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New York State Boxing HOF Class of 2020 Induction Ceremony Postponed until September 20

NEW YORK (March 19, 2020) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) announced today that its ninth annual induction dinner has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic from April 19th kiMahuru 20th i te Russo On te Bay i roto i te Howard Beach, New York.

Money already collected for tickets and journal ads may be used for the Sept. 20th event or returned in full upon request at point of purchase.

“Because of new city mandates and the uncertainty of the coronavirus,” NYSBHOF presidentBob Duffy kauwhautia, “we have postponed our event until September 20. It would not have been fair to the honorees, their friends and guests, and general public to wait any longer. I must commend the ownership and management at Russo’s On The Bay for working with us during this crisis to give us a date that will hopefully work for us all.

“I’d like to thank everyone for their patience, advise and insight into making this decision. With the extra time I’m confident that we can make this award dinner our best ever.”

Other living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include three-time World light heavyweight title challengerJorge Ahumada (42-8-2, 22 Koó), of Woodside, Queens by way of Argentina; (1975-78) WBC super featherweight World ChampionAlfredo “El Salsero” Escalera (53-14-3, 31 Koó), of New York City by way of Puerto Rico; WBC super featherweight World title challengerFreddie “The Pitbull” Liberatore (20-4-1, 11 Koó), of Bayside, Queens; WBC middleweight World Champion and four-time New York Golden Gloves winnerDennis “The Magician” Milton (16-5-1, 5 Koó), o Bronx; World heavyweight title challenger and two-time New York Golden Gloves winnerLou Savarese (46-7, 38 Koó), of Greenwood Lake; and WBA super middleweight title World title challengerMerqui “El Corombo” Sosa (34-9-2, 27 Koó), of Brooklyn by way of the Dominican Republic.

Posthumous participants being inducted are Brooklyn welterweightSoldier Bartfield (51-29-8, 33 Koó), who fought a reported 55 toa te ao; Bronx whitu tekauSteve Belloise (95-13-3, 59 Koó); NYSAC and World lightweight champion (1925) Jimmy Goodrich (85-34-21 (12 Koó), o Buffalo; World heavyweight title challengerTami Mauriello (82-13-1, 60 Koó), o Bronx; WBA light middleweight World champion (1982-83) and four-consecutive New York Golden Gloves titlistDavey “Sensational” Moore (18-5, 14 Koó), o Bronx; and World lightweight championFreddie “The Welsh Wizard” Welch (74-5-7, 34 Koó), of New York City by way of Wales.

Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are Wantagh journalist/producerBobby Cassidy, Jr., Oneida judgeDon Ackerman, Buffalo managerRick Glaser, Rockaway Beach journalistJack Hirsch, Bronx boxing broadcaster Max Kellerman, Ardsley ringside physician/NY Medical DirectorDr. William Lathan, Orangeburg judgeJulie Lederman, Hyde Park refereeRon Lipton, and Staten Island/Catskill trainerKevin Rooney.

Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn’s Ring Magazine editorLester Bromberg, New York City sportswriterDan Daniel, Brooklyn’s Gleason’s Gym founderBobby Gleason, Sunnyside, Queens boxing writerFlash Gordan, Manhattan journalistA.J. Liebling, Long Island City’s NYSBHOF co-founderTony Mazzarella and New York City managerDan Morgan.

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Meet the New York State Boxing HOF Class of 2020

Rātapu, April 19, Dinner arataki

NEW YORK (January 27, 2020) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) has officially announced its 28-member Class of 2019. The ninth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be heldSunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. AND), April 19, i te Russo On te Bay i roto i te Howard Beach, New York.

“I am proud that we are continuing to honor New York men and woman in boxing for their dedication to the sport that they’ve served,” NYSBHOF presidentBob Duffy said. “This is our way to thank them all and let each new inductee know that we do remember all that they did and continue to do. The Class of 2020 is strong across the board, boxers and non-participants, continuing the NYSBHOF tradition of honoring our own.”

Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include three-time World light heavyweight title challengerJorge Ahumada (42-8-2, 22 Koó), of Woodside, Queens by way of Argentina; (1975-78) WBC super featherweight World ChampionAlfredo “El Salsero” Escalera (53-14-3, 31 Koó), of New York City by way of Puerto Rico; WBC super featherweight World title challengerFreddie “The Pitbull” Liberatore (20-4-1, 11 Koó), of Bayside, Queens; WBC middleweight World Champion and four-time New York Golden Gloves winnerDennis “The Magician” Milton (16-5-1, 5 Koó), o Bronx; World heavyweight title challenger and two-time New York Golden Gloves winnerLou Savarese (46-7, 38 Koó), of Greenwood Lake; and WBA super middleweight title World title challengerMerqui “El Corombo” Sosa (34-9-2, 27 Koó), of Brooklyn by way of the Dominican Republic.

Posthumous participants being inducted are Brooklyn welterweightSoldier Bartfield (51-29-8, 33 Koó), who fought a reported 55 toa te ao; Bronx whitu tekauSteve Belloise (95-13-3, 59 Koó); NYSAC and World lightweight champion (1925) Jimmy Goodrich (85-34-21 (12 Koó), o Buffalo; World heavyweight title challengerTami Mauriello (82-13-1, 60 Koó), o Bronx; WBA light middleweight World champion (1982-83) and four-consecutive New York Golden Gloves titlistDavey “Sensational” Moore (18-5, 14 Koó), o Bronx; and World lightweight championFreddie “The Welsh Wizard” Welch (74-5-7, 34 Koó), of New York City by way of Wales.

Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are Oneida judgeDon Ackerman, Wantah, Long Island journalist/producerBobby Cassidy, JR., Buffalo managerRick Glaser, Rockaway Beach journalistJack Hirsch, Bronx boxing broadcasterMax Kellerman, Ardsley ringside physician/NY Medical DirectorDr. William Lathan, Orangeburg judgeJulie Lederman, Hyde Park refereeRon Lipton, and Staten Island/Catskill trainerKevin Rooney.

Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn’s Ring Magazine editorLester Bromberg, New York City sportswriterDan Daniel, Brooklyn’s Gleason’s Gym founderBobby Gleason, Sunnyside, Queens boxing writerFlash Gordan, Manhattan journalistA.J. Liebling, Long Island City’s NYSBHOF co-founderTony Mazzarella and New York City managerDan Morgan.

There are a number of firsts regarding some Class of 2020 inductees:  husband-wife – Dr. William andMelvina (Class o 2018) Lathan; daughter-father – Julie andHarold (Class o 2012) Lederman.  Bobby Jr. aBobby Cassidy, Sr. (2013) are the fourth son and father inducted into the NYSBHOF, but the first boxer/journalist combination. The others are boxersFloyd aTracy Patterson, executive administratorsBobby aMurray Goodman, and refereesArthur, Sr. aArthur Mercante, JR.

