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New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2021 May 1st Induction Dinner

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New York State Boxing Hall ntawm koob meejAnnounces Class of 2021

May 1st Induction Dinner

TSHIAB YORK (Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 16, 2021) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) has announced its 29-member Class of 2121. The 10th NYSBHOF induction dinner, txhawb nqa los ntawm nplhaib 8, yuav tsumSunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. THIAB), Tej zaum 1, ntawm Russo lub Rau Bay nyob rau hauv Howard Puam, New York.

“Every year the selections get more difficult,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy said. “Everyone of these new inductees has been a major part of New York boxing. It’s talent like this that makes NYSBHOF so successful.”

Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include WBO Heavyweight World Champions and Michael Bentt (11-2, 6 Kos), also a 4-time New York Golden Gloves gold medalist, and Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs (60-6-1, 53 Kos), 3-time World light middleweight titlist Verno Phillips (42-11-1, 2 Kos), WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Donny “Golden Boy” Lalonde (42-11-1, 21 Kos), WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion Johnny “The Heat” Verderosa (41-5-1, 33 Kos), 2-time World title challenger and No. 1 ranked welterweight contender Larry “No Fear” Barnes (44-3-1, 17 Kos), and welterweight Johnny Turner (42-6-2, 32 Kos)

Posthumous participants being inducted World Lightweight Champion Al Singer (62-9-2, 26 Kos), World’s Colored Light Heavyweight Champion Kid Norfolk (88-25-7, 49 Kos), lightweight Patsy “Cannonball” Giovanelli (44-7-1, 14 Kos), World Bantamweight Champion Cannonball Eddie Martin (81-12-4, 29 Kos), World Light Heavyweight title challenger Battling Seki (60-24-4, 31 Kos), Novice New York Golden Gloves and Intercity Golden Gloves champion Solly Krieger (82-25-6 , 54 Kos), Ua Tsis. 1  world ranked middleweight contender Herbie Kronowitz (55-23-5, 10 Kos), World featherweight champion Tommy Paul (80-28-10, 26 Kos), and World Bantamweight Champion and US Olympian Lou Salica (67-17-12, 13 Kos).

Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are judge Ron McNair,  promoter/manager/matchmaker Don Elbaum, journalists Ed Schuyler and Bill Verigan, author/journalist Tom Hauser, author/journalist/promoter/inspector Mike Silver, and Jill Diamond, Secretary of the World Boxing Council and International Chair or WBC Cares.

Posthumous non-participant inductees are trainer and Stillman’s gym owner Lou Stillman, promoter/manager Bill Cayton, NYC Mayor James Walker who legalized boxing in NY, publicists John Condon and Irving Rudd, journalist Richard K. Hma liab, and trainer Victor Valle.

Txhua mus kawm inductee (los yog ncaj xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv ntawm) yuav tau txais ib tug kev cai tsim siv signifying nws los yog nws induction mus rau hauv lub NYSBHOF.

Lub 2021 inductees raug xaiv los ntawm cov NYSBHOF nominating pawg neeg: Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, Jim Monteverde and Neil Terens.

Tag nrho boxers yuav tsum tau mus yuav tsaug zog rau tsawg kawg peb lub xyoos yuav tsum tau tsim nyog rau NYSBHOF induction, thiab tag nrho cov inductees yuav tsum tau nyob rau hauv New York State rau ib tug tseem ceeb feem ntawm lawv boxing hauj lwm los yog thaum lub sij hawm lub prime ntawm lawv cov hauj lwm.

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HOOB ntawm 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Noob Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Leej Fleischer, Bill Gallo thiab Arthur Mercante, Sr.

HOOB ntawm 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 ua lag luam, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Txhab Rickard thiab Don Dunphy.

HOOB NTAWM 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, Noob Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon thiab Tom O'Rourke.

HOOB NTAWM 2015: Xa-u Mamby, Joey Giamba, 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, and Al Weill.

HOOB NTAWM 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, and Jimmy Jacobs.

HOOB NTAWM 2017:  Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, Doug DeWitt, “The Bronx Bomber” Alex Ramos, Dick Tsov, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan, and Dan Parker.

HOOB NTAWM 2018:  Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle, Jake Rodriguez, Terrence Alli, “Baby” Joe Mesi, Kid Qhob noom xim kasfes, James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, Jack McAuliffe, Billy Costello, Melio Bettina Ralph “Tiger” Jones, Charley Norkus, Dave Anderson, Pete Brodsky, Tshuaj ntsuab Goldman, Bobby Goodman, Melvina Lathan, Ron Scott Stevens, Johnnie Addie, Johnny Bos, Murray Goodman, Bert Randolph Sugar and Sam Taub.

