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6/7/10 - Chicago Tribune article, Dobry, SOLO EXHIBITION @ the ZHOU B ART CENTER/ART MATRIX GALLERY, Chicago, Nov. 19 - Dec. 14, 2010

6/1/10 - " Mother and daughter spend quality time together at a boxing gym in Crystal Lake

3/25/10 - Pug's Hall-of-Famer, Jeff Lanas meets-up with his old nemisis, Roberto Duran

1/13/10 -"She Stays Trim with the Help of a Boxer's Workout", Chicago Fitness Examiner

12/08/09 - Pug's Boxing team starts training for 2010 Chicago Golden Gloves

8/15/08 - NW Herald; Dobry Opens New Gym in Crystal Lake!

3/15/06 - Chicago Tribune; Obed Sullivan on Comeback trail

2/27/06 - Dobry signs deal to train former NABF & IBF heavyweight champ OBED SULLIVAN

11/19/05 - Where did Olin Kreutz learn to punch like that?

 

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Mother and daughter spend quality time together at a boxing gym in Crystal Lake

Chicago Boxing Fitness Examiner

Tim Kane

Algonquin residents Tiffiny Jonn, 35, right, works out with her daughter Jackie Bafaro, 16, at The School of Hard Knocks Boxing Academy in Crystal Lake. [Photo by Tim Kane]

Tiffiny John said she wanted to spend more time with her daughter and thought they could study martial arts together. John, 35, recently went to check out a dojo on Main Street in Crystal Lake with Jackie Bafaro, her 16-year-old daughter.

But the karate place was closed. Next-door, however, was a boxing gym with a neon sign that said "open." So they signed up at The School of Hard Knocks Boxing Academy in Crystal Lake and they've been exercising there regularly about three times a week.

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Chicago Tribune

Lake in the Hills boxer wins bout in Golden Gloves

Scoop 03/12/10 08:00 AM 3

Jose Cuevas, a resident of Lake in the Hills and a member of the Pug's Boxing Club, is awarded the decision Thursday night in a preliminary bout in the welterweight senior novice division of the Chicago Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament. Cuevas is awaiting word when he will fight next. Members of Pug's Boxing Club work out at the School of Hard Knocks Boxing Academy in Crystal Lake. [Photo by Tim Kane]

It's time for the Chicago Golden Gloves

Chicago Tribune

Scoop 03/02/10 08:23 AM

Sparring sessions at The School of Hard Knocks Boxing Academy in Crystal Lake are becoming more intense as the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament draws nearer. The preliminaries start March 11. The tournament will be held at St. Andrews Gym at Addison and Paulina on the Northwest Side of Chicago in the Wrigleyville neighborhood.

 

 Quin Leonard, [left]of Marengo, and Jose Cuevas, of Lake in the Hills, go at it.

She stays trim with the help of a boxer's workout

January 13, 9:41 AMChicago Fitness ExaminerTim Kane

Twenty-seven-year-old Crystal Lake resident Anita Illg goes to the gym three times a week. She is seen above doing a one-minute bag drill. [Photo by Tim Kane]

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Head Trainer Gary Dobry has trained numerous amateur and professional champs including NABF & IBF Heavyweight Champion, Obed Sullivan, Jose Hernandez, John Venesanakos and numerous others. Dobry currently has openings for new clients. Whether your goal is an amateur title, guidance and management in a professional career, a Mixed Martial Artist looking to acquire boxing skills or just one who wants to use boxing training to lose a few pounds and get into fighting shape, Dobry has openings and is booking now. Contact Gary at: pugsgym@aol.com  

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  • Chicago Bears All-Pro Center Olin Kreutz being trained by Pug's Owner, Gary Dobry
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                     Former IBF & NABF Heavyweight Champ, Obed Sullivan

                

            Pug's 2000 Hall-of-Famer, Jeff Lanas (circa 1987) v. Roberto Duran         

            

    Trainer: Dave Krall (l) , 2002 & 2003 Lt. HeavyWeight Chicago Golden Gloves Champion: John Venesanakos (center), Trainer: Tim Martin  (r)

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