Welch is going into the NHSBHOF as a boxer, but he also managed fellow Class of 2020 inductee Goodrich.

Each attending inductee will receive a custom-designed belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.

Te 2020 tīpakohia inductees i te taha o nga mema o te komiti whakaingoa NYSBHOF:  Randy GordonHenry HascupDon Majeski,Ron McNairJim Monteverde aNeil Terens.

kaimekemeke katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te kia hohekore mō tau i te iti rawa e toru ki te kia āhei hoki NYSBHOF arataki, a me inductees katoa kua noho i roto i te New York State mo te wahi nui o to ratou mahi mekemeke i te pirimia o to ratou mahi tēnā ranei.

Utu Tickets e i $150.00 ia pakeke me te $60.00 mō ngā tamariki (i raro i 16) a ka ngā he moko oti, me te cocktail haora ki runga ki te urunga, tīmata i 12:30 p.m. AND, as well as a full course dinner (rara pirimia, ika heihei ranei) and open bar throughout the day. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy at 516.313.2304 raneidepcomish@aol.com.  E wātea ana Pānui mō te hōtaka NYSBHOF: half-page $100.00, full page $200.00 front and back inside covers are $400.00 each, a $500.00 for back cover. Mail checks and ads by the April 6 deadline to Bob Duffy, 1112 Whitewood Landing, Massapequa Park, NY 11762. Checks should be payable to NY Stare Boxing Hall of Fame, call Duffy to charge on a credit card.

NEW YORK STATE BOXING HALL OF FAME

CLASS o 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 a Arthur Mercante, Sr.

CLASS o 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Tanitī, Sandy tera hōiho, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones , Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Harumu, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a 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, CuS D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.

CLASS OF 2015: Haora Mamby, Joey Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paora 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 ko Al Weill.

CLASS OF 2016:  Arona 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 ko 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 ko Rana 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.

CLASS OF 2019:  Wilfredo Benitez, Dick DiVeronica, Rogelio Tuur, Davey Vasquez, Michael Olajide, Monte Barrett, Jimmy Carter, Al “Bummy” Davis, Marty Servo, Roland LaStarza, Paddy DeMarco, Sid Terris, Leach “The Fighting Dentist” Cross, Don King, John McKaie, Steve Albert, Arthur Mercante, Jr., Bob Jackson, Dewey Fragetta, Johnny LoBianco, Wayne Kelly, Harry Hill, Jimmy Cannon, and Joe Dwyer.

33rd annual Ring 8 Takahanga Hararei & Dec Awards Ceremony. 8 i roto i te New York

Amanda Serrano, Arama Kownacki, Iran Barkley, Junior Jones and Tim Witherspoon among 2019 major award winners

NEW YORK (Whiringa 11, 2019) – The 33rd annual Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony will be held Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. AND), Hakihea 8, i te Russo On te Bay i roto i te Howard Beach, New York.

Ring 8 Kua kauwhautia ona 2019 tohu toa (kite te rārangi katoa i raro), headlined by Fighter of the Decade Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano (37-1-1, 27 Koó), of Brooklyn by way of Puerto Rico; undefeated heavyweight contender (Fighter o te Tau) Adam “Babyface” Kownacki (20-0, 15 Koó), of Brooklyn by way of Poland; Legend Award winners three-time, three division world champion Iran “The Blade” Barkley (43-19,1 27 Koó), o Bronx, and two-time, two-division world champion Junior “Poison” Jones (50-6, 28 Koó), o Brooklyn; and two-time world heavyweight champion “Terrible” Tim Witherspoon (55-13-1, 28 Koó), o Philadelphia, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award winner.

2019 KING 8 Tohu toa

Toa o te tekau tau:  Amanda Serrano

Fighter o te Tau: Arama Kownacki

Legends Award:  Iran Barkley & Junior Jones,

Muhammad Ali HumanitarianTim Witherspoon

Sam Kellerman Media Award Gerry Cooney & Randy Gordon

Roa & Meritorious Service:  Daryl Peoples

Uncrowned Champion: John Capobianco

E 'amanaki o te Tau: Left “2 Gunz” Gonzalez

Member of the Year:  James Monteverde

NYS Official of the Year:  Waleska Roldan

Trainer o te Tau: Scott Lopeck

Manager of the YearKeith Connolly

Hapori Ratonga Tohu:  Michael Corleone

Amateur of the YearNisa Rodriguez

Amateur Official o te Tau: Michael “Biggie” O’Conner

Good Guy Award:  Peter Frutkoff

The famous Jack Johnson Exhibit will be on display, Gerry Cooney will conducted a book signing and special guests will also be on hand.

Rawiri Diamante will once again serve as the event’s Master of Ceremonies.

Tickets e $125.00 include a complete brunch with cocktail hour upon entry, aru i te nohoanga i te hui tohu, tina me te purini, a tuwhera pae runga papa-puta noa i te ahiahi. He ka hoki te mākete puku o Etahi mekemeke. This event is expected to sell-out and everybody is urged to purchase tickets as soon as possible to secure favorable seating. Donations of any denomination are welcome for those unable to attend the festivities.

Program ads are available for Back Cover ($500.00), Inside Front or Back Cover ($400.00), Full Page ($200.00), Hawhe-Whārangi ($100.00), me te Hauwhā-Whārangi ($60.00). The deadline for all ads is November 24, 2019.  All checks for tickets or journal ads should be payable to Ring 8 (credit cards are acceptable).  Checks and journal ads should be mailed to Ring 8, P.O. Pouaka 89, Massapequa Park, NY 11762

For additional information about Ring 8 ranei ona Events Hararei ā-tau me te Tohu Ceremony, contact Ring 8 president Charflie Norkus (516.781.3065 or Bob Duffy (516.313.2304), or go online towww.Ring8ny.com hoki ētahi atu mōhiohio.

Kei a Russo I te Bay te i 162-45 Crossbay Blvd. i roto i te Howard Beach (718.843.5055).

ABOUT KING 8:  I hanga i roto i te 1954 e te ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Ring 8 became the eighth subsidiary of what was then known as the National Veteran Boxers Association — hence, RING “8″ — and today the organization’s motto remains: Kaimekemeke Tauturu i kaimekemeke.

KING 8 Kei te tino ngākaunui ana ki te tautoko i te iwi iti waimarie i roto i te hapori mekemeke nei e rapua e te tauturu i roto i ngā o te aufauraa i reti, utu hauora, ranei te mea tika fie ma'u.

Haere i runga i te raina ki tewww.Ring8ny.com hoki ētahi atu mōhiohio e pā ana ki KING 8, te rōpū nui o tona ahua i roto i te United States me neke atu i te 350 te mau melo. Utunga mema Annual ko anake $30.00 a e tika ana te melo tata'itahi ki te hakari kuru i KING 8 hui ā-marama, excluding July and August. All active boxers, runaruna me te ngaio, e tika ana ki te KING haapoupou 8 yearly membership. Guests of Ring 8 He mai te mau melo i te utu o te anake $7.00 ia tangata.

