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New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2019

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NEW YORK (January 30, 2019) – The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) has announced its 24-member Class of 2019. The eighth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be heldSunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. БОЛОН), Дөрөвдүгээр 28, Ховард Beach-д Орос-ийн талаар The Bay дээр, Нью-Йорк.

“We’re excited to continue honoring New Yorkers who helped boxing throughout the entire Empire State,” NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy said. “This year’s inductees did so much to help boxing in New York, whether they were fighters or non-participants. Our goal is to continue to honor New Yorkers in boxing for many more years.”

Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include (Bronx-born) three-time, two-division world championWilfredo Benitez (53-8-1, 31 Kos), Canastota welterweightDick DiVeronica (44-13-1, 13 Kos), (Hempstead) WBO super featherweight world champion Rogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 Kos), (Bronx) 1968 U.S. ОлимподDavey Vasquez (19-15, 6 Kos), WBO super middleweight world title challengerMichael Olajide (27-5, 19 Kos), of Manhattan, болон Queens’ world heavyweight title challengerMonte Barrett (35-11-2, 20 Kos).

Posthumous participants being inducted are (Bronx) three-time lightweight world champion Jimmy Carter (84-31-9, 34 Kos), Brooklyn welterweightАль “Bummy” Дэвис (65-10-4, 46 Kos), (Schenectady) world welterweight championMarty Servo (47-4-2, 14 Kos), (Bronx) world heavyweight title challengerRoland LaStarza (57-9, 27 Kos), Brooklyn world lightweight championPaddy DeMarco (75-26-3, 8 Kos) and Manhattan’s Lower East Side lightweightsSid Terris (94-13-5, 12 Kos) болонLeach “The Fighting Dentist” Cross (35-10-4, 22 Kos).

Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are New York City-based promoterDon King, Flushing judgeJohn McKaie, Brooklyn sportscasterSteve Albert, refereeArthur Mercante, JR., and Bronx trainerBob Jackson.

Posthumous non-participant inductees are Utica matchmakerDewey Fragetta, Crown, Queens refereeJohnny LoBianco, Garden City refereeWayne Kelly, Flushing sportsmanHarry Hill, award-winning journalistJimmy Cannon, of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, and NYSAC official/former NABF presidentJoe Dwyer, Brooklyn-ийн.

Each attending inductee (эсвэл шууд удам) will receive a custom-designed belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.

The 2019 inductees NYSBHOF нэр дэвшүүлэх хороо нь гишүүдийн сонгосон: Randy Gordon, Хенри Hascup, Дон Majeski, Ron McNair, болонНейл Terens.

All boxers needed to be inactive for at least three years to be eligible for NYSBHOF induction, and all inductees must have resided in New York State for a significant portion of their boxing careers or during the prime of their respective career.

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CLASS of 2012: Кармен Basilio, Майк McCallum, Майк Тайсон, Жейк LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Вито Antuofermo, Emile Гриффит, “Sugar” Рэй Робинсон, Gene Tunney, Benny Леонард, Тони Canzoneri, Харолд Ледерман, Стив Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Гил Clancy, Рэй Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Билл Gallo, Артур Mercante, Sr.

CLASS of 2013: Jack Dempsey, Жонни живжээ, Сэнди Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Арчер, Iran Barkley, Марк Breland, Бобби Кассиди, Даг Жонс, Junior-Жонс, Жеймс “Buddy” McGirt, Эдди Мустафа Мухаммед, Боб Arum, Шелли Finkel, Tony Graziano, Ларри Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Майк Jacobs, Tex Rickard and Don Dunphy.

CLASS OF 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Харрис Паттерсон, Билли Backus, Кевин Kelley, Хуан хэвлэлийнхэнтэй ярилцжээ, Жерри Cooney, Мустафа Hamsho, Ховард Дэвис, Jr., Lou Ambers, Жак Britton, Терри McGovern, Teddy атлас, Lou DiBella, Стив Farhood, Gene Мур, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, Уильям Muldoon, Том O'Rourke.

CLASS OF 2015: Saoul Mamby, Joey Giamba, Жонни Persol, Харолд Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Билли Грахам, Frankie Шүүгч, Боб Миллер, Томми Райан, Jimmy Slattery, Боб Даффи, Майк Katz, Томми Галлахер, Брюс Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Жимми Жонстон, Седрик Kushner, Харри Markson, Damon Runyon and Al Weill.

