НЬЮ-ЙОРК (Березня 19, 2020) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) announced today that its ninth annual induction dinner has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic from April 19ї дляВересень 20ї на Руссо On The Bay в Howard Beach, Нью-Йорк.
Money already collected for tickets and journal ads may be used for the Sept. 20ї event or returned in full upon request at point of purchase.
“Because of new city mandates and the uncertainty of the coronavirus,” NYSBHOF presidentБоб Даффі оголосила, “we have postponed our event until September 20. It would not have been fair to the honorees, their friends and guests, and general public to wait any longer. I must commend the ownership and management at Russo’s On The Bay for working with us during this crisis to give us a date that will hopefully work for us all.
“I’d like to thank everyone for their patience, advise and insight into making this decision. With the extra time I’m confident that we can make this award dinner our best ever.”
Other living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include three-time World light heavyweight title challengerХорхе Смоуд (42-8-2, 22 КО), of Woodside, Queens by way of Argentina; (1975-78) WBC super featherweight World ChampionAlfredo “El Salsero” Escalera (53-14-3, 31 КО), of New York City by way of Puerto Rico; WBC super featherweight World title challengerFreddie “The Pitbull” Liberatore (20-4-1, 11 КО), of Bayside, Квінс; WBC middleweight World Champion and four-time New York Golden Gloves winnerDennis “The Magician” Milton (16-5-1, 5 КО), з Бронкса; World heavyweight title challenger and two-time New York Golden Gloves winnerЛу Savarese (46-7, 38 КО), of Greenwood Lake; and WBA super middleweight title World title challengerMerqui “El Corombo” Sosa (34-9-2, 27 КО), of Brooklyn by way of the Dominican Republic.
Posthumous participants being inducted are Brooklyn welterweightСолдат Бартфілд (51-29-8, 33 КО), who fought a reported 55 чемпіони світу; Bronx middleweightСтів Беллуаз (95-13-3, 59 КО); NYSAC and World lightweight champion (1925) Джиммі Гудріч (85-34-21 (12 КО), Буффало; World heavyweight title challengerТамі Мауріелло (82-13-1, 60 КО), з Бронкса; WBA light middleweight World champion (1982-83) and four-consecutive New York Golden Gloves titlistDavey “Sensational” Moore (18-5, 14 КО), з Бронкса; and World lightweight championФредді «Валійський чарівник» Велч (74-5-7, 34 КО), of New York City by way of Wales.
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are Wantagh journalist/producerБоббі Кессіді, Молодший, Oneida judgeДон Акерман, Buffalo managerРік Глейзер, Rockaway Beach journalistДжек Хірш, Bronx boxing broadcaster Max Kellerman, Ardsley ringside physician/NY Medical DirectorДоктор. Вільям Латан, Orangeburg judgeДжулі Ледерман, Hyde Park refereeРон Ліптон, and Staten Island/Catskill trainerКевін Руні.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn’s Ring Magazine editorLester Bromberg, New York City sportswriterДен Деніел, Brooklyn’s Gleason’s Gym founderБоббі Глісон, Sunnyside, Queens boxing writerГордон Флеш, Manhattan journalistA.J. коханий, Long Island City’s NYSBHOF co-founderТоні Mazzarella and New York City managerDan Morgan.
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