 purse for the fight. <mask> vs. <mask> was scheduled to make his first title defense against Juan Manuel López in Dallas on June 15, 2013.<mask> failed to make 126 lb weight limit coming in two pounds overweight. He was stripped of the title. The fight went ahead after <mask> paid Lopez a penalty of $150,000 for missing weight. <mask> claimed the reason for not making

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 weight was due to missing several days of training. On fight night, <mask> re-hydrated to 142 pounds, whilst Lopez weighed 137.5 pounds on the HBO scales. In front of a crowd of 5,605 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, <mask> dominated the fight from the opening bell, dropping Lopez in round 2 following a right straight hand. In round 4, <mask> landed a left hook to Lopez, knocking him down again.At 1 minute and 35 seconds of round 4, referee Raphael Ramos waved the fight off, giving <mask> the win. After the fight, <mask> said, "I was able to land my jab and stand pretty comfortable. When I knocked him down, that gave me confidence that I could put him out early." <mask> landed 53 punches, with 40 of them being jabs. Super featherweight

<mask> vs. Martínez
On August 1, 2013 the WBO ordered their junior lightweight champion Román Martínez (27–1–2, 16 KOs) to make a mandatory defence against <mask>. On September 9, the date of the purse bid, a deal was set for the fight to take place on November 9 at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. The attendance was announced as 5,124.<mask> went down in the second round from a Martínez counter right hand. <mask>, however, recovered and dominated the rest of the fight before knocking out Martínez with a left hook to the body in the eighth round. Speaking off the knockout punch, <mask> said, "I thought it was a very good punch when I landed it. I felt I really hurt him, enough to where he wouldn't get up. I had a feeling it would be over after I connected." <mask> landed nearly half of his total

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 127 power punches. This included 52 punches landed in the last three rounds compared to 8 landed by Martínez.The victory meant <mask> became a two weight world champion. <mask> vs. Burgos
On December 14, 2013 it was announced that <mask> would make his first title defense against mandatory challenger, 25 year old Mexican boxer Juan Carlos Burgos (30–1–2, 20 KOs). The fight was set for January 25, 2014 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on a live double-header on HBO Boxing After Dark, with Bryant Jennings vs. Artur Szpilka as co-main event. Burgos was known to have fought to a split draw with former champion Román Martínez on the <mask>-Salido undercard in January 2013. <mask> went into the fight with a 11-fight knockout streak. After being staggered in the second round, <mask> took control of the fight and won close to every round for the remainder of the bout. At the end of the fight, <mask> won via unanimous decision (118–110, 118–110, 119–109), improving to 34–0.<mask> landed 163 of 567 punches thrown (29%) and Burgos landed 89 of his 564 thrown (16%). In the post fight interview, <mask> admitted he had trouble at the start, "His height gave me difficulty. But I found my range and I found my distance and that was it." Burgos snapped <mask>'s knockout streak which stretched back 4 years to 2010 and the fight also marked the first time <mask> saw out the 12 round distance. <mask> called out Yuriorkis Gamboa for a potential fight. The fight averaged 829,000 viewers and peaked at 911,000 viewers. Contract dispute with Top Rank
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 unhappy over his purses, which had been increasing to career-high six-figure levels fight after fight, sued Top Rank in April 2014 to get out of the agreement.Although in arbitration with his promoter, <mask> had expressed plans of returning to the ring under a new contract with Top Rank. On October 15, <mask> vacated his WBO title. He was due to make a mandatory defence against Interim champion Orlando Salido. <mask> also cited difficulty in making the 130 pound limit, the main reason he vacated. On April 8, 2016, it was confirmed that <mask> and Top Rank, who were locked in a dispute over his promotional contract, had reached a settlement, according to Bob Arum. Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN.com. "All parties came to a mutual agreement, details of that agreement are a confidential matter.We all move on and do what we do." Although <mask>'s Top Rank contract was up in August, they reached a deal. Light welterweight

<mask> vs. Rojas
Top Rank announced on June 28, 2016, after 2 and a half years off, <mask> would be returning to the boxing ring against former world featherweight titleholder Elio Rojas on July 30 on Showtime in a 10-round bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on the undercard of Santa-Cruz-Frampton. This would be a one-fight deal with promoter Lou DiBella and Showtime. They met at approximately 138 pounds. The weight had not been contractually hashed out, however <mask> planned to move down with the hopes of challenging for a world title in the 135-pound lightweight division. <mask> scored four knockdowns, before finishing Rojas in the

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 5th round via knockout.<mask> hit Rojas face-first with a left hand and dropping him with a right uppercut-left hook combination. Rojas, who was only fighting for the second time in four years, beat the count, but referee Claudio waved it off at 2 minutes, 2 seconds. After the fight, <mask> said, "I think it was a very good performance. Even though I've been out for two-and-a-half years, people haven't forgotten about me. I did miss [boxing], but the time off helped me regain that fire." CompuBox stats showed that <mask> landed 53 of 162 punches thrown (42%) and Rojas landed 47 of 168 thrown (28%). Rojas came off a 23-month lay-off.The fight averaged 427,000 viewers. Lightweight

<mask> vs. Zlatičanin
<mask> announced he would be fighting at lightweight to challenge undefeated WBC champion Dejan Zlatičanin (22–0, 15 KOs). Zlatičanin claimed the vacant title by knocking out Franklin Mamani in June and also holds decision victories over the likes of Petr Petrov and former multiple weight world champion Ricky Burns. The fight would take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and again serve as a co-feature to the anticipated rematch between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz on January 28, 2017. <mask> stopped Zlatičanin in round three to win the title and give Zlaticanin his first professional defeat. The end came after <mask> hit a two punch combination starting with an uppercut which led Zlatičanin open for a final right hook which dropped him backwards on the floor, a knockout of the year candidate. The referee stopped the fight immediately.<mask> became a three-weight

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 world champion with this knockout win. <mask>'s purse for the fight was $375,000 compared to the $320,000 that Zlatičanin received. In the post fight interview, <mask> said that he would like to unify the division and also mentioned fighting undefeated Terence Crawford at light welterweight. <mask> landed 50 punches of 176 thrown (28%), whilst Zlatičanin landed only 16 of 60 (27%). The fight averaged 544,000 and peaked at 617,000 viewers. Return to light welterweight

<mask> vs. Broner
On May 25, 2017 it was announced that talks were underway for a fight between <mask> and four-weight world champion Adrien Broner on July 29, 2017 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. A deal which would include a catchweight of 140 pounds, the super lightweight limit, with Showtime the likely network to broadcast the fight.On Monday, May 22, Broner was sentenced to 72 hours at the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington, Kentucky, on a contempt charge, after failing to make multiple court appearances. <mask> said he would be returning to lightweight after the fight, adding that the Broner fight was 'too good and too lucrative' to pass up. If Broner missed weight, he would be fined $500,000. He said he would be more disciplined because he won't give up half a million dollars and claimed he had a reason to not miss weight. On July 20, 8 days before the official weigh in, Broner reportedly weighed 144 pounds and said that he would 'comfortably make weight tomorrow'. On July 21, the WBC announced that their Diamond light welterweight title would be at stake for the fight. <mask> weighed

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texts: in a career high 139.5 pounds and more than Broner, who weighed 138.7 pounds.<mask> won the fight by unanimous decision with the three judges scoring the fight 117–111, 116–112, 116–112. The fight started tentatively, with both boxers landing few punches in the opening round. But over the course of the fight, <mask> took over and by the championship rounds he was significantly outpacing Broner in punches landed and thrown. ESPN scored the fight 120–108 shutout win for <mask>. In the post fight interviews, <mask> praised his performance and Broner, "This is definitely one of my best performances ever. I think I controlled the fight in the early rounds and I kept the activity up. Broner is a great fighter who has great skills.I was the superior fighter tonight." Broner was humble in defeat, but stated that he had to catch <mask>, who he claimed was running, "It was a good fight. At the end of the day, I come to fight, I come to win and I put my heart on the line. It was Tom & Jerry – I had to catch the mouse." Both fighters earned a $1 million purse for the fight. CompuBox statistics showed that <mask> was the more active boxer, landing 244 of 783 punches (31%), Broner landed only 125 of 400 thrown (31%). <mask> threw over 200 punches in the last four rounds alone, trying to get the stoppage win.<mask> said he was open to any boxer coming over to showtime, whether that be at 135, 140 or even 147 pounds. The fight drew an average 881,000 viewers on Showtime and peaked at 937,000 viewers, making it the most watched fight on Showtime since Deontay Wilder defeated


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 Bermane Stiverne to win the WBC heavyweight title in January 2015. That fight drew an average of 1.24 million. <mask> vs. Lipinets
In early September 2017, <mask> took to social media and called out four-weight world champion Miguel Cotto for a fight in December, possibly being Cotto's final fight. <mask>'s trainer and brother Roberto explained that it was his friend Rudy Hernandez who first mentioned taking Mikey up to 154 pounds for a one off fight. On September 21, he reiterated his desire to move up to 154 to be Cotto's final foe. Cotto's trainer was also open for the fight to take place.<mask> said if <mask> is unable to land a fight with Cotto, he could potentially fight Robert Easter Jr. in a unification fight in December. On October 5, the WBC ordered a fight between <mask> and Jorge Linares (43-3, 27 KOs), as Linares holds the WBC Diamond title, in addition to the WBA lightweight title. <mask> commented on Twitter that the Cotto fight couldn't happen as Golden Boy Promotions required him signing an exclusive long-term contract with them in order to make the fight. <mask> also mentioned that the fight with Linares wouldn't happen before the end of the year as Linares was unavailable on December. Lance Pugmire reported for the Los Angeles Times that <mask> would most likely return on December or January against Robert Easter Jr.