CLASS OF 2016: Аарон Дэвис, Чарльз Мюррей, Vilomar Фернандес, Эдвин Viruet, Hector “Macho” Камачо, Rocky Graziano, Роки Канзас, Жо Линч, Жо Miceli, Эд Brophy, Жо DeGuardia, Рэнди Гордон, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Альберт, Freddie Brown, Ховард Cosell, Ruby Goldstein, Жимми Jacobs.

CLASS OF 2017: Gaspar Ортега, Renaldo “Ноён” Snipes, Даг Dewitt, “The Bronx Bomber” Алекс Рамос, Дик Tiger, Хосе Торрес, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Дон Majeski, Рон Katz, Стэн Хоффман, Бобби Бартелс ярив, Hank Каплан, Al Gavin, Артур Донован болон Дан Паркер.

CLASS OF 2018: Lou “Зөгийн бал Boy” Хөндий, Жейк Родригес, Terrence Alli, “Baby” Жо Mesi, Шоколад гол дүрүүд нь хүүхэд, Жеймс J. “Gentleman Жим” Corbett, Жак McAuliffe, Билли Costello, Melio Bettina Ralph “Tiger” Жонс, Чарли Норкус, Дэйв Андерсон, Питер Brodsky, Herb Goldman, Бобби Goodman, Melvina Lathan, Рон Скотт Стивенс, Johnnie Addie, Жонни Bos, Мюррей Goodman, Bert Randolph Sugar and Sam Taub.

Tickets are priced at $125.00 Насанд хүрсэн нэг ба $60.00 Хүүхдэд зориулсан (дагуу 16) and include a complete brunch and cocktail hour upon entry, эхлэн 12:30 p.m. БОЛОН, as well as dinner (Ерөнхий хавирга, загас, шувууны аж ахуй) , өдрийн турш нээлттэй бар. Tickets are available to purchase by contacting NYSBHOF president Bob Duffy at 516.313.2304 буюуdepcomish@aol.com. Ads for the NYSBHOF program are available, эхлээд $80.00 нь $200.00, Даффи холбоо барьж. Go on line atwww.Ring8ny.com for additional information about the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.

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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® REPORTER JIM GRAY CALLS INDUCTION INTO INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME AN ‘UNLIKELY AND TREMENDOUS HONOR’

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Veteran Reporter Joins Former Play-By-Play Announcer Steve Albert As Sixth From SHOWTIME Sports® Оноос хойш 2012 To Be Presented With Boxing’s Highest Honor

НЬЮ ЙОРК (Оны зургадугаар сар 11, 2018) – SHOWTIME Sports® veteran reporter Жим Саарал, хар саарал was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday in Canastota, N.Y., joining former colleague and longtime SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING play-by-play announcer Steve Albert in receiving boxing’s most prestigious honor.

 

 

 

Gray and Albert became the fifth and sixth SHOWTIME Sports talent enshrined in the Hall of Fame since 2012. They join boxing analyst Al Bernstein (2012), ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. (2013), analyst and historian Steve Farhood (2017) and play-by-play announcer Barry Tompkins (2017).

 

 

 

In front of a large crowd that included close friends Mike Tyson, Дон Кинг, Deontay Wilder, Julius Irving, Jerry Richardson, Stedman Graham, Bob Costas and many others, the 59-year-old Southern California resident Gray reflected on 40-plus years of covering the sport of boxing. “My journey today has been an unlikely one,” Gray said during his induction speech. “The Boxing Hall of Fame immortalized all of these great fighters. So this magnificent honor comes with tremendous humility. How could this happen? I never took a punch.”

 

 

 

Gray, who started with SHOWTIME in 1994, was honored with a Special Individual Achievement Emmy Award – he currently has 12 Emmy’s in total – in 1997 for his interview of Mike Tyson following the heavyweight’s second loss to Evander Holyfield, the infamous “bite fight.” The National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association also named that interview the “Sports Broadcast Story of the Year.” Нэмж хэлэхэд, the American Sportscasters Association has voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” дахь 1998 and ‘99.

 

 

 

Gray chose Tyson to introduce him on Sunday during the induction ceremony. “It’s ironic,” said Gray. “The man who threatened to kill me in public is now inducting me into the Hall of Fame.”

 

 

 

“This award is way, way overdue,” an emotional Tyson said of his good friend. “I’m very proud of you. Well-deserved.”

