Induction Dinner This Sunday, Abril 28
Don King, Jimmy Cannon, Jimmy Carter & Wilfredo Benitez headline Class of 2019 inductees
NOVA YORK (Abril 22, 2019) – Canastota, New York welterweight Dick DiVeronica embodies the true spirit of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame: New Yorkers honoring New Yorkers for their accomplishments and achievements in boxing.
DiVeronica will be part of a 24-member Class of 2019 inducted at the eighth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner this diumenge tarda (12:30-5:30 p.m. I), a Russo en la Badia a Howard Beach, Nova York.
“This is what the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame is about, honoring and remembering men and women who devoted their time and energy to our beloved sports,” President de NYSBHOF Bob Duffy dit. “We thank all of them and their families for sharing these special people with us.”
Limited tickets are still available, preu de $125.00 per adult i $60.00 per als nens (sota 16), i incloure un dinar complet i l'hora del còctel a l'entrada, a partir de 12:30 p.m. I, així com el sopar (costella, peix o aus de corral) i un bar obert durant tot el dia. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting Duffy at 516.313.2304 o depcomish@aol.com. Vagi en línia en www.Ring8ny.com per obtenir informació addicional sobre el Saló de la Fama de la Boxa de l'Estat de Nova York.
DiVeronica fought professionally between 1958-1972, compilar una 44-31-1 (13 KOs) record as a welterweight contender. He was stopped only twice in 58 baralles com a professional, once by NYSBHOF charter (2012) inductee Emile Griffith.
“This wasn’t expected (NYSBHOF induction) and we’re all super excited,” DiVeronica’s daughter Theresa commented. “We live in the same town as the International Boxing Hall of Fame, but my father will never be inducted into that Hall of Fame because he was never a world champion, only a contender. Billy Backus (undisputed world welterweight champion in 1971-72) is from Canastota, massa. He and my father never fought because they didn’t want the hometown fighter losing. My father was a humble guy and we’re so happy to have him recognized by the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.”
DiVeronica will now join Backus, who was a member of the Class of 2014, in the NYSBHOF. Boxing was incredibly important in DiVeronica life in and out of the ring. He started a boxing club in Germany while stationed there in the U.S. Exèrcit. He even met his wife at the famed 5º St. Gym in Miami. Dick was staying there at the home of a relative, right next door to where his future wife lived. One day he asked her out and eventually they were married and starting a family back in Canastota.
“My family is so excited,” Theresa added. “We’ll be there for the induction ceremony, even my older sister from Germany.”
Other living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include (Bronx-born) three-time, de dues divisions campió del món Wilfredo Benítez (53-8-1, 31 KOs), (Hempstead) WBO super featherweight world champion Rogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 KOs), (Bronx) 1968 U.S. Olímpic Davey Vasquez (19-15, 6 KOs), WBO super middleweight world title challengerMichael Olajide (27-5, 19 KOs), of Manhattan, i Reines’ 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), Brooklyn pes welter al “Bummy” Davis (65-10-4, 46 KOs), (Schenectady) campió mundial de pes welter 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) i Leach “The Fighting Dentist” Cross (35-10-4, 22 KOs).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are New York City-based promoter Don King, Flushing judge John McKaie, referee Arthur Mercante, Jr. Brooklyn sportscasterSteve Albert, and Bronx trainer Bob Jackson.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Utica matchmaker Dewey Fragetta, Corona, 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, de Brooklyn.
Cada nou membre d'assistir (o descendent directe de) rebrà un cinturó de disseny personalitzat que significa la seva inducció en el NYSBHOF.
La 2019 reclutes van ser seleccionats pels membres del comitè de nominacions NYSBHOF:Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, i Neil Terens.
Tots els boxejadors necessaris per estar inactiu durant almenys tres anys per ser elegibles per a la inducció NYSBHOF, i tots els nous membres han d'haver residit a l'Estat de Nova York per a una part important de la seva carrera de boxa o durant la flor de la seva respectiva carrera.
NYSBHOF
CLASSE de 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sucre” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, A Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gall i Arthur Mercant, Sr.
CLASSE de 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, De Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Júnior Jones, James “Amic” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, De Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard i Don Dunphy.
CLASSE DE 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Billy Backus, Kevin Kelley, Joan LaPorte, Gerry Cooney, Mustafa Hamsho, Howard Davis, Jr., Lou Ambers, Jack Britton, Terry McGovern, Teddy Atles, Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon i Tom O'Rourke.
CLASSE DE 2015: Saül Mamby, Joey Giamba, 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 i Al Weill.
CLASSE DE 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hèctor “mascle” 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 i Jimmy Jacobs.
CLASSE DE 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Sr.” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “El Bombarder del Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “sense igual” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, A l'Gavin, Arthur Donovan i Dan Parker.
CLASSE DE 2018: Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle, Jake Rodríguez, Terrence Alli, “Nadó” Joe Mesi, Kid Xocolata, James J. “gentleman Jim” Corbett, Jack McAuliffe, Billy Costello, Melio Bettina Ralph “Tigre” Jones, Charley Norkus, David Anderson, Pete Brodsky, Goldman herba, Bobby Goodman, Melvina Lathan, Ron Scott Stevens, Johnnie Addie, Johnny Bos, Murray Goodman, Bert Randolph Sugar and Sam Taub.