G's Boxing Bio

The Long Left Jab. G loved using his left jab when he was a kid and he loved teaching perfecting the left jab with those he trained or co-trained

Ali long Jab to Liston's face . G had an amateur fighter win the Golden Gloves by using his superb left jab alone.

Ray "Wind Mill" White is one of the well known fighters of the late 70's that used wierd type of punches including the long jab. G promoted one boxing match featuring White.

Leon Spinks beat Ali for the world title. G (Joe) promoted the bout with Spinks and Franco Thomas.

World WBB Bantamweight Champion Zebra Girl Shirley Tucker.

16-0 record. Retired undefeated. Zebra Girl was trained and managed by G (Joe).

Zebra Girl Boxing Record

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boxrec.

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G (Joe) published the GLOVE BOXING MAGAZINE

Johnny Bang Bang Jackson photo. G was working on Jackson fighting Zebra Girl in a first Women and Man professional boxing bout for California

Boxing Illustrated article that mentioned G's NABF Jr Middle

weight champ, Babs McCarthy

Sugar Ray Seals / 1972 Olympian . World Rated Fighter

G Invested into his contract with Ed Garner

George Cooper, former California Middle Weight Champ. G promoted 2 bouts with him.

G promoted a match with David Love for the California Middle Weight Title with George Cooper. Photo is Love on the Right . Cooper is not in the photo

Tim the Fighting Marine Williams Photo. G managed him when he was California Middle Weight Champion

G BRIEFLY CO-MANAGED 2 FIGHTERS WITH ANGELO DUNDEE

Photo of Tim "The Fighting Marine" Williams. Joe G Bradley co- managed him. The Fighting Marine was the California Middleweight Champion

Photo of Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana. G (Joe G Bradley) assisted the Boxing Promoter by arranging the majority of the officials for the NABF Middleweight title fight with Sugar Ray

Seals Vrs. Sammy Nesmith . Seals won the title. You can read more about G's connection to the matter to the right of this page.

G's fighter, Bantamweight World Champion, Zebra Girl Tucker flew to Accra, Ghana to fight. She won and maintained her unbeaten record.

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An interesting story at one of G's professional boxing shows.. G was inside running the show and the front door attendant buzzed him and said a man is at the front door wanting to get in free. The attendant would not let him and the man insisted he call the promoter (G). I went up front and it was the former middleweight champion of the world, Carl Bobo Olsen. G escorted him to the front row. G usually had former champions attend his shows.

G (Joe Bradley) promoted many professional boxing matches at the El Rancho Tropicanna Hotel. The Oakland Raiders trained there.

G's BOXING BIO:

THERE ARE MOST LIKELY MANY OTHER THINGS IN G'S BOXING LIFE THAT ARE NOT IN THIS SECTION. IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE G WAS 13 YEARS OLD AND STARTED HIS JOURNEY IN BOXING.

G HAS DONE THE FOLLOWING IN BOXING:

PROMOTED PROFESSIONAL BOXING MATCHES, ACTED AS A BOXING CONSULTANT, MANAGED SOME CHAMPIONS AND WORLD RATED FIGHTERS, TRAINED AND CO-TRAINED SOME FIGHTERS INCLUDING ONE WORLD CHAMPION, AND PUBLISHED A BOXING MAGAZINE, ACTED AS A BOXING BOOKING AGENT AND INVESTED INTO BOXING VENTURES.

ONE OF G'S SPECIALITY IS HOW TO PERFECT THE LEFT JAB.

(If you are a beginner or amateur boxer (or any boxer) and G referred you to this web-site then he wants you to understand that he is not trying to take the place of your current trainer, and what your current trainer says goes and is what you should listen to for instruction on boxing. The things on this site are things G did himself as a teenager successfully when he was boxing, and what was good for him, may not be good for you. Later on G was able to use his counsel for the benefit of many amateur and professional fighters over the years.).

THE BOXING BIOGRAPHY OF Joe Bradley Sr. aka G.

Joe Bradley , known as "The General or G " spent many years in boxing. It all started when he was 13 years old collecting every boxing magazine and boxing film he could get his hands on. He accumulated so many magazines and films he had to have a special room to store them. He studied these boxing films and magazines over and over and over and over again.

