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klas nke 2018 inducted into New York State Boxing Hall of Fame

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NYSBHOF Klas nke 2018: (L-R) seated: Charley Norkus, Obere. (accepting for Charley Norkus), Melvina Lathan, Herb Goldman, Bob Goodman and Jake Rodriguez; eguzo: Joe Mesi, Al Cole, Ron Scott Stevens, Pete Brodsky and Joseph McAuliffe (accepting for Jack McAuliffe)
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NEW YORK (Ka 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, na russo si On The Bay na Howard Beach, New York.

 

 

 

“Those being honored tonight are humble, honorable people,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy kwuru. “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.”

 

 

 

klas nke 2018 living boxers inducted heading into the NYSBHOF included (Long Island) WBA ìhè Heavyweight Lou “Honey Boy” Valley (36-6-2, 22 Kos), (Central Islip) IBF Junior welterweight World onye mmeri Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Kos), (Brooklyn) ụwa fechaa aha ịma ya aka Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 Kos), undefeated, No.; 1 heavyweight contender “Baby” Joe Mesi (Buffalo) and former world cruiserweight champion Al “ice” Cole (Rockland County).

 

 

 

Posthumous participants inducted were NBA & NYSAC World Featherweight onye mmeri (Manhattan) Eyen “Cuban Bon Bon” chocolate (136-10-6, 51 Kos), (New York City) 20nkena narị afọ Heavyweight James J. “amadi Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Kos), (Williamsburg) World Kedu otu m ga onye mmeri Jack “The Napoleon of The Nrite Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super fechaa onye mmeri Billy Costello (40-2, 23 Kos), (Beacon) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World onye mmeri Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 Kos), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) ụwa-klas Middleweight Ralph “Agu” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Kos) na (Port Washington) heavyweight contender Charley “The Bayonne bombu” Norkus (33-19, 19 Kos).

 

 

 

Living non-participants now in the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer Nrite-emeri sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) ọzụzụ /-enye Ndụmọdụ Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) ọkpọ ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere / nchịkọta akụkọ Herb Goldman, (Bronx) matchmaker Bobby Goodman, (Ardsley) NYSAC chairperson / ikpe Melvina Lathan, na (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/promoter Ron Scott Stevens.

 

 

 

Posthumous non-participant inductees were (Brooklyn) mgbanaka ogwaokwu Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) ọkpọ publicist Murray Goodman, (New York City) ọkpọ dere / ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere Bert Randolph Sugar na (Lower East Side) radio & telivishọn ogwaokwu / nta akụkọ Sam Taub.

 

 

 

Onye ọ bụla ịga inductee (ma ọ bụ esi n'agbụrụ) received a custom-designed belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.

 

 

 

The 2017 inductees e họrọ NYSBHOF nominating so na Kọmitii:Bobby Cassidy, Obere., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, na Neil Terens.

 

 

 

All na-eti ọkpọ mkpa ịdị na-adịghị ejekwa maka dịkarịa ala afọ atọ na-ruo eruo inweta NYSBHOF itinye n'ọkwa, na ihe nile inductees ga-abụrịrị na biri na New York State maka a ịrịba òkè nke ha ọkpọ ọrụ ma ọ bụ n'oge praịm nke ndị ọrụ.

 

 

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

 

David 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.

 

Kwuru na & 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 boxing – I hope I have – I 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, mgbe ahụ 16,00 and finally 18,000 ndị mmadụ. 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.
“M bụ 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 Gym – the 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. Na 2002, I got a call to work for the New York State Athletic Commission as its Community Co-Ordinator and Director of Boxing. Mgbe ahụ, I was made chairman and I served two terms. Taa, 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 Eze, Muhammad Ali na 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.
“In boxing, 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, dị mwute ikwu na, one called in sick. I was sitting at ringside with no responsibilities. Randy said I had to workn'abalị a. 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
Klas nke 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 France na Arthur Mercante, SR.
Klas nke 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Life na-agba ụta, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Enyi” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry ahịa, Ihe egwuregwu Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard na Don Dunphy.
Klas nke 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, Ihe egwuregwu Atlas, Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon na Tom O'Rourke.
Klas nke 2015: Saul Mamby, Life Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon na Al Weill.
Klas nke 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “Macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein na Jimmy Jacobs.
Klas nke 2017: Gaspar si kọọ Ortega, Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, Doug DeWitt, “The Bronx bombu” Alex Ramos, Dick Agu, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan na Dan Parker.
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Son/father Bob & Murray Goodman to be inducted into Class of 2018 New York State Boxing Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha

