Arthur Mercante, Jr. was the third man in the ring for the March 13, 1999 world heavyweight title fight at Madison Square Garden between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Louis that ended in a draw
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NEW YORK (ມີນາ 20, 2019) – International boxing referee Arthur Mercante, Jr. will join his father, ທ້າຍ Arthur Mercante, Sr., in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) to become the first father-son inducted into the NYSBHOF.
The 24-member Class of 2019 will be inducted at the eighth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner on Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. ແລະ), ເດືອນເມສາ 28, ຢູ່ໃນພາສາລັດເຊຍກ່ຽວກັບການ Bay ໃນ Howard ຫາດຊາຍ, New York.
Mercante, Jr. was an amateur boxer who lost in the 1976 New York Golden Gloves to Juan LAPORTE (NYSBHOF inductee, ລະດັບຂອງ 2014). “I felt I beat him, and I wanted to turn pro,” Mercante, Jr. explained how he got into officiating. “My father said no as long as I lived in his house, but he suggested I try referring.”
Mercante, Jr. started refereeing in 1979 in the amateurs and moved up to the pro ranks in 1984. He has referred 336 ຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບ, ລວມທັງ 72 ການຕໍ່ສູ້ຫົວຂໍ້. Mercante, Jr. has some wonderful memories, including a humorous story in which he was accidentally punched.
“I was referring a fight (unified world super middleweight title fight, on Jan. 14, 2017 at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn) ລະຫວ່າງ Badou Jack ແລະ James DeGale,” Mercante, Jr. remembered. “I heard the 10-second warning at the end of the sixth round and started counting 5-4-3-2-1. ໃນເວລາດຽວກັນ, Jack hit me in the face with a left hook, and I slipped. Beau asked me if I was alright. I said I was fine. ຕໍ່ມາ, he said that he had hit me with a good shot and that I owned him a good shot. ຫຼັງຈາກການຕໍ່ສູ້ຂອງ, he told me I can take a good shot.”
Mercante, Jr. believed the key to be a good referee is breaking apart fighters in clinches and staying out of the picture, because a fight isn’t about the referee.
One of his most memorable moments of his career was working the same show as his father, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ 81 ທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາ, for the first time in 1981 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Father worked the main event between Roy Jones, Jr. ແລະ David Telesco, Mercante, Jr. handled a fight between David Izon ແລະ Derrick Jefferson.
ໃນປັດຈຸບັນ, Mercante, Jr. is heading into the NYSBHOF to join his father. “I never thought I’d be in any Hall of Fame,” Mercante, Jr. ຄໍາເຫັນ. “When the call came January 27th (2019) ຈາກ Bob Duffy (NYBHOF president), it couldn’t have come at a more special day, because my father would have turned 99 ວັນທີ່.
“ມັນເປັນກຽດສັກສີ, especially going in with this class. I worked a fight between Michael Olajide and ອີຣ່ານ Barkley and Michael is getting in this year. Don King, ແນ່ນອນ, and I worked a lot of shows with Wayne Kelly. Ring 8 has always been a great organization. I’d like to thank everyone involved.”
boxers ດໍາລົງຊີວິດມຸ່ງຫນ້າໄປສູ່ການປະກອບ NYSBHOF (Bronx-born) three-time, ສອງພະແນກ, ອ່ານໂລກ Wilfredo Benitez (53-8-1, 31 KOs), Canastota welterweight Dick DiVeronica (44-13-1, 13 KOs), (Hempstead) WBO super featherweight world championRogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 KOs), (Bronx) 1968 U.S. Olympian Davey Vasquez (19-15, 6 KOs), WBO super middleweight world title challenger Michael Olajide (27-5, 19 KOs), of Manhattan, ແລະ Queens’ world heavyweight title challenger Monte Barrett (35-11-2, 20 KOs).
Posthumous participants being inducted are (Bronx) three-time lightweight world championJimmy Carter (84-31-9, 34 KOs), welterweight Brooklyn Al “Bummy” Davis (65-10-4, 46 KOs), (Schenectady) ໂລກ welterweight ອ່ານ Marty Servo (47-4-2, 14 KOs), (Bronx) world heavyweight title challenger Roland LaStarza (57-9, 27 KOs), Brooklyn world lightweight champion Paddy DeMarco (75-26-3, 8 KOs )and Manhattan’s Lower East Side lightweights Sid Terris (94-13-5, 12 KOs) ແລະ Leach “The Fighting Dentist” Cross (35-10-4, 22 KOs).
In addition to Mercante, Jr., other living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are New York City-based promoter Don King, Flushing judge John McKaie, Brooklyn sportscaster Steve Albert, and Bronx trainer Bob Jackson.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Utica matchmaker Dewey Fragetta, ເຮືອນຍອດ, Queens referee Johnny LoBianco, Garden City referee Wayne Kelly, Flushing sportsman Harry Hill, award-winning journalist Jimmy Cannon, of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and NYSAC official/former NABF president Joe Dwyer, ຂອງ Brooklyn.