When he was 16 he would hold boxing matches on his father's business property until a policeman told him he needed a license to hold matches. But the officer was wrong as G would have only needed a license if he was charging admission, as it was only his friends coming over for regular Saturday boxing with G as the main attraction.

During the early years (when he was a young teenager) when G was holding his Saturday get together boxing events with all his friends coming over to watch him as the main attraction you should know that G was self taught in the beginning on his boxing. Self taught in the sense that he watched dozens and dozens and dozens of every fight film he could get his hands on. He read every boxing magazine forsale during that time, and stored everything he read and watched in his mind. keep in mind as Joe (G) grew older he had the opportunity to work with many first class professional and amateur trainers and all that knowledge G absorbed and stored for the benefit of some of the fighters he worked with as the years went by. Please also note many of the professionals G managed had specific trainers that worked with them . It fascinated G that most of the rough and tough street fighters that came to challenge him (This was during G's 13, 14, 15, and 16 year old years), were bigger and stronger and older than G, but G was able to out box them.

ITS A GAME OF INCHES
A friend of mine said "It is a game of inches". I think he copied that saying from that movie Al Pacino was in (Any Given Sunday) where Pacino said, “an inch too soon / inch too late is not good”.
Please read below by discovering how an effective left jab and certain techniques can gain you an inch (or more) on your jab.
G discovered that by using certain movements to help with throwing a left jab properly (he called it "making the left jab go out a little longer reaching even opponents with their own long left jab") that he could out box his opponents and catch them with the left jab when they rushed in to invariably throw their right hand at him. He explored the concept of the left jab more by stretching his arm by pulling on something while he leaned forward in a praying position while he was massaging the deltoid muscle. After this exercise to help extend his left jab distance he would then standing in the fight stance rotate his left in short circular movements to loosen the shoulder joint. Then next without moving from a designated spot on the ground he stretched his left jab as far out as he could in a somewhat painful at times exercise and held it there as long as he could. He wanted his jab to stretch out as far as it could go. While stretching his left jab out as far as it would go and holding it there for a prescribed time, he would rotate it in both directions. He would also hold his left jab straight out in front of him and raise it straight up in stiff position and straight down then behind him. He was even able to use his jab more effectively than some of those opponents in those early days on those Saturday matches on his property against those who had longer left hands than him by using these left jab extending exercises. As stated, he would massage the shoulder ball while doing this left jab stretching exercise.
Boxing instructors always tell their students to angle their body a little, so their body is not straight to give the opponent less of a target, (except if you are doing the Peekaboo style), but also angling the body a little with the left part of body facing the opponent some gave the left jab more distance. He of course would always angle his body while throwing the left jab and move to the right and move to the left throwing his weight on his right foot when moving right and left when moving left. He practices during his training moving right and left and switching back and forth quickly for several rounds doing that to get use to switching directions when he was boxing and throwing his left jab. He knew the jab had to get to his opponent before the rest of his body got there if he was going to throw any close-up shots. But then it was a fast in and out and dipping going out. It was fascinating to him how he could move his head, snap in a long jab and as they rushed him, he would use fast foot work to get away. All along he would keep pumping that jab out at his opponent while moving his head, left and right and moving his body with his feet leading him to the right and back to the left. He explored more and more how to make the jab effective. He started doing this when he was 13 and had a passion or obsession with boxing. And when he became an adult, he spent countless hours teaching his amateur students how to effectively use the left jab. One of his amateurs who went to the Golden Gloves won a fight purely by only throwing left jabs. He had practiced perfecting his left jab under Coach Joe’s guidance.
When Coach Joe was 16, he would watch Ray Lunny Jr fights with him keeping his left hand low and he noticed that it gave Lunny about some reach advantage and a second additional speed to reach his opponents face or body, as opposed to keeping his left jab up. Keeping a low left jab is not recommended by any boxing coaches nowadays and nor does Coach Joe recommend keeping the left hand low either. The more he studied boxing he noticed by keeping his chin in and his head within his right and left shoulder (like in a shell) that it put him in a safe cave where both shoulders blocked punches. He always said his universal right hand and arm could protect his head and body from hooks, right hands, left jabs just by crossing it over some. Later in years he would see Floyd Mayweather Jr use the style he used effectively as a kid when he had those weekly boxing matches on his father’s property with him as the main event. As the years went by, he saw how important it was for boxers to stretch (especially upper body) before starting their boxing training.
Coach Joe was asked if there was something else to do to help a fighter have a better and more effective (and longer) left jab what would you suggest for that. His answer was for them to watch films of the master of left jabs, ie, Muhammed Ali, George Foreman and Larry Holmes. You can go to YouTube and type in Ali / Foreman / Holmes left jab and you can study as many of his fights as you can watching how he used a long stiff left jab. Coach Joe believed any boxer should have the foundation of a good left jab with good form prior to learning the other aspects of boxing.
When Coach Joe worked alongside other trainers as he got older, he concentrated on getting the boxer having the left jab under control with good form.

