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 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 Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. IYO), at Russo ayaa On The Bay ee Howard Beach, New 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,” Madaxweynaha NYSBHOF Bob Duffy sheegay. “We thank all of them and their families for sharing these special people with us.”
Limited tickets are still available, qiime jaban ah $125.00 halkii dadka waaweyn iyo $60.00 carruurta (under 16), oo ka mid ah Alighieri dhamaystiran iyo saacad is biirsaday dul entry, laga bilaabo 12:30 p.m. IYO, iyo sidoo kale cashada (feeraha ra'iisul, kalluunka ama digaagga) iyo bar u furan maalintii oo dhan. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting Duffy at 516.313.2304 ama depcomish@aol.com. Tag on line at www.Ring8ny.com wixii macluumaad dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan Boxing New York Gobolka Hall of Fame.
DiVeronica fought professionally between 1958-1972, ururinayaan ah 44-31-1 (13 KOs) record as a welterweight contender. He was stopped only twice in 58 dagaal pro, 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, aad. 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, Kooxda heysata horyaalka adduunka laba-division Wilfredo Benitez (53-8-1, 31 KOs), (Hempstead) WBO super featherweight world champion Rogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 KOs), (Bronx) 1968 Laga xoreeyo. Cayaaraha olombikada Davey Vasquez (19-15, 6 KOs), WBO super middleweight world title challengerMichael Olajide (27-5, 19 KOs), of Manhattan, iyo Queens’ tartanka miisaanka culus aduunka 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) Kooxda heysata horyaalka welterweight adduunka Marty Servo (47-4-2, 14 KOs), (Bronx) tartanka miisaanka culus aduunka 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) iyo 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, Crown, 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, ee Brooklyn.
inductee kasta oo ka qayb (ama aad farac si toos ah) waxay heli doonaan suunka caadadii loo qorsheeyay a tuso isaga ama iyada induction galay NYSBHOF ah.
The 2019 inductees ay doorteen xubnaha guddiga xulidda NYSBHOF:Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, iyo Neil Terens.
All soo biireen waxaana loo baahan yahay si aan firfircooneyn ugu yaraan saddex sano si ay xaq ugu induction NYSBHOF, oo dhan inductees waa in aad deganayd New York State qayb weyn oo mustaqbalkooda feerka ama inta lagu guda jiro ra'iisul ay mustaqbalkiisa kala.
NYSBHOF
CLASS ee 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo iyo Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS ee 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 iyo Don Dunphy.
CLASS OF 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, Lagu saaraa D'Amato, William Muldoon iyo Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Markaasaa Saa'uul 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, Ghartey Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon iyo Al Weill.
CLASS OF 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 iyo Jimmy Jacobs.
CLASS OF 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mudane.” Snipes, Doug DeWitt, “The Qarax Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan iyo Dan Parker.
CLASS OF 2018: Lou “Honey Boy” Valley, Jake Rodriguez, Terrence Alli, “Baby” Joe Mesi, Chocolate Kid, James J. “mudane 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.