דאָן מלך, Jimmy Cannon, Jimmy Carter & Wilfredo Benitez headline new inductees
NEW
YORK (יאַנואַר 30, 2019) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (ניסבהאָף) has
announced its 24-member Class of 2019. The eighth annual NYSBHOF induction
dinner will be heldSunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 פּ.ם. און), אַפּריל 28,
בייַ רוסאָו ס אויף די בייַ אין האָוואַרד ביטש, ניו יארק.
“We’re excited to continue honoring New Yorkers who helped boxing throughout the entire Empire State,” ניסבהאָףpresident Bob Duffy said. “This year’s inductees did so much to help boxing in New York, whether they were fighters or non-participants. Our goal is to continue to honor New Yorkers in boxing for many more years.”
Living
boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include (Bronx-born) three-time, two-division
world championWilfredo Benitez (53-8-1, 31 קאָס), Canastota
welterweightDick DiVeronica (44-13-1, 13 קאָס), (Hempstead)
WBO super featherweight world championRogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30
קאָס), (בראָנקס) 1968 יוז. אָלימפּיאַןDavey Vasquez (19-15, 6 קאָס),
WBO super middleweight world title challengerMichael Olajide (27-5,
19 קאָס), of Manhattan, און קווינס’ world heavyweight title challengerMonte
Barrett (35-11-2, 20 קאָס).
Posthumous
participants being inducted are (בראָנקס) three-time lightweight world championJimmy
Carter (84-31-9, 34 קאָס), ברוקלין וועלטערווייטעל
“Bummy” דייוויס (65-10-4, 46 קאָס), (Schenectady) world
welterweight championMarty Servo (47-4-2, 14 קאָס), (בראָנקס)
world heavyweight title challengerRoland LaStarza (57-9, 27
קאָס), Brooklyn world lightweight championPaddy DeMarco (75-26-3,
8 קאָס) and Manhattan’s Lower East Side lightweightsSid Terris (94-13-5,
12 קאָס) אוןLeach “The Fighting Dentist” Cross (35-10-4,
22 קאָס).
Living
non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are New York City-based promoterDon
King, Flushing judgeJohn McKaie, Brooklyn sportscasterSteve
Albert, refereeArthur Mercante, דזשוניער., and Bronx trainerBob
Jackson.
Posthumous
non-participant inductees are Utica matchmakerDewey Fragetta,
קריינען, Queens refereeJohnny LoBianco, Garden City refereeWayne
Kelly, Flushing sportsmanHarry Hill, award-winning journalistJimmy
Cannon, of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and NYSAC official/former NABF
presidentJoe Dwyer, פון ברוקלין.
Each
attending inductee (אָדער דירעקט אָפּשטאַמלינג פון) will receive a custom-designed
belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.
די
2019 ינדוקטעעס זענען אויסגעקליבן דורך די ניסבהאָף נאָמינאַטינג קאַמיטי מיטגלידער: Randy
Gordon, הענרי האַסקופּ, דאָן מייעסקי, Ron
McNair, אוןניל טערענס.
All
boxers needed to be inactive for at least three years to be eligible for
NYSBHOF induction, and all inductees must have resided in New York State for a
significant portion of their boxing careers or during the prime of their
respective career.
ניסבהאָף
CLASS
of 2012:
קאַרמען באַסיליאָו, מייק מקקאַללום, מייק טיסאָן, דזשייק לאַמאָטטאַ, רידדיקק באָו, Carlos
Ortiz, וויטאָ אַנטואָפערמאָ, עמילע גריפפיטה, “צוקער” Ray ראָבינסאָן, Gene
Tunney, בעני לעאָנאַרד, טאני קאַנזאָנערי, האַראָלד לעדערמאַן, סטיוו אַקונטאָ, Jimmy
Glenn, גיל קלאַנסי, Ray אַרסעל, נאַט פליישער, ביל גאַללאָ און אַרטהור מערקאַנטע,
סיסטער.
CLASS
of 2013:Jack
Dempsey, דזשאַני דאַנדי, סאַנדי סאַדלער, מאַקסי ראָסענבלאָאָם, דזשאָוי אַרטשער, Iran
Barkley, מארק ברעלאַנד, באַבי Cassidy, דאַג דזשאָנעס, יינגער דזשאָנעס, יעקב
“באַדי” מקגירט, עדי מוסטאַפאַ מוכאַמאַד, באָב אַרום, שעלי פינקעל, Tony
Graziano, לערי מערטשאַנט, טעדי ברענער, מייק דזשאַקאָבס, Tex Rickard and Don
Dunphy.