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(L-R) – Bob and Murray Goodman
NEW YORK (March 26, 2018) – Boxing lifers Bob Goodman ya na nna ya, mbubreyo Murray Goodman, are among 23 members of the Class of 2018 being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) na Sunday n'ehihie (12:30-5:30 p.m. NA), 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) ọrụ. 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, ikekwe, 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, mgbanaka, 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 veterans’ groups. 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 (aka nri) was inducted into the IBHOF in 2009, his father Murray in 1999
Among the world champions Bob has worked with are Muhammad Ali, George onyeisi ọrụ, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton, Felix Trinidad, Roberto Duran, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Bob Ezi, Salvador Sanchez, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Wilfredo Gonez, Ricardo Lopez, Bernard Hopkins and so many more.
Ibi na-eti ọkpọ n'isi n'ime NYSBHOF agụnye (Spring Valley) IBF Cruiserweight World onye mmeri Al “ice” Cole (35-16-3, 16 Kos), (Long Island) WBA ìhè Heavyweight Lou “Honey Boy” Valley (36-6-2, 22 Kos), (Central Islip) IBF Junior welterweight World onye mmeri Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Kos), (Brooklyn) ụwa fechaa aha ịma ya aka Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 Kos), na (Buffalo) undefeated ụwa-klas Heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi (36-0, 29 Kos).
Posthumous sonyere na-edeba aha ya n'usuu ndị NBA & NYSAC World Featherweight onye mmeri (Manhattan) Eyen “Cuban Bon Bon” chocolate (136-10-6, 51 Kos), (New York City) 20nkena narị afọ Heavyweight James J. “amadi Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Kos), (Williamsburg) World Kedu otu m ga onye mmeri Jack “The Napoleon of The Nrite Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super fechaa onye mmeri Billy Costello (40-2, 23 Kos), (Beacon) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World onye mmeri Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 Kos), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) ụwa-klas Middleweight Ralph “Agu” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Kos) na (Port Washington) heavyweight contender Charley “The Bayonne bombu” Norkus (33-19, 19 Kos).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer Nrite-emeri sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) ọzụzụ /-enye Ndụmọdụ Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) ọkpọ ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere / nchịkọta akụkọ Herb Goldman, (Ardsley) NYSAC chairperson / ikpe Melvina Lathan, na (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/ume Ron Scott Stevens.
Posthumous-abụghị soò inductees bụ (Brooklyn) mgbanaka ogwaokwu Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) ọkpọ dere / ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere Bert Randolph Sugar na (Lower East Side) radio & telivishọn ogwaokwu / nta akụkọ Sam Taub.
Onye ọ bụla ịga inductee (ma ọ bụ esi n'agbụrụ) ga-enweta a omenala-e belt nēgosi ya ma ọ bụ ya itinye n'ọkwa n'ime NYSBHOF.
The 2017 inductees e họrọ NYSBHOF nominating so na Kọmitii: Bobby Cassidy, Obere., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, na Neil Terens.
All na-eti ọkpọ mkpa ịdị na-adịghị ejekwa maka dịkarịa ala afọ atọ na-ruo eruo inweta NYSBHOF itinye n'ọkwa, na ihe nile inductees ga-abụrịrị na biri na New York State maka a ịrịba òkè nke ha ọkpọ ọrụ ma ọ bụ n'oge praịm nke ndị ọrụ.
NYSBHOF
Klas nke 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 France na Arthur Mercante, SR.
Klas nke 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Life na-agba ụta, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Enyi” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry ahịa, Ihe egwuregwu Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard na Don Dunphy.
Klas nke 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, Ihe egwuregwu Atlas, Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon na Tom O'Rourke.
Klas nke 2015: Saul Mamby, Life Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon na Al Weill.
Klas nke 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “Macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Randy Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brown, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein na Jimmy Jacobs.
Klas nke 2017: Gaspar si kọọ Ortega, Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, Doug DeWitt, “The Bronx bombu” Alex Ramos, Dick Agu, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan na Dan Parker.
Tiketi na-ọnụ na $150.00 kwa okenye na $70.00 maka ụmụaka (n'okpuru 16),na-agụnye a zuru brunch na mmanya hour n'elu entry, malite na 12:30 p.m. NA, nakwa dị ka nri abalị (praịm ọgịrịga, azụ ma ọ bụ okuko) na-emeghe mmanya n'ụbọchị. Tiketi dị ịzụta site na ịkpọtụrụ NYSBHOF / Ring 8 president Bob Duffy na 516.313.2304 ma ọ bụdepcomish@aol.com. Mgbasa ozi maka NYSBHOF omume dị, sitere na site $80.00 ka $200.00, site na ịkpọtụrụ Duffy. Gaa na akara na www.Ring8ny.com n'ihi na ozi ndị ọzọ banyere New York State Boxing Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Maara Aha.
IHE mgbanaka 8: Guzobere 1954 site na onye na bụbu-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, Mgbanaka 8 ghọrọ asatọ enyemaka nke ihe ahụ a maara dị ka National vetiran na-eti ọkpọ Association – N'ihi ya, Mgbanaka 8 – na taa na nzukọ motto anọgide: Na-eti ọkpọ Inyere na-eti ọkpọ.
Mgbanaka 8 a n'ụzọ zuru ezu mbọ iji na-akwado na-erughị ihe ndabara ọma ndị ọkpọ obodo ndị nwere ike ịchọ enyemaka na okwu nke na-akwụ ụgwọ ụlọ, ụgwọ ụlọ ọgwụ, ma ọ bụ ihe ọ bụla nti mkpa.
Gaa na akara na- www.Ring8ny.com n'ihi na ihe ọmụma banyere mgbanaka 8, kasị otu ụdị na United States na ihe karịrị 350 òtù. Kwa Afọ otu dues bụ nanị $30.00 na onye ọ bụla so na-isiokwu a na-emekpa ihe nri abalị na mgbanaka 8 kwa ọnwa nzukọ, ewepu July na August. All n'ọrụ na-eti ọkpọ, na-amu amu na ọkachamara, na-isiokwu a ekele mgbanaka 8 kwa afọ otu. Ọbịa nke mgbanaka 8 òtù welcome na a na-eri nke naanị $7.00 kwa onye.
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THOMAS HEARNS HEADLINES STAR-LADEN CLASS OF INDUCTEES INTO NEVADA BOXING HALL OF FAME

