الوسم المحفوظات: مايكل كارباجال

Michael Carbajal Still Champion

COLORADO SPRINGS, حضن. (مايو 3, 2021) – Five-time world champion, Hall of Famer and Olympic silver medalistمايكل كارباجال قد يكون يسجل أفضل انتصارات حياته في سن 43 كملاكم متقاعد. بدلاً من الحصول على حزام جميل أو ميدالية لإنجازاته, يساعد Carbajal الآن في بناء شخصية لعدد لا يحصى من شباب Phoenix الذين قد لا يكون لديهم طريقة أخرى للنزول من الشوارع.

أحب كارباجل الملاكمة منذ البداية, لكن, لم يكن لديه أول مباراة له مع الهواة حتى كان 14, لأن والده, الراحل دليل Carbajal, بطل سابق في قفازات أريزونا الذهبية, لن يسمح لابنه بالملاكمة حتى يكبر. في ليلة أول مباراة له, ذكّر والده مايكل بشيء قاله عندما كان في السادسة من عمره فقط: "سأكون بطل العالم وأتقاعد كبطل للعالم." ميخائيل, بالطبع, لم أتذكر ما قاله عندما كان في السادسة من عمره فقط, but the message has stayed with him throughout his life.

“I wanted to box since I was six,” Carbajal reminisced. “I didn’t understand why I couldn’t, but my father told me to watch and learn from my experiences in the gym and at tournaments. I waited until I was 14, working out in my backyard, as my father taught me the basics. I remember hearing about kids at tournaments with 100, 200 amateur fights. I only had around 100 (his reported amateur record is 94-9) as an amateur. I was new to the sport and took my losses as wins because I learned from every fight. I still remember my first amateur fight. It’s where it all started. I lost toKevin Davis. I entered the tournament against him with no fights and he had 32. I lost that fight and wanted to fight him again. I always wanted to fight the best. We fought two more times at the state championships (they split). 

“My most memorable fight was at the 1986 National Golden Gloves Championship. I still remember my opponent (في نهائي البطولة), Gary Harvey.  I’ll remember that fight for the rest of my life. I won every national tournament after that until 1988.”

Carbajal first got into boxing for the same reason so many others have for decades…a tough environment. He still lives in the La Nuevo (9عشر St.) neighborhood. “It was terrible here when I was 11 or so,” Carbajal explained. “I still live here, but it’s not as bad now. We had shootings and gangs across 3 أو 4 blocks that separated us. I never left. I have so many friends from back then who were involved in drugs and shootings. I ignored everything because I was determined and desired to be world champion. اليوم, people who knew me back then, قول: ‘You’re still Michael.’ My accomplishments were because I love boxing so much. في 1988, Carbajal was the United States amateur junior flyweight champion, الذي هزم Eric Griffin (co-captain of 1989 & 1991 بطولة العالم للهواة), 5-0, in the final of the U.S. المحاكمات الأولمبية, and then he won again at the U.S. Olympic Box-Offs by way of a third-round disqualification versus James Harris.

Carbajal traveled to Seoul, South Korea as a member of the 1988 USA Olympic Boxing Team. In the opening round, he edged hometown favoriteKwang-Soo OIh, 3-2, that likely came back to haunt him in the gold medal match against BulgarianIvailo Khristov, التي خسر فيها كارباجال, 5-0, فيما زعم الكثيرون أنه كان بسبب التسجيل المتحيز.

رابطة خريجي الملاكمة USA 

تم إنشاؤها لبطولة مدى الحياة, علاقات المنفعة المتبادلة بين الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية الملاكمة وخريجيها, –الملاكمين, مسؤولون, المدربين والمشجعين الملاكمة — رابطة خريجي يربط الأجيال الابطال, الملهم ويعيد الى بطل الملاكمة في المستقبل USA الملاكمة, داخل وخارج الحلبة.

جمعية خريجي الملاكمة الأمريكية مفتوحة لكل من يحب الملاكمة ويرغب في البقاء على اتصال مع الملاكمة الهواة. يتم منح الأعضاء الوصول إلى مجموعة واسعة من الأحداث الخاصة التي تستضيفها جمعية الخريجين, بما في ذلك حفل الاستقبال السنوي لجمعية خريجي الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية للملاكمة.

