Cocoa Kid, John Harris, Bill Gore, برائن کلارک, Angel Vazquez & Don Trella

UNCASVILLE, کون. (اگست 13, 2018) – The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) has announced its six-member Class of 2018 to be inducted during the 14^TH annual CBHOF Gala Induction Dinner on Saturday night, اکتوبر 13, Mohegan سورج Uncas بال روم میں.

The new CBHOF inductees are boxers Cocoa Kid اور Angel Vazquez, judge Don Trella, and trainers John Harris, Bill Gore اور برائن کلارک.

ایک بار پھر سے,” CBHOF president جان Laudati کہا, “the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame has elected a fantastic class of inductees. We are excited about the historical significance of inducing Cocoa Kid, the great fighter from the 1930’s. Our other honorees come from across the state. We hope to see a large contingent come out to congratulate a great local boxer, Angel Vasquez, and to celebrate the life of Willie Pep’s famous trainer, Bill Gore. This class also includes two other incredibly accomplished trainers, Bill Clark, نیو ہیون کے, and John Harris from Fairfield County. Don Trella, who is from my hometown of Waterbury, is one of the best boxing judges in recent history. It promises to be a great night for the entire boxing community: inductees, their families and friends, لیکن, سب سے اہم بات, our Connecticut boxing fans!”

Cocoa Kid (56-20-2, 48 کوس) came to prominence in 1933, when as an 18-year-old he registered a shocking upset of former world featherweight champion لوئس “کڈ” Kaplan, who was inducted into the CBHOF charter class in 2005. Cocoa Kid, who settled in New Haven, captured the New England welterweight and middleweight titles. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2012 and passed way in 1966.

Considered one of the hardest hitting featherweights of his era, Vasquez won his first 21 pro fights and finished his pro career with a 22-2 (16 کوس) ریکارڈ. The Hartford native captured the WBO Latino, NABA and USBA featherweight titles. The highlight of his pro career came at home in Hartford, when he defeated previously unbeaten Berbardo Quinones (19-0-1) for the USBA crown.

Trella has been a boxing official for the past 21 years on the local, national and global scenes. He officiated more than 500 amateur bouts before he was awarded his first professional license in 2001 Mohegan سورج, where he has been employed the past 17 years in various Human Resources positions, currently holding the title of Director of Employee and Guest Experience. A resident of Noank, Trella is highly regarded as one of boxing’s best judges. گزشتہ سال, مثال کے طور پر, he officiated three of the most high-profile fights in the world: جیناڈی Golovkin بنام. ڈینی یاکوب, Vladimir Klitschko بنام. Anthony Joshua (سے زیادہ 90,000 fans in attendance at Wembley Stadium in London) and Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez کی.

Harris established himself as the preeminent trainer in Fairfield County, founding the Meadow Gardens Boxing Club in 1989, which was later renamed the John Harris Boxing Club, after he died in 2012 سال کی عمر میں 85. A native of Cleveland, where he fought in the Golden Gloves, Harris lived most of his life in Norwalk. The highlight of his career was in 1993, when he trained four fighters who qualified for the National Golden Gloves Championships, شامل Travis Simms, a CBHOF Hall of Fame inductee and two-time World Boxing Association (ڈبلیو بی اے) junior middleweight world champion.

Gore is best known for training the great ولی پیئپی, who was also inducted into the CBHOF charter class, to a pair of world featherweight championships. Gore, تاہم, also trained another all-time great, world light heavyweight champion باب فوسٹر. A native of Providence, Gore died in 1978 سال کی عمر میں 84 and he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.

Clark opened the Ring One gym in New Haven nearly 30 years ago to keep kids off the streets, producing many amateur champions, and even one light heavyweight world champion, چاڈ ڈاوسن. Often bankrolling the gym, خود, Clark has become an icon in New Haven, where his gym is in one of the city’s roughest neighborhoods. Ring One is believed to be the oldest continuously operating boxing gym in Connecticut.

CBHOF لئے ٹکٹ 13^ویں سالانہ گالا ڈنر انڈکشن, معقول قیمت $90.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Ann Murphy at Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.8846) یا شیرمین کین مانچسٹر جرنل انکوائرر میں (1.800.237.3606 X321). دروازے پر کھولتے 6:00 بجے. AND, followed by a full sit-down dinner at 7 بجے. AND.

کرنے کے لئے جاؤ آن لائن www.ctboxinghof.org آف فیم کنیکٹیکٹ باکسنگ ہال کے بارے میں اضافی معلومات کے لیے, its 14^ویں سالانہ گالا ڈنر inductee کی, واقعہ سپانسرشپ مواقع, یا ماضی CBHOF inductees کی.