Class o 2018 inducted into New York State Boxing Hall of Fame


NYSBHOF Class o 2018: (L-R) seated: Charley Norkus, JR. (accepting for Charley Norkus), Melvina Lathan, Herb Goldman, Bob Goodman and Jake Rodriguez; tu: Joe Mesi, Al Cole, Ron Scott Stevens, Pete Brodsky and Joseph McAuliffe (accepting for Jack McAuliffe)
Pikitia katoa e Peter Frutkoff
NEW YORK (Kia 1, 2018) — Twenty-three members of the Class of 2018 were inducted into the New York Stare Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), this past Sunday afternoon during the seventh annual NYSBHOF induction dinner, i te Russo On te Bay i roto i te Howard Beach, New York.

 

 

 

Those being honored tonight are humble, honorable people,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy mea. “We do this as an act of love. Many of the inductees are here today and those no longer with us are represented by family members. This is our way of saying thank you to all the inductees for what they have done for boxing in New York.

 

 

 

Class o 2018 living boxers inducted heading into the NYSBHOF included (Island roa) WBA marama taumahamaha Lou “Honey Boy” Raorao (36-6-2, 22 Koó), (Central Islip) IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Koó), (Brooklyn) ao kaiwero taitara Kōmāmā Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 Koó), tūturu, No.; 1 nguha taumahamaha “Baby” Joe Mesi (Buffalo) and former world cruiserweight champion al “Ice” Cole (Rockland County).

 

 

 

Posthumous participants inducted were NBA & NYSAC World mā whitu Champion (Manhattan) Kid “Cuban Bon Bon” Chocolate (136-10-6, 51 Koó), (New York City) 20thtaumahamaha rau James J. “taata Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Koó), (Williamsburg) World Kōmāmā Champion Jack “Ko te Napoleon o te Paraihe Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super Kōmāmā Champion Billy Costello (40-2, 23 Koó), (Mori) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World Champion Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 Koó), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) whitu-ao te piha haapiiraa Ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Koó) a (Port Washington) nguha taumahamaha Charley “Ko te rererangi Bayonne” Norkus (33-19, 19 Koó).

 

 

 

Living non-participants now in the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer paraihe-toa sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) kaiwhakangungu / kaitohutohu Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) mekemeke tumu kōrero / ētita Herb Goldman, (Bronx) matchmaker Bobby Goodman, (Ardsley) NYSAC heamana / whakawa Melvina Lathan, a (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/promoter Ron Scott Stevens.

 

 

 

Posthumous non-participant inductees were (Brooklyn) auvaha mowhiti Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) publicist mekemeke Murray Goodman, (New York City) mekemeke kaituhi / kōrero Bert Randolph Sugar a (Lower Te Tai Rāwhiti taha) irirangi & pāho pouaka whakaata / kairīpoata Sam Taub.

 

 

 

Ia inductee te haere (ranei uri whakaheke o) received a custom-designed belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.

 

 

 

Te 2017 tīpakohia inductees i te taha o nga mema o te komiti whakaingoa NYSBHOF:Bobby Cassidy, JR., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, a Neil Terens.

 

 

 

kaimekemeke katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te kia hohekore mō tau i te iti rawa e toru ki te kia āhei hoki NYSBHOF arataki, a me inductees katoa kua noho i roto i te New York State mo te wahi nui o to ratou mahi mekemeke i te pirimia o to ratou mahi tēnā ranei.

 

 

Boxers who attended the seventh annual NSBHOF included NYSBHOF past inductees Iran Barkley, Junior Jones, Mustafa Hamsho, Bobby Cassidy, Sr., Bobby Bartels, a Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, me te Monte Barrett, Ray Mercer, Dennis Milton, Richard Kiley, Scott Lopez, Michael Corleone, Tommy Rainone, Kevin Collins, Cletus Seldin, James Duran, Victor Paz, a Jaime Dugan. Other notable attendees from the boxing world included Mike Reno (FDNY Mekemeke ), Darryl Peoples (IBF), international judges Steve Wesisfeld a John MacKay, and NYSBHOF inductees Tommy Gallagher a Bobby Miller, and Emmy-award winning producer Bobby Cassidy, JR.

 

Rawiri Diamante served once again as Master of Ceremonies. Special presentations were made to the daughter of the late Steve Acunto, Donna Acunto, and Miller’s close friend, Dave Wojcicki.

 

Korukī & PICTURES FROM THE NYSBHOF INDUCTEES

 


(L-R) – Ron McNair, Jake Rodriguez and Bob Duffy
JAKE RODRIGUEZ: “I want to thank Ring 8 for the opportunity for me to be here. I’d also like to thank my wife for always being there for me, and my trainer.

(L-R) – Herb Goldman, Don Majeski and Bob Duffy
HERB GOLDMAN: “If I have made any contributions to boxingI hope I haveI did by redefining record keeping and creating a new perspective on boxing history. I’m proud of that, but I didn’t do it alone.
(L-R) – Joe Mesi, Jack Hirsch and Bob Duffy
JOE MESI: “I have so many people to thank for this honor. I’m a Buffalonian. There’s nobody more in favor of one New York, but it’s not. This is special for me because it’s the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. This solidifies me and makes me think I’m not just a local boy. There was a huge disadvantage coming from a small city, sparring wasn’t the same as in the gyms of New York City, but I had an advantage coming from Western New York. Nobody was welling out like we did in Buffalo with 10,000, ka 16,00 and finally 18,000 te iwi. They were always behind me and I share this with them because their support made me. My dream was to fight in Buffalo and to continue to fight there.
One of the highlights of my life was fighting Monte Barrett on HBO in Madison Square Garden. He was one of the greatest fighters in the world who fought for the world title. I always wanted to get my world title shot, but I never got it. That’s okay, I was little bitter for a while, but I couldn’t be happier with my career. The best part of boxing is the brotherhood we share.

(L-R) – Randy Gordon, Ron Scott Stevens and Bob Duffy
RON SCOTT STEVENS: “I know people always say it, but this is the truth: I owe so many people who have supported me throughout my career. Boxing has always been home away from home for me and today I feel like I’m home.
“Ko ahau 30, living in Brooklyn Heights, and back driving a taxi a waiting on tables. A light went off in my head: boxing is the sport of the underdog and I’m an underdog. The next day I went to Gleason’s Gymthe center of the universe. I made my way around all the gyms in the city, meeting promoters, managers and trainers. I started making matches for promoters and then Cedric Kushner hired me from 1980-2002. I roto i te 2002, I got a call to work for the New York State Athletic Commission as its Community Co-Ordinator and Director of Boxing. Na, I was made chairman and I served two terms. I teie mahana,, I’m extremely proud to be part of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.