CLASS
OF 2017:
Gaspar אָרטעגאַ, רענאַלדאָ “הער.” סניפּעס, דאַג דעוויטט, “The Bronx
Bomber” אַלעקס ראַמאָס, דיק טיגער, דזשאָסע טאָררעס, “נאָנפּאַרעיל” Jack
Dempsey, דאָן מייעסקי, ראָן קאַץ, סטאַן Hoffman, באַבי באַרטעלס, האַנק קאַפּלאַן, Al
Gavin, אַרטהור דאָנאָוואַן און דן פּאַרקער.
CLASS
OF 2018: לאָו
“האָניק בוי” וואַלי, דזשייק ראַדריגעז, טעררענסע אַללי,
“בייבי” דזשאָו חדשים, קינד שאָקאָלאַד, יעקב דזש. “דזשענטלמען דזשים”
קאָרבעטט, דזשאַק מקאַוליפפע, בילי קאָסטעללאָ, Melio Bettina Ralph “טיגער”
דזשאָנעס, Charley Norkus, דייוו אַנדערסאָן, פּעטע בראָדסקי, קרייַטעכץ גאָלדמאַן, באַבי גודמאַן,
מעלווינאַ לאַטהאַן, ראָן סקאַט סטעווענס, דזשאַני אַדדיע, דזשאַני באָס, מערי גודמאַן,
Bert Randolph Sugar and Sam Taub.
Tickets
are priced at $125.00 פּער דערוואַקסן און $60.00 פֿאַר קינדער (ונטער 16) and include
a complete brunch and cocktail hour upon entry, סטאַרטינג בייַ 12:30 פּ.ם. און, as
well as dinner (הויפּט ריפּ, פיש אָדער אָף) און עפענען באַר איבער די טאָג.
Tickets are available to purchase by contacting NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy at
516.313.2304 אָדערdepcomish@aol.com. Ads for the NYSBHOF program
are available, ריינדזשינג פון $80.00 צו $200.00, דורך קאַנטאַקטינג דופפי. Go on line
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לאס אנדזשעלעס (יאַנואַר 30, 2019) -Three-division, four-time champion Abner Mares has been forced to pull out of the WBA Super Featherweight title match against two-time super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis on Saturday, פעברואַר 9 after suffering an injury while training.
Davis will now defend
against former world championהוגאָ רויזin the main event of
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, מיט קאַווערידזש אָנהייב בייַ 10 פּ.ם. עט / 7 פּ.ם. PT
from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California and presented by Premier
Boxing Champions.
Ruiz is an all-action
brawler who previously picked up a world title at super bantamweight in 2015
and most recently defeated Alberto Guevara in January on the Pacquiao vs.
Broner PPV event in a featherweight fight. רויז, וואס אָונז 18 first round
knockouts, floored Guevara in the opening minute and cruised to a near-shutout
decision victory.
He had originally been
slotted for an interim title shot against Jhack Tepora in January before Tepora
missed weight, but will now have his chance to fight for a belt against one of
the most-feared punchers at 130-pounds on February 9. The 30-year-old from
Sinaloa, Mexico stands at five feet, nine inches tall, nearly four inches taller
than Davis, and has won three straight fights leading up to this fight.
“I trained for
three months to fight a southpaw when I fought in January,” said Ruiz.
“When the opponent changed, it was hard to adjust in 24 שעה. After the
fight I immediately went back to the gym, because you never know what’s going
to happen in boxing. איך בין 100 percent ready to knockout Gervonta Davis.”
“Hugo Ruiz has
another opportunity to fight for a world title because he’s demonstrated that
he’s devoted to boxing and his career,” האט סאַמפּסאָן לעווקאָוויקז, Ruiz’s
Promoter. “He went right back to the gym after his last fight. He’s ready
for another great opportunity to be a world champion and he’s going to take
advantage of that opportunity.”
Mares injured his right
elbow during sparring at the Robert Garcia Boxing Gym in Riverside, קאַליף.
