Ункасвилль, Канэктыкут. (Кастрычнік 19, 2017, 2017) – His induction into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) у суботу ноч, Кастрычнік 28, as part of the six-member Class of 2017, will cap the boxing career of retiring judge Clark Sammartino на 13TH Штогадовы вячэру CBHOF Гала Індукцыя ў UNCAS бальнай зале на Mohegan Sun.
The other new CBHOF inductees are pioneer boxer “Professor” Charles Hadley, ring physician Доктар. Tony Alessi, referee/judge Dick Flaherty, бокс пісьменнік Dan Parker and boxer/boxing contributor Hugh Devlin, Sr.
A graduate of Brown University, the now 80-year-old Sammartino has enjoyed two other careers as an oral surgeon and investment advisor at Blue Fin in Providence, in addition to his role as an international boxing judge since 1985.
“I first got into boxing because Joey Angelo married my cousin,” Sammartino explained. “He fought back in the early forties. Joey fought Willie Pep twice and Sandy Saddler. That’s what got me started. We used to have the great Панядзелак Night Fights at Rhode Island Auditorium and I remember watching Rocky Marciano fight “Тыгр” Ted Lowry there.”
Because he was a successful oral surgeon, Clark could take long weekends to judge fights all over the world. His first and most memorable world title fight was Vinny Paz-Greg Haughn I. Through his long career, Sammartino judged more than 400 пра баі, у тым ліку 50 major world title fights.
The list of boxers whose fights Sammartino judged reads like a Who’s Who of Boxing during the past 32 гады: Майк Тайсан, Оскар дэ ла Хойя, Эвандер Холіфілд, Хуліа Сезар Чавес-, Джоні Тапія, Naseem Hamed, Крыс Юбанк, Марка Антоніо Баррера, Mark Johnson, Уэйн Маккалоў, Уладзімір Клічко, Генадзь Галоўкін, Anthony Joshua, Сяргей Кавалёў, Бернард Хопкінс, Хуан Мануэль Лопес, Нонито Донэр, Аселино Фрейтас, Іван Кальдэрон, Фелікс Трынідад, Томі Морысан and many more.
Sammartino, who proudly says he never missed a day of work in 40 гады, has decided to retire, although he’ll remain a boxing fans for the rest of his life. “I started slowing down at my age, doing local shows and maybe three or four world title fights a year, mostly WBO and IBF,” Sammartino remarked. “I had a tough bout with pneumonia the past 5-6 months and that made working difficult.”
His CBHOF induction is a fitting ending and tremendous tribute to Sammartino and his career in boxing. “I’m humbled to be inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame,” ён сказаў. “This is a great way to end my career.”
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