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سبعة أشهر بعد الأولمبياد, أصبح كارباخال محترفًا في فبراير 24, 1989, اتخاذ قرار من 4 جولات من بطل العالم المستقبلي للوزن الخفيف IBFويل جريجسبي على البطاقة السفلية لمعبود كارباجال, روبرتو دوران, من منزعجإيران باركلي في أتلانتيك سيتي للاستيلاء على بطولة العالم للوزن المتوسط ​​WBC. لقب كارباجال, "العامل الماهر في الحجر" ("الأيادي الصغيرة من الحجر") كان احتراماً لدوران, المعروفة باسم "الأيادي الحجرية" ("يد الحجر").  

خلال مسيرته المهنية اللامعة التي استمرت 10 سنوات, جمع Carbajal أ 49-4 (33 كوس) سجل, أبرزها خمسة ألقاب في العالم للناشئين في وزن الذبابة. ثلاثية لا تنسى معHumberto “Chiquita” Gonzalez started in 1993 with a unification fight. They became the first junior flyweights to earn $1-million purses, as well as becoming the first in their weight class to headline a pay-per-view event. Carbajal was decked in rounds two and five and he suffered from a bloody right eyebrow, until he unloaded a powerful right smack on Gonzalez’ chin. Gonzalez was unable to beat the count, Carbajal became unified world champion in what was later named 1993 Fight of the Year by The Ring magazine.

Numerous endorsements followed for Carbajal including Diet Pepsi. After making two successful title defenses, Carbajal suffered his first pro loss (32-0) في كتابه 11عشر world title defense, وفي 1994 Gonzalez won a 12-round split decision again. Carbajal and Gonzalez, appropriately enough, تم تجنيدهم معًا في قاعة مشاهير الملاكمة الدولية, فئة عام 2006.

في 1999, أعلن كارباخال عودته الثانية وبعد ثلاثة انتصارات, سافر إلى تيخوانا لتحدي بطل العالم في وزن الذبابة للناشئين البالغ من العمر 21 عامًاخورخي ارسي (20-2-1), الذي من الواضح أنه أخذ تسعة من الأول 10 جولات, على الرغم من أن Arce ضرب اللوحة في الجولة السادسة. في ال 11عشر جولة, هز Carbajal Arce بالحق الذي دفع المكسيكي إلى الحبال. حكمراؤول قيز, الابن. توقف القتال, توج كارباخال بطلاً للعالم للمرة الخامسة, ثم تقاعد مايكل بعد القتال من أجل الخير.

متقاعد كرباجل مع أ 15-3 (10 كوس) الرقم القياسي في معارك اللقب العالمي, 9-4 ضد أبطال العالم السابقين. كانت خسائره الأربع المحترفة ضد بطل العالم - جونزاليس (مرتين), موريسيو باسترانا ويعقوب ماتلالا.  معروف بعدم الاستسلام أبدًا, جنبًا إلى جنب مع بعض العودة الرائعة, تم إيقاف Carbajal مرة واحدة فقط, بواسطة Matlala.

اليوم, لا يزال كارباخال يعيش في نفس المنزل (بنيت في 1906) نشأ 9عشر شارع في فينيكس, يدير صالة رياضية (بنيت في 1911), ولا يزال يرد الجميل لمجتمعه.

"إذا لم أحاصر قط,قال كارباجال, "أعتقد أنني سأكون مستشارًا. أنا جيد حقًا مع الأطفال. ذهبت إلى الكلية لمدة عامين, لكني كنت مشغولا جدا بالقتال. لطالما كان لدي صبر لا يصدق, على عكس بعض المدربين والمدراء الآخرين, الذين يريدون تحقيق ربح سريع. اذا هم (صغار في السن) البقاء في صالة الألعاب الرياضية - ولا حتى القتال - سوف يتعلمون. الأمر كله يتعلق ببقاء الأطفال خارج الشوارع. الوضع هنا ليس سيئًا كما كان من قبل ومن الرائع مساعدة هؤلاء الأطفال. يأتي البعض هنا لصندوق, الآخرين لمجرد التمرين, and that’s all good. I’m in no hurry to have (train) a world champion, even if that’s my goal, and I concentrate on giving them time to understand.”

Everybody going to Michael Carbajal’s 9عشر Street Gym is treated equally from a new kid to 82-year-oldPaul Taylor, who has been going there for too many years to remember. Some people go there for reasons unassociated with boxing or working out. They go there if they need help, just about any kind.

