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.
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.