(L-R) – Bob Duffy, Henry Hascup, Bob Goodman and Tommy Gallagher
BOB GOODMAN: “I can’t believe this crowd. In order to do what we do, the sacrifices and support you get from your family is so important and (in Goodman’s case) was for so many years. They allowed us to do what we do. All of us love boxing!”

(L-R) – Ray Mercer, Penny Allen, Al Cole, Clay Jenkins and Bob Duffy
AL COLE: “I thought boxing was the stupidest and dumbest sport ever. Who wanted to get punched in the face? I started boxing late. I played around some and people said I was pretty good. I started boxing when I was 20, in the Army, stationed at Ft. Hood. Four years later, I was on the Olympic Team. The reason why is I had a great sparring partner, Ray Mercer. If I was going to be in the ring everyday with Ray, I was either going to get beat up, or get better.
I remember Bob Arum giving me his business card. I didn’t know him. I only knew of three people in boxing: Don King, Muhammad Ali a Sugar Ray Leonard . I didn’t follow boxing and the only reason I boxed was I would have had to sleep in the woods if I didn’t (in Army). Boxing is: hit him, before he hits me.

(L-R) – Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Jaime Drubin and Pete Brodsky
PETE BRODSKY: “I want to thank the board. I’m going to be 70 and started in boxing when I was 18. It created a new direction in my life. I’m so proud to be in company with guys who didn’t just talk it, they loved it. If you really love this sport, you really have to learn it. Any man who stepped in the ring, plus all the roadwork, time in the gym and sacrificing what they eat, did it to be the best they can be.
“I te mekemeke, you’re not going to win every fight, but whether a fighter wins or loses, if he gives 100-percent, he’s a winner. They work a job, run five miles day, workout at the gym, and then went home to spend time with his family. Friends and family always have your back.

(L-R) – Darryl Peoples & Melvina Lathan
MELVINA LATHAM: “I’m speechless. It’s wonderful. Randy (former NYSAC chairperson Gordon), do you remember this story? There were only three judges and, kāore, one called in sick. I was sitting at ringside with no responsibilities. Randy said I had to workte po nei. I said that I wasn’t licensed and couldn’t do it. Randy said, ‘Raise your right hand’, and it was on. I was thrown in there, but it was okay.
My greatest accomplishments are my children and husband. I couldn’t ask for a better situation. Na Ralph Petrillo is part of my family; he was my second in command. I also had the best officials: deputy commissioners, inspectors, judges and referees. I wouldn’t be here with without them. Bob Duffy put this whole thing together. I personally think he’s amazing. My journey continues, I am blessed.
NYSBHOF
CLASS o 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 a Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS o 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Tanitī, Sandy tera hōiho, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones , Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Harumu, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a 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, CuS D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Haora Mamby, Joey Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paora 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 ko Al Weill.
CLASS OF 2016: Arona 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 ko Jimmy Jacobs.
CLASS OF 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, Doug DeWitt, “Ko te rererangi Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan ko Rana Parker.
ABOUT KING 8: I hanga i roto i te 1954 e te ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Ring 8 ka te waru o nga āpiti o i reira he aha mohiotia rite te Veteran National kaimekemeke Association – konei, KING 8 – me te i ēnei rā tonu tumu o te whakahaere: Kaimekemeke Tauturu i kaimekemeke.
KING 8 Kei te tino ngākaunui ana ki te tautoko i te iwi iti waimarie i roto i te hapori mekemeke nei e rapua e te tauturu i roto i ngā o te aufauraa i reti, utu hauora, ranei te mea tika fie ma'u.
Haere i runga i te raina ki te www.Ring8ny.com hoki ētahi atu mōhiohio e pā ana ki KING 8, te rōpū nui o tona ahua i roto i te United States me neke atu i te 350 te mau melo. Utunga mema Annual ko anake $30.00 a e tika ana te melo tata'itahi ki te hakari kuru i KING 8 hui ā-marama, hāunga Hōngongoi me August. Kaimekemeke hohe katoa, runaruna me te ngaio, e tika ana ki te KING haapoupou 8 mema tau. Manuhiri o Ring 8 He mai te mau melo i te utu o te anake $7.00 ia tangata.

Son/father Bob & Murray Goodman to be inducted into Class of 2018 New York State Mekemeke Hall o te Rongonui

Rātapu, April 29, Dinner arataki
Chocolate Kid, James J. Corbett, Jack McAuliffe and Sam Taub head new class

(L-R) – Bob and Murray Goodman
NEW YORK (March 26, 2018) – Boxing lifers Bob Goodman me tona papa, te mutunga o Murray Goodman, are among 23 members of the Class of 2018 being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) i runga i Rātapu ahiahi (12:30-5:30 p.m. AND), April 29.
The seventh annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held once again at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.
A legendary boxing publicist, Murray Goodman (Bronx) brought his son into the sweet science when Bob was only eight years old. The rest was historic for the Goodmans, who are both inductees in several Halls of Fame, including the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
This is a great honor for me and my father,” Bob said. “I wish he were alive today to be there. I’m a boxing lifer. I was eight years old going to all the training camps with my father, who was a boxing writer and sports editor for the INS (Hearst News Service) ratonga. The joke is I was conceived at Grossinger’s (Catskill Resort Hotel training camp). Boxing just came into my life. My dad and I had some businesses in promotions and public relations, all different kinds of sports-related businesses, but there was always boxing.
I’m the luckiest guy in the world. I was brought up doing the very things I loved. How many people can say that? I met and became friends with Joe Louis, Marcel Cerdan, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Marciano and so many others. I’d stay in camps for weeks. I’d get up to run with the boxers and got a chance to be around my heroes. I also got to know trainers and others in boxing and later fans. I got to know everybody. I was brought up in boxing, my whole life was boxing, 65 years in the business.
Bob is, pea, best known as Vice President and Matchmaker for Madison Square Garden (1985-1994), as well as a quarter-century serving as Vice President of Boxing Operations, Matchmaker and Director of Public Relations for Don King Productions. He also promoted many world champions as President of his own company, Garden State Boxing.
I remember going away to training camps for weeks at a time,” the 78-year-old Goodman fondly remembered. “I’d take pictures, write stories every day and use my telecopier to send them to AP and UPI. I did so much being brought up un the business, even loading trucks up with chairs, te mowhiti, speakers and more. My father was the Publicity Director for the International Boxing Club at Madison Square Garden. I worked there when I was a teenager.
I’m honored to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame with my father and so many boxing guys. They’re different from people in any other sports. One of the awards I’ve won that I’m most proud of is the James J. Walker Memorial Award for Long and Meritorious Service to Boxing (BWAA in 1960).
I’m fortunate to have transcended various eras in boxing. It was a different world back then, we had 20-30 writers stay for weeks at training camps. I got to know old-time boxers and trainers.
Bob Goodman (L) checking Muhammad Ali’s weight and on right with Rocky Marciano
Goodman, who served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1958-62, stays active today working with veteransgroups. He is President of the Weymouth Township Veteran’s Advisory Board, and also active with the American Legion and part of the Honor Guard with the Korean War Veterans Association.