Eric Gomez, president of Golden Boy sent out a message to <mask> stating if he wanted the fight with Linares, it could be made, without any add-ons to the contract. <mask> later replied, "No need to put it out [in] public. You also

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texts: have my number, I'll call you later bro."Gomez later announced that <mask> had rejected their offer for a one-fight agreement with a 50-50 purse split. <mask> said he had received a more lucrative offer. He said, "I have more options, in fact [...] the guaranteed purse is better[...] just as Golden Boy is looking to do what's best for their company, I am also looking to do what's best for me." On December 14, 2017 RingTV.com announced that <mask> would next challenge recently crowned IBF light welterweight champion Sergey Lipinets (13-0, 10 KOs) on February 10, 2018 on Showtime for a package reportedly worth approximately $3.5 million. According to early reports, the fight was likely to take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. WBC president Sulaiman announced that <mask> would keep his lightweight title regardless of the result. On January 17, 2018 it was reported the fight would be postponed due to Lipinets suffering a hand injury whilst in training.Lipinets co-manager, Alex Vaysfeld stated the hand injury occurred in December 2017 and Lipinets had begged him not to postpone the fight. A doctors report suggested he could be out for a month. A few days later, the fight was rescheduled to take place on March 10. The bout would remain in San Antonio, however the Freeman Coliseum was announced as the new venue. <mask> dropped Lipinets in round 7, en route to becoming a four-weight world champion via unanimous decision after 12 rounds. The final scorecards read 116-111, 117-110 and 117-110 in favor of <mask>. Many of the rounds were close with <mask> doing


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 more to win each round.Lipinets landed the harder punches. <mask> came in to the fight with a gameplan knowing Lipinets was the bigger man, he used different angles behind his jab and remained patient. A left hook to Lipinets's face dropped him for the first time in his professional career. Lipinets managed to get up and finish the round on steady legs. CompuBox Stats showed that <mask> landed 169 of 679 total punches (25%) and Lipinets landed 144 of his 509 thrown (28%). <mask> landed 46% of his power punches; 92 to Lipinets' 73. With the victory, <mask> also became the lineal light welterweight champion and joined Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez as the only fighters in history to win titles at 126, 130, 135 and 140 pounds.The fight averaged 618,000 viewers and peaked at 689,000 viewers on Showtime. Return to lightweight

<mask> vs. Easter
On March 12, 2018, the IBF wrote to <mask>, giving him until March 22 to decide whether he wants to keep his IBF title at light welterweight as they had a mandatory challenger, Ivan Baranchyk (18–0, 11 KOs) lined up next. On April 17, <mask> vacated the IBF title, confirming he would drop back to lightweight to defend his WBC title. On April 24, WBC president Sulaiman stated <mask> would participate in a lightweight unification with IBF beltholder Robert Easter Jr. in the summer. On May 1, it was reported that the fight would likely take place in July or August at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. On May 4, it was reported that <mask> was close to signing a deal with UFC president Dana White's Zuffa Boxing promotions.


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texts: July 28 was later confirmed as the fight date.Before a crowd of 12,560, <mask> dropped Easter in round 3 on his way to a unanimous decision win with scores of 116–111, 117–110 and 118–109, to become the unified WBC and IBF lightweight champion. The fight started with Easter using his distance well to keep <mask> at arms reach. In round 3, <mask> knocked Easter down with a left hook to the head. <mask> did not seem to struggle to get close as Easter, who was using his long jab effectively as <mask> himself was also managing to land his jab, despite the reach disadvantage. From round 6, <mask> controlled the fight. It appeared that Easter became wary of <mask>'s power and began to fight more cautiously. Both fighters traded in round 9 with <mask> landing hard shots to the body and Easter landing with his left hand.In rounds 10 and 11, Easter took punishment against the ropes. <mask> then finished strong in the final round. CompuBox showed that <mask> outlanded him 95–34 in total punches over the final four rounds. Overall, <mask> landed 176 punches of 555 thrown (32%) and Easter landed 129 of  his 507 (25%). Easter landed 89 of 343 jabs, however he had more success in the first half of the fight. On unifying, <mask> said, "It's a great accomplishment. Now we're back.I told you guys I was coming for bigger things and now we're one step closer to achieving that. I knew he was a tough opponent. He's a tough warrior. He gave a great fight, but I was the better fighter. I was in control of the fight and I did what I had to do to win." Easter was humble in defeat and gave


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 full credit to <mask>, "He was just a better man tonight. I take my hat off to Mikey.He's a true warrior. Whenever we step in the ring, we are both putting our lives on the line, and tonight <mask> was victorious. I just couldn't find the timing and I just couldn't let my right hand go." <mask> also re-iterated his desire to fight IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. by the end of 2018. Spence, who was sat ringside also admitted the fight was too big to turn down and would not be hard to make. <mask> reportedly earned around a $1 million purse. The fight averaged 680,000 viewers and peaked at 725,000 viewers.Welterweight

<mask> vs. Spence
On July 31, 2018, the IBF ordered <mask> to defend his newly-won title against mandatory challenger Richard Commey (26–2, 23 KOs), with a deal to be reached by August 30. Then-IBF champion Easter was ordered to fight Commey before March 30, 2018 however the IBF granted an exception for the <mask> unification bout as long as the winner satisfied their mandatory next. On October 19, Commey tweeted that the IBF had ordered the bout to go to purse bids as <mask> had not signed his side of the contract. On October 25, BoxingScene.com reported that negotiations between <mask> and Spence (24–0, 21 KOs) were progressing, with the fight likely to take place in February 2019 on Showtime PPV. On October 30, 2018, <mask> vacated his IBF lightweight title and the purse bid for the potential Commey fight was cancelled. On November 13, PBC made an official announcement for their 2019 schedule. It was announced the fight between <mask>

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 and Spence would take place at the welterweight limit at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on March 16, 2019 exclusively on FOX PPV.Many fans reacted to fight being announced. Some welcomed the fight and praised <mask> for 'daring to be great' and some fans believed the size difference would be too much as Spence is considered a big welterweight. Ultimately, <mask> was dominated by Spence in a convincing fashion, resulting in a 12 round unanimous decision for Spence in which <mask> failed to win a single round on all 3 fight scorecards. <mask> vs. Vargas
On February 29, 2020, <mask> returned to the ring in Frisco, Texas after a layoff of almost a year. In his second bout at welterweight, he faced former two-division world champion Jessie Vargas. Vargas was ranked #4 by the WBO at welterweight. In a hard-fought battle, <mask> dropped his opponent in the fifth round and earned a unanimous decision victory, with scores of 114-113, 116-111, and 116-111.CompuBox punch stats saw <mask> land 151 of 478 (32%) total punches thrown, while Vargas landed 142 punches of 671 (21%) total punches thrown. In his post-fight interview, <mask> stated his intentions to continue fighting in the welterweight division, saying, "I would love to fight against Manny Pacquiao, or a rematch with Errol Spence. I’m better now at this weight class. I want to continue to campaign at 147 [lbs] and seek a title in a fifth division.”