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Spinks brothers, Michael Carbajal, Erik Morales and Salvador Sanchez are also among the greats to be honored Aug. 12 at Caesars Palace.
Las Vegas – Mbụ n'ụwa onye mmeri Thomas Hearns, onye tinyere Sugar Ray Leonard, Ebube Marvin Hagler na Roberto Duran dominated boxing in the 1980s and became known collectively as “The Four Kings,” headlines a 14-person class of inductees into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, Hall CEO/president Michelle Corrales-Lewis announced Wednesday.
Hearns was chosen in the non-Nevada resident boxer category, along with Michael Spinks, Erik Morales, Michael Carbajal, 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, Sanchez, 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 Saturday, Aug. 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. His 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. na 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’ awụ akpata oyi n'ahụ 1978 upset of Ali as well as for Leonard’s dramatic 14nke-round knockout of Hearns in 1981.
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BIOGRAPHIES OF THE NEW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Michael Carbajal – Best known as the first junior flyweight to earn a $1 million purse, Carbajal won world titles at junior flyweight and flyweight. Known as “Little Hands of Stone” for his punching power, Carbajal was 49-4 na 33 Kos.
His rivalry with Humberto “Petite” Gonzalez was one of the best of the early 1990s and their 1993 fight was The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year. Na 2004, The Ring named Carbajal as the best junior flyweight in history.
Ọ bụ 98-10 as an amateur and won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Thomas Hearns – Hearns, 58, won recognized world titles at welterweight, ibu welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight during a career in which he went 61-5-1 na 48 Kos.
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 ugboro, na-aga 11-4-1 na itoolu knockouts.
Erik Morales – One 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 na 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, featherweight, 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.
Ken Norton – Though 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, gụnyere a 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 15nke na nke ikpeazụ gburugburu.
Lucia Rijker – Rijker is regarded as one of, if not the best, women boxers in history. She was 17-0 na 14 knockouts in boxing and was 37-0-1 na 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.“
Salvador Sanchez – Sanchez tragically died in an auto accident in Mexico at just 23 afọ, robbing the world of one of the elite fighters in history well before his time. Sanchez was 44-1-1 na 32 knockouts and was the lineal featherweight champion from 1980 until his death in 1982.
He won the title by knocking out Danny “Little Red” Lopez, but is best known for a dominating eighth-round stoppage of Wilfredo Gomez. Gomez was 33-0 na 32 knockouts but was no match for Sanchez.
Richie Sandoval – Sandoval held the bantamweight title for two years, but his career, as great as it was, is a question of what might have been. Ọ bụ onye òtù nke 1980 U.S. Olympic boxing team, 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 knockouts, 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.
Leon Spinks – 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 as “Neon” Leon, he was an acclaimed amateur who was 178-7 na 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 Kos.
Michael Spinks – Spinks 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 Marciano’s record.
He won the light heavyweight title in his 17nke 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 Olympic gold medalist, Spinks‘ only 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 – Garcia, 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, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello and Wilfredo Gomez.
Dr. Elias Ghanem – Ghanem 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 – Known as “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 wrestler “Gorgeous” George, and Ali patterned himself after George in many ways.
Greb died in 1996 na 75 afọ.
Debbie Munch – Caesars 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 Pearl – Pearl was small of stature, but was a giant as a referee. He worked more than 70 world title bouts, including Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks and Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns.
Pearl was also a highly regarded judge.