UNCASVILLE, Пайв. (Октябр 19, 2017, 2017) – His induction into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) рӯзи шанбе шаб, Октябр 28, as part of the six-member Class of 2017, will cap the boxing career of retiring judge Clark Sammartino дар 13TH нашуст, солона CBHOF Gala Induction дар кунонида Uncas дар Mohegan Sun.
The other new CBHOF inductees are pioneer boxer “Professor” Charles Hadley, ring physician Дуктур. Tony Alessi, referee/judge Dick Flaherty, нависанда бокс 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 Душанбе Night Fights at Rhode Island Auditorium and I remember watching Rocky Marciano fight “Паланг” 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 задухурдҳо тарафдори, аз ҷумла: 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 сол: Майк Тайсон, Оскар де ла Hoya, Эвандер Холифилд, Хулио Сезар Чавес, Johnny Tapia, Naseem Hamed, Chris Eubank, Марко Антонио Баррера, Mark Johnson, Wayne McCullough, Wladimir Кличко, Геннадий Golovkin, Anthony Joshua, Сергей Ковалев, Бернард Хопкинс, Хуан Мануэл Лопес, Nonito Donaire, Acelino Freitas, Иван Calderon, Феликс Тринидад, Tommy Morrison and many more.
Sammartino, who proudly says he never missed a day of work in 40 сол, 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,” Ӯ гуфт:. “This is a great way to end my career.”
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