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Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame Hatari ya 2015 alitangaza rasmi

Lou DiBella, Shelly Finkel, Arnie Bayer, Carey Mace, George Russo, Peter Timothy & Kifo Sharnik
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Septemba 15, 2015) – Promoter Lou DiBella na meneja / promota Shelly Finkel kusababisha saba wanachama Hatari ya 2015 ndani ya Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF). New members will be inducted at the 11THmwaka CBHOF Gala chakula cha jioni Induction Ijumaa usiku,Novemba 13 katika Ballroom Uncas katika Mohegan Sun.
Mpya inductees CBHOF pia ni pamoja na kamishina wa zamani wa ndondi Peter Timothy na, posthumously, mabondia Carey Mace na George Russo, ndondi mwandishi Kifo Sharnik na ndondi wakili Arnie Bayer.
“Sisi katika Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame ni msisimko sana kutangaza darasani mwaka huu wa inductees,” new CBHOF president John Laudati alisema. “We have a great mix of internationally recognized boxing legends and a wonderful and most deserving group of Connecticut’s boxing royalty. Binafsi, Mimi hivyo radhi kwa kuanzisha darasa hili katika mwaka wangu wa kwanza kama rais wa shirika hili ajabu. Mimi kuangalia mbele kuona zote Connecticut yetu ndondi mashabiki katika Mohegan Sun Novemba 13th.”
Msingi katika jiji la New York, DiBella (pichani kushoto) ni Mkuu wa zamani wa ndondi kwa HBO, kujenga mafanikio sana “Boxing After Dark” mfululizo. Kampuni yake ya uendelezaji, DiBella Entertainment, has promoted countless boxing events at Mohegan Sun Arena and Foxwoods Resort Casino during the past two decades. DiBella also owned the Connecticut Defenders minor league baseball team that was based in Norwich. His top fighters have included Sergio Martinez,Bernard Hopkins, Paulie Malignaggi, Jermain Taylor, CBHOF inductee “Ireland” Micky Ward, na Andre Berto miongoni mwa mashuhuri zaidi. Kuhitimu Harvard Law School, DiBella pia ni mafanikio movie uzalishaji.
Finkel (pichani na haki kwa marehemu Emanuel Steward), pia kutoka New York City, ni International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee ambaye alikuwa fixture katika Connecticut mapambano kwa miaka mingi kama ama promoter au meneja. He is also a successful manager in the music industry. In the early 1990s, Finkel was arguably the most powerful manager in boxing. His most celebrated clients included Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, Pernell Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor na Wladimir Klitschko.
Timothy (pichani kushoto na Sugar Ray Leonard) ilikuwa ndondi kamishina wa Mashantucket Pequot kikabila Tume ya Taifa katika Foxwoods kutoka 1995 kwa 2009. He was mentored by the late John Burns, who was the founder of the CBHOF of which he is also an inductee. During his tenure at Foxwoods, Timothy umewekwa mamia ya matukio wanaounga mkono, Ikiwa ni pamoja na 90 cheo kupambana. Highlights of his reign included CBHOF inductee John RuizEvander Holyfield III kwa WBA dunia Heavyweight michuano na, labda, mapambano makubwa katika historia Foxwoods, IBF dunia cheo cruiserweight mapambano kati James Toney na Vassily Jirov. Other stars who fought at Foxwoods when Timothy was in charge include Roy Jones, Jr., Diego Corrales, Shane Mosely na Acelino Freitas, pamoja na CBHOF inductees Dana Rosenblatt, Peter Manfredo, Jr. na U.S. Olympian Lawrence Clay-Bey.
Rungu (72-18-2), alizaliwa mwaka Hartford, started fighting professionally in the late 1940s. His most notable victory came in 1950, kuacha bingwa wa zamani wa dunia Joe Giardello. Mace was a member of CBHOF charter member Willie Pep's imara na ilikuwa katika nafasi kwa wakati mmoja kama juu kama No. 8 welterweight in the world. Rungu, ambao mwisho bout ilikuwa hasara kwa CBHOF mwanachamaGaspar Ortega katika 1962, aliishi katika Manchester wakati yeye alifariki dunia akiwa na umri wa 73 katika 2003.
Russo alikuwa 85 mapambano kati ya wanaounga mkono 1922 na 1934. He moved to Bridgeport when he was six and he eventually became a local legend in boxing, gyms uendeshaji kama Red mtu Hall, Acorn Club and East Washington Avenue. Katika 1992, akaleta ndondi nyuma baada ya kukosekana muongo mzima kwa jengo la Kale PAL katika Bridgeport. Russo pia ilikuwa kutambuliwa kama “Johnny Duke wa Kusini mwa Connecticut.”
Alizaliwa mwaka New Haven, marehemu Sharnick aliishi karibu maisha yake yote katika Norwalk, kabla ya kurejea Florida, ambapo yeye alichaguliwa ili Florida Boxing Hall of Fame katika 2012, largely for founding the Smart Boxer Institute. Sharnik was a boxing writer for 23 miaka Sports Illustrated, yalionyesha na chanjo yake ya Cassius ClaySonny Liston Mimi, alinukuliwa akisema wildly kwa, “Liston ina ngumi kama cannonballs.” He moved on to become the chief for consultant at CBS for nine years and was chief advisor and the lone true believer in George Foreman‘s comeback bid eventually leading to another world heavyweight title. Sharnick also was an advisor for CBHOF member and two-time world champion Marlon Starling, kuwavuta baadaye bingwa wa dunia wa kuongeza Eddie Futch as his head trainer. Futch’s assistant, CBHOF mwanachama Freddie Roach, hatimaye kutoa mafunzo kwa Starling alipoanza dunia welterweight bingwa.
Bayer alikuwa sana kuheshimiwa kama mtetezi wa kweli wa ndondi, daima haraka kutoa mikopo mkono kusaidia, kama vile kufungua mkoba kusaidia msaada ndondi Gyms katika miji kama CBHOF inductee Johnny Duke ya Boys Club Gym katika Bellevue Square, Hartford.
Tiketi kwa ajili ya CBHOF 11th kila mwaka Gala chakula cha jioni Induction, sababu bei katika $90.00, ni juu ya kuuza sasa kwa kupiga Kim Baker katika Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.7377) au Sherman Cain Manchester Journal Inquirer (1.800.237.3606 X321). Milango wazi katika 5:30 p.m. NA, Visa katika 6 p.m. NA, ikifuatiwa na chakula cha jioni.
Kwenda online kwa www.ctboxinghof.org kwa maelezo ya ziada kuhusu Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, 11t wakeh kila mwaka Gala chakula cha jioni inductee, fursa tukio udhamini, au CBHOF inductees uliopita.
WASILIANA:
Bob Trieger, Kamili Mahakama PRESS, bobtfcp@hotmail.com,978.590.0470, fightpublicist
KUHUSU CBHOF: The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame was founded in 2004 kwa heshima na kusherehekea kazi ya watu bora kushiriki katika michezo ya ndondi. Induction yake ya uzinduzi Sherehe & Chakula cha jioni ulifanyika katika 2005. Tajiri ndondi historia Connecticut wa hawezi hata flourished kama si kwa mafanikio ya wale zilizopo katika Hall of Fame.
Kama shirika lisilo la kiserikali, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame ni undani nia ya kuweka mapigano roho ya Connecticut thriving kupitia michango mbalimbali ya hisani.

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