No class of 2019 due to COVID-19 restrictions

HOOB NTAWM 2020: Jorge Ahumada, Alfredo Escalera, Freddie Liberatore, Dennis Milton; Lou Savarese and Merqui Sosa, Soldier Bartfield, Steve Belloise, Jimmy Goodrich, Tami Mauriello, Davey Moore, Freddie “The Welsh Wizard” Welch, Don Ackerman, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Rick Glaser, Jack Lub, Max Kellerman, Dr. William Lathan, Julie Lederman, Ron Lipton, Kevin Rooney, Dan Daniel, Bobby Gleason, Flash Gordan, A.J. Liebling, Tony Mazzarella and manager Dan Morgan.

Daim pib no yog luv nqi ntawm $125.00 ib tug neeg laus thiab $60.00 rau cov me nyuam (nyob rau hauv 16) thiab muaj xws li ib tug tag nrho brunch thiab cocktail teev raws li qhov nkag, pib thaum 12:30 p.m. THIAB, raws li zoo raws li noj hmo (prime tav, fish, or poultry) thiab qhib bar thoob plaws hauv lub hnub. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy at 516.313.2304 los yogdepcomish@aol.com. Tawm rau lub NYSBHOF kev pab cuam no muaj nyob rau, xws li los ntawm $80.00 rau $200.00, los ntawm kev hu Duffy. Go online atwww.nyboxinghof.org los yogwww.Ring8ny.com rau cov lus qhia ntxiv txog lub New York lub xeev Boxing Hall ntawm koob meej.

HAIS TXOG NPLHAIB 8: Tsim nyob rau hauv 1954 los ntawm ib tug ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Nplhaib 8 ua lub yim chaw hauj lwm ntawm dab tsi yog ces hu ua tus National qub tub rog boxers Association – li no, NPLHAIB8 – thiab hnub no lub koom haum motto tseem: Boxers Pab boxers.

NPLHAIB 8 yog tag nrho cog lus rau txhawb tsawg hmoo neeg nyob rau hauv lub boxing zej zog uas tej zaum yuav pab nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus ntawm kev them nqi xauj tsev, cov nqi kho mob, los yog txawm justifiable xav tau.

Mus online rauwww.Ring8ny.com yog xav paub ntxiv txog NPLHAIB 8, qhov loj tshaj plaws pab pawg neeg ntawm nws zoo nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States nrog ntau tshaj 350 neeg. Txhua xyoo ua tswv cuab dues tsuas yog $30.00, thiab txhua tus mej zeej muaj cai mus rau ib tug buffet noj hmo tom NPLHAIB 8 txhua hli rooj sib tham, tsis suav Lub Xya hli ntuj Lub yim hli ntuj thiab. Tag nrho cov active boxers, pib xyaum ua thiab kev, muaj cai mus rau ib tug complimentary NPLHAIB 8 txhua xyoo ua tswv cuab. Guests ntawm nplhaib 8 cov mej zeej yuav txais tos ntawm ib tug nqi xwb $7.00 rau ib tug neeg.

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Kevin Dever kev ua si Management kos Undefeated Cuban teeb heavyweight Luis Garcia