Mares said he had experienced soreness in his elbow following the past two
fights, but nothing that had ever given him nor his team concern.
“I’m not going to
sugarcoat this. I’m disappointed and devastated that I’ve injured my right
elbow in sparring,” Mares said. “This is something that I haven’t had
happen to me during my career and the feeling is just horrible. I will be going
to see my doctor about this and am prepared to follow whatever recommendations
and rehab that gets me back into the ring. I’m healthy, not afraid of doing the
work and I will be back. This is a temporary setback. Don’t count me out.”
“Boxing is a sport
of brains, passion and physical punishment,” האט מאַרעס’ trainer Robert
Garcia. “When you’re in the ring sparring with talented, top-class
sparring partners, the chances of injuries are very high. That was the
situation in this case. He was sparring top young fighters and he injured his
elbow. He cannot fight like that, especially in a fight against Davis.”
מאָטהערס, who has engaged
in numerous memorable fights throughout his storied career, was seeking to move
up in weight and looking to capture his fifth world title in a fourth weight
class.
The event is promoted
by Mayweather Promotions, TGB Promotions and Sampson Boxing.
Bangor, מיין (יאַנואַר 28, 2019) – New ענגלאַנד פייץ (נעף) undefeated prospect Josh “Hook-On” Harvey is not intimated by the tough talk of his opponent, longtime mixed martial arts (ממאַ) veteran Bill “Jonesi” Jones. The two are scheduled for a five-round 25-minute Featherweight Championship bout this Friday, פעברואַר 1סטat the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, מיין.
“I heard a lot about his interview,” Harvey recently stated to Ryan Jarrell and Bryan Stackpole on theBetween Rounds Radiopodcast during a remote recording of the show that was heard at the Sea Dog Brewing Company. “I didn’t hear it because I don’t really bother with that… I get enough trash floating around—I don’t need to listen to it.”
Harvey was referring to some strong words that Jones had for him recently during multiple podcast interviews he’s delivered, including one toBetween Rounds Radiowhere Jones predicted a first round knockout victory over Harvey. In the same interview, Jones also criticized Harvey’s ability to make weight, the caliber of opponents that he’s faced, און, specifically, Harvey’s most recent fight—a three-round draw withדי לעצט פייטערfinalist Joe Giannetti.
“The truth is, I’ve had struggles making weight as of recently,” Harvey stated.
“Against Giannetti, on three-week’s notice, יאָ, I missed weight and I think what I did is I shut down that quote-unquote godly jiu-jitsu game that he has,” Harvey explained. “I don’t think there was one successful (עקספּלעטיווע) sub attempt.”
Harvey admitted that making weight is always a challenge. He admitted that he walks around at 175-pounds and has even swelled to as big as 190-pounds during an 18-month stretch when he was inactive due to an injury. Harvey also noted that he has made the weight before and anticipates no issues reaching the contracted 145-pound championship scratch weight limit for his showdown with Jones.
“I’ve made championship weight for featherweight before,” Harvey said. “Against [דערעק] Shorey, I was ’44.”
During the interview, Harvey acknowledged that Jones has faced an impressive list of opponents during his storied fight career that stretches back almost 12-years.
“I’m a rookie compared to my opponent, he would say,” Harvey stated. “He’s fought a lot of big names, a lot of big guys.”
“I know that he’s fought a lot of big guys, but I think most of them got to the big show after they fought him,” Harvey continued. “I haven’t fought a lot of those names, but I also haven’t lost to a lot of those names.”
Jones has criticized Harvey by suggesting that he “doesn’t like to get, hit” to which Harvey replied simply: “No one likes to get hit.”
“If I can see a fight being finished with me victorious without taking a whole lot of damage—I mean, that’s a no-brainer,” Harvey explained.
Harvey also recognized the similarity in attitudes and fight styles that the two scheduled opponents share. “I typically am the same way,” Harvey said. “I’m going out there to fight to kill, or be killed.”
“I’m prepared for five rounds, but if it goes five rounds it means someone’s not doing their job—me,” Harvey explained. “I’m not doing my job if it goes five rounds because I’m sure within the first few rounds an opportunity will present itself and a missed opportunity is something we can’t have.”
