NEW YORK (Aprīlis 5, 2017) – Veteran boksa menedžeris Stan Hoffman is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), sponsorē Ring 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Svētdiena pēcpusdiena (12:30-5:30 p.m. UN), Aprīlis 30, pie Russo s On The Bay Howard Beach, Ņujorka.
Hoffman, 86, has managed, advised or promoted 38 world champions during nearly 50 years working in the boxing industry. A product of Brooklyn and Bronx, Hoffman still advises some boxes and attends fights, but he enjoys spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.
“I’m told that I’ve had 38 world champions and I have a story for each one of them,” Hoffman said. “Almost from the beginning, uz 1980, I had success in boxing. Joe Manley is special because he was the first fighter I signed and also my first world champion. Team USA didn’t send a team to the 1980 Olimpiskās spēles (because of a boycott) and Joe was lost. Nobody expected him to on to win the world junior welterweight title like he did. The pinnacle of my career was my first heavyweight champion, Michael Benntt. Bob Arum called asking if I wanted to make some money using Bentt in a tune-up fight for Tommy Morrison, who had a big money fight lined up with Lennox Lewis. Michael knocked him out in the first round (for Morrison’s WBO heavyweight title). UnHasim Rahman is like my kid. No Irāna Barkley līdz James Toney, I have stories about all of them.”
Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include Manhattan welterweightGaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 Kos), Yonkers’ world heavyweight title challenger Renaldo “Kungs” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 Kos), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 Kos), un “Bronksas bumbvedējs,” world middleweight title challenger Alex Ramos (39-10-2, 24 Kos)
Posthumous participants being inducted are Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Dick Tiger (60-19-3, 27 Kos), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Jose “Chegui” Torres(41-3-1, 29 Kos), and Williamsburg’s middleweight world champion, “The Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey (51-4-11, 23 Kos).
Non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF along with Hoffman are Queens’ International agent Don Majeski, Long Island matchmaker Ron Katz, and past Ring 8 president/NYSAC judge Bobby Bartels.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn boxing historian Hank Kaplan, Long Island cut-man Al Gavin, Bronx referee Arthur Donovan and New York City columnist Dan Parker.
Katrs jaunkareivis saņems pasūtījuma izstrādātas jostas nozīmētu viņa indukcijas vērā NYSBHOF.
The 2017 inductees tika atlasīti pēc NYSBHOF izvirza komitejas locekļiem: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero un Neil Terens.
Visi bokseri nepieciešami neaktīvs vismaz trīs gadus, lai varētu pretendēt uz NYSBHOF indukcijas, un visi inductees jābūt dzīvojis in New York State ievērojamu daļu no savas boksa karjeras vai plaukumā to attiecīgās karjeras laikā.
“After spending so many years of my life in boxing,” Hoffman concluded, “I was fortunate to have so many world champions. It was a lot of hard work but I had a lot of luck, pārāk. I’ve met so many good people in boxing. I’ll tell you, I’m going to enjoy being inducted into the New York State Hall of Fame, tagad (he joked), a lot more than if I’d been dead going in. I’m honored. It’s also special for me to be inducted in the same class as Ron Katz, who was my matchmaker, Doug DeWitt – I worked with him as a manager and he won the world title – and my good friend, Reynaldo Snipes. The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame induction dinner is a great time and I’m really looking forward to it.”
Klase 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Cukurs” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray ARCEL, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo un Artūrs Mercante, Sr.
Klase 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy jājamzirgs, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Irāna Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Draugs” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhameds, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard un Don Dunphy.
Klase 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, Klien D'Amato, William Muldoon un Tom O'Rourke.
Klase 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon un Al Weill.
Klase 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, aiztikt “mačo” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein un Jimmy Jacobs.
Biļetes cena ir $150.00 par pieaugušo un $70.00 bērniem (zem 16), un ietver pilnīgu vēlās brokastis un kokteiļu stunda pēc stāšanās, sākot 12:30 PM/UN, kā arī pusdienas (prime ribas, zivis vai mājputnu) and open bar throughout the evening. Biļetes ir iespējams iegādāties, zvanot NYSBHOF / Ring 8 prezidents Bob Duffy at 516.313.2304. Reklāmas par NYSBHOF programmai ir pieejami, sākot no $80.00 līdz $250.00, sazinoties Duffy. Iet uz līnijas www.Ring8ny.com papildu informāciju par New York Valsts boksa Slavas zālē.
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