G's method of boxing training has elements of being much different that the way other trainers instruct their fighters. But again, what was good for G or fighters he worked with in different capacities over the years, may not be good for you..

(Photo of Ali and Liston to the left shows the famous Ali jab that G loved so much)

After the encounter with the police officer at age 16, telling G that he needed a promoters license to put on those weekly shows on G's father's own property, G (at age 16) traveled to San Carlos, California to speak to Babe Griffin, the boxing promoter there about match making for him as G wanted to get a promoters license. G was told you have to be 18 to be a promoter so G went to as many boxing matches as he could and sought counsel from many promoters ( in the next two years) in many cities to study how to put on professional boxing matches all along counting the months until he turned 18..

PLEASE READ FURTHER BELOW TO SEE MORE ON G CONTINUING TO EVOLVE FURTHER INTO PROFESSIONAL BOXING :

G GETS BOXING PROMOTERS LICENSE AT AGE 18

When G turned 18 he applied for a promoters license and the license was granted and it went out on the UPI wire services that Joe Bradley was the youngest professional boxing promoter in the state of California. G went on to promote a boxing match in Santa Rosa, California every 6 weeks for over 17 years.

RAY WINDMILL WHITE (Photo to the left of this page)

G (Joe Bradley) promoted a match with Ray Windmill White (a favorite during the 70's- who

threw punches from wierd angles),

Ray’ "Windmill" White's first professional fight was in 1958 and when he retired his record was 48-15-5. During his career he fought in nationally televised bouts twenty-seven times. He reigned as the California State light heavyweight champion from 1970 to 1974. He fought Jimmy Dupree for the North American light heavyweight in 1971 and again in 1973 against Mike Quarry, losing both fights in close twelve round decisions. During his career, he fought twelve fighters who had been World Title contenders.

RAY WINDMILL WHITE'S UNORTHODOX BOXING PUNCHES:

Ray was a popular entertaining boxer who developed an unique fighting style. He created a number of crowd-pleasing punches including the “rooster”, the “behind-the-back’, the “jump”, the “double uppercut”, the “double jab”, the “backhand bolo” and, of course, his signature “windmill” punch. He was one of the first athletes to combine entertainment and sports. He drew tremendous public interest and appeared on the Merv Griffin TV talk show five times and on the Mike Douglas Show twice. Ray gave back to the community by opening the famous La Colonia Boxing Club in Oxnard in 1978. He remodeled an old fire station into a gym. La Colonia is regarded as one to the finest amateur fight programs in the State, producing such fighters as Olympian and two-time World Champion Fernando Vargas and World Champion Robert Garcia. Ray also officiated for the California Boxing federation for fifteen years and promoted “Fight Night with Windmill White” at the County Fairgrounds. Ray has four children, Shawn White and Melinda Goff of Oak View, Brad White of Ojai and Stephanie Hunter of San Luis Obispo.

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G (Joe Bradley) promotes a boxing match with former world champion Leon Spinks who beat Muhammed Ali for the world title)-

Spinks photo to the left of this page.

G promoted the match between Leon Spinks and Franco Thomas. Fight record of this fight from boxrec.net as below:

JUNE 29TH, 1985 SPINKS BEAT FRANCO THOMAS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, PROMOTED BY JOE G BRADLEY.

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G also promoted matches with Candy Joe Gonzalez (an Oakland favorite), Fidel Fraijo (a Cloverdale favorite), Jack Padia (a Santa Rosa favorite son), and many more matches too numerous to mention.. He put on a fight for Big Brothers and had the actor Mr T attend, the light weight champion of world, Sean O'grady , and several other major fighters at the time attended this big brother event and other fighters G promoted.

