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A conference is a meeting of people who "confer" about a topic.

• Academic conference, in science and academia, a formal event where researchers present results, workshops, and other activities.
• Business conference, organized to discuss business-related matters
• Conference call, in telecommunications, a "multi-party call"
• Conference hall, room where conferences are held
• News conference, an announcement to the press (print, radio, television) with the expectation of questions, about the announced matter, following.
• Parent-teacher conference, a meeting with a child's teacher to discuss grades and school performance.
• Peace conference, a diplomatic meeting to end conflict.
• Settlement conference, a meeting between the plaintiff and the respondent in lawsuit, wherein they try to settle their dispute without proceeding to trial
• Trade conference, or trade fair, organized like a business conference but with wider participation and providing the opportunity for business people and the general public alike to network and learn more about topics of interest through workshops, viewing whitepaper presentations, and meeting vendors of similar or related services.
• Unconference

'''Conference''' may also refer to:

Sports[link]

• American Football Conference and National Football Conference, two halves of NFL, a professional American football league
• Athletic conference, a competitive grouping of teams, often geographical
• Football Conference, an English football league
• The distinct competitions, currently three, within each season of the Philippine Basketball Association

Other uses[link]

• One European pear cultivar is named 'Conference'

See also[link]

• American Conference (disambiguation)
• Convention (disambiguation)
• General assembly (disambiguation)
• List of World War II conferences
• National Conference
• Summit (meeting)
• Symposium

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Timothy Ray Bradley, Jr. (born August, 29 1983) is an undefeated American professional boxer. A native to the Coachella Valley. Born in Cathedral City, California, and training out of Indio, California. He is the current WBO Light Welterweight Champion and former two-time WBC Light Welterweight Champion.

Professional career[link]

Light Welterweight[link]

Bradley had his first professional bout on the 20th of August 2004, knocking out Francisco Martinez in the second round. In his rise through the ranks, he gained the WBC Youth World Welterweight and Light Welterweight crowns. He also beat IBF Lightweight Champion Miguel Vazquez by a unanimous ten round decision. Bradley finally got his chance for the title when José Luis Castillo failed to make weight in a title eliminator for the full WBC Light Welterweight belt. He then won the WBC Light Welterweight title by defeating British fighter Junior Witter in England.^[1]

WBC/WBO Unification[link]

On 4 April 2009, Bradley fought Kendall Holt to unify his WBC and Holt's WBO titles. Bradley was dropped in the first round by a huge left hook and was badly hurt but regrouped and outboxed Holt for most of the fight, before being sent to the canvas again in the 12th round. Nonetheless, Bradley got up and finished the fight. He won the fight by unanimous decision and became the new WBO Champion.^[2]

Bradley vs. Campbell[link]

Several days after his unification bout with Holt, Bradley was stripped of his WBC Light Welterweight title, because of failure to fight Devon Alexander, his mandatory challenger.^[3] As a result, the title became vacant and Alexander stopped Witter at the end of eight rounds to win the belt. The Alexander-Witter fight was on the undercard of Bradley's August 1 fight with Nate Campbell in Bradley's hometown of Palm Springs. Campbell,a former lightweight champion, was coming up in weight after he failed to make the lightweight limit in his last fight. Bradley's fight with Campbell only lasted three rounds after Campbell chose not to continue when a cut formed over and behind his left eye. Bradley was awarded the TKO victory, but the verdict was later changed.^[4] A replay showed that the cut was caused by an accidental clash of heads. The rules states, that if a fight is stopped by a cut caused by an accidental headbutt before the end of round four, it should be called a no contest. The California State Athletic Commission therefore changed the result.

Bradley vs. Peterson[link]

On December 5, Bradley took on Mandatory Challenger Lamont Peterson. Bradley dominated the fight, knocking Peterson down in the third round and went on to win a lopsided unanimous decision.

Welterweight[link]

Bradley vs. Abregu[link]

In his HBO Debut, Bradley was scheduled to face Luis Abregu in a nontitle bout at welterweight. However, Bradley's promoter told ESPN.com that he had made a deal with Golden Boy Promotions to fight Interim title holder and knockout artist Marcos Maidana at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, only a few miles from Bradley's hometown of Palm Springs. The fight was scheduled to take place on June 19, but due to a back injury to Marcos Maidana the fight was postponed. So he went back to his original plan to move up in weight and the fight with Abregu was back on for July 17 at the Agua Caliente Casino.^[5] Although clearly out-sized, Bradley proved too quick and too skilled for the hard-hitting Abregu winning by unanimous decision, with the judges' scorecards reading 119–111, 118–112 and 117–113. At the end of the fight, Bradley openly made a challenge to pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, calling for him to "Come break down this wall." Bradley also called out Devon Alexander, Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana.

Return to Light Welterweight[link]

Bradley vs. Alexander[link]

On January 29, 2011, Timothy Bradley defended his WBO Light Welterweight title in a unification fight against fellow light welterweight title holder, WBC Champion Devon Alexander, at the Silverdome Arena in Detroit. Bradley won via 10th round technical decision.

