Johnny Bos

Johnny Bos (February 14, 1952 - May 11, 2013) was an American professional boxer and author, best known as a successful boxing matchmaker.

Early life

Bos was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a worker on the Brooklyn waterfront. Johnny Bos (Johan Bosdal) Sr had an interest in boxing, which was the inspiration for Bos Jr to be involved in boxing. Bos was a Fort Hamilton High School drop out.

Boxing career

Bos was a frequent customer at Jack Dempsey's restaurant and surrounded himself with boxers. In the early 1970s, he, Don Majewski and Malcolm "Flash" Gordon all contributed to, and distributed (usually right in front of fight arenas such as The Felt Forum, Sunnyside Garden, etc.) "Tonight's Boxing Program", a gritty, mimeographed four-sheeter that was chock-full of all sorts of boxing insider info, as well as insight into the night's fight card. In 1978, he focused mainly on boxing and became a boxing matchmaker. Bos became one of the biggest matchmakers in New York and New Jersey during the 1980s. He was instrumental in putting together most of the numerous Atlantic City hotel/casino fight promotions there. In the 1990s, he helped Tyrone Booze, Tracy Harris Patterson and Joey Gamache all win boxing titles. He was the matchmaker responsible for the early career-building fights involving Mike Tyson and Tommy Morrison, and Tyson's late manager, Jimmy Jacobs, once said of Bos (from Peter Heller's Tyson biography, ""Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story"): "There are people who are geniuses in certain areas. Johnny Bos is a genius when it comes to shit." This was meant as a huge compliment, testament to Bos' knack for finding just the right opponents for an up-and-coming fighter.

Bos

Bos (from Latin bōs: cow, ox, bull) is the genus of wild and domestic cattle. Bos can be divided into four subgenera: Bos, Bibos, Novibos, and Poephagus, but these divisions are controversial. The genus has five extant species. However, this may rise to seven if the domesticated varieties are counted as separate species, and nine if the closely related genus Bison is also included. Modern species of cattle are believed to have originated from the extinct aurochs.

Anatomy and morphology

Most species are grazers, with long tongues to twist the plant material they favor and large teeth to break up the plant material they ingest. They are ruminants, having a four-chambered stomach that allows them to break down plant material.

Range and distribution

There are about 1.3 billion domestic cattle alive today, making them one of the world's most numerous mammals. Members of this genus are currently found in Africa, Asia, eastern and western Europe, parts of North America, South America and also in Oceania. Their habitats vary greatly depending on the particular species; they can be found in prairies, rain forests, wetlands, savannas and temperate forests.

Bos (Nahe)

Bos (Nahe) is a river of Saarland, Germany.

See also

Coordinates: 49°33′52″N 7°05′35″E / 49.5644°N 7.0930°E / 49.5644; 7.0930

Bos (disambiguation)

Bos is a genus of domestic cattle.

Bos, BOS or BoS may also refer to:

Related to Boston, Massachusetts

Acronyms

Johnny (Johnny Mathis album)

Johnny (1963) is the 19th album released by singer Johnny Mathis. It is his 15th original studio album, with four compilations of hit singles having been released by him at this point.

Overview

Collaborating once again with arranger/conductor Don Costa who had scored Rapture the previous year, Mathis is heard in a program of ballads and swingers. As with most of Mathis' albums around this time, the program is made up of well-known standards through to rarer material making for an interesting listening experience.

Track listing

Johnny (John Farnham album)

Johnny is the fifth studio album by Australian pop singer John Farnham, (who was billed then as "Johnny" Farnham) which was released on HMV for EMI Records in August 1971. It peaked at #24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Charts. Farnham had earlier #1 singles with "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" in 1968 and his cover of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" in 1970; a non-album single, "Acapulco Sun" was released in May 1971 but there were no charting singles from Johnny. The album features compositions from artists as diverse as George Harrison, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Joe South and George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin

Background

Johnny Farnham's first #1 single on the Go-Set National Singles Charts was the novelty song "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)". Selling 180 000 copies in Australia, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" was the highest selling single by an Australian artist of the decade. His second #1 was a cover of B. J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", which peaked at #1 for seven weeks in January–March 1970. A non-album single, "Comic Conversation" was released in October 1970 and peaked at #10 on the Go-Set National Top 60 Singles Chart and was still charting in March 1971. His fifth album, Johnny was released in August 1971, which peaked at #24 on the Kent Music Report Albums Charts. Another non-album single, "Acapulco Sun" had been released in May and peaked at #21 on the Go-Set Top 60, but there were no charting singles from Johnny. Aside from Johnny, Farnham also released a compilation, The Best Of Johnny Farnham, and a duet album with Allison Durbin, Together, all in 1971.

BioShock (series)

BioShock is a first-person shooter video game series developed by Irrational Games—the first under the name 2K Boston/2K Australia—and designed by Ken Levine. The first game in the series was released for the Windows operating system and Xbox 360 video game console on August 21, 2007 in North America, and three days later (August 24) in Europe and Australia. A PlayStation 3 version of the game, which was developed by 2K Marin, was released internationally on October 17, 2008 and in North America on October 21, 2008 with some additional features. The game was also released for the Mac OS X operating system on October 7, 2009. A version of the game for mobile platforms has also been developed by IG Fun. A sequel, BioShock 2, was released on February 9, 2010. On August 12, 2010, Irrational Games unveiled a trailer for a new game titled BioShock Infinite, released on March 26, 2013. With the release of BioShock Infinite selling over 11 million copies as of May 2015, the three games combined have more than 25 million copies sold.