Bob Goodman (tawhiti tika) was inducted into the IBHOF in 2009, his father Murray in 1999
Among the world champions Bob has worked with are Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton, Pirika Trinidad, Roberto Durán, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Bob Foster, Salvador Sanchez, Sugar Ray Leonard , Julio Hiha Chavez, Wilfredo Gonez, Ricardo Lopez, Bernard Hopkins and so many more.
kaimekemeke ora ahu ki te NYSBHOF ngā (Valley Spring) IBF Cruiserweight World Champion al “Ice” Cole (35-16-3, 16 Koó), (Island roa) WBA marama taumahamaha Lou “Honey Boy” Raorao (36-6-2, 22 Koó), (Central Islip) IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Koó), (Brooklyn) ao kaiwero taitara Kōmāmā Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 Koó), a (Buffalo) taumahamaha o tūturu ao-te piha haapiiraa “Baby” Joe Mesi (36-0, 29 Koó).
kaiuru murimate te whakangungu e NBA & NYSAC World mā whitu Champion (Manhattan) Kid “Cuban Bon Bon” Chocolate (136-10-6, 51 Koó), (New York City) 20thtaumahamaha rau James J. “taata Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Koó), (Williamsburg) World Kōmāmā Champion Jack “Ko te Napoleon o te Paraihe Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super Kōmāmā Champion Billy Costello (40-2, 23 Koó), (Mori) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World Champion Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 Koó), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) whitu-ao te piha haapiiraa Ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Koó) a (Port Washington) nguha taumahamaha Charley “Ko te rererangi Bayonne” Norkus (33-19, 19 Koó).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer paraihe-toa sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) kaiwhakangungu / kaitohutohu Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) mekemeke tumu kōrero / ētita Herb Goldman, (Ardsley) NYSAC heamana / whakawa Melvina Lathan, a (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/kaiwhakatairanga Ron Scott Stevens.
Murimate inductees kaiuru-kore e (Brooklyn) auvaha mowhiti Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) mekemeke kaituhi / kōrero Bert Randolph Sugar a (Lower Te Tai Rāwhiti taha) irirangi & pāho pouaka whakaata / kairīpoata Sam Taub.
Ia inductee te haere (ranei uri whakaheke o) ka riro i te whitiki ritenga-hoahoa hei whakaatu i tona ranei tona arataki ki te NYSBHOF.
Te 2017 tīpakohia inductees i te taha o nga mema o te komiti whakaingoa NYSBHOF: Bobby Cassidy, JR., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, a Neil Terens.
kaimekemeke katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te kia hohekore mō tau i te iti rawa e toru ki te kia āhei hoki NYSBHOF arataki, a me inductees katoa kua noho i roto i te New York State mo te wahi nui o to ratou mahi mekemeke i te pirimia o to ratou mahi tēnā ranei.
NYSBHOF
CLASS o 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 a Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS o 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Tanitī, Sandy tera hōiho, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones , Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Harumu, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a 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, CuS D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Haora Mamby, Joey Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paora 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 ko Al Weill.
CLASS OF 2016: Arona 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 ko Jimmy Jacobs.
CLASS OF 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, Doug DeWitt, “Ko te rererangi Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan ko Rana Parker.
Utu Tickets e i $150.00 ia pakeke me te $70.00 mō ngā tamariki (i raro i 16),a ka whakauru i te moko oti, me te cocktail haora ki runga ki te urunga, tīmata i 12:30 p.m. AND, me te tina (rara pirimia, ika heihei ranei) me te tuwhera pae puta noa i te ra. E wātea ana ki te hoko mā te whakapā NYSBHOF / Ring Tickets 8 peresideni Bob Duffy i 516.313.2304 raneidepcomish@aol.com. E wātea ana Pānui mō te hōtaka NYSBHOF, mai $80.00 ki $200.00, mā te whakapā Duffy. Haere i runga i te raina i www.Ring8ny.com hoki atu ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te New York State Mekemeke Hall o te Rongonui.
ABOUT KING 8: I hanga i roto i te 1954 e te ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Ring 8 ka te waru o nga āpiti o i reira he aha mohiotia rite te Veteran National kaimekemeke Association – konei, KING 8 – me te i ēnei rā tonu tumu o te whakahaere: Kaimekemeke Tauturu i kaimekemeke.
KING 8 Kei te tino ngākaunui ana ki te tautoko i te iwi iti waimarie i roto i te hapori mekemeke nei e rapua e te tauturu i roto i ngā o te aufauraa i reti, utu hauora, ranei te mea tika fie ma'u.
Haere i runga i te raina ki te www.Ring8ny.com hoki ētahi atu mōhiohio e pā ana ki KING 8, te rōpū nui o tona ahua i roto i te United States me neke atu i te 350 te mau melo. Utunga mema Annual ko anake $30.00 a e tika ana te melo tata'itahi ki te hakari kuru i KING 8 hui ā-marama, hāunga Hōngongoi me August. Kaimekemeke hohe katoa, runaruna me te ngaio, e tika ana ki te KING haapoupou 8 mema tau. Manuhiri o Ring 8 He mai te mau melo i te utu o te anake $7.00 ia tangata.

5th annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2016 inducted in festive ceremony