<mask> vs. Martin
After a layoff of almost twenty months since his last fight, <mask> returned to the ring to face European super lightweight champion Sandor

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 Martin on October 16, 2021, in Fresno, California. Despite being the heavy pre-fight betting favorite, <mask> suffered his second professional defeat, when he was outboxed to a majority decision loss, with scores of 95–95, and 97–93 twice in favor of Martin. In his post-fight interview, <mask> offered his opinion on the fight: "I thought it was a good fight. He [Martin] fought a very good fight.I thought I did the necessary to close the gap, putting the pressure, looking for the fight. He was the one moving, running around a lot. He countered me a few times, but I was the one actively looking for the fight; I thought I was ahead on the cards." Summit for brain health
In February 2014, <mask>, along with Bernard Hopkins and a few other such (Jake Adams) athletes, attended a summit at the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at the United States Capitol, in support of furthering the research of preventing brain damage and other mental risks in competitive activity. The summit consisted of speeches about preventing brain damage and research to aid already suffering victims. Professional boxing record

Exhibition boxing record

Filmography

See also
Notable boxing families
List of boxing quadruple champions
List of featherweight boxing champions
List of super-featherweight boxing champions
List of lightweight boxing champions
List of light-welterweight boxing champions
List of Mexican boxing world champions

References

External links

<mask> <mask> - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live

1987 births
Living people
World featherweight boxing champions
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<mask> (17 January 1939 – 28 January 2008) (, born Christos Paraskevaidis, Χρήστος Παρασκευαΐδης) was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as such the primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, from 1998 until his death, in 2008. Early life and career
<mask> was born in Xanthi, Thrace, Northern Greece in 1939. His civil name was Christos Paraskevaidis. When he was two years old, his family moved to Athens to escape German and Bulgarian occupation of the area during World War II. His father subsequently returned to Xanthi following the war and ran a successful bid for mayor. <mask> attended high school at the Roman Catholic Marist Leonteion Lyceum of Athens. He then studied law at the University of Athens, graduating in 1962, after having been ordained a deacon in the Orthodox Church in 1961.He also attended a graduate school at the University of Athens for a degree in theology. <mask> was ordained a priest in 1965 and graduated from the School of Theology in 1967. He worked as a parish priest in Palaio Faliro, a suburb of Athens, between 1965 and 1974. During that time he also became Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. In 1974, he was elected bishop of Demetrias in Volos, Thessaly, a post which he held until his election as Archbishop of Athens in 1998. <mask> was a Doctor of Theology, had a degree in French and English, and also spoke Italian and German. He was the author of a number of theological books and received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Craiova and the University of Iasi.Due to <mask>' attending a Catholic high school, he felt open to dialogue between the Orthodox and Catholic churches having experienced both sides. Tenure as Archbishop
<mask> succeeded Archbishop Seraphim to the seat of the Prelate of the Greek church in 1998. At 59 years of age, he was the youngest Archbishop to head the Greek Church. His chief rivals in ballot were Metropolitan Anthimos of Alexandroupolis and Metropolitan Ieronymos of Thebes. The latter would eventually succeed him in 2008. Supporting the existing Church social

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 services, he launched new services to face social issues such as the welfare of drug addicts and immigrants, the support for single mothers and abused women, the care for the victims of trafficking, the establishing of a chain of nurseries and infant schools, the provided assistance to poor families and families with many children. He also established "Solidarity", an NGO of the Church of Greece, which allowed a humanitarian intervention of the Church on an international level in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe."Solidarity" caused several controversies, such as the case where it received 5.6 million Euros from the Greek State in order to send humanitarian relief to Iraq. Instead, "Solidarity" only spent 740 thousand Euros to buy food, which it kept in storage houses without ever sending it to Iraq, and kept the rest in a bank account. After the death of Archbishop <mask>, the Greek Church started an investigation of the financial activities of "Solidarity" and found gross irregularities. In 2003, he fell out with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew over who should have the final say in the appointment of bishops in northern Greece. As a result, <mask>' name was stricken off the Diptych of the Church as a punishment. He was reinstated three months later, as the conflict seemed to be coming to a resolution. The rift was mended a month later.The visit of Pope John Paul II in Athens and Archbishop <mask>' visit to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome were significant steps towards the cause of Church unity. On May 20, 2001, Konstantinos Poulios (Κωνσταντίνος Πούλιος in Greek), an Old Calendarist, attacked <mask> and slapped him in the face, while the Archbishop was giving an interview to a TV crew outside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. The attack was broadcast on live television; Poulios was arrested by <mask>' police bodyguards, but in the end he faced no charges. Views

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 as a NATO member, played a significant, though largely non-interventionist, role. He also spoke out strongly against the intention of the Greek government under Costas Simitis to follow EU directives, especially where they clashed with what he regarded as traditional Greek policies. Shortly after his swearing in, <mask> stated that it was "a disgrace for the modern Greeks to decide on the basis of what directives from Brussels might ask, at one time or another. Identity cards controversy
In 2000, a major clash between church and state erupted when the then Greek socialist government sought to follow a decision of the Greek Data Protection Authority, by removing the "Religion" field from the national ID cards carried by Greek citizens.<mask> opposed the decision, complaining that socialist prime minister Costas Simitis did not consult with the Greek Church on the matter and saying that it was part of a wider plan to marginalise the Church from Greek public life; he also stated that the decision was "put forward by neo-intellectuals who want to attack us like rabid dogs and tear at our flesh". The archbishop organised two demonstrations in Athens and Thessaloniki, alongside a majority of bishops of the Church of Greece, supporting the inclusion of religious data on a voluntary basis, and asked for a referendum on the matter. For this purpose, he was greatly supported as more than three million Greek citizens signed and asked for a referendum. In 2001, <mask> prompted international criticism after saying that the ID decision had been instigated by Jews. The Central Board of the Jewish Community in Greece subsequently sent him a letter on 20 March 2001, asking him to clarify the matter and expressing their opposition to the mandatory writing of religious status in identity cards. The Archbishop replied in a letter that his source was the official web site of the USA Jewish Community where it was stated that the US Jewish Community had asked the Greek Government to remove religious status from Greek identity cards. He also said that in Israel, the writing of religious


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 status in identity cards is mandatory.The official position of the Greek Church became that the writing of religious status on identity cards should be optional. However, the Greek Government proceeded to remove the writing of religious status completely from new identity cards. Military junta
It emerged the same year that despite <mask>' saying that he had no knowledge of nor involvement with human rights violations by the Greek military junta of 1967-1974, because those seven years he was busy studying to become a priest, he had been present in the swearing-in ceremony of the new regime while he held the office of Arch-Secretary of the "Holy Synod", the collective council of Metropolitan bishops of the Church of Greece. At the same time, he was serving as chief advisor to Archbishop Hieronymus, a regime appointee and supporter. Ecumenical relations
<mask> consented in 2001 to the Greek government's decision to allow Pope John Paul II to visit Greece. He commented that he would not "close the door" on the Pope, because he was coming to the country as a pilgrim. The two men met for discussions during the Papal visit in May 2001, though they did not pray together.<mask>' decision led to major controversy in Greece, where many Orthodox Christians regard the Pope (and the Catholic Church as a whole) as a schismatic heretic. He also consented in 2002 to the construction of a mosque in Athens, to end the fact that Athens is the only EU capital without a Muslim place of worship. On the other hand, he asked that the mosque will be outside the city center, a wish that was granted by the government who chose a site 20 km outside Athens against the wishes of the Muslim community. Archbishop <mask> visited Pope Benedict XVI in Rome in 2006. They issued a common proclamation together that included the statement that: "We look forward to a fruitful collaboration to enable our contemporaries to rediscover the Christian roots of the European Continent which forged the different nations and contributed to developing increasingly harmonious links between them. This will help

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 them live and promote the fundamental human and spiritual values for all people, as well as the development of their own societies"

Role of the clergy in Greek schools

In 2006, Greek newspapers reported the Archbishop's displeasure at a decision by the centre-right government of New Democracy under Kostas Karamanlis to discontinue the practice of allowing Greek Orthodox priests to use public schools for confessionary purposes. Until then, calling in priests to hold private confession sessions within schools, was at the discretion of local educational authorities; the sessions took place on a voluntary basis for children.Greek media reported that the Archbishop characterised the move a "hostile act" against the Church, while the Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church, presided by <mask>, sent a letter of complaint to the Ministry for National Education and Religious Affairs under Marietta Giannakou. The decision, however, was applauded by representatives of the Greek Teachers' Association, who supported it as a measure that safeguarded freedom of belief and fostered respect for cultural and religious differences in schools. Greek politics
<mask> supported views on Greek politics and culture that were criticized by The New York Times, an American newspaper, as conservative and nationalist and supported by others as "standing up" for Greece and Greek culture. He led protests in 2002 against Greece's version of the television programme Big Brother, urging followers to "pray for the young kids" on the shows and to "turn off our television sets". Greek history
The Archbishop attacked the authors of the Greek elementary schools' official state sixth-grade history book, accusing them of attempting to "enslave Greek youth" and conceal the Church's role in defending Greek national identity during Ottoman occupation. In reference to the same issue, he has castigated the "yannisaries" (i.e. traitors to the Greek nation) "who dare raise an audacious head and question unimpeachable things".The state issued textbook was later removed in 2007 by the Greek Government, after the