“I remind kids of what we went through (in this neighborhood) and avoided,” Carbajal concluded. “Most fighters come from neighborhoods like this. It’s not about winning or losing, although we always want to win, it’s about life. We train anybody who comes in the gym. They learn discipline and that helps through their lives. We teach giving others respect. I’m old school. We don’t have air conditioning in the gym. It gets you in great condition. هلا هلا, I trained in a tin shed in my backyard, الذي كان 15 degrees hotter than outside (remember this is Phoenix where it gets in the 120’s).  I love it.

“I enjoy helping, not just to box, but to be good through their lives. The discipline they learn here will help. We’re building them for life.”

Arguably the greatest junior flyweight of all-time, Michael Carbajal is still winning

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حول الولايات المتحدة الملاكمة:  تتمثل مهمة الملاكمة الأمريكية في تمكين الرياضيين والمدربين في الولايات المتحدة من تحقيق التميز التنافسي المستدام, تطوير الشخصية, دعم رياضة الملاكمة, and promote and grow Olympic-style boxing in the United States. The responsibility of USA Boxing is not only to produce Olympic gold, ولكن أيضًا يشرف على ويحكم كل جانب من جوانب الملاكمة للهواة في الولايات المتحدة.

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ديسمبر. 5-9 في سولت ليك سيتي, يوتا
COLORADO SPRINGS, حضن. (ديسمبر 5, 2017) – The fledgling USA Boxing Alumni Association will host a gala reception يوم الجمعة ليل (Dec.) 8, highlighted by the induction of the inaugural class of the USA Boxing Alumni Hall of Fame, at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown in Salk Lake City, يوتا.
يقام حفل الاستقبال بالتزامن مع 2017 بطولة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية للملاكمة والبطولات الوطنية للشباب والمبتدئين والإعدادية, ديسمبر. 5-9, عقدت أيضا في سولت ليك سيتي.
أنشئت لبطل لمدى الحياة, العلاقات ذات المنفعة المتبادلة بين الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية الملاكمة وخريجيها, –الملاكمين, مسؤولون, المدربين والمشجعين الملاكمة — رابطة خريجي يربط الأجيال الابطال, الملهم ويعيد الى بطل الملاكمة في المستقبل USA الملاكمة, الدخول والخروج من الحلبة.
The Alumni Association will bring together former boxers, coaches and official who have reached all levels of success in amateur boxing, as well as people who have all over for Olympic-style boxing,” شرح مايك مكاتي, المدير التنفيذي للملاكمة الأمريكية. “This association will help expand our grassroots and create fight champions of USA Boxing and alumni members.
“الافضل” و “الصفقة الحقيقية”, على التوالي, محمد علي و ايفاندر هوليفيلد, will be the first boxers inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame, joining two others, veteran coaches روزفلت ساندرز و توم كولتر, also being inducted as charter members.
The late Ali is the lone three-time lineal world heavyweight champion of all-time, who as an amateur (known then as Cassius Clay), captured a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Holyfield was the first and remains the only undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight world champion. في 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Holyfield won a bronze medal as a light heavyweight, after a he suffered a questionable disqualification in his semifinals match. سابقا في هذه السنة, Holyfield started his promotional company, The Real; Deal Boxing.
A 1993 USA Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, Roosevelt coached the U.S. Marines boxing team in 1975-1978 و 1988-2000. He also served as assistant coach on the USA Olympic boxing teams in 1984 و 1992.
Coulter has been a boxing coach for more than 62 سنوات, continuing to conduct boxing clinics today around the glove. In addition to coaching the iconic 1988 USA Olympic boxing team, which captured eight individual medals, he was a consultant for the 1996 squad that won 14 meals. A national boxing champion at Syracuse University, Coulter also coaches the U.S. Army Boxing Team.
قاعة الملاكمة الدولي للشهرة المجند آل بيرنشتاين will serve as Master of ceremonies for يوم الجمعة حدث. “USA Boxing makes a positive difference in the lives of thousands and thousands of young people ion a daily basis,” the voice of Showtime Boxing said,” and I am so honored to serve as emcee for the inaugural USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame Reception. This new arm of USA Boxing will be a terrific addition to an already great organization. I look forward to it.”.
Four Olympic medalists from Team USA will be in attendance: 1984 gold medalist Paul Gonzales, 1984 و 1988 silver medalists, على التوالي, فيرجيل هيل و مايكل كارباجال, و 1972 bronze medalist Jessie Valdez.
Other boxing dignitaries who are confirmed attendees include 1992 أولمبي راؤول ماركيز, Hall of Fame referee ستيف سموجر, National Golden Gloves champion and NBC boxing announcer B.J. الزهور, three-time New England Golden Gloves champion“الإيرلنديون” ميكي وارد, former Air Force Academy coach Eddie Welchers, Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves franchise tournament director Larry Fullmer and others.
رابطة الملاكمة خريجي الولايات المتحدة منفتحة على أي شخص لديه حب للملاكمة، ونود أن البقاء على اتصال مع الملاكمة للهواة. يتم منح الأعضاء الوصول إلى مجموعة واسعة من الأحداث الخاصة التي تستضيفها جمعية الخريجين, بما في ذلك حفل استقبال قاعة مشاهير خريجي الملاكمة في الولايات المتحدة مساء الجمعة.
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USA Boxing Alumni Association Open for Registration

