NARRAGANSETT, RI -- Reigning IWBF world lightweight champion
Jaime Clampitt was able to raise $1,320 for victims of Hurricane
Katrina, both human and animal. Clampitt sold the trunks she
wore in her first world title winning fight, October 31st, 2003
against Eliza Olson, on eBay for $660. The proceeds of that
auction went directly to the American Red Cross. In the process
of auction, Clampitt was contacted with an offer to match that
amount for a signed pair of gloves. That $660 went directly to
the SPCA for help with animal relief from the effects of
Hurricane Katrina.
"I was hoping to raise a few hundred dollars, but the support
has been great," said Clampitt. "I have been getting emails from
as far as Italy, so that shows that people all over the world
are seeing the devastation and want to help."
According to Jaime, the winner of her trunks is actually a
local, John Celio of Cranston, Rhode Island.
"There was actually a bidding war going on, and it was for the
better of the cause," said Clampitt, who has a professional
record of 16-3-1, 7 KO's. "It's great to see generous people are
out there looking to help out. I was thrilled to learn that a
Rhode Islander won the auction as it shows me just how much
local support I have in my career."
The offer to match the winning bid came from the Gravity
Collection of California, a new film and TV production company
which produces sports documentaries, and extreme sports movies
for ESPN, Fox, OLN, Discovery Channel, RSN and more. Jaime chose
to donate the additional money to the SPCA.
"It would break my heart to see all of the abandoned dogs on
TV," said Jaime. "I have always had pets throughout my life and
now I have a great little pug Teeny, who was named after my late
trainer Tiny Ricci. The thought of having Teeny or any other dog
roaming the streets, abandoned without food or water is just
awful."
Clampitt leaves Wednesday for Atlantic City, New Jersey where
she will be a guest speaker at the American Association of
Professional Ringside Physicians (AAPRP) boxing medical
conference at the Tropicana Casino Resort. This seminar on
boxing medical safety is one of the AAPRP’s most important
events. Leading ringside physicians, boxers, managers,
promoters, commissioners and media from around the country will
be in attendance. Amongst the topics scheduled for discussion
are the use of steroids in boxing, pre-fight medical testing,
infectious disease in sports, a commissioners review on
mismatches, safety in women’s boxing, the use of medical
compounds in cuts and a crash course on "spanish for the
ringside physician."
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