NYSBHOF Class o 2015
Kaimekemeke
toa Welterweight World (’90-91) Arona “Superman” Davis, Bronx
toa World teina Welterweight (’93-94) Charles “te Natural” Murray Buffalo
E rua-wā kaiwero ao taitara Kōmāmā Vilomar Fernandez Bronx
World kaiwero taitara Kōmāmā Edwin Viruet. New York City
(Mate)
4-wā, 3-toa wehenga ao Hector “macho” Camacho Spanish Harlem
toa whitu World (1952) Rocky Graziano Brooklyn
World Kōmāmā (’25-26) titlist Rocky Kansas Buffalo
2-wā titleholder whā ao Joe Lynch Brooklyn
“toa Welterweight Uncrowned” Joe Miceli Buffalo
Non-Kaiuru
International Mekemeke Hall o Rongonui kaiwhakahaere matua ed Brophy Canastota
Kaiwhakatairanga Joe DeGuardia Bronx
Komihana / tuakiri pāpāho Randy Gordon Melville
Kaiwhakatairanga / kaiwhakahaere Dennis Rappaport Queens
(Mate)
Kaiwhakahaere Howie Albert Bronx
Trainer / cutman Freddie Brown Manhattan
autaua pouaka whakaata New York City Howard Cosell New York City
Kaimekemeke / kaitautoko Ruby Goldstein Manhattan
Kaiwhakahaere Jimmy Jacobs
NYSBHOF Class o 2016 (L-R): Seated – Vilomar Fernandez, Dennis Rappaport, Randy Gordon and Ed Brophy; Standing: Aaron Davis and Joe DeGuardia
-Pikitia katoa e Peter Frutkoff-
NEW YORK (April 5, 2016) – Neke atu i te 300 people packed Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, NY this past Rātapu for the fifth annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) tina arataki.
Ka riro ia ia inductee he whitiki ritenga-hoahoa hei whakaatu i tona arataki ki te NYSBHOF. Plaques are on display at the New York State Athletic Commission.
Te 2016 tīpakohia inductees i te taha o nga mema o te komiti whakaingoa NYSBHOF: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, JR., Don Majeski, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero a Neil Terens.
kaimekemeke katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te kia hohekore mō tau i te iti rawa e toru i roto i te tikanga ki te kia āhei hoki NYSBHOF arataki, a me inductees katoa kua noho i roto i te New York State mo te wahi nui o to ratou mahi mekemeke i te pirimia o to ratou mahi tēnā ranei.
(L-R) – NYSBHOF/Ring 8 peresideni Bob Duffy, Don Majeski, Ed Brophy and Jill Diamond (WBC)
ed Brophy:I’d like to thank the committee of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame and Ring 8, a wonderful group that sponsors the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. I’m so proud to have been born in New York, in the small town of Canastota, where boxing is in our blood. I’m thrilled to be honored today. My name is attached to the International Boxing Hall of Fame as director, but so many different people help out. I only accept this honor on their behalf. Boxing is the greatest sport. Congratulations to all of the inductees. This is the greatest day of my life.
(L-R) – Ron McNair, Aaron Davis and Bob Duffy
Arona Davis: Mihi, Ring 8. Boxing is a hard sport. It was much harder in the gym. I saw Gerry Cooney, Iran Barkley a Roberto Durán and wanted to do what those guys did and it made me a fighter I was. I’d like to thank my father and Billy Giles, who was my trainer. I’d also like to thank Joe DeGuardia, who managed me later in my career, and thanks to everybody who supported me.
(L-R) — Bob Duffy, Dennis Rappaport and family
Dennis Rappaport:It seems like yesterday when a six or seven year old living in Brooklyn watched a fight between Jake LaMotta a Jim Hairston. This young man was mesmerized. The next month he watchedSugar Ray Robinson knockout Rocky Graziano and that was the start of a love affair that’s lasted 63 tau. Mekemeke, at its best, is poetry in motion. It’s Shapespeare, Picasso, Rembrandt. But it can also be crude. I started in boxing managing three fighters: Ronnie Harris, Gerry Cooney a Howard Davis. JR. Because of the creative marketing of our fighters, one reporter called me and my partner, Mike Jones, ‘The Gold Dust Twinsbut then the media starting calling us, ‘The Wacko Twins.I preferred ‘The Gold Dust Twins.

(L-R – Jack Hirsch, Joe DeGuardia and Bob Duffy
Joe DeGuardia: It’s a real pleasure, honor and privilege to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. Like many of you here, I live and bleed boxing, which has been a big part of my life. Four months ago, I received the (Ring 8 at its Holiday awards dinner) Promoter of the Year award. I said then that we are truly a family of boxing; it’s a real brotherhood. I also talked about how boxing tied into lire. In that roomnot with us nowwas my father who passed away three weeks ago. Because of him, I developed this love of boxing that I’ve carried in life: work hard to do the best you can in life. I’m truly honored to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. In honor of my father and everybody else who loves this sport. I accept on behalf of my father who, E mohio ana ahau ki, is watching us now.
(L-R) – Charles Murray and Bob Duffy
Charles Murray:They called me, ‘The Natural.I appreciate this, being honored for my contributions to boxing. Thank you very much.
(L-R) – Steve Farhood, Vilomar Fernandez and Bob Duffy
Vilomar Fernandez: “It wasn’t easy fighting guys like Roberto Duran and Alexis Arguello. They were the best in the world. I’m thankful for the opportunities to fight them, I’m honored today.
(L-R) – Henry Hascup, Randy Gordon, Melvina Lathan, Bob Duffy and Gerry Cooney
Randy Gordon: “Mauruuru koe, katoa. This amazing event we have every year, I never expected this would happen. My career was born out of the aches of one of boxing’s biggest scandals, the US Championships on ABC, whakatairangatia ana e te Don King, and Ring Magazine produced the ratings for the tournament. It turned out the ratings and some of the records were padded and it just about knocked Ring Magazine out of business. Bert Randolph Sugar hired me to be its Editor In Chief. Te mahi tahi, we brought Ring Magazine back from the dead. I burst into tears when Jack Hirsch called to tell me I was being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. This is an absolute dream. Anybody who has ever or will ever be inducted into any hall of fame, nobody can possibly enjoy this more than me. I love boxing with every ounce of my body. My wife and family drive me back into boxing. This is the greatest honor. I can’t get enough of boxing. I’m truly the luckiest man ever placed on this planet.
(L-R) – ed Brophy, Don Majeski, Jack Hirsch and Joe DeGuardia
NYSAC Executive Director Dave Berlin and Harold Lederman
(L-R) – Joe DeGuardia and NYSBHOF/Ring 8 peresideni Bob Duffy
CLASS o 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 a Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS o 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Tanitī, Sandy tera hōiho, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones , Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Harumu, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a 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, CuS D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Haora Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paora 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 ko Al Weill.

2016 Class Inductees honored to be going Into New York State Boxing Hall of Fame This Sunday, April 3, i te Russo On te Bay