As stipulated in the contract of the fight against Devon Alexander, Bradley would be given a $1.3 million payday regardless of whomever he selected as his opponent for his next fight. While the public wanted Bradley to fight WBA Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan and unify the division,^{[citation needed]} Bradley opted to not take the fight.

Stripped of WBC Title[link]

Timothy Bradley was stripped of his title as he refused to fight World Boxing Association Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan. Many have speculated that Bradley was not satisfied with the $1.3 million to fight a boxer of Khan's caliber, although this was Bradley highest pay day in his entire career so far. Also, he had admitted that it was too risky to fight Amir Khan, stating What if I lose then I am out the sweep-stake to fight pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao for 7.5 million dollars on American radio show Leave It In The Ring.^[6] Bradley's refusal to take the fight led to a falling out between him and his promoter Gary Shaw. Subsequently he was stripped of the WBC title due to inactivity.^[7]

Joins Top Rank[link]

Timothy Bradley joined Top Rank and made his debut with them November 2011 when he defeated Joel Casamayor on the under card of Marquez-Pacquiao III.

Bradley vs. Casamayor[link]

On November 12, 2011, Bradley defended his WBO Light Welterweight title against former lightweight titlist Joel Casamayor, 40, on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III. Bradley won by TKO in the eighth round in making his case for a shot at Pacquiao.

Bradley vs. Pacquiao[link]

Bradley will now fight Manny Pacquiao on June 9, 2012.

Professional boxing record[link]

28 Wins (12 Knockouts, 16 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws, 1 No Contest[8]
Res.	Record	Opponnent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
N/A	N/A	Manny Pacquiao	-	? (12)	2012-06-09	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	For WBO Welterweight title.
Win	28–0 1 NC	Joel Casamayor	TKO	8 (12), 2:59	2011-11-12	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBO Light Welterweight title.
Win	27–0 1 NC	Devon Alexander	TD	10 (12), 3:00	2011-01-29	Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan	Retained WBO & won WBC Light Welterweight title.
Win	26–0 1 NC	Luis Abregu	UD	12	2010-07-17	Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California
Win	25–0 1 NC	Lamont Peterson	UD	12	2009-11-14	Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California	Retained WBO Light Welterweight title.
NC	24–0 1 NC	Nate Campbell	NC	3 (12), 3:00	2009-08-01	Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California	Retained WBO Light Welterweight title. Fight stopped due to Campbell's cut over his left eye.
Win	24–0	Kendall Holt	UD	12	2009-04-04	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained WBC & won WBO Light Welterweight title.
Win	23–0	Edner Cherry	UD	12	2008-09-13	Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi	Retained WBC Light Welterweight title.
Win	22–0	Junior Witter	SD	12	2008-05-10	Nottingham Arena, Nottingham	Won WBC Light Welterweight title.
Win	21–0	Miguel Vazquez	UD	10	2007-07-27	Omega Products International, Corona, California	Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title.
Win	20–0	Donald Camarena	UD	10	2007-06-01	Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California
Win	19–0	Nasser Athumani	TKO	5 (10), 1:35	2007-04-13	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	18–0	Manuel Garnica	UD	8	2007-02-02	Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California	Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title.
Win	17–0	Jaime Rangel	TD	8 (8), 1:54	2006-12-01	Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California	The fight was stopped due to Rangel's cut over right eye and he was unable to continue.
Win	16–0	Alfonso Sanchez	KO	1 (8), 2:44	2006-10-16	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	15–0	Martin Ramirez	RTD	5 (8), 3:00	2006-08-18	Omega Products International, Corona, California
Win	14–0	Arturo Urena	TKO	3 (10), 0:27	2006-06-23	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California	Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title.
Win	13–0	Jesus Abel Santiago	KO	6 (8), ?	2006-05-13	Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, Lancaster, California
Win	12–0	Eli Addison	UD	8	2006-03-31	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California	Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title.
Win	11–0	Rafael Ortiz	RTD	2 (10), 3:00	2006-02-17	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California	Retained WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title.
Win	10–0	Jorge Alberto Padilla	RTD	9 (10), 3:00	2005-11-21	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	9–0	Francisco Rincon	UD	10	2005-09-23	Omega Products International, Corona, California	Won vacant WBC Youth World Light Welterweight title.
Win	8–0	Juan Yoani Cervantes	UD	6	2005-08-26	Omega Products International, Corona, California
Win	7–0	Marcos Andre Rocha Costa	TKO	5 (6), 2:15	2005-07-21	Athletic Club, Los Angeles, California
Win	6–0	Justo Almazan	UD	6	2005-06-03	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	5–0	Ramon Ortiz	KO	3 (6), 2:49	2005-04-25	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	4–0	Carlos Parra	KO	1 (4), 1:59	2005-03-28	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	3–0	Luis Medina	TKO	1 (4), 0:18	2004-11-22	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	2–0	Raul Nunez	UD	4	2004-10-29	Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, California
Win	1–0	Francisco Martinez	TKO	2 (4), 1:17	2004-08-20	Omega Products International, Corona, California	Bradley's professional debut.