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COLORADO SPRINGS, حضن. (تشرين الثاني 2, 2017). – The newly created USA Boxing Alumni Association registration is officially open for those interested in becoming members.
The Alumni Association, which was created to champion a lifelong, العلاقات ذات المنفعة المتبادلة بين الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية الملاكمة وخريجيها, including boxers, مسؤولون, المدربين والمشجعين الملاكمة, will help connect generations of champions, as well as help inspire and give back to USA Boxing’s future boxing champions inside and outside the ring.
The Alumni Association will bring together former boxers, coaches and officials that have reached all levels of success in amateur boxing, as well as people who have a love for Olympic-style boxing,” علق مايك مكاتي, المدير التنفيذي للملاكمة الأمريكية. “This association will help expand our grassroots and help create the future champions of USA Boxing and alumni members.
Open to anyone possessing a love for the sport and looking to stay connected with amateur boxing, the Alumni Association members are granted access to a variety of special events that will be hosted by the Alumni Association, including the first annual USA boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame reception.
The reception, which will honor and celebrate the five inaugural members of the Alumni Association Hall of Fame, will be held on ديسمبر 8 in Salt Lake City in conjunction with the 2017 USA Boxing Elite and Youth National Championships & Junior and Prep Open. The five inductees include:
  • محمد علي
  • توم كولتر
  • Buddy Davis
  • ايفاندر هوليفيلد
  • روزفلت ساندرز
World-renowned CBS and Showtime announcer آل بيرنشتاين will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event.
USA Boxing makes a positive difference in the lives of thousands and thousands of young people on a daily basis, and I am so honored to serve as emcee for the inaugural USA Boxing Alumni Association Hall of Fame Reception. This new arm of USA Boxing will be a terrific addition to an already great organization,” وقال بيرنشتاين. “I look forward to a great week.
In addition to Bernstein’s role as emcee, many esteemed members of the USA Boxing alumni community are scheduled to attend the inaugural event, بما فيه: مايكل كارباجال, BJ فلوريس, Larry Fullmer, فيرجيل هيل, راؤول ماركيز, ستيف سموجر,Jesse Valdez, ميكي وارد و Eddie Weichers.
When joining, which cost $40/year, new members will be given a t-shirt, المفاتيح والمحفظة الإلكترونية. For more information on the USA Boxing Alumni Association, الرجاء التواصل alumni@usaboxing.org أو زيارة USABoxing.org
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Inaugural USA Boxing Alumni Association

Hall of Fame Reception to be held ديسمبر. 8 في سولت ليك سيتي

حول الولايات المتحدة الملاكمة: يجب أن تكون مهمة USA Boxing هي تمكين الولايات المتحدة’ الرياضيين والمدربين لتحقيق التميز التنافسي المستمر, تطوير الشخصية, دعم رياضة الملاكمة, وتعزيز وتطوير أسلوب الملاكمة الأولمبي في الولايات المتحدة. لا تقتصر مسؤولية الولايات المتحدة للملاكمة على إنتاج الذهب الأولمبي, but also oversee every aspect of amateur boxing in the United States.