G then hired Bill Barros to work as his matchmaker. Bill was involved in the training of Alex Valdez, a top world amateur prior to coming to work for G. G felt having a top notch amateur trainer involve with his promotional firm was a good move to make. Bill went on to become the Chief Athletic Boxing commissioner for the State of California in later years. Bill Barros died of cancer some years ago.

G promoted professional boxing during the 70's and early 80's, ..

Former middleweight champion of the world, Carl "Bobo" Olson would attend many of G's fights as a guest as well as lightweight champion of the world Sean O'Grady.. G was friends with O'Grady's Dad.

G then let his wife take over the promoting duties of his boxing and went on to manage several fighters.

FEMALE BOXING

Zebra Girl Shirley Tucker Photo to left of this section

G'S INVOLVEMENT IN GETTING WOMENS BOXING APPROVED FOR MORE THAN 4 RDS IN CALIFORNIA IN THE EARLY 70'S

G managed also Zebra Girl Tucker, who ran up a record of 16-0 and became the Womens Boxing Board (WBB) batamweight champion of the world.

G was upset that some of the boxing record sites does not have her whole fight record on them. G also published the periodical, "Glove Magazine" during the 70's, which was devoted to women's boxing. G was instrumental in Zebra Girl suing the State of California (ACLU lawsuit) forcing them to allow female boxing in the state of California to go more than 4 rds- during the early 70's which led the way to many other female boxers entering the sport. G was attempting in the early 70's to get the state of California to allow a female to fight a man as he wanted to put Zebra girl in with Johnny Bang Bang Jackson, but the state was not going to approve it, and Zebra girl retired before he could press that issue.

Go to this link for article on Zebra Girl: http://www.womenboxing.com/Tucker.htm

ALSO SOME EXCERPTS OF OTHER ARTICLES ON ZEBRA GIRL:

Shirley "Zebra Girl" Tucker - Matches between male and female were approved in November of 1982 - After the legality of boxing matches between women and men was argued by the American Civil Liberties Union, the California Athletic Commission voted to approve professional boxing matches between the sexes effective immediately. DON FRASER, the California Commission executive officer said that they had no recourse but to approve it. The only female at the time that expressed an interest into fighting men was Shirley "Zebra Girl" Tucker.

( YOU CAN ALSO SEE SHIRLEY TUCKER'S BOXING RECORD ON WWW.BOXREC.COM )

ZEBRA GIRL RECORD ABOVE SHOWS 14 FIGHTS, BUT SHE HAD 16 FIGHTS AND WAS UNDEFEATED, WORLD CHAMPION OF TWO WORLD RATING ORGANIZATIONS. SHE HAD A LETHAL LEFT HOOK TAUGHT HER BY HER MANAGER AND TRAINER J.BRADLEY. SHE HAD THE INATE ABILITY TO TORQUE HER LEFT HOOK JUST PERFECT TO PUT ARM AND BODY POWER INTO IT.

(Zebra Girl sues to allow increased rounds for Women in boxing)

Shirley "Zebra Girl" Tucker challenges the state of California to increase the number of rounds women could fight. G's next approach was to have Zebra Girl Tucker approach the American Civil Liberties Union to sue the State of California to allow women boxers to fight more than four rounds. Ultimately they were able to force the California Commission to change their regulations (to allow women to fight more than four rounds) which at the time forbade female fighters from fighting more than four rounds.

Zebra Girl Tucker Traveled to Ghana, Africa to fight also.

Above is Al Lemay catching gloves with Zebra Girl Tucker. G brought in Al Lemay to assist with the training. Al Lemay passed away some years ago. G was always there giving counsel to Zebra Girl and personally help train Zebra Girl ,leading all the way to her winning the World Bantamweight Championship.

Above photo is of Zebra Girl Tucker vrs Tony Lear. Fight won by Zebra Girl.

Comment below from a boxing writer from the UK named Allistair:

The best female bout I witnessed was a six-round bout between Karen Bennett and Shirley "Zebra Girl" Tucker in Santa Rosa, April 18 1980. The bout was set for twelve 3-minute rounds, but ended in the sixth with Shirley Tucker the winner. This was for the Women's Boxing Board (WBB) Bantamweight title. It was held at the Veterans' Memorial Center in Santa Rosa. .Photo below Zebra Girl Vrs Karen Bennett for Womens Boxing Board World Bantamweight title.

