Induction Dinner This Sunday, April 28
Don King, Jimmy Cannon, Jimmy Carter & Wilfredo Benitez headline Class of 2019 inductees
NEW YORK (April 22, 2019) – Canastota, New York welterweight Dick DiVeronica embodies the true spirit of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame: New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning.
New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning 2019 New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. OG), på Russos On The Bay i Howard Beach, New York.
“New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning, New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy sagde. “New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning”
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New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning 1958-1972, udarbejdelse af et 44-31-1 (13 KOS) New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning. New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning 58 pro slagsmål, New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning (2012) inductee Emile Griffith.
“New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning (New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning) New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning,” New Yorkere, der hædrer New Yorkere for deres præstationer og præstationer inden for boksning. “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, for. 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. Army. He even met his wife at the famed 5th 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, to-division verdensmester Wilfredo Benitez (53-8-1, 31 KOS), (Hempstead) WBO super featherweight world champion Rogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 KOS), (Bronx) 1968 US. Olympian Davey Vasquez (19-15, 6 KOS), WBO super middleweight world title challengerMichael Olajide (27-5, 19 KOS), of Manhattan, og dronninger’ 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 weltervægt Al “Bummy” Davis (65-10-4, 46 KOS), (Schenectady) verden weltervægt mester 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) og 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, dommer Arthur Mercante, Jr. Brooklyn sportscasterSteve Albert, and Bronx trainer Bob Jackson.
Posthume ikke-deltagende indsat er Utica matchmaker Dewey Fragetta, Crown, Posthume ikke-deltagende indsat er Utica matchmaker Johnny LoBianco, Posthume ikke-deltagende indsat er Utica matchmaker Wayne Kelly, Posthume ikke-deltagende indsat er Utica matchmaker Harry Hill, Posthume ikke-deltagende indsat er Utica matchmaker Jimmy Cannon, Posthume ikke-deltagende indsat er Utica matchmaker, Posthume ikke-deltagende indsat er Utica matchmaker Joe Dwyer, af Brooklyn.
Hver deltager inductee (eller direkte efterkommer af) vil modtage en specialdesignet rem tilkendegiver hans eller hendes induktion i NYSBHOF.
Den 2019 inductees blev udvalgt af de NYSBHOF nominere udvalgsmedlemmer:Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, og Neil Terens.
Alle boksere er nødvendige for at være inaktiv i mindst tre år for at være berettiget til NYSBHOF induktion, og alle inductees skal have boet i New York State for en betydelig del af deres boksning karriere eller under det primære i deres respektive karriere.
NYSBHOF
Klasse af 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sukker” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve ACUNTO, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo og Arthur Mercante, Sr.
Klasse af 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard og Don Dunphy.
KLASSE AF 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 og Tom O'Rourke.
KLASSE AF 2015: Saul 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 og Al Weill.
KLASSE AF 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 Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein og Jimmy Jacobs.
KLASSE AF 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Hr.” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “The Bronx Bomber” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan og Dan Parker.
KLASSE AF 2018: Lou “Honning Boy” Valley, Jake Rodriguez, Terrence Alli, “Baby” Joe Mesi, Kid Chocolate, James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, Jack McAuliffe, Billy Costello, Melio Bettina Ralph “Tiger” Jones, Charley Norkus, Dave Anderson, Pete Brodsky, Herb Goldman, Bobby Goodman, Melvina Lathan, Ron Scott Stevens, Johnnie Addie, Johnny Bos, Murray Goodman, Bert Randolph Sugar and Sam Taub.