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6th annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2017 induction ceremony review

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(L-R) – Seated – Alex Ramos, Boby Bartels, Doug Dewitt, Stan Hoffman and Gaspar Ortega; amesimama – Don Majeski, Renaldo Snipes & Ron Katz
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NEW YORK (Mei 1, 2017) – Zaidi ya 300 people thoroughly enjoyed yesterday’s sixth annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) induction ceremony at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. NYSBHOF is sponsored by Ring 8.
“It seems like yesterday that we started the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame but here we are in our sixth year,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy said opening the festivities. “I’ve been asked what VIPs were coming here and I said the 15 inductees are VIPs. This is how we remembers our New Yorkers in boxing. We recognize them for their achievements in boxing and all of them are great guys, mno.”
“Today is a validation of their (inductees’) careers,” added Ring 8 president/Chairman of the NYSBHOF Induction Committee Jack Hirsch. “This is a great honor for all of them. Congratulations to all of the honorees.”
Living boxers inducted into the NYSBHOF were Manhattan welterweight Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 Kos), Yonkers’ world heavyweight title challenger Renaldo “Bwana.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 Kos), Yonkers middleweight Doug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 Kos), and world middleweight title challenger Alex “mshambuliaji Bronx” Ramos (39-10-2, 24 Kos)
Posthumous participants inducted were Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Dick Tiger (60-19-3, 27 Kos), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Jose “Chegui” Torres(41-3-1, 29 Kos), and Williamsburg’s middleweight world champion, “The Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey (51-4-11, 23 Kos).
Non-participants now in the NYSBHOF are Brooklyn/Bronx manager Stan Hoffman, Long Island matchmaker Ron Katz, and past Ring 8 president/NYSAC judge Bobby Bartels na Queens’ International agent Don Majeski.
Posthumous non-participant inductees were Brooklyn boxing historian Hank Kaplan, Long Island cut-man Al Gavin, Bronx referee Arthur Donovan and New York City columnist Dan Parker.
Kila inductee kupokea ukanda desturi-iliyoundwa akionyesha introduktionsutbildning yake katika NYSBHOF.
The 2017 inductees walichaguliwa na wanachama NYSBHOF kamati kuteua: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero na neil Terens.
Mabondia wote zinahitajika kuwa inaktiv kwa muda wa miaka mitatu hadi wakastahiki NYSBHOF introduktionsutbildning, na inductees wote lazima kuwa anaishi katika Jimbo la New York kwa sehemu kubwa ya ndondi kazi zao au wakati wa mkuu wa kazi zao.
Past world champions and NYSBHOF inductees Iran Barkley, Vito Antuofermo na Mark Breland were in attendance, as were retired boxers and others such as Dennis Mitlon, Bobby Miller, Jimmy Lange na Richard Brown.
(L-R) – Michael & Gaspar Ortega.


Gasper Ortega: “I’m very honored to have people come out to honor me. It’s truly a pleasure to be here. I want fans to know how much I appreciate their support. Sasa hivi, I feel like a champion; I’m on top of the world.”
Stan Hoffman
Stan Hoffman: “A lot of things have been said about me in boxing and I’m grateful for the success I’ve had in boxing. I wish I had 200 friends but the problem is I [probably have a 1000, so I can’t name them all today. This is special because I’m going into the Hall of Fame the same year as my godson, Ron Katz, who was the best matchmaker. He’s terrific. Boxing has been good to me.”
(L-R) – Ron & Barbara Katz