Although reluctant to offer a prediction on how he might finish the fight, Harvey is confident that he will execute another efficient in-cage conclusion on Friday, the kind of performance that has become his calling card since finishing five of his six professional opponents in the first round.
“I can’t tell you when it’s going to happen or whether I’m going to go out there and sub him or I’m going to go out there and knock him out or if it’s going to be first round or if it’s going to be last round,” Harvey said.
“I just want to get out there, שטעלן אויף אַ ווייַזן, get the finish, and remain ready to fight again.”
נעף ס ווייַטער געמישט-מאַרשאַל-קונסט געשעעניש, "נעף 37: SUB ZERO,” will take place on Friday, פעברואַר 1, 2019 at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine with a bell time of 8 pm. Tickets are on-sale now atwww.CrossInsuranceCenter.com.
RORY MACDONALD DEFENDS WORLD TITLE AGAINST JON FITCH IN OPENING ROUND OF WELTERWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX
אויך, UNDEFEATED FLYWEIGHT CHAMP ILIMA-LEI MACFARLANE MEETS VETA ARTEAGA IN THE CO-MAIN EVENT
לאס אנדזשעלעס– The fourth and final opening round matchup in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix will feature Bellator’s current welterweight championראָרי מאַקדאַנאַלד (20-5) defending his title in the tournament againstדזשאָן פיטטש(31-7-1, 1 נק) when Bellator returns to the Bay Area inside SAP Center at San Jose on Saturday, אַפּריל 27.
דערצו, undefeated Bellator flyweight championילימאַ-ליי מאַקפאַרלאַנע(9-0) will return to action against Boise, Idaho’sוועטאַ Arteaga(5-2) in the co-headliner. Additional bouts will be announced in the coming weeks.
An exclusive online presale for this event takes place Wednesday, Jan. 30 through Thursday, Jan. 31, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Friday, פעברואר. 1 בייַ 10 אַ.ם. פּט. Tickets will be available at the ThreatMetrix Ticket Office at SAP Center at San Jose, as well as Ticketmaster.com and Bellator.com.
בעללאַטאָר: MacDonald vs. Fitchwill stream live exclusively onDAZN, the fastest-growing sports streaming service in the world, בייַ 10 פּ.ם. עט / 7 פּ.ם. פּט, בשעת פּרילימאַנערי אַקציע וועט טייַך אויף Bellator.com און גלאָובאַלי אויף די בעללאַטאָר מאָביל אַפּ.
Inarguably one of the greatest 170-pound fighters walking the planet, Rory MacDonald returns to the welterweight division following a once-in-a-lifetime “champion vs. champion” matchup againstגעגאַרד מאָוסאַסי אין 2018. איצט, “The Red King” sets his sights on one million dollars and clearing the landscape at welterweight, entering a tournament where he will defend his belt each and every time he steps inside the cage. First up for the British Columbia, Canada-native is Jon Fitch, a 40-fight veteran who has gone toe-to-toe with the some of the sport’s best, including Georges St-Pierre, ב.דזש. פּען, Jake Shields andפאולוס דיילי. איצט, נאָענט צו היים, the AKA trained-fighter will have his first shot at Bellator gold.
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane closed out 2018 in style, remaining undefeated and defending her title in front of a sold-out Blaisdell Arena during Bellator’s debut in Hawaii. FinishingValerie Letourneauvia submission was the toughest test of the 28-year-old’s budding career, but now it’s back to business for the only flyweight champion in Bellator history, as she puts her belt on the line against Veta Arteaga in the co-main event. A native of Boise, ידאַהאָ, Arteaga has called Bellator home since 2016, when she made her promotional debut against Macfarlane’s Team Hurricane Awesome teammate Jackie Vandenburgh, a fight she won via unanimous decision. איצט, after racking up three more victories, including wins against Bellator Kickboxing championDenise Kielholtzand former flyweight title challengerEmily Ducote, 31-year-old Arteaga is ready for her opportunity to become champion.