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The Archbishop was intensely critical of globalisation, to which he referred, on repeated occasions, in disparaging terms as a global, or alternatively, "foreigner" plot to deprive people of their national identities. In 2004 he criticized globalisation as a "bulldozer that is out to demolish everything, on account of those who want to rule the world without resistance or obstacles", adding that Greeks live in a paradise compared to other Europeans, because "they have a strong faith, they build churches, follow traditions, and resist globalisation". In 2006, he castigated globalisation as a "crime against humanity" and "a vehicle to Americanise the life of all humankind". He has also said that "globalisation wants to turn us into gruel, soup, sheep, or better yet, turkeys, so that we may be led with a cane". In 2002, he asked students in a Greek school whether they wanted to be "mince meat or meat", explaining that "foreigners want to turn us into the meat-grinder, while meat is a solid thing". On another occasion he stated that "the forces of Darkness cannot stand it [that Greece is a predominantly Orthodox country], and for this reason they want to decapitate it and flatten everything, by means of globalization, the novel deity that has appeared alongside another deity called human rights, and on account of which they expect us to curtail our own rights".In 2006, he decried the establishment of the monotonic orthography, as a "globalization plot" to impose "cultural uniformity" and "support the sale of multi-national Olivetti's typewriters". He also sarcastically referred to the lawmakers' "kindness of relieving our race from the darkness of Aristophanes", with regards to the same matter. Human rights
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 bound to "come into many conflicts with the movement for human rights", despite the fact "it not only does not oppose human rights, but supersedes them". His proposed reason for these conflicts is that "the Church cannot accept what the Lord of This World is promoting through the human rights movement : the abolishment of sin". The Archbishop has attributed human rights to a ploy by Satan on a second occasion, stating that "the forces of Darkness cannot stand it [that Greece is a predominantly Orthodox country], and for this reason they want to decapitate it and flatten everything, by means of globalization, the novel deity that has appeared alongside another deity called human rights, and on account of which they expect us to curtail our own rights". The Archbishop was also criticised for frequently judging the internal and foreign policies of the elected Greek governments, usually during sermons in the liturgy.In 1999, he complained during a sermon that the Education Ministries were "experimenting on students" with their continuous innovations on the educational system, causing the dissatisfaction of then Minister Gerasimos Arsenis, who was pushing substantial changes in secondary education at the time. Enlightenment philosophy
<mask> frequently criticized the principles and values of what he characterized "the atheist Enlightenment", and which he contrasted to Christian values. Turkey and the European Union
<mask> created a major controversy in 2003 when he denounced proposals to let Turkey enter the European Union, calling the Turks "barbarians". Despite the fact a number of Greeks are also opposed to Turkey's entrance (as, indeed, are many other Europeans), <mask>' statements were seen as an unwarranted intervention in foreign affairs, based on a discriminatory and racialist logic. Statements to the same effect had been made—and retracted—in the past by former Foreign Affairs Minister Theodoros Pangalos. The Archbishop was accused of fusing ethnic stereotypes and homophobic ideas when, on another occasion, he proclaimed that "Because we are not German,


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 neither French, far more not English, but manful Greeks, we are Orthodox Christians". Relations between Greece and Europe
In 1998 he declared that "when our ancestors gave the lights of civilization, they [Europeans] were living up in trees".In 2003 he said that "history teaches us Europeans were always out to harm us. Long before the sack of Constantinople, Hellenism had been subjected to the horrible experience of the Franks, who wanted to achieve, by any means possible, its extinction." The latter sentence seems to indicate that the Archbishop extrapolates attitudes of the excommunicated Western sackers of 1204 AD, to all Western Europeans, of all times. September 11 attacks

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, parts of the public were shocked to hear the Archbishop attribute the attacks to "despondent men" who acted "out of despair caused by the injustices of the Great Powers". Critics attacked the Archbishop for what they considered to constitute an underhanded justification of the terrorist act. <mask> denied the allegation and responded that he condemned the attacks. In the fifth anniversary of the attacks, in 2006, and while speaking to an audience of High School students, Christodoulos characterized the September 11, 2001 attacks "a hideous crime that cost the lives of thousands of innocent people" and attributed them to "man failing to discern between good and evil, and being unable to posit himself responsibly towards the problems of the world".Science
In 2004, <mask> published a brief article in, Efimerios, the journal of the Holy Synod of the Greek Church. This does not count as an official church document but does give a rare testimony about the official position of the Holy Synod. "All of us have once heard that "god has created the world ex-nihilo." This is for some people a problem. Not all are ready to accept this answer to the question, "how has the world been created?" The problem of who has created and how he has created the world is a central problem of our life. We all know the great progress that science has


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 done in this domain.Many sciences complete each other in a common effort to discover the principles of life. We are grateful to science for its efforts to reach the limits of knowledge and throw light in all the secrets of creation. We, believers, should not fear the progress of science; on the contrary, we should expect conclusions and proposals from it which strengthen our faith. Nevertheless, we do not ignore that in the past, and precisely in the preceding century, the distrust of scripture came from certain laboratories and lasted a long time. It was the period of the myth that science is omnipotent and can give answers to the main human queries... Then, when one believes in the omnipotence of man on earth, comes accidents such as Challenger or Soviet Chernobyl to demonstrate the weakness of man... Science is a holy gift, but within limits. It stands in between physics and metaphysics. With the means of observation, experiment and mathematics, it tries to explore events that cannot be perceived.But its horizon is always limited. Nevertheless the query for atheist arguments in scientific results has not ceased even today to be a phenomenon, not of course in science laboratories, but in the imagination of some people who pretend that science has the status and authority to decide on whether God exists or not." Chrysopigi
In 1958 along with Kallinkos Karusos and Athanasios, Christodoulos established the religious fraternity Panagia Chrysopgigi. In 1973 via a royal edict, <mask> managed to lodge the fraternity of Chrysipigi on prime land just outside Athens. The edict also gave authority of the monastery, not to the local bishop, but to the Holy Synod itself. Illness
In June 2007, Archbishop <mask> was hospitalised in Aretaeion Hospital in Athens and diagnosed with colonic adenocarcinoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma in the right lobe of his liver. Following colonic tumor resection, transplantation specialist Andreas Tzakis of the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine announced that the archbishop would be transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital in


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 Miami in order to undergo a liver transplant.On October 8, 2007, however, the transplant was cancelled because of metastases and, following suggestions from his attending physicians, <mask> returned to Athens on October 26 for continued medical treatment. Death and burial

In his final days, the Archbishop refused to be hospitalised, preferring to remain at his home in Psychiko, where he died on 28 January 2008, one week and four days after his 69th birthday. After his death the Greek government announced a four-day national wake during which his body lay in state at the chapel of the Cathedral of the Annunciation. His funeral was held on 31 January 2008. It was presided over by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, and was also attended by the Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II and the Archbishop of America Demetrios. The election of his successor was carried out by the Synod of the Metropolitans of the Church of Greece on 7 February 2008. Despite the criticism, Archbishop <mask> proved to be one of the most popular archbishops in Greek history, having a particular rapport with young people.Quotes
 The Archbishop has been taped saying, referring to the Justinian era of Christianity: Early Greek Christians blessed and honored the Ancient Greek temples, in which pagans and heathens dwelled, by recycling the materials (stones and dirt) from the Ancient Greek Temples to build Christian temples. See also
 List of Archbishops of Athens

Notes and references

External links
 The Church of Greece: The Archbishop
 The Archbishop at the World Council of Churches
 Obituary in The Times, January 29, 2008

1939 births
2008 deaths
People from Xanthi
Archbishops of Athens and All Greece
Deaths from liver cancer
Deaths from cancer in Greece
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Greece
Members of the Church of Greece
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
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<mask>  (born December 1, 1976) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola as a member of the Conservative Party. In the 41st Canadian Parliament, <mask> was appointed to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and introduced one piece of legislation, a private members bill called An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (interprovincial importation of wine for personal use) which would allow individuals to import wine from another province for the purpose of personal consumption. Background
Born in 1976, <mask>' family moved to Penticton when he was three years old. With his two sisters, he was raised in mostly in Penticton by a father who worked as a lawyer and was active in conservative politics and a mother who worked as a social worker. The family spent a short time living in Whitehorse, Yukon, but moved to Alberta to seek medical treatment after an accident left <mask> with severe burns over much of his body. They moved back to Penticton where Albas attended Penticton Secondary School and Okanagan University College.He worked as a martial arts instructor and in the late-1990s he opened his own martial arts studio, Kick City Martial Arts (later renamed Premier Martial Arts). In 2005 his studio held a fund-raiser in which pledges were taken by students who would break boards with martial arts moves in support of a Hurricane Katrina-related charity. The Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce named Albas the 2005 young entrepreneur of the year. In the same year <mask> became a board member on the Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to represent the region on the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce. He helped merge the independent Chambers of Commerce in

