 ROCHESTER, N.Y.. (September 25, 2016) — A small crowd packed The Diplomat Party House to honor Michael “Jinx” Spinks och Fitz “The Whip” Vanderpool at the recent 26th annual Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame (RBHOF) Banquet & Awards Night.
Spinks (31-1, 21 Kos) received the prestigious Integrity Award, while Vanderpool (26-8-4, 13 Kos) was presented the coveted Courage Award.
 (L-R) – Michael Spinks, Steve Smoger and Fitz Vanderpool
Rochester’s Johnny McCoy (Clarence Millard) was inducted into the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame. McCoy (77-30-14, 21 Kos), som avled i 1978 vid en ålder av 81, was one of the top flyweights in the world between 1916 och 1932. He was recognized as world champion by the state of California following a tournament to determine the winner of the vacant world title relinquished by Fidel LaBarba.
“This was another memorable banquet for the Rochester Boxing Hall of Fame,” RBHOF treasurer/spokesperson Gino Arilotta sa. “Everyone enjoyed the evening. We posthumously inducted Johnny McCoy and honored are award winners, Michael Spinks and Fitz Vanderpool. Hall of Famer referee Steve Smoger gave a wonderful speech. Each of these great men were so pleasant and they gladly signed hundreds of autographs and posed for so many pictures. These three humble men have my sincere respect.
“På lördag, September 17th, we took the boxers along with Steve Smoger to a local radio station where they were interviewed on air. We also took them to one of Rochester’s super gyms, var Willie Monroe, Jr. trains. We showed them many important sites within the city. I also presented a city high school graduate, the Carmen Basilio Scholarship Award, which is awarded annually.
An International Boxing Hall of Famer (IBHOF), Spinks was the most dominant light heavyweight champion of his era, capturing the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) och World Boxing Council (WBC) världstitlar, in addition to being a 1976 OS-guldmedaljören.
Vanderpool is a former World Boxing Federation (WBF), WBC FECARBOX and Canadian welterweight champion. He took on all comers including Rochester’s only world champion, Charles “The Natural” Murray and world champion Fernando Vargas. Idag, Vanderpool is a trainer in Canada who also gives countless hours of time and energy in Kitchener as a community volunteer.
Special guests in attendance included Murray (44-9, 26 Kos), a former IBF light welterweight champion, world-rated heavyweight Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller (18-0-1, 16 Kos), Rochester lightweight prospect Lavisas “Red” Williams (8-1-1, 3 Kos), Josie Basilio (widow of Hall of Famer Carmen Basilio), distinguished boxing writer Dan Cucco and Smoger, the International referee extraordinaire.
RBHOF holds monthly meetings, plus an annual picnic and Christmas party, in addition to supporting local gyms.
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5th annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2016 inducted in festive ceremony
NYSBHOF Class of 2015
Boxare
Världen weltervikt mästare (’90-91) Aron “Superman” Davis, Bronx
Världs weltervikt mästare junior (’93-94) Charles “The Natural” Murray Buffel
Två världsmästare lätta titel utmanare Vilomar Fernandez Bronx
Världen lätta titel utmanare Edwin Viruet. New York
(Avliden)
4-tid, 3-mästare division världen Hector “macho” Camacho Spanish Harlem
Världs mellanvikt mästare (1952) Rocky Graziano Brooklyn
världen lätta (’25-26) titlist Rocky Kansas Buffel
2-tid världen bantamvikt titleholder Joe Lynch Brooklyn
“Okrönta weltervikt mästare” Joe Miceli Buffel
Icke-parter
International Boxing Hall of Fame verkställande direktör Ed Brophy Canastota
Promotorn Joe DeGuardia Bronx
Kommissionär / media personlighet Kåta Gordon Melville
Promotor / manager Dennis Rappaport Queens
(Avliden)
Chef Howie Albert Bronx
Tränare / Cutman Freddie Brown Manhattan
New York TV-kommentator Howard Cosell New York
Boxare / domaren ruby Goldstein Manhattan
Chef Jimmy Jacobs
 NYSBHOF Class of 2016 (L-R): Seated – Vilomar Fernandez, Dennis Rappaport, Randy Gordon and Ed Brophy; Standing: Aaron Davis and Joe DeGuardia
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NEW YORK (April 5, 2016) – Mer än 300 people packed Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, NY this past Söndag for the fifth annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) induktion middag.
Varje inductee får ett skräddarsytt bältet betecknar hans induktion i NYSBHOF. Plaques are on display at the New York State Athletic Commission.
