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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Kẹsán 15, 2015) – Olugbeleke Lou DiBella ati faili / olugbeleke Shelly Finkel yorisi a meje-egbe Class ti 2015 sinu awọn Connecticut Boxing Hall ti loruko (CBHOF). New members will be inducted at the 11Thlododun CBHOF Gala fifa irọbi Ale on Friday night,Kọkànlá Oṣù 13 ni awọn ile-ijó Uncas ni Mohegan Sun.
The titun CBHOF inductees tun ni ise tele Boxing Peter Timothy ati, posthumously, boxers Carey Mace ati George Russo, Boxing onkqwe Ikú Sharnik ati Boxing alagbawi Arnie Bayer.
“A ni awọn Connecticut Boxing Hall ti loruko o wa gan yiya lati kede yi ti odun kilasi ti inductees,” new CBHOF president John Laudati wi. “We have a great mix of internationally recognized boxing legends and a wonderful and most deserving group of Connecticut’s boxing royalty. Tikalararẹ, Emi ni ki dùn lati se agbekale yi kilasi ni mi akọkọ odun bi Aare ti yi alaragbayida agbari. Mo ti wo siwaju si ti ri gbogbo wa Connecticut Boxing egeb ni Mohegan Sun on November 13th.”
 Da ni New York City, DiBella (aworan lati apa osi) ni tele Ori Boxing fun HBO, ṣiṣẹda awọn gíga aseyori “Boxing Lẹhin Dudu” jara. Rẹ àǹfàní ile, DiBella Idanilaraya, 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 “Irish” Micky Ward, ati Andre Berto laarin awọn diẹ notables. A Harvard Law School mewa, DiBella jẹ tun a aseyori movie o nse.  Finkel (aworan si ọtun pẹlu awọn pẹ Emanuel iriju), tun lati New York City, jẹ ẹya International Boxing Hall ti loruko inductee ti o je a imuduro ni Connecticut njà fun opolopo odun bi boya a olugbeleke tabi faili. 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 ati Wladimir Klitschko.  Timothy (aworan si osi pẹlu Sugar Ray Leonard) je Boxing koômisôanna ti awọn Mashantucket Pequot ẹya National Commission ni Foxwoods lati 1995 si 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 ofin ogogorun ti pro iṣẹlẹ, pẹlu 90 akọle ija. Highlights of his reign included CBHOF inductee John Ruiz– Evander Holyfield III fun awọn WBA aye heavyweight asiwaju ati, boya, awọn ti o tobi ija ni Foxwoods itan, awọn IBF aye cruiserweight akọle ija laarin James Toney ati Vassily Jirov. Other stars who fought at Foxwoods when Timothy was in charge include Roy Jones, Jr., Diego Corrales, Shane Mosely ati Acelino Freitas, pẹlú pẹlu CBHOF inductees Dana Rosenblatt, Peter Manfredo, Jr. ati U.S. Olympian Lawrence Clay-Bey. Mace (72-18-2), bi ni Hartford, started fighting professionally in the late 1940s. His most notable victory came in 1950, idekun tele aye asiwaju Joe Giardello. Mace was a member of CBHOF charter member Willie Pep'S idurosinsin ati awọn ti a wa ni ipo ni ọkan ojuami bi ga bi No. 8 welterweight in the world. Mace, ẹniti kẹhin ija je a pipadanu si CBHOF egbeGaspar Ortega ni 1962, gbé ni Manchester nigbati o kọjá lọ ni awọn ọjọ ori ti 73 ni 2003.
Russo ní 85 pro njà laarin 1922 ati 1934. He moved to Bridgeport when he was six and he eventually became a local legend in boxing, awọn ọna gyms bi Red Eniyan ká Hall, Acorn Club and East Washington Avenue. Ni 1992, o mu Boxing pada lẹhin a mewa-gun isansa si awọn atijọ PAL ile ni Bridgeport. Russo tun ti a mọ bi awọn “Johnny Duke ti Southern Connecticut.”
Bi ni New Haven, awọn pẹ Sharnick gbé fere gbogbo aye re ni Norwalk, ṣaaju ki o to pada si Florida, ibi ti o ti a dibo si awọn Florida Boxing Hall ti loruko ni 2012, largely for founding the Smart Boxer Institute. Sharnik was a boxing writer for 23 years ni Eré alaworan, afihan nipa rẹ agbegbe ti Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston Mo, sọ wildly fun wipe, “Liston ni o ni fists bi 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, persuading awọn ojo iwaju aye asiwaju lati fi Eddie Futch as his head trainer. Futch’s assistant, CBHOF egbe Freddie Roach, ti yoo bajẹ-irin ni Starling nígbà tí ó di aye welterweight asiwaju.
Bayer ti ni opolopo bọwọ bi a otito alagbawi ti Boxing, awọn ọna nigbagbogbo lati wín a ran ọwọ, bi daradara bi nsii apamọwọ lati ran support Boxing gyms ni ilu bi CBHOF inductee Johnny Duke ká Omokunrin Club Gym ni Bellevue Square, Hartford.
Tickets fun awọn CBHOF 11 th lododun Gala fifa irọbi Ale, ni idi da owole ni $90.00, ni o wa lori tita ni bayi nipa pipe Kim Baker ni Mohegan Sun (1.860.862.7377) tabi Sherman Kaini ni awọn Manchester Akosile Inquirer (1.800.237.3606 X321). Ilẹkun ìmọ ni 5:30 p.m. ATI, cocktails ni 6 p.m. ATI, atẹle nipa ale. Lọ si online www.ctboxinghof.org fun afikun alaye nipa awọn Connecticut Boxing Hall ti loruko, awọn oniwe-11t h lododun Gala Inductee Ale, iṣẹlẹ igbowo anfani, tabi ti o ti kọja CBHOF inductees. |