Ron Katz: “Katika kipindi cha 42 miaka, I’ve had the pleasure of working with so many great fighters, juu ya 200 mabingwa wa dunia. I’ve had the pleasure to work for some great promoters, to say I’ve world for some of the giants of this industry is an understatement. I learned so much from Johnny Bos, Mickey Duff, Bruce Trampler and my mentor, Teddy Brenner. I’m so grateful to them.”
(L-R) — MELVINA Lathan, Doug Dewitt & his son
Doug Dewitt: “I could have done better in the Tommy Hearns fight. Took Robbie Simms too lightly but I won the rematch. I was No. 3 (katika dunia) and I was going to fight Marvin Hagler, who was world champion when there was only one. Boxing is a tough business. I’m not walking around like I used to 20 miaka iliyopita. I had some good teachers. Mimi nilikuwa kazi nzuri, I wouldn’t call it great. Thank you very much.”
(L-R) — Renaldo Snipes & Mike Taroli
Renaldo Snipes: “I have a lot of friends. I had a lot of enemies but now they’re friends. You have to know how to get along with everybody even though you had to fight some in the ring. You can’t go into the ring without freaking killer instinct. I’d like to thank everybody who supported me. I took what I learned in boxing and took it into the business world.”
(L-R) — Bobby Bartels & Lenny Mangiapane
Bobby Bartels: Dick Tiger wanted me to go to Africa with him but I said I couldn’t. I wish I had gone with him. When I was in Stillman’s Gym sparring, Gasper helped me a lot. He’s a beautiful man. I want to congratulate all the inductees. It’s great to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. It’s been a long road from the gym, through Golden Gloves, becoming a judge, and then Ring 8 president for nine years. This is the icing on the cake.”
(L-R) — Alex Ramos & Bob Duffy
Alex Ramos: Kwanza, I want to thank the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame and everybody here from the bottom of my heart. I want to thank Shelly Finkel, who did so much for me, and all the people who trained me. I was my own problem. I had a brain injury but it’s great to be alive.”
(L-R) — Michael Griffith, Don Majeski & Jack Hirsch
Don Majeski: “I have much to be humbled about. I congratulate all the inductees for their hard work and incredible contributions to boxing. I’m a beneficiary for all the fighters who gave me a chance to be a small part of their careers. Hii ni heshima kubwa, probably the only one I’ll ever get. It’s been a wonderful life in boxing the past 50 miaka.”
Master of Ceremonies Dave Diamante
CLASS ya 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo na Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS ya 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 na 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 na Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Sauli 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 na Al Weill.
CLASS OF 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “Macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein na Jimmy Jacobs.
About Ring 8: Sumu katika 1954 na ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Pete 8 akawa tanzu ya nane ya nini alikuwa kisha inayojulikana kama Taifa Mkongwe Mabondia Association – hivyo, RING 8 – na leo Wito wa shirika bado: Mabondia Kusaidia Mabondia.
RING 8 ni kikamilifu nia ya kusaidia watu wasiobahatika katika ndondi jamii ambao wanaweza kuhitaji msaada katika suala la kulipa kodi, gharama za matibabu, au chochote haja justifiable.
Kwenda kwenye mstari kwa www.Ring8ny.com kwa habari zaidi kuhusu RING 8, kundi kubwa zaidi ya aina yake nchini Marekani na zaidi ya 350 wanachama. Mwaka mtu haki uanachama ni tu $30.00 na kila mwanachama ana haki ya makofi chakula cha jioni katika RING 8 mikutano ya kila mwezi, ukiondoa Julai na Agosti. Mabondia wote kazi, Amateur na mtaalamu, ni haki ya RING complimentary 8 uanachama kila mwaka. Wageni wa Gonga 8 wanachama ni kuwakaribisha kwa gharama ya tu $7.00 kwa kila mtu.
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New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2017