דערהייַנטיקטבעללאַטאָר: MacDonald vs. FitchFight Card:
Welterweight World Grand Prix Title Bout: ראָרי מאַקדאַנאַלד (20-5) vs.דזשאָן פיטטש (31-7-1, 1 נק)
Flyweight World Title Bout: ילימאַ-ליי מאַקפאַרלאַנע(9-0) vs.וועטאַ Arteaga (5-2)
Mattice-Madera Added To Three-Fight Telecast After Logan Yoon Suffers Injury While Training
ניו יארק - יאנואר 28, 2019 – Undefeated lightweights Thomas Mattice and Will Madera will face off in the new co-feature of this Friday’sשאָבאָקס: די ניו גענעראַטיאָןtripleheader live on SHOWTIME from Main Street Armory in Rochester, נ.י..
מאַטיס (13-0-1, 10 קאָס) and Madera (12-0-2, 6 קאָס) will meet in an eight-round co-featured bout on the telecast, וואָס הייבט ביי 10 פּ.ם. ET/PT and is headlined by the return of undefeated super middleweight prospect Ronald Ellis against once-beaten DeAndre Ware.
The Mattice vs. Madera bout was added to the telecast after unbeaten 140-pound prospect Logan Yoon suffered a knee injury while training to face Richard Zamora.
מאַטיס, a native of Cleveland, אָהיאָ, returns for his fourth bout on the prospect developmental series. In his last fight, the 28-year-old fought to a split-draw in an immediate rematch with Zhora Hamazaryan on September 28 אויףShoBox. Mattice had edged Hamazaryan in a controversial split-decision in July and granted his opponent an immediate rematch. Prior to his first bout with Hamazaryan, Mattice had won six consecutive bouts via knockout.
The 28-year-old Madera is a native of Albany, נ.י.. and was a three-time New York Golden Gloves Champion. In his toughest test to date, Madera fought to a draw with then-unbeaten Wesley Ferrer in 2017. Madera, who comes forward and presses the action, will face yet another undefeated opponent in Mattice in his national television debut.
אין דער עפענונג באַוט פון די טעלאַקאַסט, former No. 1-ranked U.S. amateur Abraham Nova (14-0, 10 קאָס) will face fellow-unbeaten Oluwaseun Joshua Wahab (16-0, 10 קאָס), פון גאַנאַ, in an eight-round super featherweight bout.
Bangor, מיין (יאַנואַר 27, 2019) – Similar to his scheduled opponent in the February 1st main event of New England Fights’ “NEF 37: SUB ZERO,” card at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, מיין, Bill “Jonesi” Jones is known as a hardworking entrepreneur that is focused on getting ahead in life.
As Jones himself recently stated bluntly: “I’m on a mission to get rich.”
Jones’ opponent for Friday night, undefeated hammer Josh “Hook-On” Harvey, is also known within the Penobscot County region where he resides as a sun-up to sun-down grinder that doesn’t stop until he crams 25-hours worth of work into a 24-hour day.
That is where their similarities end, אָבער.
In the lead-in to their fight, Jones has been vocal in his predictions that he will finish Harvey quickly by knocking him out in the first round if the fight stays standing.
Harvey, אויף די אנדערע האַנט, has been relatively quiet before their five-round Featherweight Championship bout.
Jones was at it again recently when he joined Craig Allen onFight Night Picksto talk about his upcoming showdown with Harvey.
“I think Harvey likes to look good,” Jones stated. “I think he likes to protect his face and look pretty. אַזוי, I think when I start smashing on him, he’s going to cover up and bail out really quick.”
The lone blemish on Harvey’s record-to-date came back in November when he fought to a draw withדי לעצט פייטערfinalist Joe Giannetti at a show in Massachusetts. Many in attendance felt that Harvey won the bout.
דזשאָנעס, meanwhile, saw the fight and wasn’t impressed with Harvey’s performance.
"[Harvey’s fight with] Giannetti was more of a hugging match,” Jones told Allen. “Two guys just kind-of hanging on to each other for 15-minutes, no damage done. I’m going to throw down and fire until there’s no more bullets to come out. It’s going to be exciting, I can’t wait.”
At 40-years old, Jones knows that age eventually gets the better of every combat sports athlete and that, ריאַליסטיקלי, he’s looking at his final few fights. Fully aware of this, Jones is pleased to be finishing out his career back home with New England Fights.
“It’s good to bring it back home toward the end of my career,” Jones stated. “It will be nice to bang out Harvey here and maybe get that fight with Lacey, like they were talking about, and close it out with him. We’ll see where it goes.”