THOMAS HEARNS HEADLINES STAR-LADEN CLASS OF INDUCTEES INTO NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME

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Spinks brothers, مايكل كارباجال, Erik Morales and Salvador Sanchez are also among the greats to be honored أغسطس. 12 at Caesars Palace.
LAS VEGAS – بطل العالم السابق توماس Hearns, الذي جنبا إلى جنب مع السكر راي ليونارد, رائع مارفين هاغلر و روبرتو دوران dominated boxing in the 1980s and became known collectively asThe Four Kings,” headlines a 14-person class of inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, Hall CEO/president ميشيل لويس كوراليس announced Wednesday.
Hearns was chosen in the non-Nevada resident boxer category, along with Michael Spinks, اريك موراليس, مايكل كارباجال, women’s boxing star Lucia Rijker and Salvador Sanchez. Elected in the Nevada resident boxer category was Ken Norton, Leon Spinks and Richie Sandoval.
Chosen in the non-boxer category were referee Davey Pearl, public relations specialist Debbie Munch, promoter Mel Greb, trainer/cut man Rafael Garcia and Nevada Athletic Commission chair Dr. Elias Ghanem.
Norton, سانشيز, Greb and Ghanem will be inducted posthumously.
The members of the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame’s star-studded fifth-induction class will be honored at a gala dinner at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on السبت, أغسطس. 12. Ticket will be released Thursday, February 16th at 12pm on NVBHOF.com .
We are very proud of this class of inductees, and it contains some of the greatest fighters who ever lived,” Corrales-Lewis said. “I’m looking forward to our gala dinner when we can honor these richly deserving people and allow their fans to say hello.
Hearns was one of the standouts during the 1980s and participated in a series of great bouts in Las Vegas with Leonard, Hagler and Duran. له 1985 bout with Hagler at Caesars Palace is still regarded by many as the greatest fight in boxing history.
The Spinks brothers, Michael and Leon, become the first set of brothers inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. Both won gold medals for the U.S. في 1976 Olympics in Montreal and then went on to win world titles in the pros.
Norton, known primarily for a series of close bouts with the legendary Muhammad Ali, also competed in one of the great heavyweight title bouts ever. He lost the WBC title by a razor-thin decision to Larry Holmes in 1978, among the finest heavyweight championship fights ever held.
Pearl was among the best referees of all-time and worked more than 70 championship bouts. He was the referee for both Leon Spinks’ مروع 1978 upset of Ali as well as for Leonard’s dramatic 14عشر-round knockout of Hearns in 1981.
The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame is an IRS 501 (ج)3 charity and all donations are tax deductible. The Hall’s charitable contributions over the five years since its formation have helped boxers in need and boxing-related charities. Donations are welcome.
The Hall was founded in 2013 by noted boxing broadcaster Rich Marotta.
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BIOGRAPHIES OF THE NEW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
مايكل كارباجال Best known as the first junior flyweight to earn a $1 million purse, Carbajal won world titles at junior flyweight and flyweight. معروف ك “Little Hands of Stonefor his punching power, Carbajal was 49-4 مع 33 كوس.
His rivalry with HumbertoصغيرتيGonzalez was one of the best of the early 1990s and their 1993 fight was The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year. في 2004, The Ring named Carbajal as the best junior flyweight in history.
وكان 98-10 as an amateur and won a silver medal at the 1988 دورة الالعاب الاولمبية في سيول, كوريا الجنوبية.
توماس Hearns – Hearns, 58, won recognized world titles at welterweight, وزن الوسط السوبر, المتوسط, super middleweight and light heavyweight during a career in which he went 61-5-1 مع 48 كوس.
He’s most remembered for his savage three-round battle with Hagler in 1985, but he participated in many of the decade’s biggest and most electric bouts. He fought in Las Vegas 16 مواعيد, الذهاب 11-4-1 مع تسعة بالضربة القاضية.
اريك موراليسOne of the most exciting fighters of the early part of the 2000s, Morales is best known for his series of outstanding fights with arch rival Marco Antonio Barrera. Morales went 52-9 مع 36 knockouts but is best known for his trilogy with Barrera, two of which were named Ring Fight of the year.
Morales won major world titles at super bantamweight, وزن الريشة, super featherweight and super lightweight, becoming the first Mexican born fighter to win titles in four weight classes.
He also engaged in a spectacular trilogy with Manny Pacquiao, beating him in the first and dropping the last two.
كين نورتونThough he was the heavyweight champion before losing his belt to Larry Holmes in one of the great title bouts ever, Norton was best known for his three fights with the legendary Muhammad Ali. Norton defeated Ali in 1973 in San Diego in their first bout, breaking Ali’s jaw.