Hector Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Arona Davis me upoko Howard Cosell 2016 piha haapiiraa
NEW YORK (March 29, 2016) – The fifth annual New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) tina arataki, tautoko e Ring 8, will be held this Rātapu ahiahi (April 312:30-5:30 p.m.) i te Russo On te Bay i roto i te Howard Beach, New York.
NYSBHOF Class o 2015
Kaimekemeke
toa Welterweight World (’90-91) Arona “Superman” Davis Bronx
toa World teina Welterweight (’93-94) Charles “te Natural” Murray Buffalo
E rua-wā kaiwero ao taitara Kōmāmā Vilomar Fernandez Bronx
World kaiwero taitara Kōmāmā Edwin Viruet. New York City
(Mate)
4-wā, 3-toa wehenga ao Hector “macho” Camacho Spanish Harlem
toa whitu World (1952) Rocky Graziano Brooklyn
World Kōmāmā (’25-26) titlist Rocky Kansas Buffalo
2-wā titleholder whā ao Joe Lynch Brooklyn
“toa Welterweight Uncrowned” Joe Miceli Buffalo
Non-Kaiuru
International Mekemeke Hall o Rongonui kaiwhakahaere matua ed Brophy Canastota
Kaiwhakatairanga Joe DeGuardia Bronx
Komihana / tuakiri pāpāho Randy Gordon Melville
Kaiwhakatairanga / kaiwhakahaere Dennis Rappaport Queens
(Mate)
Kaiwhakahaere Howie Albert Bronx
Trainer / cutman Freddie Brown Manhattan
autaua pouaka whakaata New York City Howard Cosell New York City
Kaimekemeke / kaitautoko Ruby Goldstein Manhattan
Kaiwhakahaere Jimmy Jacobs New York City
Randy Gordon:What a journey this has been from boxing fan to boxing writerto boxing announcerto boxing commissionerto boxing promoterto boxing talk show host….to the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. If I’m dreaming, I don’t want to wake up!”
Dennis Rappaport:It is with the utmost pleasure and profound appreciation to be inducted into the NYSBHOF with such a class of distinguished honorees. At the age of six, I watched my first fight between Jake LaMotta and Gene Harston. I was so captivated and mesmerized by the sport that it began my 63 year love affair with boxing. From the bottom of my heat, I would like to thank each and every member of the boxing fraternity for a lifetime filled with magical moments and unforgettable memories.
ed Brophy:This is a wonderful honor that truly caught me by surprise. I am humbled by this acknowledgement and thank the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.
Joe DeGuardia: “I am honored to be recognized and included among the past and present boxing luminaries inducted into the prestigious New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.
Ka riro ia ia inductee he whitiki ritenga-hoahoa hei whakaatu i tona arataki ki te NYSBHOF. Plaques are on display at the New York State Athletic Commission.
Te 2016 tīpakohia inductees i te taha o nga mema o te komiti whakaingoa NYSBHOF: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, JR., Don Majeski, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero a Neil Terens.
kaimekemeke katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te kia hohekore mō tau i te iti rawa e toru i roto i te tikanga ki te kia āhei hoki NYSBHOF arataki, a me inductees katoa kua noho i roto i te New York State mo te wahi nui o to ratou mahi mekemeke i te pirimia o to ratou mahi tēnā ranei.
CLASS o 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 a Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS o 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Tanitī, Sandy tera hōiho, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones , Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Harumu, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a 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, CuS D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Haora Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paora 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 ko Al Weill.
Limited tickets are still available, utu i $150.00 ia pakeke me te $60.00 mō ngā tamariki (i raro i 16), which includes a complete brunch and cocktail hour upon entry, tīmata i 12:30 p.m. AND, me te tina (rara pirimia, ika heihei ranei) and open bar throughout the event. E wātea ana ki te hoko tikiti i te te karanga NYSBHOF / Ring 8 peresideni Bob Duffy i 516.313.2304. Haere i runga i te raina i www.Ring8ny.com hoki atu ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te New York State Mekemeke Hall o te Rongonui.

New York State Mekemeke Hall o Rongonui Whakangungu tīkiti hakari hoko nohopuku Rātapu, April 3 i te Russo On te Bay

Hector Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Arona Davis me upoko Howard Cosell 2016 piha haapiiraa
NEW YORK (March 23, 2016) – Kei te hoko nohopuku tīkiti mo te rima o-tau New York State Mekemeke Hall o te Rongonui (NYSBHOF) tina arataki, tautoko e Ring 8, Rātapu ahiahi (12:30-5:30 p.m. AND), April 3, i te Russo On te Bay i roto i te Howard Beach, New York.
NYSBHOF Class o 2016
Kaimekemeke
toa Welterweight World (’90-91) Arona “Superman” Davis Bronx
toa World teina Welterweight (’93-94) Charles “te Natural” Murray Buffalo
E rua-wā kaiwero ao taitara Kōmāmā Vilomar Fernandez Bronx
World kaiwero taitara Kōmāmā Edwin Viruet. New York City
(Mate)
4-wā, 3-toa wehenga ao Hector “macho” Camacho Spanish Harlem
toa whitu World (1952) Rocky Graziano Brooklyn
World Kōmāmā (’25-26) titlist Rocky Kansas Buffalo
2-wā titleholder whā ao Joe Lynch Brooklyn
“toa Welterweight Uncrowned” Joe Miceli Buffalo
Non-Kaiuru
International Mekemeke Hall o Rongonui kaiwhakahaere matua ed Brophy Canastota
Kaiwhakatairanga Joe DeGuardia Bronx
Komihana / tuakiri pāpāho Randy Gordon Melville
Kaiwhakatairanga / kaiwhakahaere Dennis Rappaport Queens
(Mate)
Kaiwhakahaere Howie Albert Bronx
Trainer / cutman Freddie Brown Manhattan
autaua pouaka whakaata New York City Howard Cosell New York City
Kaimekemeke / kaitautoko Ruby Goldstein Manhattan
Kaiwhakahaere Jimmy Jacobs New York City
Ka riro ia ia inductee he whitiki ritenga-hoahoa hei whakaatu i tona arataki ki te NYSBHOF. Plaques are on display at the New York State Athletic Commission.
Te 2016 i tīpakohia inductees e NYSBHOF ngā mema o te komiti whakaingoa: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, JR., Don Majeski, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero a Neil Terens.
kaimekemeke katoa e hiahiatia ana ki te kia hohekore mō tau i te iti rawa e toru i roto i te tikanga ki te kia āhei hoki NYSBHOF arataki, a me inductees katoa kua noho i roto i te New York State mo te wahi nui o to ratou mahi mekemeke i te pirimia o to ratou mahi tēnā ranei.
CLASS o 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 a Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS o 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Tanitī, Sandy tera hōiho, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones , Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Harumu, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a 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, CuS D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Haora Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paora 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 ko Al Weill.
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Timothy Bradley, Melvina Lathan & Sadam Ali Leading 2015 award winners honored at 29th annual Ring 8 Takahanga Hararei & Awards Ceremony