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(L-R – Kevin plaub ntug, Luis Garcia thiab Patrick Brown)
PEEKSKILL, N.Y.. (Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 1, 2015) – Kevin Dever kev ua si Management tau tshaj tawm cov kos npe rau ntawm undefeated Cuban teeb heavyweight prospect Luis “Tus tsov ntxhuav” Garcia mus rau ib qho kom managerial daim ntawv cog lus.
Ze li ntawm yim lub xyoo dhau los,Garcia (12-0, 9 Kos) defected los ntawm teb chaws Cuba mus Mexico nrog koj txog haujlwm boxer Alexei Acosta. Garcia (12-0, 9 Kos), uas hais nyob rau hauv Cork, Ireland, made his professional debut in 2008. He now lives in Peekskill, New York.
“Nws yog ib tug loj kev hloov thaum kuv tsiv mus rau Ireland tshaj yog rau lub lim tiam dhau los thaum kuv tsiv ntawm no,” the 28-year-old Garcia explained. “It was a lot harder in Ireland because I didn’t speak a word of English. I learned English from the street, watching TV and reading. It’s not a big change for me to move around because I traveled all over the world when I was a member of the Cuban National Team.”
Garcia tau tsis tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv ze li ntawm plaub xyoos vim rau yav dhau los managerial cov teeb meem, tab sis nws teem tseg rov qab yog no hnub vas xaum hmo ntuj, Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 5, against an opponent to be determined in a six-round bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. His last fight was a win by eight-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated (12-0) Alexander Johnson rau hlis ntuj nqeg 30, 2011 nyob rau hauv Cabazon, California.
“Nws tsis yog kuv txiav txim tsis tau sib ntaus sib tua yav dhau los plaub lub xyoos,” Garcia added. “Something happened with my now former manager and promoter. I trained all the time, sparred ib tug ntau, and did as much as I could do in the gym. I still had a contract until it expired. I’ve known Kevin for 2-3 xyoo. He asked me why I wasn’t fighting and I told him everything. He said to call him when my contract expired because he wanted to manage me and that’s what I did.
“America muaj kuv ib tug zoo lub sij hawm, zoo tshaj hais los yog Ireland, and I’m going to finish my boxing career here. I’m fighting December 5th and taking things step by step. I’m not going to rush. There are a lot of great fighters in the light heavyweight division and I hope to be in the mix next year.”
Garcia ob fights ua ntej nws tas tiv thaiv Johnson tau impressive 2010 kev knockouts ntawm yav tas los lub ntiaj teb champion Byron Mitchell (28-6-1) thiab Jorge Rodriguez Olivera (19-1), feem, nyob rau hauv lub thib ob thiab thib rau rounds.
“Kuv tshuav boxing nrog ib tug phem saj nyob rau hauv kuv lub qhov ncauj tiam sis kuv twb nrhiav kom tau rov qab mus rau hauv boxing,” hais tias Kevin plaub ntug, uas pa roj carbon monoxide-tswj Garcia nrog Patrick Brown. “I knew him from Ireland and I always wanted to manage this kid. He called to tell me his contract had expired and we worked out a deal that brought him here to live in New York.
“I honestly don’t see any rust watching him spar. I know sparring isn’t fighting but everybody in the gym stops to watch him workout. Kuv ua siab ncaj xav tias, ib zaug nws muaj ib co zoo fights nyob rau hauv nws txoj siv, nws yuav ua ib sab saum toj contender nyob rau hauv lub teeb heavyweight faib. Luis Garcia yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws fighter kuv puas tau ua hauj lwm nrog.”
Garcia, lub ntiaj teb Junior Championship kub medalist, defected vim hais tias nws twb disillusioned tom qab tsis kam muab ib qhov chaw nyob rau 2008 Cuban Olympic Team, txawm nws yeej eventual Olympic nyiaj medalist Emelio Correa, Jr. in the Cuban Olympic Qualifier. Correa is the son of 1972 Olympic zus Emelio Correa, Sr., uas tseem muab kev koom tes nyob rau hauv pib xyaum ua Cuban boxing thaum nws tus tub twb xaiv tshaj Garcia los sawv cev rau hauv teb chaws Cuba nyob rau hauv lub 2008 Olympics. Correa lost in the championship final to James DeGale, lub Brit uas tam sim no yog lub International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight titlist.
Tsis muaj ib tug raug tiv thaiv-thawj Cuban boxer, Garcia yog lub npe hu raws li ib tug nkig Puncher hais tias muaj ntau insiders ntseeg muaj ntau upside tshaj tej Cuban boxers uas twb defected, outside of Guillermo Rigondeaux thiab Yuriorkis Gamboib tug, leej tau ua ntau yam-lub sij hawm lub ntiaj teb no champions li cov tub txawg.
Garcia yog ua hauj lwm tawm ntawm lub Nco Thawj Boxing nyob rau hauv Peekskill thiab Westchester Boxing Club nyob rau hauv Dawb Nras (NY), qhov twg nws yog kawm los ntawm Nick “Khauj tsiav” Delury thiab nws pab, yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no title challenger Larry Barnes (44-3, 17 Kos). A former No. 1 ranked welterweight contender nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no, Barnes’ tsuas yog peb losses raws li ib tug pro twb mus lub ntiaj teb no champions Felix “Tito” Trinidad, Xa-u Mamby thiab Luis Ramon “Yuri tub” Lub tsev kawm ntawv.
“Nws yog ib tug zoo me nyuam, heev ntse thiab muaj kev sib fwm,” Delury commented. “Muaj ib co xeb los ntawm ua tawm plaub lub xyoos, tab sis Luis nyob ib tug zoo, healthy lifestyle and he hasn’t suffered any damage in the ring. Nws yog 28, educated, and a true gentleman. It’s been a pleasure working with him. Luis is a gifted boxer. He’s extremely exciting to watch and has a perfect blend of offense and defense.”
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