Ali won the two subsequent bouts, بما في ذلك 1976 match at Yankee Stadium for the title. Some observers believe Norton deserved to win all three fights.
The Holmes fight was sensational and the two men stood in the center of the ring at Caesars and slugged it out in the 15عشر والجولة النهائية.
لوسيا RijkerRijker is regarded as one of, if not the best, women boxers in history. She was 17-0 مع 14 knockouts in boxing and was 37-0-1 مع 25 knockouts as a kick boxer.
In her boxing career, she scored dominant wins over the likes of Jane Couch, Marcela Acuna and Chevelle Hallback.
She later appeared in the Oscar-winning film, “Million Dollar Baby.
سلفادور سانشيزSanchez tragically died in an auto accident in Mexico at just 23 سنة, robbing the world of one of the elite fighters in history well before his time. Sanchez was 44-1-1 مع 32 knockouts and was the lineal featherweight champion from 1980 until his death in 1982.
He won the title by knocking out Danny “يذكر الأحمر” لوبيز, but is best known for a dominating eighth-round stoppage of Wilfredo Gomez. Gomez was 33-0 مع 32 knockouts but was no match for Sanchez.
Richie SandovalSandoval held the bantamweight title for two years, but his career, as great as it was, is a question of what might have been. وكان عضوا في ل 1980 الامريكى. فريق الملاكمة الأولمبي, but he lost his chance at a medal when President Carter decided to boycott the Games in Moscow.
Sandoval won the first 29 fights of his pro career, racking up 17 بالضربة القاضية, and beat the great Jeff Chandler for the bantamweight belt.
But tragically, Sandoval suffered serious boxing related injuries in a 1986 bout with Gaby Canizales and was forced to retire.
ليون سبينكس Spinks is most known for upsetting Muhammad Ali in 1978 in just his eighth pro fight to win the heavyweight championship. He lost the title in a rematch and failed in two other attempts to win a title. He was stopped by Larry Holmes in a heavyweight title fight in 1981 and lost a cruiserweight title challenge in Reno to Dwight Muhammad Qawi in 1986.
A colorful figure known asNeon” ليون, he was an acclaimed amateur who was 178-7 مع 133 KOs and the light heavyweight gold at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
He finished his professional career with a 26-17-3 mark and 14 كوس.
مايكل سبينكسSpinks was 31-1 in his career and won both the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles. He moved up from light heavyweight to defeat Larry Holmes at the Riviera in 1985, denying Holmes the opportunity to go 49-0 and match Rocky Marcianos record.
He won the light heavyweight title in his 17عشر pro fight in 1981 at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas when he bested the much more experienced Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. Spinks held the light heavyweight title for four years, before giving it up to move to heavyweight to fight Holmes.
A 1976 الميدالية الذهبية الاولمبية, Spinksonly pro loss came in his final fight when he was knocked out by Mike Tyson in a bout for the undisputed heavyweight title.
NON-BOXER INDUCTEE BIOGRAPHIES
Rafael Garcia – غارسيا, 87, is best known for his cap he wears festooned with pins and for working as Floyd Mayweather’s hand wrapper. But he had a long career as both a cut man and a trainer and was outstanding at both. He worked with elite fighters such as Mayweather, روبرتو دوران, Alexis Arguello and Wilfredo Gomez.
الدكتور. Elias GhanemGhanem as the long-time chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission, and was responsible for helping it to earn the moniker, “The greatest commission in the world.
Ghanem, a physician whose patients once included Elvis Presley, played a key role in the hearings after Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield, and also was instrumental in bringing the Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad bout to Las Vegas in 1999.
Mel Greb – معروف ك “The father of professional boxing in Southern Nevada,” Greb was a promoter and matchmaker who first brought Muhammad Ali to Nevada. Then known as Cassius Clay, Greb promoted Ali’s seventh pro fight in 1961. That week, he introduced Ali to wrestlerGorgeous” جورج, and Ali patterned himself after George in many ways.
Greb died in 1996 في 75 سنة.
Debbie MunchCaesars Palace in Las Vegas was a legendary host for many of boxing’s biggest fights in the 1980s and early 1990s, and Munch, a public relations expert, was instrumental in it.
She was widely respected by promoters, boxers and the media and helped many journalists immeasurably with their boxing coverage.
Davey PearlPearl was small of stature, but was a giant as a referee. He worked more than 70 نوبات لقب بطولة العالم, including Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks and Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns.
Pearl was also a highly regarded judge.