安卡斯維爾, 康涅狄格州. (十月 19, 2017, 2017) – His induction into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) 週六 夜晚, 十月 28, as part of the six-member Class of 2017, will cap the boxing career of retiring judge Clark Sammartino 在 13TH 每年CBHOF晚會感應晚宴在昂卡斯宴會廳金神大賭場.
The other new CBHOF inductees are pioneer boxer “Professor” Charles Hadley, ring physician 博士. Tony Alessi, referee/judge Dick Flaherty, 拳擊作家 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 喬伊安傑洛 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 星期一 Night Fights at Rhode Island Auditorium and I remember watching Rocky Marciano fight “虎” 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 親打架, 含 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 歲月: 邁克·泰森, 霍亞, 霍利菲爾德, 塞薩爾查韋斯, 約翰尼塔皮亞, 納西姆·哈米德, 克里斯·尤班克, 馬爾科·安東尼奧·巴雷拉, 馬克約翰遜, 韋恩·麥卡洛, 弗拉基米爾克里琴科, 根納季·戈洛夫金, Anthony Joshua, 謝爾蓋·科瓦廖夫, 伯納德·霍普金斯大學, 胡安·曼努埃爾·洛佩斯, nonito Donaire主場, Acelino弗雷塔斯, 伊万·卡爾德隆, 費利克斯·特立尼達, 湯米·莫里森 and many more.
Sammartino, who proudly says he never missed a day of work in 40 歲月, 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,” 他說. “This is a great way to end my career.”
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