Den 2016 värnpliktiga valdes ut av de nomineringskommittémedlemmarna NYSBHOF: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Don Majeski, Henry Hascup, ron McNair, Angelo Prospero och neil Terens.
Alla boxare som behövs för att vara inaktiv under minst tre år för att vara berättigad till NYSBHOF induktion, och alla värnpliktiga måste ha bott i staten New York för en betydande del av sina boxningskarriär eller under främsta av deras respektive karriär.
 (L-R) – NYSBHOF/Ring 8 president Bob Duffy, Don Majeski, Ed Brophy and Jill Diamond (WBC)
Ed Brophy: “I’d like to thank the committee of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame and Ring 8, a wonderful group that sponsors the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. I’m so proud to have been born in New York, in the small town of Canastota, where boxing is in our blood. I’m thrilled to be honored today. My name is attached to the International Boxing Hall of Fame as director, but so many different people help out. I only accept this honor on their behalf. Boxing is the greatest sport. Congratulations to all of the inductees. This is the greatest day of my life.”
 (L-R) – ron McNair, Aaron Davis and Bob DuffyAaron Davis: Tack, Ring 8. Boxing is a hard sport. It was much harder in the gym. I saw Gerry Cooney, Iran Barkley och Roberto Duran and wanted to do what those guys did and it made me a fighter I was. I’d like to thank my father and Billy Giles, who was my trainer. I’d also like to thank Joe DeGuardia, who managed me later in my career, and thanks to everybody who supported me.”
 (L-R) — Bob Duffy, Dennis Rappaport and family
Dennis Rappaport: “It seems like yesterday when a six or seven year old living in Brooklyn watched a fight between Jake LaMotta och Jim Hairston. This young man was mesmerized. The next month he watchedSugar Ray Robinson knockout Rocky Graziano and that was the start of a love affair that’s lasted 63 år. Boxning, at its best, is poetry in motion. It’s Shapespeare, Picasso, Rembrandt. But it can also be crude. I started in boxing managing three fighters: Ronnie Harris, Gerry Cooney och Howard Davis. Jr. Because of the creative marketing of our fighters, one reporter called me and my partner, Mike Jones, ‘The Gold Dust Twins’ but then the media starting calling us, ‘The Wacko Twins.’ I preferred ‘The Gold Dust Twins.”
 (L-R – Jack Hirsch, Joe DeGuardia and Bob Duffy
Joe DeGuardia: It’s a real pleasure, honor and privilege to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. Like many of you here, I live and bleed boxing, which has been a big part of my life. Four months ago, I received the (Ring 8 at its Holiday awards dinner) Promoter of the Year award. I said then that we are truly a family of boxing; it’s a real brotherhood. I also talked about how boxing tied into lire. In that room – not with us now – was my father who passed away three weeks ago. Because of him, I developed this love of boxing that I’ve carried in life: work hard to do the best you can in life. I’m truly honored to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. In honor of my father and everybody else who loves this sport. I accept on behalf of my father who, Jag vet, is watching us now.”
 (L-R) – Charles Murray and Bob Duffy
Charles Murray: “They called me, ‘The Natural.’ I appreciate this, being honored for my contributions to boxing. Thank you very much.”
 (L-R) – Steve Farhood, Vilomar Fernandez and Bob DuffyVilomar Fernandez: “It wasn’t easy fighting guys like Roberto Duran and Alexis Arguello. They were the best in the world. I’m thankful for the opportunities to fight them, I’m honored today.”
 (L-R) – Henry Hascup, Kåta Gordon, Melvina Lathan, Bob Duffy and Gerry CooneyKåta Gordon: “Tack, alla. This amazing event we have every year, I never expected this would happen. My career was born out of the aches of one of boxing’s biggest scandals, the US Championships on ABC, främjas genom Don King, and Ring Magazine produced the ratings for the tournament. It turned out the ratings and some of the records were padded and it just about knocked Ring Magazine out of business. Bert Randolph Sugar hired me to be its Editor In Chief. Arbetar tillsammans, we brought Ring Magazine back from the dead. I burst into tears when Jack Hirsch called to tell me I was being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. This is an absolute dream. Anybody who has ever or will ever be inducted into any hall of fame, nobody can possibly enjoy this more than me. I love boxing with every ounce of my body. My wife and family drive me back into boxing. This is the greatest honor. I can’t get enough of boxing. I’m truly the luckiest man ever placed on this planet.”