(L-R) — 2015 Ring 8 Tohu toa: New York Fighter of the Year Sadam Ali, Woman of the Decade Melvina Lathan and Fighter of the Year Timothy Bradley
(photo by Peter Frutkoff)
NEW YORK, NY (Hakihea 21, 2015) – A capacity crowd enjoyed the recent 29th Ring ā-tau 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.
Rima-wā, toa e rua-wehenga te ao Timothy “Koraha Storm” Bradley received the Ring 8 Toa o te Tohu Tau. Other 2015 Ring 8 tohu toa (kite te rārangi katoa i raro) included former New York State Athletic Commission chairperson Melvina Lathan(Tai o te tekau tau), tūturu No. 1 ao nguha Welterweight Port “World Kid” He (NY Fighter o te Tau), Heather Hardy (NY Wahine Fighter o te Tau), “Ireland o” John Duddy (Uncrowned Champion), Andre Rozier (Trainer o te Tau) a Joe DeGuardia (Kaiwhakatairanga o te Tau). Randy Gordon served as the Master of Ceremonies.
“I matou 340 people and everybody enjoyed themselves,” reported Ring 8 peresideni Bob Duffy. “Things went very well. There were a few emotional acceptance speeches and some tears shed.
We donated a table to Wounded Warriors and also presented Keith Sullivan with a special trophy for all the legal work and support he gives Ring 8, New York State Mekemeke Hall o te Rongonui, Atlas Foundation, Boxing Writers Association of America, and boxing in New York.
2015 Ring 8 Tohu toa
(Photo by Peter Frutkoff)
2015 KING 8 Tohu toa
Fighter o te Tau: Timothy Bradley
Tai o te tekau tau: Hon. Melvina Lathan
NY Fighter o te Tau: Sadam Ali
NY Wahine Fighter o te Tau: Heather Hardy
Uncrowned Champion: John Duddy
Co-Cutmen o te Tau: George Mitchell & Mike Rella
Mema Poari o te Tau: Billy Strigaro
Trainer o te Tau: Andre Rozier
Hapori Ratonga Tohu: Kevin Collins & Gerard Wilson
Kaiwhakatairanga o te Tau: Joe DeGuardia
Kaitautoko o te Tau: George O'Neill
Official o te Tau: Carlos Ortiz, JR.
Amateur Official o te Tau: Christina Vila
Roa & Hiranga Ratonga Tohu: Jack Hirsch
Kōtaha o itoito Tohu: Paddy Dolan
Prospects o te Tau: Wesley Ferrer & Danny Gonzales
Ring auvaha i o te Tau: Rawiri Diamante
Mea ïa Tohu: Kāpara Ron McNair, JR.

Toa o te Tau Timothy Bradley ki te haere ki te 29 o Ring ā- 8 Takahanga Hararei & Dec Awards Ceremony. 13 i roto i te New York; Melvina Lathan, Sadam Ali, Heather Hardy & John Duddy roto 2015 tohu toa

Timothy Bradley (R) vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
(pikitia angalelei o Chris Farina / Kapa Top)
NEW YORK, NY (Whiringa 30, 2015) – Rima-wā, toa e rua-wehenga te ao Timothy “Koraha Storm” Bradley ka haere i te 29th Ring ā-tau 8 Takahanga Hararei me Tohu Ceremony, Rātapu ahiahi (12:30-5:30 p.m. AND), Hakihea 13, i te Russo On te Bay i roto i te Howard Beach, New York. Bradley will receive his award as the 2015 Ring 8 Fighter o te Tau.
Randy Gordon will serve as the event’s Master of Ceremonies. Other 2015 Ring 8 tohu toa (kite te rārangi katoa i raro) ngā mua heamana Komihana Athletic New York State Melvina Lathan (Tai o te tekau tau), tūturu No. 1 ao nguha Welterweight Port “World Kid” He (NY Fighter o te Tau), Heather Hardy(NA Wahine Fighter o te Tau), “Ireland o” John Duddy (Uncrowned Champion), Andre Rozier (Trainer o te Tau) a Joe DeGuardia (Kaiwhakatairanga o te Tau).
32-tau-tawhito te Bradley, whawhai i roto i te nikau Springs, California, Ko te-wā e rua, me te kingi Mekemeke Organization World (Te toa Welterweight WBO, i roto i te tua atu ki te he marama te ao Welterweight toru-wā titlist.
Tona rārangi o ngā pārurenga pānui rite te wai te wai o te mekemeke i roto i te 140 ki 147 wehenga pauna: Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez, Ruslan Provodnikov, Joel Casamayor, Devon Alexander, Jessie Vargas, Luis Carlos Abregu, Lamont Peterson, Kendall Holt,Junior Witter a Brandon Rios.
Timothy Bradley earned his award with an outstanding performance against Brandon Rios (WTKO9),” Ring 8 peresideni Bob Duffy mea. “Te mahi tahi me te kaiako hou, Teddy Atlas (fakatātaa'i ki raro ki te matau ki Bradley) , Ko te rangi te rohe mo Bradley. Matou tino waimarie ki te whai Timoteo ratere whenua ripeka ki te haere to tatou Takahanga Hararei ki te tiki i tona Fighter o te tohu Tau.
“No te mea ko te taua rōpū nui e whakahonore tatou tenei tau i tenei, we expect a sold out crowd of 400. To tatou mau melo e titiro atu ki tenei hui i tenei tau. Mauruuru mau tatou tuku ia ratou to ratou tautoko rite Ring 8 proudly continues its record for lending a helping hand to those in the boxing community who are less fortunate. Ia tau, ka whakanui to tatou Ceremony Takahanga Hararei me Tohu to tatou hākinakina nui o te mekemeke, rīanga pūtea nui-e hiahiatia ana ara te kia mau ai tatou i to tatou misioni no to tatou mau taeae rawakore me tuahine i roto i te mekemeke. Roa'tu tatou e aueue i to ratou pito.”
2015 KING 8 Tuhinga WINNERS
Fighter o te Tau: Timothy Bradley
Tai o te tekau tau: Hon. Melvina Lathan
NY Fighter o te Tau: Sadam Ali
NY Wahine Fighter o te Tau: Heather Hardy
Uncrowned Champion: John Duddy
Co-Cutmen o te Tau: George Mitchell & Mike Rella
Mema Poari o te Tau: Billy Strigaro
Trainer o te Tau: Andre Rozier
Hapori Ratonga Tohu: Kevin Collins & Gerard Wilson
Kaiwhakatairanga o te Tau: Joe DeGuardia
Kaitautoko o te Tau: George O'Neill
Official o te Tau: Carlos Ortiz, JR.
Amateur Official o te Tau: Christina Vila
Roa & Hiranga Ratonga Tohu: Jack Hirsch
Kōtaha o itoito Tohu: Paddy Dolan
Prospects o te Tau: Wesley Ferrer & Danny Gonzales
Ring auvaha i o te Tau: Rawiri Diamante
Mea ïa Tohu: Kāpara Ron McNair, JR.
Tīkiti Limited, utu i $125.00 ia tangata, E tonu e wātea ana ki te hoko mā te whakapā Bob Duffy i te waea (516.313.2304), īmēra DepComish@aol.com, arowhai mēra ranei (kia utua ki Ring 8) ki a ia (164 Lindbergh Road, Massapequa Park, NY 11762). E mai takoha o tetahi hāhi mo te hunga taea ki te haere ki te hui.
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Haereraa Ring 8 Ceremony manuhiri rongonui hararei me Tohu ngā toa o mua ao Mark Breland, Luis Collazo, Iran Barkley a Vito Antuofermo, me Sean Monahan, Bobby Cassidy, Harold Lederman a Frankie Galarza