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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:BLP sources Шаблон:Infobox person 'Iceman' John Scully (born July 28, 1967) is a former American boxer. Formerly a world-ranked professional light heavyweight, he is now a boxing trainer[1] who has trained two light heavyweight champions in Chad Dawson and Artur Beterbiev and is an analyst for the ESPN Classic television network. John is also known for his work with disadvantaged former fighters and charity for them as well as organizing events targeting former amateur standout fighters and reconnecting them with the boxing community.

Amateur career

Scully graduated from Windsor (Connecticut) High School in 1985. He began boxing in 1982 and won numerous championships at middleweight (Шаблон:Convert), including the 1987 Ohio State Fair (Columbus, Ohio), the 1987 National PAL (Jacksonville, Florida) and the 1988 Eastern U.S. Olympic Trials (Fayetteville, North Carolina).

Scully defeated World Шаблон:Convert Amateur Champion Darin Allen to win the Eastern Trials, future heavyweight contender Melvin Foster to win the Ohio Fair, and nationally rated Kertis Mingo at the National PAL.

Scully won Outstanding Boxer awards at both the 1987 Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves and the 1988 Eastern U.S. Olympic Trials tournaments.

In February 1988, the Шаблон:Convert boxer was named to the All-Time team (in the middleweight spot), for the WM Golden Gloves in Holyoke, Massachusetts, joining fellow standouts Mike Tyson (heavyweight) and Marlon "Magic Man" Starling (honorable mention at welterweight). Scully won four straight WM Golden Gloves titles (1985–1988) and three consecutive New England Golden Gloves titles (1986–1988).

He defeated fellow future world-title challenger Joey DeGrandis to win the 1988 New England Golden Gloves championships.

Scully also advanced to the championship round of the National Golden Gloves tournament on two occasions, losing on a 3–2 split decision in 1987 at Knoxville (to Fabian Williams of Michigan) and a highly disputed 3–2 call in Omaha in 1988, to Keith Providence of New York City.

Scully also notably scored two decision victories en route to each of those national final appearances in 1987 and 1988 over hard-punching future WBC #1 Middleweight contender Lamar "Kidfire" Parks of Greenville, South Carolina.

The "Iceman" concluded his amateur career with a Bronze medal winning performance at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials in Concord, California, defeating # 3 ranked Joe Hill of Omaha in the quarter-finals before losing a 4–1 decision to World Champion Darin Allen of Columbus, Ohio in the semi-final rematch of their Eastern U.S. Olympic Trials final just one month earlier.

Scully turned professional with a final amateur record of 57–13 (not including two junior olympic bouts at age 15 and two exhibition matches).

Professional career

Scully turned professional in 1988 and finished his career in 2001 with a 38–11 record (21 knockouts). He fought for the International Boxing Federation world light heavyweight championship at Leipzig, Germany in 1996, losing a 12-round decision to unbeaten champion Henry Maske. On December 8, 1995, Scully fought two-time world champion Michael Nunn for the WBO NABO super middleweight title. Although ESPN commentators had the fight close, Nunn was awarded a unanimous win, including a curiously wide score on the card of judge Harold Gomes.

His victories include a unanimous ten-round decision over Art Baylis (On Prime TV Network), a ten-round decision over WBC International Шаблон:Convert champion Billy Bridges at Harrah's in Atlantic City (on ESPN) and a second-round stoppage over former IBO Шаблон:Convert world champion Willie Ball at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut.

Scully also captured a November 1989 unanimous decision on USA's Tuesday Night Fights, over the former #1 nationally ranked Шаблон:Convert amateur Alphonso Bailey of Kentucky. Scully-Bailey was the co-feature to Simon Brown's IBF Шаблон:Convert title defense against Luis Santana.

On May 22, 1992 at Agawam, Massachusetts Scully captured a unanimous 12-round decision over Southern Boxing Association champion Melvin Wynn of Atlanta, Georgia in a fight contested for the World Boxing Federation Intercontinental Super Middleweight title.

Scully also frequently served as a sparring partner for some of the biggest names in the sport, including the highly regarded world champions Henry Maske, Mike McCallum, Vinny Pazienza, Roy Jones Jr. and James "Lights Out" Toney.

In November 2010, "Iceman" John Scully was inducted into the fifth class of the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Connecticut.