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 councillor for interfering with staff management and for posting speculative comments on his blog regarding privatization of city services.<mask> was appointed to be a director at the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen where he was successful he reducing the Regional District's contribution to the Okanagan Film Commission by 50%; Albas became an alternate director in 2009 and 2010. Federal politics
In March 2011, after Stockwell Day, the MP for Okanagan—Coquihalla for the last 11 years, unexpectedly announced his retirement, a nomination election was held to seek his replacement as the Conservative Party nominee. Albas faced two other candidates: Marshall Neufeld who had worked as Day's parliamentary assistant and West Kelowna landscaper Russell Ensign. A fourth candidate, Chamber of Commerce president Jason Cox, campaigned but missed the deadline for submitting his nomination papers. The nomination election came under criticism from Conservative Party members for being rushed; the vote was held only 10 days after Day's announcement leaving several potential candidates unable to participate and leading to accusations that the three candidates had been given advanced notice of events. The 2011 federal election campaign began soon after the nomination vote. Albas faced former Summerland councillor David Finnis of the New Democratic Party, semi-retired Ashcroft businessman John Kidder for the Liberal Party, Penticton marketer <mask> for the Green Party, Penticton doctor Dietrich Wittel (independent), and West Kelowna real estate agent Sean Upshaw who campaign in protest of the Conservative Party nomination process which he felt excluded from due to its rushed vote.<mask> won the election in the Okanagan—Coquihalla riding with 54% of the vote and his Conservative Party formed a majority government. 41st Canadian Parliament
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Albas won re-election 2015 Canadian federal election, though his Conservative Party lost seats overall and formed the Official Opposition in the 42nd Canadian Parliament. Under interim leader Rona Ambrose, Albas was appointed to be the critic of interprovincial trade until October 2016 when he was reassigned to be deputy critic (to Gérard Deltell) of finance. In the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Albas endorsed Maxime Bernier. After Andrew Scheer won the leadership race, Scheer reassigned Albas to be critic of small business issues. Albas introduced several private member bills into the House of Commons during this parliament, though none advanced beyond first reading. Bill C-379, An Act to amend the Bank Act (use of word "bank", "banker" or "banking") , proposed to allow credit unions and caisses populaires to use the terms bank, banker and banking to describe the services they offer. Bill C-410, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (property of


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 bankrupt — exclusion), proposed to protect Registered Education Savings Plan or Registered Disability Savings Plan from creditors in a bankruptcy settlement; the Minister of Finance subsequently incorporated this protection of Registered Disability Savings Plan funds in Bill C-97; in response, Albas introduced Bill C-453 which contained the same language but specifically extended the protection to Registered Education Savings Plan as well.Bill C-447, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (aggravating circumstance — evacuation order or emergency), proposed to make taking advantage of a natural disaster or other emergency to commit a crime as an aggravating circumstance. Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (gift in virtual currency), proposed to exempt from the capital gains tax funds acquired from the appreciation of a virtual currency which are donated to a charity. 43rd Canadian Parliament
On September 8, 2020, <mask> was appointed as the Opposition Critic for Environment and Climate Change by Erin O'Toole. Committee Assignments

Current
Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (Vice Chair)
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

Previous
Special Committee on Canada-China Relations (January 2020 to August 2020)
Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (February 2020 to August 2020)

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External links

<mask> - House of Commons biography
<mask> - Members of Parliament for Okanagan—Coquihalla
<mask> - personal blog

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Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
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Politicians from Victoria, British Columbia
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<mask>  (; born 29 May 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a defensive midfielder. At club level, he is mostly known for his successful time at Italian team AC Milan, where he spent eighteen years of his career, winning several titles, and captained the side from 2009 to 2013 following the retirement of Paolo Maldini. Ambrosini retired from professional football in 2014, after a season with Fiorentina. At international level, he represented Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in two UEFA European Championships, winning a runners-up medal at UEFA Euro 2000. He currently works as a pundit and football commentator for Sky Sport Italia. Club career

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Ambrosini began his career with Cesena and graduated to their first team at the age of 17 during the 1994–95 season. AC Milan coach Fabio Capello then won the race to sign him the following year, and despite facing tough competition to break into the all-star Milan side, Ambrosini was given a handful of games as the team romped to the Serie A championship.Used in the 1996–97 season only sporadically, Ambrosini was sent on loan to Vicenza, where he was given a spot in the team's starting line-up almost immediately, and helped his team avoid relegation at the end of the season. He also reached the semi-final of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Vicenza. Recalled to the San Siro, Ambrosini at last made a first-team place his own as Milan won back the Serie A championship in 1999. A regular the following term, he then saw his chances limited by a troublesome knee injury before returning to full fitness to help Milan win the Coppa Italia (scoring in a 4–1 win in the first leg of the final over Roma) and the UEFA Champions League during the 2002–03 season, where he replaced Rui Costa in the 87th minute of the final against Juventus, held at Old Trafford. In 2003–04, although unable to establish himself as a first-team starter due to a series of niggling injuries and a loss of form,


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 season in his career with Milan.The goals included a brilliant header off David Beckham's free kick against Lazio, and a well-placed goal in a 5–1 win over Torino. Ambrosini also scored his first double in a competitive fixture in a 3–2 loss to Roma during Paolo Maldini's final home game, and received a standing ovation from the home crowd despite being sent off by the referee for a second yellow card. On 6 July 2009, as the Milan team reunited for pre-season training, <mask> was officially named club captain, inheriting the armband from Paolo Maldini. On 8 September 2009, he added one more year to his contract, extending his stay with the team at least until 2011. He won the Serie A title in 2010–11 season with three games in hand, edging out city rivals Internazionale. On 19 May 2011, he signed a new, one-year contract. After a disappointing second-place finish in the 2011–12 season and the departure of fellow team greats Filippo Inzaghi, Alessandro Nesta, Gennaro Gattuso, and Clarence Seedorf, <mask> was reported to be considering his future with the club, but Adriano Galliani was able to convince <mask> to sign yet another one-year deal and continue on to be the captain for Milan for the 2012–13 season.After a very rough start with several notable defeats, Milan eventually finished the season in the third place behind the defending champions Juventus and runners-up Napoli, securing a spot in the next season's Champions League qualification play-off. On 11 June 2013, Milan CEO Adriano Galliani confirmed that the club had decided not to extend Ambrosini's expiring contract, thus ending his eighteen-year stay at Milan. Fiorentina
On 4 July 2013 Fiorentina confirmed on their official website that they had won the race to sign Ambrosini on a one-year deal, beating West Ham United who were also looking to sign him. He made 30 appearances for Fiorentina in his first season with La Viola, helping the club to fourth place in Serie A. <mask> <mask> would announce on 21

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 May 2014 that he would be leaving Fiorentina after one season. International career
Ambrosini made his senior international debut on 28 April 1999 against Croatia, under manager Dino Zoff, and was part of the Italian squad at UEFA Euro 2000, which ended with an appearance as a substitute in the final loss to reigning World champions France following David Trezeguet's golden goal; he also represented Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics under Marco Tardelli later that year, where Italy were eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual finalists Spain. <mask> was unavailable for selection for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals under Giovanni Trapattoni due to injury, and then failed to break into the squad for the UEFA Euro 2004 finals. Under subsequent manager Marcello Lippi, he was also excluded from the national side and was not called up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which Italy went on to win.On 16 August 2006, <mask> earned his 23rd cap for Italy after almost two years of absence from the squad in a 2–0 friendly home defeat to Croatia; for this match, he was given the captain's armband by coach Roberto Donadoni in the absence of regular contenders for the armband. He was then called up by the national side's manager to Italy's squad for UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, appearing in all four of his nation's matches throughout the tournament, as Italy were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the tournament by eventual champions Spain, following a penalty shootout. After Donadoni's dismissal, however, Lippi was put back in charge, and <mask> was no longer called up for Italy, despite putting in battling displays for Milan. In total he made 35 appearances for Italy. Style of play
A physically strong, tenacious, energetic, and hardworking box-to-box, central, or defensive midfielder, with a wide range of skills, Ambrosini was well regarded for his ability in the air, and was capable of being a goal-threat, in particular from set-pieces, due to his height,

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 elevation, ability to make attacking runs into the area, and his heading accuracy, as well as his powerful striking ability from distance, which even led manager Carlo Ancelotti to deploy him as a centre forward on occasion. Throughout his career, he stood out for his leadership, as well as his stamina, versatility, tactical intelligence, and aggressive tackling. Although Ambrosini primarily served as a ball winner, he was also known for his ability to start attacking plays after winning back possession, courtesy of his vision and passing range, despite his lack of notable technical skills.Despite his ability as a midfielder, he often struggled with injuries throughout his career. Personal life
<mask> <mask> is married to an Italian woman, Paola Ambrosini. Ambrosini has two children with his wife, his son <mask> was born on 11 May 2009, and his daughter Angelica Ambrosini was born on 21 November 2011. Career statistics

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International

Honours
AC Milan
 Serie A: 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2010–11
 Coppa Italia: 2002–03
 Supercoppa Italiana: 2004, 2011
 UEFA Champions League: 2002–03, 2006–07
 UEFA Super Cup: 2003, 2007
 FIFA Club World Cup: 2007

Italy
 UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2000

Individual
AC Milan Hall of Fame

Orders
 5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2000

References

External links

 FootballDatabase.com provides Ambrosini's profile and stats
 FIFA Profile
 UEFA Profile
 AIC Profile
 FIGC Profile

