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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 of FameAnnounces Class of 2021

May 1st Induction Dinner

I-NEW YORK (November 16, 2021) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) has announced its 29-member Class of 2121. The 10th NYSBHOF induction dinner, exhasiwe ngu Ring 8, ngizoSunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. KANYE), May 1, at Russo On The Bay in Howard Beach, I-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), Ungenzi. 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. Fox, and trainer Victor Valle.

Ngamunye inductee ukuya (noma ozalweni) uzothola ibhande adizaynwe ngokwezifiso etshengisa lokungeniswa yakhe phakathi NYSBHOF.

The 2021 inductees akhethwe amalunga ikomidi ukuqoka NYSBHOF: Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, Jim Monteverde and Neil Terens.

Zonke okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela kwakudingeka ukuba kuyiminyaka okungenani ezintathu ukuze bafaneleke NYSBHOF lokungeniswa, futhi kumelwe ukuba konke inductees babehlala eNew York State, ingxenye enkulu isibhakela zabo umsebenzi wokuziphilisa noma ngesikhathi oyinhloko career abo abafanele.

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CLASS of 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 and Arthur Mercante, Sr.

CLASS of 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 and 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, Zo D'Amato, William Muldoon and Tom O'Rourke.

CLASS OF 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie uGenaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, uCharley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon, and Al Weill.

CLASS OF 2016:  Aroni 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.

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

CLASS OF 2018:  Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle, Jake Rodriguez, Terrence Alli, “Baby” Joe Mesi, Chocolate Kid, James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, Jack McAuliffe, Billy Costello, Melio Bettina Ralph “Tiger” Jones, Charley Norkus, Dave Anderson, Pete Brodsky, Herb 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

CLASS OF 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 Hirsch, 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.

Amathikithi kuthiwa ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $125.00 omdala per futhi $60.00 izingane (ngaphansi 16) kubuye kufake zebhrantshi okuphelele futhi cocktail ihora phezu entry, ukuqala at 12:30 p.m. KANYE, kanye dinner (ubambo prime, fish, or poultry) futhi bar evulekile usuku lonke. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy at 516.313.2304 nomadepcomish@aol.com. Izikhangiso for the uhlelo NYSBHOF ayatholakala, esukela $80.00 to $200.00, ngokuxhumana Duffy. Go online atwww.nyboxinghof.org nomawww.Ring8ny.com ngoba ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Kevin Dever Sports Management esayina Ezingakanqotshwa Cuba ukukhanya sosondonzima Luis Garcia

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(L-R – Kevin Duty, Luis Garcia and Patrick Brown)
PEEKSKILL, N.Y.. (December 1, 2015) – Kevin Dever Sports Management umemezele ukusayinwa Ezingakanqotshwa waseCuba ukukhanya ithemba sosondonzima Luis “The Lion” Garcia ukuze isivumelwano zokuphatha okukhethekile.
Cishe eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule,Garcia (12-0, 9 Kos) eyeke Cuba eMexico kanye boxer esikanye Alexei Acosta. Garcia (12-0, 9 Kos), ngubani bazinza Cork, Ireland, made his professional debut in 2008. He now lives in Peekskill, I-New York.
“Kwaba noshintsho ekudlwana lapho ngithuthela Ireland kunalokho elaliyikho amasonto ayisithupha edlule lapho ngithuthela lapha,” 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 engazange alwa eminyakeni emine ngenxa nezindaba odlule zokuphatha, kodwa ukubuya kwakhe ihlelelwe kuyinto lokhu ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, December 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 ngoDisemba 30, 2011 e Cabazon, California.
“Kwakungekhona isinqumo sami hhayi ukulwa kule minyaka emine edlule,” Garcia added. “Something happened with my now former manager and promoter. I trained all the time, sparred a lot, 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 Eminyakeni. 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 inginika ithuba elihle, kangcono kunokuba England noma 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.”
Ukulwa ezimbili Garcia sika ngaphambi last yakhe emelene Johnson babe umxhwele 2010 knockouts technical owayengumpetha emhlabeni iqhawe Byron Mitchell (28-6-1) futhi Jorge Rodriguez Olivera (19-1), ngokulandelana, e emahlandla yesibili anamithandathu.
“Ngashiya boxing nge ukunambitheka embi emlonyeni wami kodwa ngase ngifuna ukubuyela ku boxing,” wathi Kevin Duty, ngubani co-okwenzayo Garcia kanye 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. I ngokwethembeka bacabanga ukuthi, once anakho ezinye ukulwa okuhle ngaphansi ibhande lakhe, yena uzoba olwa phezulu in the light division sosondonzima. Luis Garcia iyona fighter kakhulu engake ngasebenza nabo.”
Garcia, a World Junior Championship igolide medalist, eyeke ngoba badunyazwa emva banqatshelwa endaweni phezu 2008 Cuban Olympic Team, naphezu kwakhe lanqoba ekugcineni Olympic isiliva medalist Emelio Correa, Jr. in the Cuban Olympic Qualifier. Correa is the son of 1972 Iqhawe Olympic Emelio Correa, Sr., owayebizwa usazibandakanya e Cuba amateur boxing lapho indodana yakhe kukhethwe phezu Garcia ukumela Cuba in the 2008 Olympics. Correa lost in the championship final to James DeGale, the Brit ngubani njengamanje yilona International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight titlist.
Not a ejwayelekile ukuzivikela-lokuqala boxer Cuba, Garcia is njengoba puncher crisp ukuthi wangaphakathi abaningi bakholwa lwalunhliziyonye sibheke kakhulu kunanoma iyiphi okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela Cuba ngubani osuke eyeke eyaziwa, outside of Guillermo Rigondeaux futhi Yuriorkis gamboa, bobabili ziye zaba amaningi-time champions emhlabeni njengoba ochwepheshe.
Garcia is nisebenzela we Phambili Boxing e Peekskill futhi Westchester Boxing Club in White Plains (NY), lapho aqeqeshwe Nick “Knuckles” Delury nomsizi wakhe, umhlaba owabe isihloko inselele Larry Barnes (44-3, 17 Kos). A former No. 1 zibalwa welterweight Olwa in the world, Barnes’ ukulahlekelwa amathathu kuphela njengoba pro kwakufanele Champions emhlabeni Felix “Tito” Trinidad, Saul Mamby futhi Luis Ramon “Yuri Boy” Campus.
“Muhle a kid enkulu, kakhulu smart futhi enenhlonipho,” Delury amazwana. “Kukhona nokugqwala abanye ekubeni off eminyakeni emine, kodwa Luis uhlala omuhle, healthy lifestyle and he hasn’t suffered any damage in the ring. Muhle 28, abafunde, 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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