“It’s not about the money for me anymore—it’s not about the sponsors. It’s about the competition,” Jones concluded. “I want to go out there and kick some more ass. I make plenty of money doing my day job, so it is what it is—let’s go beat people up.”
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יאַנואַר 27, 2019PORTLAND, OR – (יאַנואַר 27, 2019) WBAN is proud to announce the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF), קלאַס פון 2019.
This sixth annual induction represents a record breaking number of honorees in the history of this signal institution which has recognized and honored those individuals who have, over the history of the sport of Women’s Boxing, contributed to, advocated for and brought esteem and distinction to the sport in and out of the ring.
Included in this year’s class are seven former boxers: Terri Cruz, Melissa Fiorentino, Lisa Holewyne, Carina Moreno, Bridgett Riley, Wendy Rodriquez און Martha Salazar. The Non-Boxer category includesדוד אַווילאַ, Stephen Blea און Blanca Gutierrez. Pat Emerick and Patricia [זאַמדיק] Martinez-Pino are recipients in the Pioneer Female Boxer and the Posthumous categories, ריספּעקטיוולי.
FORMER BOXERS
Terri Cruzcompiled a 17-7-2 רעקאָרד, over a nine-year career (1999-2008), highlighted by winning the IFBA bantamweight crown over highly regarded Heather Percival in 2005. Cruz’s love of and dedication to the sport brought her out of retirement in 2009 to challenge top ranked Alesia Graf for WIBA Flyweight title, losing a close decision and again in 2011 for another bout with unbeaten Susie Ramadan.
Melissa Fiorentino, a 5’1″ dynamo, imbued with the appropriate sobriquet “Fury”, put up a sterling 17-2 record over a seven-year (2001-08) career during which she stepped in with the top ranked fighters in the featherweight class, including wins over Belinda Laracuente, Esther Schouten, Jaime Clampitt and Cindy Serrano. She capped her career, אין יאנואר, 2008, winning the IWBF super featherweight title.
Lisa Holewynefought to a 25-17-2 record over almost eight years (1998-2006) ווי אַ פאַכמאַן באָקסער. A common boxing dictum states, “you are what your record is” and Holewyne is exactly that. Coming to the ring after a four year stint as a pentathlete at the University of Texas, Holewyne quickly established herself as an “anyone/anywhere” lightweight boxer, fighting Sumya Anani twice (when very few ranked fighters would come within a couple of time zones of that matchup), unbeaten Mary Jo Sanders twice, splitting two fights with the formidable Sunshine Fettkether to mention only some of the top opposition Holewyne sought out during a career that should serve as a signpost for any boxer seeking to do the sport the right way.
Carina Morenowas a standout in the flyweight ranks, מלחמה, over her ten year career (2003-13), 203 rounds while compiling glittering 23-6 record against the best boxers in this competitive weight class. In addition to wins over Eileen Olszewski, Yessica Bopp and Holly Dunaway, she held the WBC and WIBA minimumweight titles for several years. She finished her career still competing against the best in her class, winning the WBA flyweight title against Susi Kentikian in Germany in December ’12, before losing a close decision to Kentikian seven months later in the same country.
Bridgett Rileyfought in the ring, for nine years (1994-03), קאַמפּיילינג אַ 15-3 רעקאָרד, exactly how she lived life, in perpetual motion. “Busy fighter” might be an understatement, since from the opening bell, Riley had one gear, full speed ahead. She held the IFBA bantamweight title beating Yvonne Trevino over ten rounds in February ’98 and, in possibly her most remembered bout, Riley KO’d Englishwoman, Alicia Lahsen, in June ’98, after surviving an early knockdown. It was her first defense of the IFBA title. Among Riley’s other pursuits in her active life range from martial arts champion to movie stunt person.
Wendy Rodriguezis another of the West Coast fighters who brought the female bantamweight division to the attention of the boxing public. Along with her co-2019 IWBHF inductee, Carina Moreno, Rodriquez set a standard of competitive excellence in the ring that raised the public perception and appreciation of the division. Rodriquez, in her seven year (1999-08) career put up an exemplary 19-4-3. Early on, (אקטאבער. 2000) she fought an 8 round draw with Margaret Sidoroff and in her penultimate bout, she stepped in with Regina Halmich, (Regina was inducted into the Inaugural Class of the IWBHF in 2014) . Rodriquez finished her career on a high note, revenging an earlier loss to Holly Dunaway in the process of winning the vacant IBA minimum weight crown.