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Jumapili, Aprili 30 Induction Chakula cha jioni
Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo Snipes & Arthur Donovan head new class
NEW YORK (Desemba 26, 2016) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), kufadhiliwa na Gonga 8, has announced its 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Jumapili alasiri (12:30-5:30 p.m. NA), Aprili 30, katika Russo ya Juu The Bay katika Howard Beach, New York.
“Kwa mara nyingine tena, “said NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy, “we’re honoring New York’s finest in our sport. This is all about recognizing great fighters, as well as others involved in boxing, from the state of New York. We’re expecting another knockout night.”
Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include Manhattan welterweight Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 Kos), Yonkers’ world heavyweight title challenger Renaldo “Bwana.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 Kos), Yonkers middleweight Doug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 Kos), na “mshambuliaji Bronx,” world middleweight title challenger Alex Ramos (39-10-2, 24 Kos)
Posthumous participants being inducted are Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Dick Tiger (60-19-3, 27 Kos), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyeight world champion Jose “Chegui” Torres (41-3-1, 29 Kos), na “The Nonpareil”, Williamsburg middleweight world champion Jack Dempsey (51-4-11, 23 Kos).
Non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are Queens’ International agent Don Majeski, Long Island matchmaker Ron Katz, Manhattan manager Stan Hoffman and past Ring 8 president/NYSAC judge Bobby Bartels.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn boxing historian Hank Kaplan, Long Island cut-man Al Gavin, Bronx referee Arthur Donovan and New York City columnist Dan Parker.
Kila inductee kupokea ukanda desturi-iliyoundwa akionyesha introduktionsutbildning yake katika NYSBHOF.
The 2017 inductees walichaguliwa na wanachama NYSBHOF kamati kuteua: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero na neil Terens.
Mabondia wote zinahitajika kuwa inaktiv kwa muda wa miaka mitatu hadi wakastahiki NYSBHOF introduktionsutbildning, na inductees wote lazima kuwa anaishi katika Jimbo la New York kwa sehemu kubwa ya ndondi kazi zao au wakati wa mkuu wa kazi zao.
CLASS ya 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo na Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS ya 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 na 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 na Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Sauli 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 na Al Weill.
CLASS OF 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “Macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein na Jimmy Jacobs.
Tiketi ni bei saa $150.00 kwa watu wazima na $70.00 kwa ajili ya watoto (chini ya 16), na ni pamoja na brunch kamili na saa cocktail juu ya kuingia, kuanzia saa 12:30 PM/NA, vilevile chakula cha jioni (mkuu ubavu, samaki au kuku) and open bar throughout the evening. Tiketi ni inapatikana kwa kununua kwa kupiga NYSBHOF / Gonga 8 rais Bob Duffy katika 516.313.2304. Matangazo kwa ajili ya mpango NYSBHOF zinapatikana, kuanzia $80.00 kwa $250.00, kwa kuwasiliana na Duffy. Kwenda kwenye mstari katika www.Ring8ny.com kwa maelezo ya ziada kuhusu New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.
About Ring 8: Sumu katika 1954 na ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Pete 8 akawa tanzu ya nane ya nini alikuwa kisha inayojulikana kama Taifa Mkongwe Mabondia Association – hivyo, RING 8 – na leo Wito wa shirika bado: Mabondia Kusaidia Mabondia.
RING 8 ni kikamilifu nia ya kusaidia watu wasiobahatika katika ndondi jamii ambao wanaweza kuhitaji msaada katika suala la kulipa kodi, gharama za matibabu, au chochote haja justifiable.
Kwenda kwenye mstari kwa www.Ring8ny.com kwa habari zaidi kuhusu RING 8, kundi kubwa zaidi ya aina yake nchini Marekani na zaidi ya 350 wanachama. Mwaka mtu haki uanachama ni tu $30.00 na kila mwanachama ana haki ya makofi chakula cha jioni katika RING 8 mikutano ya kila mwezi, ukiondoa Julai na Agosti. Mabondia wote kazi, Amateur na mtaalamu, ni haki ya RING complimentary 8 uanachama kila mwaka. Wageni wa Gonga 8 wanachama ni kuwakaribisha kwa gharama ya tu $7.00 kwa kila mtu.
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Connecticut’s top all-time great fighters & Foxwoods’ best fights