1977 births
People from Pesaro
Living people
Association football midfielders
Italian footballers
Italy youth international footballers
Italy under-21 international footballers
Italy international footballers
A.C. Cesena players
L.R. Vicenza players
A.C. Milan players
ACF Fiorentina players
Serie A players
Olympic footballers of Italy
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
UEFA Euro 2000 players
UEFA Euro 2008 players
Serie B players
UEFA Champions League winning players
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, better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. Originally trained by the now defunct JDStar promotion, <mask> now works for Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave. She is a former two-time Wave Single Champion, while also being a former Oz Academy Tag Team Champion and Wave Tag Team Champion. She is the managing director of Zabun Co., Ltd., which owns Pro Wrestling Wave. Professional wrestling career

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After originally working as a voice actress, Abe, with a sports background in judo, transitioned to professional wrestling, making her debut under the ring name <mask> on August 19, 2001, in a tag team match, where she teamed with Chiaki Kashiwada against Keiko Furuta and Teruko Kagawa. Afterwards, <mask> entered the training dojo of the JDStar promotion, where she was trained by Jaguar Yokota as part of the "Athtress" program, which aimed at building physically attractive women into not only professional wrestlers, but also mainstream celebrities. She graduated from the program on March 23, 2003.Ohka's first wrestling character saw her proclaim herself as an idol, which included her singing her own entrance themes and occasionally holding performances in the middle of JDStar events. After her graduation, <mask> formed a regular tag team with fellow athtress The Bloody. On June 22, the two made it to the finals of a tournament for the vacant TWF World Tag Team Championship, before being defeated by Maru and Megumi Yabushita. Ohka would win her first title on August 10, when she and The Bloody defeated Maru and Yabushita in a rematch for the TWF World Tag Team Championship. They would lose the title to Crow and Fang on November 24 in a barbed wire steel cage death match, a match type chosen by the challengers to gain an advantage over the champions. <mask> and The Bloody would regain the title on January 18, 2004, but were stripped three months later, when The Bloody left JDStar.

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 Starting her singles career, Ohka main evented JDStar's event on June 6, losing to Asami.On August 8, <mask> made a guest appearance for the Oz Academy promotion, entering the Iron Woman Singles and Tag Team Tournaments, being eliminated from both in the first round; by Aja Kong in the singles tournament and by Amazing Kong and Chikayo Nagashima in the tag team tournament, where she teamed with Michiko Omukai. On June 26, 2005, <mask> achieved her first major singles accomplishment, when she defeated Kei Akiyama to win JDStar's 2005 Jupiter League. With the win, Ohka solidified her spot as the "ace" of JDStar. Three days later, <mask> defeated Toshie Uematsu to win Dramatic Dream Team's (DDT) Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. She would lose the title to Keiko Saito later that same day. On September 23, 2005, <mask> wrestled at an Ibuki event, where she and Kyoko Kimura faced Atsuko Emoto and Ayumi Kurihara in a Two Out of Three Falls match, during which she broke the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. Ohka underwent an immediate surgery on her meniscus and on February 16, 2006, also underwent a surgery to repair the ACL.The injury would leave her sidelined for almost two years. Despite her inactivity from in-ring competition, Ohka kept making semi-regular appearances for JDStar, including producing her fifth anniversary event on August 20, 2006. During early 2007, JDStar announced that it was going out of business, which led to <mask> hurrying back to make one final appearance for the promotion. On July 16 at JDStar's final ever event, <mask> wrestled rookie Misaki Ohata to a five-minute time limit draw in what was billed as a "prologue" to her real return match. Pro Wrestling Wave (2007–present)
After the closure of JDStar, <mask>, along with fellow JDStar alum Gami and booker Tatsuya Takeshi, formed the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion, which held its first event on August 26, 2007. The first show was main

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texts: evented by <mask>'s official return match from her ACL injury, a tag team match, where she and Michiko Omukai were defeated by Ran Yu-Yu and Toshie Uematsu. During the following month, <mask> competed in three consecutive main event singles matches, losing them all, against Misae Genki, Nanae Takahashi, and Toshie Uematsu.<mask>'s main event losing streak ended on September 23, when she defeated thirteen other women in a battle royal to win the Daily Sports Journal Cup. On November 25, <mask> teamed with Michiko Omukai to end Ran Yu-Yu's and Toshie Uematsu's undefeated streak. On January 27, 2008, <mask> took part in a high-profile match, which saw freelancer Manami Toyota make a special appearance and defeat her in a singles match. On August 16 at Wave's first anniversary event, Ohka wrestled her seventh anniversary match, in which she was defeated by Hikaru. <mask> and Toyota had a rematch on March 15, 2009, where Toyota was again victorious. On May 27, <mask> entered the first ever Catch the Wave tournament, where she competed in the "Technical" block. After two wins and one loss, <mask> advanced to the semifinals on August 11, where she defeated Kana.Later that same day, <mask> defeated Ayumi Kurihara to win the 2009 Catch the Wave. During the tournament, Abe also debuted a new masked alter ego, Sakura Candle, a comedy character supposedly made of wax. Abe continues to make sporadic appearances under the character. On August 23 at Wave's second anniversary event, <mask> was defeated in the main event by Aja Kong. On February 13, 2010, Ohka wrestled in Wave's 100th match, where she and Kana defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto and Shuu Shibutani. On February 24, <mask> defeated Oz Academy representative Mayumi Ozaki in a high-profile main event. On May 30, <mask> entered the 2010 Catch the Wave, looking to successfully defend her crown.After two wins, one draw and one loss, <mask> was entered into a decision match on August

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texts: 10, where she defeated Kana to advance to the semifinals. However, the following day, <mask> was defeated in her semifinal match by Gami. On October 3, Pro Wrestling Wave took a major step up in the world of joshi puroresu, when the promotion held its first event in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall. The main event of the evening saw <mask>, Ayumi Kurihara and Sawako Shimono wrestle Ayako Hamada, Meiko Satomura and Yoshiko Tamura to a thirty-minute time limit draw. Dissatisfied in storyline with her position in Wave, <mask> turned heel on October 24 and formed a tag team with Bambi. On December 5, <mask> unsuccessfully challenged NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling representative Yoshiko Tamura for the NEO Single and NWA Women's Pacific Championships. On December 19, longtime babyface Misaki Ohata also turned heel and joined <mask>i.In early 2011, Cherry and Hiren joined <mask>, Bambi and Ohata to form the stable named Black Dahlia, after the 1947 murder case. In the new formation, <mask>, the original leader, took a backseat to Ohata, who became the de facto leader of the group. As a member of Black Dahlia, <mask> was able to win her first Wave of Waves match on February 13, when she defeated Gami, who had won the three previous Wave of Waves matches between the two founders of the promotion. During the next two months, <mask> tied the score in Wave of Waves matches by defeating Gami first on March 20 and then on April 10. On May 2, <mask> entered the 2011 Catch the Wave. After two wins and two losses, which included a win over Misaki Ohata, <mask> failed to make it to the semifinals of the tournament for the first time. On August 28, Wave held its fourth anniversary event, where Ohka wrestled her tenth anniversary match, where she, Ohata and Ayako Hamada defeated Aja Kong, Gami and Tomoka Nakagawa, with Ohka pinning Kong for the win.The following month, Wave held the Dual Shock Wave 2011 tournament to crown the first ever Wave Tag

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texts: Team Champions. <mask> entered the tournament with Black Dahlia's newest member Ayako Hamada, with the forming the tag team billed as "Negras Dahlia". After defeating Kagetsu and Sawako Shimono in their first round match, <mask> and Hamada were eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Gami and Tomoka Nakagawa. On October 27, <mask> represented Wave in Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Joshi Puroresu Dantai Taikou Flash Tournament, a single-elimination tournament, where different joshi promotions battled each other. Team Wave, which also included Gami, Moeka Haruhi, Shuu Shibutani and Toshie Uematsu, was eliminated in their first round match by Team JWP of Command Bolshoi, Hanako Nakamori, Kaori Yoneyama, Kayoko Haruyama and Leon. On April 30, 2012, <mask> entered the 2012 Catch the Wave, wrestling in the Black Dahlia round-robin block. After a loss to Cherry, wins over Hanako Nakamori, and Misaki Ohata, and a draw against Tsukasa Fujimoto, Ohka finished tied at the top of the block.On July 1, <mask> defeated Fujimoto in a tiebreaker match to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. On July 16, <mask> was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Ayumi Kurihara, who went on to win the entire tournament. On July 27, Black Dahlia and rival group White Tails wrestled to a draw in a five-on-five gauntlet match, which ended with <mask> wrestling Mika Iida to a ten-minute time limit draw. Following the match, Black Dahlia leader Misaki Ohata blamed the result on Ohka, noting that she, as well as Ayako Hamada, Bambi and Cherry, the other members of the stable in the match, were all in their thirties. Ohata then recruited the 24-year-old Mio Shirai to the stable to bring down the average age of the group. The draw between Black Dahlia and White Tails led to the two groups agreeing that the stable, which would manage to draw fewer people to their self-producen Wave event, which would take place August 7