Professional boxing record

Шаблон:S-start |- |align="center" colspan=8|38 Wins (21 knockouts, 17 decisions), 11 Losses (1 technical knockout, 10 decisions)[2] |- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Cleveland Nelson |SD |8 |22/06/2001 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |align=left| Scully puts on a superb display of boxing and punching, featuring an accurate left jab. |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest Mateen |UD |8 |19/04/2001 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Ahmad |MD |8 |04/06/1999 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Drake Thadzi |TKO |7 |02/08/1998 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left|Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Lopeck |TKO |6 |18/12/1997 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Ernest Mateen |UD |10 |29/06/1997 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Graciano Rocchigiani |UD |10 |22/03/1997 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Henry Maske |UD |12 |25/05/1996 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Leipzig, Germany |align=left|Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Jose Luis Feliciano |TKO |1 |15/03/1996 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Revere, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Nunn |UD |12 |08/12/1995 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left|Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Willie Ball |TKO |2 |20/09/1995 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Willie Kemp |PTS |8 |17/05/1995 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mashantucket, Connecticut], U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Luis Oliveira |TKO |1 |14/03/1995 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Art Bayliss |PTS |10 |20/10/1994 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Cooper |PTS |8 |18/08/1994 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Willie Kemp |PTS |8 |25/06/1994 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Revere, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon David McCluskey |TKO |4 |12/03/1994 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Jose Vera |TKO |4 |06/11/1993 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Foxborough, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Thornton |UD |10 |16/03/1993 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Littles |UD |12 |13/11/1992 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |align=left|Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Jose Vera |PTS |6 |24/09/1992 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Randolph, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Herman Farrar |TKO |6 |20/08/1992 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Milford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Danny Chapman |TKO |3 |06/08/1992 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon David McCluskey |PTS |6 |30/06/1992 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Melvin Wynn |UD |12 |22/05/1992 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Agawam, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left|Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Jose Vera |PTS |6 |27/02/1992 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Agawam, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Willie Kemp |PTS |10 |22/11/1991 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Randy Smith |PTS |10 |27/09/1991 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Jose Vera |UD |8 |23/10/1991 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Watts |UD |10 |18/03/1991 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Billy Bridges |SD |10 |12/12/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Alphonso Bailey |UD |8 |09/11/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Daley |UD |10 |29/09/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left|Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Victor King |TKO |4 |08/09/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Taunton, Massachusetts, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Victor King |UD |6 |25/08/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:No2Loss |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Brett Lally |UD |10 |11/07/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Caminiti |TKO |6 |16/06/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mike "The Heat" Bonislawski |TKO |5 |05/05/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left| Jerry Fleming |TKO |3 |01/05/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Bonislawski |PTS |6 |17/03/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Saxton |TKO |1 |17/02/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|John Berkins |KO |1 |06/01/1989 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Rahim Muhammad |TKO |4 |15/12/1988 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Rochester, New York, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Vic Ferrer |TKO |4 |10/12/1988 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Salem, New Hampshire, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left| Jerry Fleming |TKO |4 |02/12/1988 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Ambrose |TKO |4 |25/11/1988 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left| |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon John Wilkinson |TKO |4 |28/10/1988 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left|Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Jefferson |TKO |1 |22/10/1988 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Salem, New Hampshire, U.S. |align=left|Шаблон:Small |- |Шаблон:Yes2Win |Шаблон:Small |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Paulino Falcone |TKO |1 |16/09/1988 |align=left|Шаблон:Flagicon Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |align=left|Шаблон:Small |}

Post retirement career

Scully trained several standout amateurs while pursuing his own boxing career, including 1997 National Junior Olympics Champion Sammy Vega, 1995 Ohio State Fair Champion Greg Cuyler, 1998 National PAL Champion Dwayne Hairston and 2000 U.S. Armed Forces Champion Orlando Cordova.

Since 2001, has been successful as a professional trainer, guiding four boxers to world championships (WIBF Lightweight Champion Liz Mueller, WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Jose Antonio Rivera, IBO Super Bantamweight Champion Mike Oliver and WBC Light heavyweight Champion "Bad" Chad Dawson).

The crowning moment may have been when he masterfully guided Rivera to the WBA Junior Middleweight Championship, with a clear points victory on Showtime over defending champion Alejandro "Terra" Garcia.

Scully has also had a hand in the professional training of notable boxers Israel "Pito" Cardona, Matt Godfrey, "Sucra" Ray Olivera, Scott "The Sandman" Pemberton, Lawrence Clay-Bey, Matt Remillard, Francisco "The Wizard" Palacios and George "Monk" Foreman III.

The Iceman also assists in the training camps of former world amateur champion and now IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev, who fights out of Montreal, Canada by way of Chechnya (head trainer is Marc Ramsay).

He is considered an important part of the development of future WBC light heavyweight world champion "Bad" Chad Dawson. Scully first trained Dawson for three successful fights in 2004 and 2005 before unforeseen promotional problems caused Dawson to leave to train in Florida with Dan Birmingham.

Scully and Dawson, however, reunited as a team early in the summer of 2011. Scully later guided Dawson to the biggest win of his professional career on April 28, 2012 at the legendary Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The HBO televised matchup saw Dawson capture a 12-round decision to take the WBC Light heavyweight title from legendary champion Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins. Notably, when Dawson seemingly began to mentally falter at the halfway point of the match, Scully masterfully kept the challenger steady, focused and on track between rounds. The exceptional cornerwork was properly noted by HBO's ringside broadcast team of Larry Merchant, Emanuel Steward and Jim Lampley.

Known for his insightful takes on the sport of boxing, especially his corner work between rounds of televised fights, Scully has written a highly praised boxing book entitled, "The Iceman Diaries" that details his life within the sport. He appears often on ESPN Classic, working alongside Joe Tessitore, as a ringside analyst for that network's ESPN Classic Boxing Series.

A frequent and widely acclaimed columnist for Britain's "Boxing News" magazine, Scully has also been featured several times on ESPN News, before and after major fights, previewing and analyzing the action, including Pay-Per-View battles between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley, and Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.

In 2015 Scully joined the cast of the Nuvo-TV boxing reality show "KNOCKOUT" alongside Roy Jones Jr., Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Sugar Shane Mosley.

Scully was inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame in November 2009 at the Mohegan Sun Casino. He was also inducted into the Billy C. Boxing Hall of Fame (along with Ernie Shavers and Marlon Starling) at South Glens Falls, New York on November 19, 2011.

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