{"id":63230,"date":"2016-09-19T16:08:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T21:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=63230"},"modified":"2016-09-19T16:51:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T21:51:14","slug":"ringside-reports-very-own-the-fighting-cowboy-james-quick-tillis-is-elected-to-illinois-boxing-hall-of-fame-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=63230","title":{"rendered":"Ringside Report\u2019s Very Own The Fighting Cowboy James \u201cQuick\u201d Tillis Is Being Inducted to the Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame \u2013 Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TILLIS-WEAVERWEIGHIN-Oct-1981\"<\/a>RSR & Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s the beloved former boxer who hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma and is known the world over as The Fighting Cowboy James \u201cQuick\u201d Tillis. On October 3, 1981, a 24 year old Tillis faced then WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver for his title and lost a close unanimous decision. He then would be the first heavyweight, who on May 3, 1986, took a then young and in his prime Mike Tyson the distance dropping a unanimous decision that many at ringside felt he should have gotten.<\/p>\n

More recently, a relationship that goes back 36 years when Tillis and the CEO of Ringside Report \u201cBad\u201d Brad Berkwitt trained together at Allen Park in North Miami Beach, Florida joined forces for his popular web hit show \u201cQuick\u2019s\u201d RSR Video Email Bag Show hosted by The Fuggedaboutit Cowboy that can be seen exclusively on the RSR YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Berkwitt said, \u201cQuick\u201d and his wife Vanessa, are family to Debbie and I. We both couldn\u2019t be more proud of him on this well deserved honor.<\/p>\n

Announcing the 2016 Inductees to the Illinois Boxing Hall Of Fame:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Muhammad Ali \u2013<\/strong><\/em> The Greatest! Ali was a resident of Chicago during his most productive professional years and a huge contributor to the local boxing community.<\/p>\n

James “Quick” Tillis \u2013<\/strong><\/em> The Fighting Cowboy was a four time AAU National Champion and on October 3, 1981, he faced then WBA Heavyweight Champion of the World Mike Weaver, dropping a close unanimous decision. He is also the first heavyweight to take an in his prime Mike Tyson on May 3, 1986 the distance dropping a close unanimous decision that many at ringside felt he should have gotten.<\/p>\n

He fought professionally for 22 years and when he retired in 2001, his final record was 42-22-1, 31 KO\u2019s. He started his professional career in Chicago and during his career faced some of the biggest names in the heavyweight division giving boxing fans some great memories.<\/p>\n

James Kaulentis \u2013<\/strong><\/em> Manager of top boxing talent including James \u201cQuick\u201d Tillis, who fought relentlessly for his fighters<\/p>\n

Jesus Chavez \u2013<\/strong><\/em> AKA Gabriel Sandoval, \u201cThe Matador\u201d was the former IBF World Lightweight Champion and a 44-8 pro.<\/p>\n

Johnny Coulon \u2013<\/strong><\/em> Undisputed World Bantamweight Champ and owner and head trainer at Chicago\u2019s famous Coulon\u2019s Gym<\/p>\n

Sean Curtin \u2013<\/strong> <\/em>former head of the Illinois Boxing Commission, top official, amateur and pro boxer, and author of two books about Chicago Boxing History.<\/p>\n

Rocky DiFazio \u2013<\/strong><\/em> Top Middleweight contender who went 19-2-2 and fought all comers<\/p>\n

Mike Glienna \u2013<\/strong> <\/em>One of the top judges in the world, Glienna judged more than 70 WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO World Championship fights and scores of International, Regional, and US State title fights.<\/p>\n

Andrew Golota \u2013<\/strong> <\/em>Olympic Bronze Medalist and a 41-9-1 top contender who fought for the World Heavyweight title four times<\/p>\n

Clarence Griffin \u2013<\/strong><\/em> Legendary Chicago trainer, owner of the famed Windy City Gym and Chicago and father and trainer of World Light Heavyweight Champion Montel Griffin<\/p>\n

Johnny Heard \u2013<\/strong><\/em> Chicago-based Light heavyweight who fought many of the world\u2019s best in his 64 fight pro career.<\/p>\n

Fred Houpe<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 Heavy handed heavyweight who fought many of the best of his era on some of the world\u2019s biggest stages.<\/p>\n

Primo La Cassa \u2013<\/strong><\/em> a 17-5-2 pro, La Cassa went on to become one of the country\u2019s top trainers, training Rocky DiFazio, Lenny LaPaglia, Luke Capuano, Luis Mateo, Joey Adelfio, and many, many others.<\/p>\n

Jeff Lanas<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 Slick 17-4 Middleweight who fought many of the world\u2019s best, including a split decision loss to Roberto Duran<\/p>\n

Tony LaRosa<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 accomplished pro fighter who fought all comers, including many champions and former champions<\/p>\n

Vinny Letisia<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Hugely popular, hard punching 16-0-1 Super Lightweight with 15 KO\u2019s who tragically died at 21 years old in a motorcycle accident, just as his career was about to take off.<\/p>\n

The Fighting O\u2019Shea Brothers<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 Brian, Mike, Rory, and Tom O\u2019Shea \u2013 top amateur and pro competitors and trainers.<\/p>\n

Alfonso Ratliff<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 Former WBO World Cruiserweight Champion with an 25-9 career, whose only losses were to the best of the best.<\/p>\n

Genaro Rodriguez<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 International referee who has worked scores of world championship fights<\/p>\n

Barney Ross<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Legendary multi division champion ranked as one of the greatest Lightweights and greatest Junior Welterweights of all time as well as a decorated war hero.<\/p>\n

Henry Sim<\/strong><\/em>s \u2013 Solid Chicago-based Cruiserweight who fought most of the best in the division and was ducked by many of the rest.<\/p>\n

Jim Strickland<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Top trainer (World Champion David Diaz and many others) and sought after cutman (Evander Holyfield, Cory Spinks, and many, many more).<\/p>\n

See you all Friday November 4 at The Abbington in Glen Ellyn as we read this great class into the Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame. Contact the Hall’s Director, Mike McNamara for tickets at 708-473-0682 or at macveg3@aol.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RSR & Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame Press Release He\u2019s the beloved former boxer who hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma and is known the world over as The Fighting Cowboy James \u201cQuick\u201d Tillis. On October 3, 1981, a 24 year old Tillis faced then WBA Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver for his title and lost a close […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15881],"class_list":["post-63230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-ringside-reports-very-own-the-fighting-cowboy-james-quick-tillis-is-being-inducted-to-the-illinois-boxing-hall-of-fame-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}