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texts: Hikaru Shida failed to capture the Wave Tag Team Championship from Misaki Ohata and Tsukasa Fujimoto in a title match, which ended in a thirty-minute time limit draw. On February 17, <mask>, as the 2009 Catch the Wave winner, was granted entrance into a tournament to determine the inaugural Wave Single Champion and defeated rival Misaki Ohata in her semifinal match. On March 17, <mask> defeated Kana in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wave Single Champion. <mask> made her first successful title defense on April 21 against Yuu Yamagata. On July 15, <mask> became a double champion in Wave, when she and Hikaru Shida defeated Triple Tails.S (Kana and Mio Shirai) for the Wave Tag Team Championship.However, after a reign of only a month, Shidarezakura lost the Wave Tag Team Championship to Yoko Hatanaka (Gami and Tomoka Nakagawa) in their first defense on August 15. On August 25, <mask> made her second successful defense of the Wave Single Championship against rival and winner of the 2013 Catch the Wave, Misaki Ohata. From September 1 to October 6, <mask> took part in the 2013 Dual Shock Wave tournament, where she teamed with Kana under the team name Giann's. The team made it all the way to the finals of the tournament, before losing to Las Aventureras (Ayako Hamada and Yuu Yamagata) in a three-way match, which also included Muscle Venus (Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto). On October 30, <mask> made her third successful defense of the Wave Single Championship against Tomoka Nakagawa, avenging a loss suffered during the 2013 Dual Shock Wave. On November 20, <mask> combined her two tag teams with Hikaru Shida and Kana to form a trio named Shidare Giann's for a 6-Person Tag Tournament. In their first round Two Out of Three Falls match, the three defeated Urayama Arrows (Natsuki Urabe, Rina Yamashita and Yako Fujigasaki).On November 27, Shidare Giann's was eliminated from the tournament in a semifinal

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texts: submission match by Revolucion Yoko Hatanaka (Gami, Kyoko Kimura and Tomoka Nakagawa). On December 15, <mask> made her fourth successful defense of the Wave Single Championship against Shuu Shibutani. Following Gami's retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2013, <mask> became the new official representative of Wave. Ohka made her fifth successful defense of the Wave Single Championship on January 26, 2014, when she wrestled Misaki Ohata to a thirty-minute time limit draw. On March 2, <mask> made her sixth successful defense against JWP representative Kayoko Haruyama as part of a storyline rivalry between the two promotions. <mask>'s seventh successful title defense took place on April 20, when she defeated Hikaru Shida. From May 5 to June 22, <mask> took part in the round-robin portion of the 2014 Catch the Wave tournament, winning her block with a record of three wins, two draws and one loss, suffered against Tsukasa Fujimoto.On July 27, <mask> was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Misaki Ohata. On August 24, <mask>'s seventeen-month reign as the Wave Single Champion came to an end, when she lost the title to the 2014 Catch the Wave winner Hikaru Shida in her eighth defense. On September 23, <mask> entered the 2014 Dual Shock Wave, teaming with Ice Ribbon's Tsukasa Fujimoto, playing off the two's management roles in their respective home promotions. They were, however, eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Plus Minus 2014 (Mio Shirai and Misaki Ohata). On October 5, <mask> made a special appearance for All Japan Pro Wrestling, teaming with Shuu Shibutani in a tag team match, where they defeated Kana and Mika Iida. On July 20, 2015, <mask> became the first two-time winner of Catch the Wave by defeating Mika Iida in the finals of the 2015 version of the tournament. As a result, <mask> earned a shot at the Wave Single Championship, but was defeated by Ayako Hamada on August

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 9.On January 28, 2017, <mask> and Yuki Miyazaki, billed collectively as "Over Sun", defeated Avid Rival (Misaki Ohata and Ryo Mizunami) to win the Wave Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Cherry and Kaori Yoneyama in their fifth defense on July 2. On December 29, <mask> defeated Misaki Ohata to become the first two-time Wave Single Champion. Oz Academy (2010–present)
After a -year absence, <mask> made her return to Oz Academy on February 21, 2010, when she began working regularly for the promotion. In her return match, <mask> was pinned by the promotion's owner Mayumi Ozaki in a tag team match, where she and Dynamite Kansai faced Ozaki and Takako Inoue. Afterwards, <mask> turned heel and joined Ozaki's Ozaki-gun, which in addition to the two and Inoue, also included Hiren and non-wrestlers Mika Nishio and Police. Ozaki-gun was mainly involved in a feud with Aja Kong's Jungle Jack 21 stable.At the end of the year, <mask> won both the Special Award and Impact Award, the latter for the moment, when she joined forces with Mayumi Ozaki, as voted by the promotion's fans. On February 19, 2011, <mask> and Hiren unsuccessfully challenged Chikayo Nagashima and Sonoko Kato for the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship. On September 23, Ayumi Kurihara, Chikayo Nagashima, Hiroyo Matsumoto and Ran Yu-Yu joined Ozaki-gun, which was in the process renamed Seikigun, replacing the retiring Hiren and Inoue, who was kicked out of the group. On November 27, <mask> and Matsumoto defeated the Oz Academy Tag Team Champions, Carlos Amano and Manami Toyota, in a non-title match. On February 26, 2012, <mask>, Matsumoto, Nagashima and Yu-Yu had a four-way match to determine the number one contender to their leader Mayumi Ozaki's Oz Academy Openweight Championship. <mask> was eliminated from the match by the eventual winner, Chikayo Nagashima. On February 10, 2013, <mask> and Mayumi Ozaki defeated Akino and Ayumi Kurihara to win the Oz


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 Academy Tag Team Championship.They, however, lost the title just 28 days later in their first defense to the team of Hiroyo Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa of Jungle Jack 21. <mask> attempted to recapture the title from Matsumoto and Nakagawa with new Seikigun partner Mio Shirai on September 15, but the two were unsuccessful. When Shirai was given the storyline booking rights for Oz Academy's March 2 event, she handed <mask> and Mayumi Ozaki a rematch for the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship. The two were, however, defeated in the title match by Matsumoto and Nakagawa. On December 13, 2015, <mask> received her first ever shot at the Oz Academy Openweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Sonoko Kato. North America (2011–present)
On October 1, 2011, <mask> made her American debut for the Shimmer Women Athletes promotion in Berwyn, Illinois, losing to Sara Del Rey as part of Volume 41. Later that same day on Volume 42, <mask> defeated Courtney Rush.The following day on Volumes 43 and 44, Ohka defeated Mia Yim and lost to Serena Deeb, respectively. During her week in North America, <mask> also made an appearance for nCw Femmes Fatales in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 8, losing to Cheerleader Melissa. On October 27, 2012, <mask> returned to the United States and Shimmer Women Athletes, defeating Christina Von Eerie as part of Volume 49. Later that same night on Volume 50, <mask> was defeated by Kellie Skater. The following night on Volume 51, Ohka defeated Shimmer Tag Team Champion Nicole Matthews in a singles match. Later that same night on Volume 52, <mask> defeated fellow Wave worker Ryo Mizunami in her final match of the weekend. <mask> made her third trip to Shimmer in April 2014, defeating Athena at the tapings of Volume 63 on April 12 and unsuccessfully challenging Cheerleader Melissa for the Shimmer Championship later that same night on Volume 64.The following day, <mask> defeated


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 LuFisto on Volume 65 and Melanie Cruise on Volume 66. <mask> returned to Shimmer on April 11, 2015, losing to Madison Eagles on Volume 72. The following day on Volume 74, <mask> defeated Nicole Savoy. <mask> returned to Shimmer on October 10, first defeating Makoto on Volume 76 and then losing to Jessicka Havok on Volume 77. The following day, <mask> formed a tag team with Cheerleader Melissa, with the two defeating Hiroyo Matsumoto and Makoto on Volume 78 and KC Spinelli and Xandra Bale on Volume 79. <mask> returned to Shimmer in June 2016. <mask> teamed up with Melanie Cruise throughout the run and on Volume 85, the two unsuccessfully challenged Evie and Heidi Lovelace for the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.Championships and accomplishments
Dramatic Dream Team
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (1 time)
JDStar
TWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with The Bloody
Jupiter League (2005)
Oz Academy
Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mayumi Ozaki
Impact Award (2010) Ohka joins forces with Mayumi Ozaki
Special Award (2010)
Pro Wrestling Wave
Wave Single Championship (2 times)
Wave Tag Team Championship (4 times, current) – with Hikaru Shida (1), Mio Momono (2, current) and Yuki Miyazaki (1)
Catch the Wave (2009, 2015)
Daily Sports Journal Cup (2007)
Obasan Next Tournament (2017)
Regina di Wave Tournament (2013)
Catch the Wave Best Bout Award (2011) vs. Ayumi Kurihara on May 29
Catch the Wave Best Bout Award (2015) vs. Ryo Mizunami on June 10
Catch the Wave Best Performance Award (2015) As part of the Wonderful World Fairy Family