Zebra Girl Tucker /Karen Bennett world championship fight above.

This article in WBAN preceded the World Boxing Board Bantamweight title fight with Zebra Girl and Karen Bennett:

"Very soon Karen Bennett will oppose Shirley Tucker in a bout that is certain to go down in boxing history. The winner will be crowned as the Women’s World’s Bantamweight Champion! This will be a new milestone in lady fisticuffs.

These two young ladies are very exciting to watch and each has done far more than her share in making women’s boxing the success that it has become. Both girls have progressed consistently since entering the squared circle.

All of the above mentioned are true professionals and have their hearts in their work. Fans can always count on an exciting evening when any of the above are performing.

The fans are eagerly awaiting the Tucker-Bennett contest. The Zebra Girl has really put boxing back on its feet in her home town of Santa Rosa, California.

Incidentally, this is a rematch, the first engagement being won by Tucker in an extremely close contest at Oakland in 1978. It was the closest bout the undefeated Zebra Girl has had to date. Karen Bennett also has an outstanding record and this one is going to be a thriller. Few anticipate that it will go the distance.

The most important thing is that it is definitely going to elevate female boxing to a new plateau.Very soon we’ll be seeing the girls on national television"

WOMENS BOXING FEDERATION RATINGS (THIS IS ANOTHER RATINGS ORGANIZATION BESIDES WBB )

BANTAMWEIGHT (not over 118 lbs.)

WBB WORLD CHAMPION: Zebra Girl" Tucker, CA

Graciela Casillas, CA
Karen Bennett, TN
Irene Garcia, NM
Darlina Valdez, NM
Holly McDaniel, IN
Ginger Kaufman,NM
Susie Melton, SC
Lanay Browning, Canada
Sue Ruvalcaba, WA
Myra Lambert, NC

GLOVE BOXING MAGAZINE

(PHOTO OF ONE OF THE GLOVE MAGAZINE ISSUES IS TO LEFT OF THIS PAGE)

Mark Moore was the Editor of the Glove Magazine and also assisted Joe Bradley in some of his boxing business. He Traveled to Ghana, Africa with Zebra girl for a fight she had there. Joe always considered Mark a valuable asset to his boxing ventures. (July 2016: Joe and Mark finally made contact again after many years. Mark was 17/18 when he started working for Joe. He is 60 now.. Lots of years have gone by. )

The Glove Magazine was devoted to Women Boxing and had a board of directors chaired by Beverly Patrick.

Zebra Girl Tucker was not only managed and co-trained by Joe Bradley (G), but she was the sister of G's girlfriend at the time.

One of the last things that happened in Zebra Girl Shirley Tucker's boxing career is explained by the November 7. 1982 Washington Post article reprinted below:

Shirley (Zebra Girl) Tucker of Santa Rosa, Calif., will be able to climb into the ring as a 120-pound boxer and go 10 rounds with a man under a ruling of the California Athletic Commission in Sacramento. "We had no recourse but to approve it," commission Executive Officer Don Fraser said. After the American Civil Liberties Union argued for the legality of women boxing men, the five-member board approved mixed professional bouts effective immediately. . .

THE ZEBRA GIRL FIGHT WITH JOHNNY BANG BANG JACKSON NEVER MATERIALIZED AND ZEBRA GIRL RETIRED UNDEFEATED AS THE WBB WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION.

THE PHOTO BELOW IS OF G'S (JOE BRADLEY) OLD FRIEND AND A MAN OF A RICH EXPERIENCE IN ASSOCIATIONS WITH MANY TOP NOTCH FIGHTERS.. HE WAS THE ONE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ZEBRA GIRL FIGHT, BUT THE FIGHT NEVER HAPPENED:

JOHNNY BANG BANG JACKSON Photo to the left.

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Although G played an instrumental part in managing and promoting female boxing in the 70's, his involvement in

MALE PROFESSIONAL BOXING

was equally impressive as he managed several fighters leading into the world and state ratings, and some with various championship titles and he counseled many other fighters as a consultant.

G also worked as a consultant helping some promoters in putting on boxing matches, and assisting some new promoters teaching them all the intricacies of professional boxing promoting.

