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DICK HILDEBRANDT

RICHARD HILDEBRANDT --  Head Coach; President, Indiana Amateur Boxing Association; Level III Official

Dick has been President of the Indiana Amateur Boxing Association since 1987.   He has coached boxing for 26 years and founded the Evansville Boxing Club in 1984.  He is one of the most knowledgeable and finest boxing coaches in the country.  He has produced two team titles at the Indiana Golden Gloves (1999 and 2000) and one runner-up team (1997).  He has also coached 16 Golden Gloves open division champions, 3 state Junior Olympics champions, a national Junior Olympics champion, 2 state Silver Gloves champions and a national Silver Gloves runner-up.   

A former boxer himself, Dick served as Team Leader for three USA Mens Boxing Teams.   These included USA vs. England matches in 1994 (London), USA vs. Mexico matches in 1998 (Joplin, MO) and USA vs. Puerto Rico matches in 2000 (Foxwood CT).  His USA teams won all three competitions.

JEANEENE HILDEBRANDT -- Former Chair, Women's Boxing Committee, USA Boxing; Co-Chair, IABC; Level III Official

Jeaneene Hildebrandt served as Secretary of the Women’s Committee for USA Boxing, Inc. from 1998 to 2000 and served as Chair of the Women’s Committee of USA Boxing Inc. from 2000 to 2004.   She now serves as Vice-Chair of the Convention and Awards Committee and is a member of the Women's Committee.  A past-president of the IABA, Jeaneene served as Team Leader for the USA Women’s Team at the first womens’ world championships in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 2001, a team that produced world champion, Devonne Canady of Connecticut.  She also led a USA Women’s Team to Halifax, Nova Scotia for a successful dual meet with Canada.  Jeaneene is a Level II certified boxing official.

 

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JEANEENE AT 2004 GOLDEN GLOVES

 

 

 

 

 

DON GOUGH --  Assistant Coach and Trainer

Don is a former U.S. Marine and began training boxers with the club in 1997 when his son, Matthew began his 26 bout amateur career leading to an open division title in 2000.

Don has trained five Golden Gloves open division champions and more than a dozen Golden Gloves champions during his work with the club over the last 10 years.   

 

 
RUSSELL DAVIS -- Assistant Coach and Trainer; Level I Official
 
Russ is from Owensboro and is assistant coach of the South Paw Boxing Club run by Tony Curtis.  Russ is a certified USA boxing coach and judge and has also cornered for a number of professional boxers including Danny Maldonado.  Russ frequently corners for Evansville Boxing Club boxers and assists with EBC practices as well.  Russ's wife, Laura, is a professional photographer and frequently takes video of our boxers during club shows and the Golden Gloves.

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J. J. IN CHAMPION'S CORNER, 2006 GOLDEN GLOVES

 
CHUCK ALLEN  --  Level II Official; Video; Webmaster
 
Chuck, 59, is an attorney in Louisville, Kentucky.  He assists our coaches, tapes club member boxing matches and is a Level II USA Boxing official.  He has judged more than 600 bouts since 2004 including five Indiana Golden Gloves tournaments (2004-08) and the 2007 Indiana Junior Olympics and was Outstanding Official at the 2008 Gloves.  Chuck also created and manages the club's Web site.  His bio can be found on his mountain climbing site.

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J. J. BUDDE --  Assistant Coach and Trainer; Level I Official

J. J. achieved his Level I USA Boxing official's certification on August 24, 2006, and will now serve as trainer and assistant coach for our boxers.   J. J. has been with the club since 2002 and has won two Indiana Golden Gloves titles, the 152 pound subnovice title in 2005 and the 152 pound novice title in 2006.   J. J. works with a stained-glass company in Evansville, is training to be a firefighter while attending college, and was married to wife, Ryan, in 2006.

 
 
 

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CHUCK'S BIO

 

 

JOEY HAMMOND --  Level I Official

Joey boxed with the club from 2002 to 2005, is a three-time Golden Gloves participant and won three Tom Lyday academic scholarships from the Indiana Golden Gloves in 2003, 2004 and 2005.  He is now a senior at Indiana State University where he is majoring in professional aviation and aerospace management.  He will have his private pliot's license within the month.  He is engaged to Tiffany Amos, a senior at Murray State University.  Joey is a Level I USA Boxing official and began judging in 2006.

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