References

External links

Oz Academy profile
Pro Wrestling Wave profile
Puroresu Central profile
Official blog

1979 births
Japanese female professional wrestlers
Japanese voice actresses
Japanese sports executives and administrators
Living people
Masked wrestlers
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21st-century Japanese

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Stephen F<mask> (born August 22, 1945) is an American retired journalist, best known as a long-time correspondent for 60 Minutes. <mask>'s investigative reporting garnered widespread acclaim, winning him three Peabody Awards and nine Emmy awards, including one for Lifetime Achievement in 2003. Biography

Early life
<mask> was born on August 22, 1945, in Kokomo, Indiana, the son of Margaret and <mask>. <mask> attended Syracuse University, where he earned his bachelor's degree from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1967. At Syracuse, he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He also worked at The Daily Orange and WAER radio station. After his graduation, he was drafted into the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War.He was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division in Cu Chi, where he was a reporter for the Armed Forces Network; he covered the division's participation in the invasion of Cambodia. <mask> won several Army journalism awards for his work and a Bronze Star for Meritorious Achievement. When the division was redeployed, he was reassigned to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes as a correspondent and photographer. Shortly after receiving an honorable discharge from the army in 1971, he began his broadcast journalism career as a reporter for WSYR-TV in Syracuse, New York. <mask> returned to academics in 1974, enrolling at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and earning his master's degree in 1975. Upon graduation <mask> moved to Florida, where he worked for two stations owned by the Washington Post Company. As an investigative reporter for WJXT in Jacksonville, his reports on local corruption led to several grand jury investigations and established his reputation.In 1977 he moved to WPLG-TV in Miami, where his work came to the attention of CBS News. CBS career
<mask> joined CBS News in 1980 as a reporter in its Northeast bureau,

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 based out of New York City. The next year, he was named a correspondent and the network soon moved him to its
Southwest Bureau in Dallas, where he stayed until 1983. That year, <mask> returned to Florida after CBS reassigned him to its Miami bureau. He was soon making frequent visits to the Caribbean and Latin America, covering the civil war in El Salvador and the U.S. invasion of Grenada. In 1984, <mask> landed a job as a foreign correspondent at the CBS London bureau, where he traveled extensively to cover stories in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Many of his assignments involved international terrorism and sectarian violence, including the hijackings of TWA Flight 847 and Achille Lauro, the Rome and Vienna airport attacks of the Abu Nidal Organization, the Lebanese Civil War, and the violence in Northern Ireland.His report for the CBS Evening News on the assassination of Indira Gandhi won him an Emmy. In 1986, CBS News brought <mask> back to the United States to become a principal correspondent on a new magazine show called West 57th. He stayed in that position until the program was cancelled in the spring of 1989. That September, <mask> and Meredith Vieira, a West 57th colleague, joined 60 Minutes. In 1990, he became the first American journalist to be given extensive access to the contaminated grounds of the Chernobyl nuclear facility, and his story won an Emmy. After allegations of infidelity surfaced in the 1992 presidential election, then-Governor Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, gave an exclusive interview to <mask>. The interview was one of the defining moments in the election.<mask> continued to file groundbreaking reports for 60 Minutes. A 1992 segment which detailed a friendly fire incident in the Gulf War won him his first Peabody Award. Two of <mask>'s stories in 1994, a profile of Senator Bob Dole and an exposé on the Cuban government's quarantine policy

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 for people infected with AIDS, won Emmy awards. In 2003, he and the rest of the 60 Minutes team were awarded Emmys for lifetime achievement. <mask> asked Clint Eastwood how many children he has while interviewing the highly secretive actor in 1997. When Eastwood responded "I have a few," <mask> broached the subject with a declarative question: "Seven kids with five women, right? "—actually a conservative estimate, but at the time an unprecedented statement.Eastwood did not answer and stared at <mask> in silence for 30 seconds. In May 2019, The Hollywood Reporter disclosed <mask> would retire from 60 Minutes on May 19, 2019, his 30th season on the show. Presidential interviews
<mask> has been corrected by Gallup.com on public opinion he cited while interviewing U.S. President Barack Obama on December 13, 2009. He stated in the interview that "Most Americans right now don't believe this war's worth fighting". He then questioned President Obama, about why he was conducting the war without public support. Gallup Editor in Chief Frank Newport challenged his statement and presented data, that indicated that Americans were split on the War in Afghanistan. In March 2009, <mask> asked Obama, who was laughing while discussing the recession, "Are you punch drunk?"Regarding the interview of Obama and Hillary Clinton on January 27, 2013, Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic argues that <mask>'s softball interview technique diminishes 60 Minutes. Peggy Noonan, in a column titled "So God Made a Fawner" in The Wall Street Journal, says that <mask>'s interview was as "soft as a sneaker full of puppy excrement." <mask> lives in New York City with his wife, Jennet Conant, who is a journalist and author. They have one son, John Conant <mask>, who, as of 2012, attends the Juilliard School. Extramarital affair
In 2015, the National Enquirer broke news of an affair involving <mask> and New York City attorney,

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 Lisan Goines, a woman 28 years his junior. <mask> later admitted to and apologized for the affair publicly. Popular culture
He appeared as himself on an episode of Murphy Brown.He played himself again in Woody Allen's 2000 movie Small Time Crooks, in which he interviewed Allen's character for a segment on 60 Minutes. Awards
 11-time Emmy Award winner including a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in 2003
 5-time Peabody Award winner
 2-time Columbia University DuPont Award winner
 1992: George Arents Medal, the highest honor given to a Syracuse University alumnus
 Honorary Doctoral degrees from Indiana University; Binghamton University; and Long Island University. 2007: Medallion of the University, the highest honor given by the University at Albany. 2007: Gerald Loeb Award for Television Enterprise business journalism for "The Mother of All Heists"
 2009: List of George Polk Award Winners
 2009: Gerald Loeb Award for Television Breaking News business journalism for "Economic Crisis: House of Cards"
 2010: Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News Association
 2014: Gerald Loeb Award for Personal Finance business journalism for "60 Minutes: 40 Million Mistakes"

See also
 New Yorkers in journalism

References

External links

1945 births
Living people
American television reporters and correspondents
American television talk show hosts
American war correspondents
American war correspondents of the Vietnam War
CBS News people
60 Minutes correspondents
Emmy Award winners
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Personal Finance
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television
United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni
People from Kokomo, Indiana
Military personnel from Indiana
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American male journalists
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<mask> (born 19 May 1981) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known for The Selection series. <mask> was born and raised in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and graduated from Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach. She is of Puerto Rican descent. She attended Coastal Carolina University before transferring to Radford University. She graduated from Radford with a degree in History. The first book in The Selection trilogy, The Selection, was published in 2012 by HarperTeen. Television rights for the trilogy were optioned by the CW Television Network and two pilots were filmed, but neither were picked up for a full series.In April 2015, movie rights for The Selection trilogy, The Selection were acquired by Warner Bros. In May 2013, <mask> announced that she would be working on an as-yet untitled series she refers to as 238 on social media, to be published by HarperCollins. The series was cancelled and <mask> pursued other projects. .

On August 14, 2014, <mask> <mask> announced that The Selection series would be expanding into more books. First, The Elite, was published in 2013. "The One" followed. The Heir followed in 2015. <mask> announced another book following The Heir, The Crown, which was released on 3 May 2016.On August 20, 2015, <mask> <mask> announced that her originally self-published book The Siren would be rewritten and rereleased on January 26, 2016. On October 7, 2019, <mask> <mask> announced that her novel The Betrothed would be released on May 5, 2020. It followed Hollis Brite, a daughter of nobility, who was courted by King Jameson of Coroa to be his queen. Hollis fell in love with an Isolten commoner

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 named Silas, and she had to choose between two paths. The book became a #1 New York Times bestseller. The sequel to the Betrothed, titled The Betrayed, was released on June 29, 2021. <mask> is currently editing her next novel, a stand-alone titled "A Thousand Heartbeats".It will be her longest book, and is set to be released on July 5, 2022. The Selection

The Selection series, which is what <mask> is best known for, is a series of five young adult novels set in the fictional country of Illéa, formally North and Central America. The books are about a competition known as The Selection, where citizens of Illéa compete for the current king's heir in marriage. The first three books are from the point of view of America Singer, joining the selection after bribery from her mother, who doesn't know she is in love with Aspen, who is a caste lower than her. The two sequels, The Heir and The Crown are written from the point of view of Princess Eadlyn, the firstborn daughter of Prince Maxon and Lady America Singer. Plot and setting
America Singer is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives in the country of Illéa, which was once the United States. Their society is divided into eight castes, the lowest and poorest being Eight and royalty One.America is a Five and is in a secret relationship with a Six named Aspen Leger, which they kept hidden by sneaking out at night for dates in her backyard tree house. When America and Aspen grow apart because Aspen feels like he will never be able to provide for her, he tells her to join the Selection, a competition designed to pick a woman to become the future wife of Prince Maxon and take on the role of

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