See also[link]

• List of male boxers
• List of current world boxing champions

References[link]

External links[link]

• Professional boxing record for Timothy Bradley from BoxRec

Dabo Swinney
Swinney running down the hill before a game in 2008.
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Clemson
Conference	ACC
Record	29–19
Biographical details
Born	(1969-11-20) November 20, 1969 (age 42) Birmingham, Alabama
Playing career
1990–1992	Alabama
Position(s)	Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995 1996–2001 2003–2008 2008–present	Alabama (GA) Alabama (WR/TE) Clemson (Asst HC/WR) Clemson
Head coaching record
Overall	29–19
Bowls	1–3
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

William Christopher "Dabo" Swinney (born November 20, 1969) is the head coach of the Clemson University Tigers football team

Playing career[link]

Swinney was raised in Pelham, Alabama, and attended the University of Alabama, where he joined the Crimson Tide football program as a walk-on wide receiver in 1989. Swinney earned a scholarship and lettered on three teams (1990–1992), including the Crimson Tide's 1992 National Championship team. During his time as an undergraduate at Alabama, he was twice named an Academic All-SEC and SEC Scholar Athlete Honor Roll member. He received his degree in commerce & business administration in 1993. He also received a master's degree in business administration from Alabama in 1995.

Coaching career[link]

Alabama[link]

After graduation, Swinney joined the Alabama coaching staff as a graduate assistant, serving from 1993–1995. In December 1995 he received his M.B.A from Alabama and became a full-time coach of the Crimson Tide, in charge of wide receivers and tight ends. He was fired with all of head coach Mike DuBose's staff in early 2001.^[1]

Swinney sat out the 2001 season while receiving his contractual payments from Alabama. His former strength coach at Alabama, Rich Wingo, had become president of Birmingham-based AIG Baker Real Estate and offered him a job. From April 2001 through February 2003, he did not coach and instead worked for AIG Baker Real Estate on development projects in Alabama.^[1]

Clemson[link]

In 2002, his former position coach at Alabama, Tommy Bowden, made an offer for him to join his staff and coach wide receivers at Clemson, and Swinney joined in 2003. He took over as Recruiting Coordinator from popular longtime coordinator Rick Stockstill. Swinney proved to be both an excellent wide receivers coach as well as recruiting coordinator, coaching ACC-leading receivers and being named one of the nation's top 25 recruiters in 2007 by Rivals.com.^[1]

Swinney was named the interim head football coach on October 13, 2008, after previous head coach Tommy Bowden resigned six games into the 2008 season.^[2] The Tigers had started the year ranked #9 in the preseason polls, but then went 3–3 (1–2 ACC) in their first six games.^[3] Swinney was surprised by his promotion since he had been a real estate developer just a few years before; at the time he was informed he was working with the wide receivers on their upcoming game.^[4]

With a reputation as a top-notch recruiter, Swinney was chosen over Clemson defensive coordinator Vic Koenning (former head coach of Wyoming), and associate head coach Brad Scott (former head coach of South Carolina).^[5] Swinney's first actions as interim head coach were to fire offensive coordinator Rob Spence and introduce a new tradition, the "Tiger Walk", where all players and coaches walk through the parking lot outside Memorial Stadium about two hours before a game as they head inside for final game preparations.^[6] On November 1, 2008, Swinney claimed his first victory as the Tigers' head coach by defeating Boston College, breaking Clemson's six-game losing streak against the Eagles. On November 29, 2008, Swinney coached Clemson to a 31–14 win over South Carolina in the annual rivalry game, after which Clemson became bowl eligible, and Swinney's interim status was removed after a vote of confidence by Kirk Fowler. During the 2009 season, Swinney's first full season at the helm, Clemson finished the season with a record of 9–5, won the Atlantic Division title of the Atlantic Coast Conference, defeated Kentucky 21–13 in the 2009 Music City Bowl, and finished the season ranked in the top 25. On December 1, 2008, Swinney received a five-year contract to become Clemson's full-time head coach.^[7][8]

In 2010, Swinney came under fire^{[citation needed]} after leading Clemson to a 6–7 season. Of the 7 losses, 6 were by less than 10 points and 5 were by 6 points or less.

In 2011, Swinney lead the Tigers to an 10–3 record that included an ACC Championship and a trip to the Orange Bowl. #15 Clemson would go on to lose to the #23 West Virginia Mountaineers in the 2012 Orange Bowl, 70–33, conceding an all-time record number of points scored in a quarter (35), half (49) and game (70) in the 109-year history of bowl games.^[9] Defensive coordinator Kevin Steele was fired after the game.^[10]

Personal[link]

Swinney's nickname was given to him as an infant by his parents when his then-17-month-old brother would try to enunciate "that boy" when referring to Swinney.^[11] He married the former Kathleen Bassett in 1994 and has three sons.

Swinney's desk at Clemson features a sign that notes "There is nothing less important than the score at halftime."^[4] While in college at the University of Alabama, Swinney was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.

Head coaching record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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