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
Il-Ħadd, April 28, Pranzu induzzjoni
Don King, Jimmy Cannon, Jimmy Carter & Wilfredo Benitez headline Class of 2019 inductees
NEW YORK (Marzu 20, 2019) – International boxing referee Arthur Mercante, Jr. will join his father, l-aħħar 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. U), April 28, fi Russo fuq il-Bajja fl Howard Beach, New York.
Mercante, Jr. was an amateur boxer who lost in the 1976 New York Golden Gloves to Juan Laporte (NYSBHOF inductee, klassi ta ' 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 tissielet, Inklużi 72 title fights. 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, fuq Jan. 14, 2017 at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn) bejn Badou Jack u 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. Fl-istess ħin, 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. Aktar tard, he said that he had hit me with a good shot and that I owned him a good shot. Wara l-ġlieda, 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, li kien 81 ħin, for the first time in 1981 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Father worked the main event between Roy Jones, Jr. u David Telesco, Mercante, Jr. handled a fight between David Izon u Derrick Jefferson.
Issa, Mercante, Jr. is heading into the NYSBHOF to join his father. “I never thought I’d be in any Hall of Fame,” Mercante, Jr. ikkummenta. “When the call came January 27th (2019) minn Bob Duffy (NYBHOF president), it couldn’t have come at a more special day, because my father would have turned 99 dak il-jum.
“Huwa ta 'unur, especially going in with this class. I worked a fight between Michael Olajide and Iran Barkley and Michael is getting in this year. Don King, tal-kors, 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 Ħajja intestatura fil-NYSBHOF jinkludu (Bronx-born) three-time, two-diviżjoni champion tad-dinja 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, u 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) welterweight dinja champion 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) u 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, Kuruna, 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, ta Brooklyn.
Kull inductee jattendu (jew dixxendent dirett ta ') se jirċievu ċinturin mfassla apposta li tfisser induzzjoni tiegħu jew tagħha fil-NYSBHOF.
Il 2019 inductees ġew magħżula mill-membri tal-kumitat li jinnomina NYSBHOF:Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, u Neil Terens.
boxers kollha meħtieġa biex jkunu inattivi għal mill-inqas tliet snin biex ikunu eliġibbli għall-induzzjoni NYSBHOF, u inductees kollha jridu jkunu residenti fl-Istat ta 'New York għal parti sinifikanti tal-karrieri boxing tagħhom jew waqt il-prim tal-karriera rispettiva tagħhom.
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