Martha Salazarcompeted as a professional boxer for 15 (2001-16) יאָרן, מלחמה 18 times and winning 13 of those bouts. It is an unfortunate reflection of the dearth of competition at the female heavyweight level. But for those athletes who posses persistence, combined with a don’t quit attitude, צוזאמען מיט, רובֿ ימפּאָרטאַנטלי, ring talent, the top rung of this division is attainable. Martha Salazar has those qualities in world class supply. Salazar won the WIBF heavyweight title via TKO over Pamela London in November ’04 and finished her career winning the WBC crown in a November ’14 by decision over Tanzee Daniel, before relinquishing the title via a close decision to Alejandra Jimenez in the final bout of her career in March of 2018.
NON-BOXERS
דוד אַווילאַis a prominent and widely followed West Coast boxing writer. His linage to the sport comes from his father who fought a number of times at the Olympic Auditorium in the 1950s. Avila began his journalism career as a writer for the LA Times in the 1990s and is currently working for the Riverside (אַזאַ ווי) Press Enterprise and La Prensa newspapers. אָבער, unquestionably, it is Avila’s longtime support for and advocacy of the sport of Women’s boxing and it’s athletes that has earned him this well deserved IWBHF honor.
Stephen Blea, Blea’s reputation as a boxing official has been well documented and has led him to be ranked among the finest in the sport. But it is his myriad additional contributions to the benefit to the sport and it’s athletes that makes Blea singular in the sport. He has been a coach at USA Boxing along with providing his referring and judging skill to that organization. He has coached boxing at the Denver Police department. He has managed WBC Cares for the state of Colorado and overlaid those efforts with a long time, full throated support of the sport of Women’s boxing whenever the opportunity arises.
Blanca Gutierrezis proof positive that the promotion of the sport of boxing begins with whole-hearted empathy, and few promoters in the sport of Women’s boxing can match the personal connection and caring that Gutierrez brings to the sport and it’s athletes. Her father, כאַוויער, was a professional boxer in Mexico and and Gutierrez’s interest and love for the sport came early and fervent. She is the driving force behind Beautiful Brawlers, a West Coast promotional powerhouse, that continues as a prime force behind the recent resurgence in the sport of female boxing.
David Avila and Stephen Blea are the second and third males to be inducted into the IWBHF.
PIONEER FEMALE BOXER
Pat Emerickreduces her outlook on the sport of boxing to it’s most basic, “put one foot in front of the other and be prepared.” If only getting a chance to climb through the ropes was that easy for a female in the middle of the previous century. It wasn’t. Emerick’s opportunities were essentially limited to her hometown, South Bend, IN, ווו, at 5’4″, 123לבס, after losing her first bout, she reeled off 18 גלייַך ווינס, highlighted by a TKO win over Jo Ann Hagan in November ’54 before 4,000 fans in Council Bluffs, IA., winning the Ladies World Boxing Association Championship. Emerick becomes the second oldest living IWBHF Pioneer Boxer inductee, born five months after Year 1 honoree Barbara Buttrick.
POSTHUMOUS 2019 INDUCTEE
Patricia “זאַמדיק” Martinez-Pino, who passed away in September of last year, was a longtime leading advocate for the sport of Women’s boxing in this country. She worked tirelessly within the sport, with the AIBA to open up opportunities for females as referees and judges and served with U S Boxing as President (Hispanic), as well as terms as Vice President and Secretary. Her untiring efforts in support of and improving conditions and opportunities for women in the sport will be well remembered and sorely missed and are best described by her co-inductee, Stephen Blea, “Sandy broke down barriers and achieved accolades no woman had achieved in this sport.”
As previously noted, די 2019 IWBHF Class of Inductees is the largest, and quite possibly, the most diverse, in the six year history of the Hall, conceived and formulated in 2014 by Sue Fox, founder and publisher of Women’s Boxing Archive Network (WBAN). Fox envisioned the Hall as a needed addition to the boxing community, a way of honoring those, אין און אויס פון די רינג, upon whose athleticism, support and advocacy for the sport of Women’s Boxing continues to stand on and progress.
An induction ceremony for the 2019 inductee class is being discussed and details will be announced forthcoming.