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Bill 4862

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4862
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020306
Primary Sponsor:                  Chellis
All Sponsors:                     Chellis, A. Young and Owens
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11326ac02.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20020307
Subject:                          Woodcock, Woody


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020307  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   20020306  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate


              Versions of This Bill

TO HONOR WOODY WOODCOCK OF SUMMERVILLE FOR AN AMAZING BOXING CAREER AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR BEING INDUCTED INTO THE CAROLINAS BOXING HALL OF FAME ON APRIL 5, 2002, AT LOWE'S MOTOR SPEEDWAY CLUB IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly are proud to recognize Woody Woodcock of Summerville for his amazing and inspiring boxing career and his induction into the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame on April 5, 2002; and

Whereas, Woody Woodcock's boxing dream began at the age of seven, when he and his father listened to the fight where Jack Dempsey beat Jack Sharkey; he immediately became enthralled with boxing and got his first pair of boxing gloves; and

Whereas, in the days when you were supposed to be sixteen to box, fourteen-year-old Woody would ride his bike sixteen miles to and from Greenville to Pelzer every day for training; his father eventually found out what was going on when he read about his son in the paper; and

Whereas, Woody Woodcock was an immediate boxing success becoming the Silver Glove champion his first year and Gold Glove champion his second year at age fifteen; and

Whereas, two years later Woody Woodcock moved to Charleston and joined the Army. Stationed in Panama, he was the Panamanian Lightweight Amateur Champion for 1941 and 1942 and the Stars and Stripes All Service Champion in 1942; and

Whereas, Woody Woodcock's thriving boxing career and his life almost came to an end when he lost control of the car he was driving and went off a sixty-five-foot embankment and spent two months in the hospital where doctors told him he would never fight again; and

Whereas, ten months later, Woody Woodcock rebounded, fighting stronger than ever, and started fighting in some pro fights and coaching the Camp Stewart Boxing Team; and

Whereas, when Woody Woodcock got out of the Army in 1945, he returned to Charleston and became a professional boxer; and

Whereas, after fighting for nearly seventeen years, Woody Woodcock retired from fighting with an overall record of 129 wins and 12 losses, 43-5 as an amateur and 86-7 as a pro fighter and went on to referee and judge fights; and

Whereas, Woody Woodcock lives in Summerville with his wife Kit and still judges amateur fights. He will be inducted into the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame on Friday, April 5, 2002, at Lowe's Motor Speedway Club in Charlotte. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, honor Woody Woodcock of Summerville for an amazing boxing career and congratulate him for being inducted into the Carolinas Boxing Hall of Fame on April 5, 2002, at Lowe's Motor Speedway Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Woody Woodcock of Summerville.

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