For a brief period. G co-promoted professional boxing with Sebastopol's , Al Lemay, but then G went back to promoting fights for many years by himself, or having his wife promote and he managed fighters.

G also was asked by some prominent fighters for advice from time to time. (Those fighter names are confidential, but some went on to become world champions or were holding championship belts already).

IBF USBA WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION BABS MCCARTHY CO-MANAGED BY JOE BRADLEY (G).& TONY REED

BOXING ILLUSTRATED DID AN ARTICLE ON MCCARTHY AND THE ISSUE PHOTO IS TO THE LEFT OF THIS PAGE.

They did a story on G's fighter, Babs McCarthy who became the North American Boxing Federation Jr . Middleweight champion.

While G was managing fighters, he went on to manage Babs McCarthy,(with Tony Reed) the NABF, super welterweight champion, and in the top 10 of WBC. In 1980 an verbal agreement was reached with the WBC world champion, Maurice Hope's management for a world title fight, but shortly after Babs McCarthy was found dead floating in the Sacramento,California river. (you can probably google Babilah McCarthy and find the Boxing Illustrated archive article about it).

Below is a cover of the April 1984 issue of Fight Beat Magazine where it mentions whether Babs McCarthy died from suicide, accident and also the prospect of murder:

G fondly remembers his good friend, George Johnson, who was a commissioner with the California Atheletic Commission who died of cancer during this time.

G also was involved for a short period of time the number 9 Heavyweight Larry Fraizer, but Fraizer left G to go with a very well internationally known USA promoter and fought on national t.v. and lost. (G threatened a lawsuit to stop the TV bout because G still had a contract with the fighter, and people for the promoter had some unflattering things to say to G about not doing a law suit or else).

SUGAR RAY SEALES photo to left

NABF MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION

1972 GOLD MEDAL WINNER

During the time that Ed Gardner of Washington took over from Joe West, the contract of Sugar Ray Seales, the 1972 Olympic Gold Medal winner, Ed came to G, and ask G to invest into the Management contract, as a silent partner. G assisted Ed Gardner in several matters leading up to the fight Seales had with Sammy Nesmith, for the NABF middleweight title in 1980 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Seales won the NABF titlle that night. Believe it was same day Ronald Reagan was shot. G was instrumental in bringing officials Ray Tennesson (Calif Athletic comm / deceased ) Marty Denkin (referee) and George Johnson, Inspector (Calif Athletic Comm-deceased) to work the fight between Sugar Ray Seales (72 Olympic gold medal winner) vrs, Sammy Nesmith/ for the NABF Middleweight title. Of course Seales was world rated at one time too. G's interaction was with Ed Gardner, Seale's manager.

(In Seale’s amateur career, he won 338 fights, losing only 12 and registering over 200 knockouts, an astonishing feat for a boxer in any era. Seales made the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team in 1968 but, since he was only 16, he couldn’t compete in that year’s Olympiad.

Then Sugar Ray Seales’ time to shine finally arrived. Once again he made the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team in 1972 and won the gold medal while competing in Munich, Germany, defeating five fighters to grab the gold. (Some fans may recall seeing Seales’ mom cheering him on with cries of “Come on, Sugar Ray!” during the deciding match, as seen on national TV.)

G MANAGES THE CALIFORNIA MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION

(TIM WILLIAMS PHOTO TO LEFT OF THIS PAGE)

TIM "THE FIGHTING MARINE" WILLIAMS

G managed Tim "the fighting Marine" Williams (with M. Marvin) and Williams went on to become the California Middleweight champion and in the top 20 of the world.

It was G's goal to promote a match with Tim Williams against Jack Padia of Petaluma, but that match never materialized , mostly because Padia traveled to Los Angles and Lost that match, but also because G left Santa Rosa for San Diego, where he had a gym for a short while and promoted one match that featured Tim Williams. . Williams had his own trainer.

Tim "T" Williams was an All-Marine boxing champion, a Pacific Southwestern Regional All-Military boxing champion, a Southern California Golden Gloves champion and a Diamond Belt titlest as a standout amateur boxer with a reported record of 97-8.

G was proud to have managed such an outstanding fighter.

