About Me
WWW.ICEMANJOHNSCULLY.COMI am a former professional boxer (who still spars regularly) who has trained several top amateur and professional boxers at one time or another including U.S. Armed Forces Champion ORLANDO "MAGIC" CORDOVA, 1998 National PAL Champion DWAYNE "SUPER D" HAIRSTON, 1997 National J.O. Champion SAMMY "SUAVE" VEGA, 1996 Ohio State Fair Champion GREG "THE STYLER" CUYLER, super middleweight TYLON BURRIS, 2001 Ohio State Fair champion BRIAN "FIREFIST" MACY, 1996 U.S. Olympic team captain LAWRENCE CLAY-BEY, NABF cruiserweight champion Matt "Too Smooth" Godfrey, former WBA 147lb. champion JOSE ANTONIO RIVERA, former 135 pound WORLD TITLE challenger ISRAEL "PITO" CARDONA, USBA/IBO 122lb. champion MIKE-MIKE OLIVER, former top contenders "SUCRA" RAY OLIVERA and SCOTTIE "THE SANDMAN" PEMBERTON, as well as 2006 Connecticut State Novice champions, 178 pound LANCE "HANGOVER" HENRY and 165 pound ADAM CARRA, and 2007 WNE 132 pound Golden Gloves champion Joey "Chip" Perez.We currently train at the L.A. Boxing Gym AKA "The Fight Factory" in Glastonbury, Connecticut.As an amateur boxer I won gold medals(as a 165 pounder)at the Ohio State Fair, National PAL and the Eastern U.S. Olympic Trials.I also captured a Bronze Medal at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials in Concord, CaliforniaAs a professional boxer I had 49 fights, was ranked as high as # 4 in the world (by the IBF) and challenged for the IBF light heavyweight championship of the world in 1996, losing a 12 round decision in Germany to defending world champion Henry Maske. I also fought and lost a very close and controversial twelve round decision to the great Michael Nunn in one of my favorite career fights.Over the course of my career I have also sparred with some of the best and/or most recognizable fighters in the world, a true honor, including Roy Jones Jr., James "Lights Out" Toney, Henry Maske, Vinny Paz, Mike McCallum, Marlon Starling, Allan Green, Peter Manfredo Jr., Jose Antonio Rivera, and many, many others.I am now in the process of writing a boxing book (The Iceman Diaries), an autobiography that branches out into many, MANY areas of amateur and professional boxing. Hit me up and I will let you read some of it for free.ICE
