![]() Jessenia Cruz was excited to see Chris because he and Ivan Hall were the two men she wanted to meet. 2008.A hurricane of drama! Relationships fell apart all over the beach during the Monday, August 30, episode of Bachelor in Paradise.Ĭhasen Nick and Chris Conran arrived with a double date card. " A Night at the Klitschko Fight." East Side Boxing. " Exclusive Q&A with Trenton's troubled ex-boxer Kenny 'Bang Bang' Bogner." The Trentonian. " Bogner: Comeback is a Long Shot: Trenton’s promising lightweight had career derailed." The Trentonian. They don't remember all the good things." "I mean, I did handicapped benefits, muscular dystrophy benefits, a marathon run for disabled people and so forth. He told the Trentonian that he resents when people only remember the bad things he's done. He dons a flat twisted nose, long curly hair, and a face that suggests a hard life. At 51, he is retired and does some occasional handiwork. Kenny lives in Yardville, New Jersey with his girlfriend. He explained, " I didn't even realize it! I'm a fighter I'm a little stupid sometimes. About stealing groceries, Bogner says he accidentally walked out of the store forgetting to pay. His ex-girlfriend had a restraining order placed on him, a bus hit his bicycle, and he was accused and later convicted of stealing $150 worth of groceries within a matter of weeks in 2011. He was arrested three times in Citrus County, Florida from 2005-2007 and last year encountered a series of run-ins with the law once again. If it wasn’t for trouble, he would have been a champion." Bogner, with a record of 25-2-1 with 16 KOs, thought about another comeback in 2004 that never materialized. Muggsy Episcopo, who ran the gym in New Jersey where Bogner helped out early in the 2000s, said of Kenny, "He was a good fighter, a gutsy fighter. He looked into coming back in 1997, but that attempt was thwarted by another bout with the law. Bang Bang earned a KO in 1989 and two more in 1993. In January of 1985, Bogner was accused of assaulting a woman over a gold chain that belonged to a third party.īogner attempted a comeback during the summer of 1987, but was stopped by Remo Di Carlo in the sixth round of their fight. On November 2, 1984, he was sentenced for stealing marijuana and other personal belongs of a convicted drug dealer. This streak included ESPN's Fight of the Year for 1982 against Kato Wilson. Bogner also had a fight lined up with the famed Hector "Macho" Camacho that fell through.ĭespite his inability to land a big fight, Bogner won his next eleven bouts. He had three different fights scheduled with Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini- two when Mancini was champion- and Boom Boom backed out of all three. Defense was never much of a concern for Bang Bang. Bogner was a man willing to take a punch to hit back. It made me bring out a lot of stuff that probably wouldn't have ever come out at that point in my career."īramble won that fight via a seventh round TKO. ![]() And I think it made a lot come out of me. In an interview with Scoop Malinowski, Bramble later remembered, "The best performance I had by far was the fight I had with Kenny "Bang Bang" Bogner and the first Mancini fight." When asked why, Bramble continued, "Because Kenny Bogner was, I was. On June 4, 1981, the promising lightweight took on another undefeated prospect, future world champion Livingstone Bramble in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Eleven fights later, he had remained undefeated, piling up an 11-0-1 record. Kenny opened his professional career with a second round knockout of Robert Johnson on May 22, 1980. He won the silver medal in the featherweight division at the 1977 Maccabiah Games while still attending high school. Kenneth Bogner was born on Januand grew up in Trenton, New Jersey. ![]() While Bang Bang has been unable to live a quiet life since his boxing career ended, thoughts of what could have been for the lightweight prospect dance in the imagination of anyone who saw him fight. Kenny "Bang Bang" Bogner saw his promising boxing career derailed due to trouble with the law. In an effort to link the past with the present, The Jewish Boxing Blog will present monthly a short biography of notable former Jewish boxers.
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