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G managed the Stroh beer Lt Heavyweight champion (Stroh beer champion was a regional title sponsored by Stroh), and several other fighters at the time

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CO-MANAGED WITH ANGELO DUNDEE

G briefly co-managed Dario DeJesus and Juan Hidalgo with Angelo Dundee during the 70's when the fighters left Florida to California. Those two fighters did not have really good boxing records, and they didn't stay in California for long, but G enjoyed mostly interacting with Angelo Dundee during that time. Dundee of course worked with Mohammed Ali and other top fighters. He found Angelo Dundee to always be extremely gregarious in the brief dealings they had together. G's interaction with Angelo Dundee was over the phone.

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G managed several other fighters during his involvement over the years in professional boxing and seldom if ever took his manager cut, always giving it back to the fighters. (Some rated and many not, but G always gave his best when he managed fighters.)

In the early 80's G opened a gym , but that ended when G's 15 year old son suffered a devastating accident that caused him to suffer damage to his brain.

G left boxing for a while , but came back to assist his 16 year old grandson ( Joshua Rice) in amateur boxing in 2008.

WHERE IT ALL STARTED:

Age 13: Started boxing

Age 16: Traveled California studying boxing promotions from many different boxing matches promoted to prepare to get a California promoters license.

Age 18: Became the youngest boxing promoter in state of California.

G promoted many bouts over many years (a show about every six weeks). G went on to manage many fighters and own certain percentage of other fighter contracts. Some Champions, some world rated, several with good records, but not rated. G booked fighters to Venezuela for Rafito Cedeno, to So Africa to Maurice Toweel, a promoter in Ghana and to Denmark.

Age 71 Teaching a weekly kids boxing/striking class

.G WISHES TO GIVE CREDIT TO HIS WIFE , BETTY, AS SHE WAS INVALUABLE DURING THE YEARS OF MANAGING AND PROMOTING BOXING MATCHES OVER THE YEARS. SHE MANAGED AND G PROMOTED AND LATER VICE VERSA.

THE ABOVE BIO ON JOE BRADLEY DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE PROFESSIONAL BOXING MATCHES HE PROMOTED NOR ALL THE FIGHTERS THAT HE WORKED WITH IN HIS BOXING CAREER. HE ENJOYED THE EARLY YEARS IN THE 70'S AND 80'S WHEN HIS WIFE PROMOTED AND HE MANAGED FIGHTERS OR VICE VERSA.

Lastly: G was asked why he wears his sunglasses ALL the time. His reply is because he has to protect his eyes from air and dust as his eyes swell and get infected easily.(or does he have a glass eyeball?). He was asked if he wears them to bed at night. Answer: No.. He wears a special eye mask to protect his eyes while he sleeps.

G'S OBSERVATIONS ON AMATEUR BOXING:

(G is not trying to act as an expert on Amateur Boxing, and his comments below are certainly things already commonly known by the many boxing trainers, but nevertheless, he gives his thoughts on the Amateur Matches he took his young grandson to watch.)

Although I use to follow the San Diego amateur boxing circuit some years ago when my 16 year old grandson fought as an amateur .I attended an amateur boxing match in Chula Vista on December 20, 2014 with my 8 year old grandson so he could get an idea of the fighters and how the whole system worked so as to prepare him if he decides to get his license and compete as an amateur boxer.

My observations:

1. They go three fast paced rounds with nonstop toe to toe action.

2. 25% of the boxers were southpaw style.

3. If you get hit with a solid hard direct punch, then the referee gives you an 8 count, which will mean you have a strong chance of losing that round..

Obvious suggestions how to counteract the above three things:

1. Make your training preparation to include all you can do to up your speed to go three fast pace rounds. This is whether you are skip roping or sparring or doing the mitts. Three fast paced rounds is absolutely necessary to prepare for your amateur boxing match.

2. I recommend you ask your boxing trainer to give you intense training on how to fight a southpaw fighter. I further recommend that you google southpaw boxing matches and see the methods used by those in those matches used to fight the southpaw fighter. I would recommend that you go to amateur boxing matches to see how other fighters box southpaws too. I also recommend you learn yourself how to switch to southpaw fighting from time to time to confuse your opponent, but obviously first you need to master your orthodox / regular boxing stance.

3. Protect yourself well so you do not get hit with a direct solid punch: How to do that.? You should have already learned that with your trainer.

Joe Bradley Boxing