ແຕ່ລະ inductee ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມ (ຫລືລູກຫລານໂດຍກົງຂອງ) ຈະໄດ້ຮັບສາຍແອວ custom ການອອກແບບຢ່າງ induction ຂອງເຂົາຫລືຂອງນາງເຂົ້າໄປໃນ NYSBHOF.
The 2019 Inductee ໄດ້ຖືກຄັດເລືອກໂດຍສະມາຊິກ NYSBHOF ຄະນະກໍາມະການສັນຫາ:Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, ແລະ Neil TEREN.
boxers ທັງຫມົດທີ່ຈໍາເປັນທີ່ຈະໃຊ້ວຽກຢ່າງຫນ້ອຍສາມປີຈະມີສິດໄດ້ຮັບສໍາລັບ NYSBHOF induction, ແລະ Inductee ທັງຫມົດຈະຕ້ອງໄດ້ອາໄສຢູ່ໃນລັດນິວຍອກເປັນສ່ວນທີ່ສໍາຄັນຂອງການເຮັດວຽກມວຍຂອງພວກເຂົາຫຼືໃນລະຫວ່າງນາຍົກລັດຖະຂອງການເຮັດວຽກທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງຂອງພວກເຂົາ.
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ຫ້ອງຮຽນຂອງ 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “້ໍາຕານ” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, ບັນຊີລາຍ Gallo ແລະ Arthur Mercante, Sr.
ຫ້ອງຮຽນຂອງ 2013: Jack Dempsey, ຈອນນີ Dundee, Sandy SADDLER, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey ຄົນຍິງທນູ, ອີຣ່ານ Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Merchant Larry, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard ແລະດອນ Dunphy.
ຊັ້ນຂອງ 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Billy Backus, Kevin Kelley, Juan LAPORTE, Gerry Cooney, Mustafa Hamsho, Howard Davis, Jr., Lou Ambers, Jack Britton, Terry McGovern, Teddy Atlas, Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon ແລະຂອບ O'Rourke.
ຊັ້ນຂອງ 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giamba, ຈອນນີ Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Ryan Tommy, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Gallagher Tommy, Bruce Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric ເນີ, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon ແລະ Al Weill.
ຊັ້ນຂອງ 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “Macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie ສີນ້ໍາຕານ, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein ແລະ Jimmy Jacobs.
ຊັ້ນຂອງ 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “ທ້າວ.” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “ການ Bomber Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan ແລະ Dan Parker.
ຊັ້ນຂອງ 2018: Lou “້ໍາເຜີ້ງ Boy” ຮ່ອມພູ, Jake Rodriguez, Terrence Alli, “ເດັກນ້ອຍ” Joe Mesi, ເລດ Kid, James J. “ສຸພາບບຸລຸດ Jim” Corbett, Jack McAuliffe, Billy Costello, Melio Bettina Ralph “Tiger” Jones, Charley Norkus, Dave Anderson, Pete Brodsky, ສະຫມຸນໄພ Goldman, Bobby Goodman, Melvina Lathan, Ron Scott Stevens, Johnnie Addie, ຈອນ Bos, Murray Goodman, Bert Randolph Sugar and Sam Taub.
ປີ້ໄດ້ລາຄາທີ່ $125.00 ຕໍ່ຜູ້ໃຫຍ່ແລະ $60.00 ສໍາລັບເດັກນ້ອຍ (ພາຍໃຕ້ການ 16) ແລະປະກອບດ້ວຍ brunch ຄົບຖ້ວນສົມບູນແລະ cocktail ຊົ່ວໂມງພາຍຫຼັງການ, ເລີ່ມຕົ້ນທີ່ 12:30 p.m. ແລະ, ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນກັບຄ່ໍາ (rib ນາຍົກລັດຖະ, ປາຫຼືສັດປີກ) ທະນາຍຄວາມແລະເປີດຕະຫຼອດມື້. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy at 516.313.2304 ຫຼືdepcomish@aol.com. ການໂຄສະນາສໍາລັບໂຄງການ NYSBHOF ມີ, ຕັ້ງແຕ່ $80.00 ການ $200.00, ໂດຍການຕິດຕໍ່ Duffy. ໄປກ່ຽວກັບການອອນໄລນ໌ຢູ່ www.Ring8ny.com ສໍາລັບຂໍ້ມູນເພີ່ມເຕີມກ່ຽວກັບ Hall ມວຍ New York State of Fame.
ແຫວນກ່ຽວກັບ 8: ສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນໃນ 1954 ໂດຍ ex prizefighter,, Jack Grebelsky, Ring 8 ໄດ້ກາຍເປັນບໍລິສັດຍ່ອຍ eighth ຂອງສິ່ງທີ່ເປັນທີ່ຮູ້ຈັກຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນເປັນນັກຮົບເກົ່າແຫ່ງຊາດສະມາຄົມນັກມວຍ – ເພາະສະນັ້ນ, ແຫວນ 8 – ແລະໃນມື້ນີ້ motto ຂອງອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງຍັງ: Boxers ຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອ Boxers.
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