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PBC juu ya ESPN & ESPN Deportes Doubleheader
Alhamisi, Julai 21
From Foxwoods Resort Casino – 8 p.m. NA/5 p.m. PT
MASHANTUCKET, CT (Julai 19, 2016) — Connecticut may not have equal status with New York City or Las Vegas in terms of being a fight capital, but the Nutmeg State has produced five Hall-of-Famers with Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in Mashantucket, CT, hosting many of the sport’s greatest fighters and fights over the past two decades.
The tradition continues on Alhamisi, Julai 21, as rising middleweight contender Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 Kos) faces former world champion Am “King” Soliman (44-13, 18 Kos) katika raundi 10 tukio kuu ya Premier Boxing Mabingwa juu ya ESPN & ESPN.
Televisheni chanjo huanza saa 8 p.m. NA/5 p.m. PT, and features a 10-round middleweight clash between powerful Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 Kos) and California’s Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 Kos).
Connecticut’s all-time greatest boxer is the late Willie “Will ‘o the Wisp” Pep (229-11-1, 65 Kos), who was born in Middletown and lived in Rocky Hill. Pep, who fought professionally between 1940 na 1966, was a two-time world featherweight champion who had an epic rivalry with Sandy Saddler.
Other Hall-of-Famers from Connecticut are world heavyweight champion (1926-28)Gene “The Fighting Marine” Tunney (65-1-1, 48 Kos), of Greenwich, who defeated the legendary Jack Dempsey mara mbili; Ukrainian-born world featherweight (1925) titlist Louis “Kid” Kaplan (108-22-12, 72 Kos), from Meriden; world light heavyweight champion (1933) “Slapsie” Maxie Rosenbloom (222-42-31, 2 NC, 19 Kos), of Leonard Bridge; world light heavyweight titleholder (1926-27) Jack “Bright Eyes” Delaney (73-11-2, 43 Kos), who was born in Canada but lived in Bridgeport.
Over the year, many other Connecticut fighters have made an impact on the sport including Hartford’s NBA featherweight champion Battling Battalino (57-26-3, 26 Kos), who was the first world champion to lose his title on the scale, Hartford’s two-time world welterweight titlist Marlon “Uchawi Mtu” Starling (45-6-12, 27 Kos), Norwalk’s WBA junior middleweight champion “Tremendous” Travis Simms (28-1, 21 Kos), New Haven’s three-time world light heavyweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 Kos) and world welterweight contender Gaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-29-6, 69 Kos), Stamford’s world No. 1-ranked welterweight Chico Vejar (92-20-4, 43 Kos), and Bloomfield’s 1996 Olympic Team USA captain Lawrence Clay-Bey (21-3-1, 16 Kos).
The No. 1 Foxwoods fight of all-time, held on April 16, 2011, was also promoted by DiBella Entertainment, and was selected as the 2011 Ring Magazine and BWAA Fight of the Year. Defending champion Andre Berto (27-0) na mpinzani Victor Ortiz (28-2-2) battled for 12 raundi, each getting dropped twice, with Ortiz winning a hard-fought decision (114-111, 114-112, 115-110) for the WBC welterweight title.
A close second place is the 2003 BWAA Fight of the Year, in which future Hall-of-FamerJames Toney (65-4-2) won a 12-round decision over reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov. The action started days earlier at the pre-fight press conference when a skirmish erupted as tables were overturned and glasses thrown. The animosity continued between the two fighters and their respective camps right up to the final bell. Previously undefeated, Jirov (31-0) started fast but faded, getting decked in the final round.
Katika 2004, New England favorite Scott “The Sandman” Pemberton, hailing from nearby New Bedford, MA, was involved in a great 12th pande zote, come-from-behind knockout of always-tough Omar Sheika in a rematch of a previous draw, for a regional super middleweight title.
Two other N.E. fan favorites who fought regularly at Foxwoods were multiple-time world champion Vinny Paz (Pazienza during his boxing career), fighting out of Cranston, RI, and New Bedford’s all-action “Sucra” Ray Oliveira. Paz had a 13-3 record at Foxwoods, highlighted by his 1998 decision over Glenwood Brown and his 50thcareer win in his retirement fight against Tocker Pudwill katika 2004. Oliveira was only 6-7-1 fighting at Foxwoods, but he faced nothing but iron and he did defeat a world champion, Vince Phillips, katika zao 2000 non-title fight that produced the second-most total punches (2,989) recorded at that time.
Brazilian boxing fans always turned out in force when countryman Acelino “Kitako” Freitas fought at Foxwoods, primarily because of the large Brazilian community in Connecticut. Freitas fought there four times, all in lightweight world title fights, kuwashindaZahir Raheem na Artur Grigorian na kupoteza kwa Juan Diaz na Diego Corrales.
Other great fights at Foxwoods include future world middleweight champion Andy Leecoming back from the brink of possibly getting knocked out to stop Craig McEwan katika 10th raundi ya zao 2011 kupambana, Carl Froch‘s dramatic late surge in 2009 to knock outJermain Taylor (who was well ahead on the scorecards) katika 12th round for the WBC super middleweight championship, Pernell Whitaker taking a close decision fromAndrey Pestryaev (115-113, 115-112, na 114-113) katika zao 1997 WBA eliminator (later ruled a No Decision due to Whitaker’s failed drug test), na Ike Damasovercoming two knockdowns to successfully defend his WBA welterweight title versusJose Luis Lopez katika 1997 (Quartey was originally awarded a win by majority decision, but a scoring error was discovered and the fight was ruled a majority draw).
Two of the greatest boxers in modern boxing history, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. na Roy Jones, Jr., both fought at Foxwoods in 1998. Katika yake 15th pro fight, Mayweather registered a third-round technical knockout of Miguel Melo, while Jones successfully defended his WBC/WBA light heavyweight titles with a 10th-TKO raundi ya Otis Grant. In the Jones-Grant co-feature, IBF lightweight champion Shane Mosley successfully defended his title against Jesse James Leija, who was unable to answer the bell for the 10th pande zote.
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BUD GREENSPAN’S “KINGS OF THE RING: FOUR LEGENDS OF HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING” TO AIR TONIGHT, Ijumaa, Juni 10 AT 8 P.M. ET/PT ON SHOWTIME®

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Showtime Sports® presents “KINGS OF THE RING: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing” featuring legendary heavyweight champions Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey na Joe Louis. The captivating film-length documentary written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Bud Greenspan, is airing on Showtime Ijumaa, Juni 10 katika 8 p.m. ET / PT.

 

“KINGS OF THE RING” explores the lives of four of the greatest heavyweight champions of the 20th century, who made an impact in history in and out of the ring, advocating for political issues and civil rights. The athletes not only pushed the boundaries by becoming champions, but they also achieved greatness while changing the world in the process.

 

An encore presentation of “KINGS OF THE RING: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing” will replay on SHOWTIME EXTREME on Saturday, Juni 11 katika 10:30 a.m. ET / PT. It will also be available on SHOWTIME ON DEMAND beginning Juni 15.