 (L-R) – Ed Brophy, Don Majeski, Jack Hirsch and Joe DeGuardia NYSAC Executive Director Dave Berlin and Harold Lederman
 (L-R) – Joe DeGuardia and NYSBHOF/Ring 8 president Bob Duffy
CLASS av 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Socker” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo och Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS av 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 och 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, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon och Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, 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, charley Goldman, jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon och Al Weill.
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2016 Class Inductees honored to be going Into New York State Boxing Hall of Fame This Sunday, April 3, vid Russos On The Bay
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New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Induktions middag biljetter säljer snabbt söndag, April 3 vid Russos On The Bay
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Hector Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Aaron Davis och Howard Cosell huvud 2016 klass
NEW YORK (Mars 23, 2016) – Biljetter går åt snabbt för femte årliga staten New York Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) induktion middag, sponsrad av Ring 8, Söndag eftermiddag (12:30-5:30 p.m. OCH), April 3, vid Russos On The Bay i Howard Beach, New York.
NYSBHOF Class of 2016
Boxare
Världen weltervikt mästare (’90-91) Aron “Superman” Davis Bronx
Världs weltervikt mästare junior (’93-94) Charles “The Natural” Murray Buffel
Två världsmästare lätta titel utmanare Vilomar Fernandez Bronx
Världen lätta titel utmanare Edwin Viruet. New York
(Avliden)
4-tid, 3-mästare division världen Hector “macho” Camacho Spanish Harlem
Världs mellanvikt mästare (1952) Rocky Graziano Brooklyn
världen lätta (’25-26) titlist Rocky Kansas Buffel
2-tid världen bantamvikt titleholder Joe Lynch
“Okrönta weltervikt mästare” Joe Miceli
Icke-parter
International Boxing Hall of Fame verkställande direktör Ed Brophy
Promotorn Joe DeGuardia Bronx
Kommissionär / media personlighet Kåta Gordon
Promotor / manager Dennis Rappaport
(Avliden)
Chef Howie Albert
Tränare / Cutman Freddie Brown
New York TV-kommentator Howard Cosell
Boxare / domaren ruby Goldstein
Chef Jimmy Jacobs
Varje inductee får ett skräddarsytt bältet betecknar hans induktion i NYSBHOF. Plaques are on display at the New York State Athletic Commission.
Den 2016 värnpliktiga valdes av NYSBHOF valberedningens medlemmar: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Don Majeski, Henry Hascup, ron McNair, Angelo Prospero och neil Terens.
Alla boxare som behövs för att vara inaktiv under minst tre år för att vara berättigad till NYSBHOF induktion, och alla värnpliktiga måste ha bott i staten New York för en betydande del av sina boxningskarriär eller under främsta av deras respektive karriär.
CLASS av 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Socker” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo och Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS av 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 och 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, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon och Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, 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, charley Goldman, jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon och Al Weill.
Biljetterna kostar $150.00 per vuxen och $60.00 för barn (enligt 16), och omfatta en fullständig brunch och cocktail timme vid inresan, börjar vid12:30 PM/OCH, samt middag (främsta rib, fisk eller fågel) and open bar throughout the evening. Biljetter finns att köpa genom att ringa NYSBHOF / Ring 8 vd Bob Duffy vid 516.313.2304. Annonser för NYSBHOF programmet finns tillgängliga, som sträcker sig från $50.00 till $250.00, genom att kontakta Duffy. Gå på rad vid www.Ring8ny.com för ytterligare information om New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Bob Trieger, Plenum PRESS, 978.590.0470, bobtfcp@hotmail.com
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OM RING 8: Bildades 1954 av en ex-proffsboxare, Jack Grebelsky, Ring 8 blev den åttonde dotterbolag vad var då känt som National Veteran Boxers Association – följaktligen, RING 8 – och idag organisationens motto fortfarande: Boxare hjälpa boxare.
RING 8 är fast besluten att stödja mindre lyckligt lottade människor i boxning samhället som kan behöva hjälp när det gäller att betala hyra, sjukvårdskostnader, eller vad försvar behov.
Gå på linjen till www.Ring8ny.com för mer information om RING 8, den största gruppen av sitt slag i USA med mer än 350 medlemmar. Årliga medlemsavgift är endast $30.00 och varje medlem har rätt till en buffé middag på RING 8 månatliga möten, exklusive juli och augusti. Alla aktiva boxare, amatör och professionell, har rätt till en kostnadsfri RING 8 årlig medlemskap. Gäster på Ringen 8 medlemmar är välkomna till en kostnad av endast $7.00 per person.
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