Induction Dinner This Sunday, Abril 28
Don King, Jimmy Cannon, Jimmy Carter & Wilfredo Benitez headline Class of 2019 inducidos
NUEVA YORK (Abril 22, 2019) – Canastota, welter Nueva York 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 Domingo por la tarde (12:30-5:30 p.m. Y), a Russo en la Bahía en Howard Beach, Nueva 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,” presidente NYSBHOF Bob Duffy dicho. “We thank all of them and their families for sharing these special people with us.”
Aún quedan entradas limitadas, precio de $125.00 por adulto y $60.00 para los niños (bajo 16), e incluir un almuerzo completo y la hora del cóctel en la entrada, a partir de 12:30 p.m. Y, así como la cena (costilla, pescado o aves de corral) y un bar abierto durante todo el día. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting Duffy at 516.313.2304 o depcomish@aol.com. Vaya en línea en www.Ring8ny.com para obtener información adicional sobre el Salón de la Fama del Boxeo del Estado de Nueva 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 peleas como profesional, once by NYSBHOF charter (2012) inducido 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, demasiado. 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. Ejército. 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 (Nacido en el Bronx) tres veces, de dos divisiones campeón del mundo Wilfred Benítez (53-8-1, 31 KOs), (Hempstead) OMB súper pluma campeón mundial Rogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 KOs), (Bronx) 1968 U.S. Olímpico Davey Vásquez (19-15, 6 KOs), OMB súper mediano retador al título mundialMichael Olajide (27-5, 19 KOs), de Manhattan, y Reinas’ retador al título de peso pesado Monte Barrett (35-11-2, 20 KOs).
participantes póstumos ser inducidos son (Bronx) Tres veces campeón mundial de peso ligeroJimmy Carter (84-31-9, 34 KOs), Brooklyn peso welter Al “bummy” Davis (65-10-4, 46 KOs), (Schenectady) campeón mundial de peso welter Marty Servo (47-4-2, 14 KOs), (Bronx) retador al título de peso pesado Roland LaStarza (57-9, 27 KOs), Brooklyn campeón mundial de peso ligero paddy DeMarco (75-26-3, 8 KOs )y los pesos ligeros Lower East Side de Manhattan Sid Terris (94-13-5, 12 KOs) y Filtrar “El dentista lucha” Cruzar (35-10-4, 22 KOs).
Viven los no participantes de cara a la NYSBHOF son promotora con sede en la ciudad de Nueva York Don King, juez de Flushing John McKaie, árbitro Arthur Mercante, Jr. deportivo BrooklynSteve Albert, y entrenador Bronx Bob Jackson.
inductees no participantes Póstumas son Utica celestina Dewey Fragetta, Corona, Queens árbitro Johnny LoBianco, Garden City árbitro Wayne Kelly, deportista Flushing Harry Hill, periodista premiado Jimmy Cannon, del Upper East Side de Manhattan, y oficial NYSAC ex presidente / NABF Joe Dwyer, de Brooklyn.
Cada nuevo miembro de asistir (o descendiente directo de) recibirá un cinturón de diseño personalizado que significa su inducción en el NYSBHOF.
La 2019 reclutas fueron seleccionados por los miembros del comité de nominaciones NYSBHOF:Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, y Neil Terens.
Todos los boxeadores necesarios para estar inactivo durante al menos tres años para ser elegibles para la inducción NYSBHOF, y todos los nuevos miembros tienen que haber residido en el Estado de Nueva York para una parte importante de su carrera de boxeo o durante la flor de su respectiva carrera.
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CLASE de 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Azúcar” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, A Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo y Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASE de 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, De Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Irán Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Júnior Jones, James “Amigo” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, De Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard y Don Dunphy.
CLASE DE 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 y Tom O'Rourke.
CLASE DE 2015: Saúl 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 y Al Weill.
CLASE DE 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Héctor “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 y Jimmy Jacobs.
CLASE DE 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “señor.” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “El Bombardero del Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, José Torres, “Sin par” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan y Dan Parker.
CLASE DE 2018: Lou “Chico miel” Del Valle, Jake Rodríguez, Terrence Alli, “Bebé” Joe Mesi, Kid Chocolate, James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, Jack McAuliffe, Billy Costello, Melio Bettina Ralph “Tigre” Jones, Charley Norkus, David Anderson, Pete Brodsky, Goldman hierba, Bobby Goodman, Melvina Lathan, Ron Scott Stevens, Johnnie Addie, Johnny Bos, Murray Goodman, Bert Randolph azúcar y Sam Taub.