 

 

 

With this past weekend’s induction ceremony, SHOWTIME Sports now boasts five current Hall of Famers featured on the network: Gray, Bernstein, Farhood, Tompkins and Lennon Jr.

 

 

 

“I am so pleased for Jim and Steve that they received this great honor,” said David Dinkins Jr., Senior Vice President and Executive Producer of SHOWTIME Sports. “Jim Gray’s interviews and reporting have been an integral part of our SHOWTIME telecast from the beginning. Because of his skills and instincts we have been able to cover the events in depth. There have been countless times that Jim’s dogged pursuit of a story has enabled us to paint the complete picture of the event.”

 

 

 

Gray has forged one of the most memorable sports broadcasting careers in recent history, which includes a deep boxing resume. Gray has worked more than 1,200 fights and interviewed over 1,500 fighters throughout his career, оролцуулах 20 of his fellow Hall of Famers, such as Muhammad Ali, Жо Фрейзиер, George Foreman and future Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and many others ringside.

 

 

 

Outside of the ring, Gray has covered nearly every sport and landed some of the industry’s most lucrative interviews, including sit-downs with Michael Phelps, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady and Michael Jordan.

 

 

 

Albert spent two decades calling fights for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. Albert called more than 300 fights during his tenure with SHOWTIME, including Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Greg Haugen in front of 130,000 fans at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, Tyson-Holyfield I & II and the epic Corrales vs. Castillo series.

 

 

 

“Steve Albert’s incredible preparation and perfect timing were the reasons for his memorable fight calls,” Dinkins said. “Steve was the voice of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING through the high profile fights of the Tyson and Chavez eras. He will be forever linked to those shows which helped establish our network as a major broadcaster of boxing.”

 

 

 

Both Gray and Albert earned induction into the Observer category, which recognizes outstanding achievements of print and media journalists, publishers, бичигчид, historians, photographers and artists.

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JIM GRAY AND STEVE ALBERT ELECTED TO INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME

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Veteran SHOWTIME Sports® Reporter Jim Gray and Former Play-By-Play Announcer Steve Albert Join 2018 Class Alongside Vitali Klitschko, Eric Morales and Ronald “Winky” Wright

SHOWTIME Sports veteran reporter Жим Саарал, хар саарал and former, long-time play-by-play announcer Steve Albert were elected to the 2018 class of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, it was announced by the Hall on Tuesday.

Gray and Albert earned induction into the Observer category, which recognizes outstanding achievements of print and electronic media journalists, sportscasters, publishers, бичигчид, historians, photographers and artists. Gray and Albert will join SHOWTIME Sports boxing analyst Al Bernstein (2012), ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. (2013), analyst and historian Steve Farhood (2017) and announcer Barry Tompkins (2017) in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, four-division world champion Eric Morales and former undisputed super welterweight world champion Ronald “Winky” Wright headline the 2018 induction class. The newly elected class will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend Оны зургадугаар сар 7-10, 2018, in Canastota, N.Y..

“All of us at SHOWTIME Sports who have worked with Jim and Steve over the years are thrilled that they are receiving this well-deserved honor,” said David Dinkins Jr., Гүйцэтгэх Үйлдвэрлэгч, Showtime Спорт. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® франчайзын. Jim’s interviews have become classic post-fight drama while Steve’s fight calls are integral to some of the most significant moments in boxing history.”

Gray has been a reporter for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING since 1994, мөн олсон байна 11 Emmy Awards throughout his career, including one for his interview of Mike Tyson following the heavyweight’s infamous “bite fight” loss to Evander Holyfield. The National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association also named that interview the “Sports Broadcast Story of the Year.” Нэмж хэлэхэд, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” дахь 1998 болон 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, Дэлхийн Каталогийн код, Олимпийн, NBA Finals and NCAA Final Fours, and has interviewed many of the most lauded sports figures of this era including Muhammad Ali, Майк Тайсон, Kobe Bryant, Том Брэди, Pete Rose, Michael Jordan and many others.

One of the most recognizable voices in sports, Albert joined SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING shortly after its inception in 1986. In a tenure that spanned over two decades, the world-famous broadcaster called over 300 title fights, including Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Greg Haugen in front of 130,000 fans at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and Tyson-Holyfield I & II. Онд 2007, Albert received The Sam Taub Award for excellence in broadcast journalism by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

In addition to boxing, Albert spent 19 seasons covering the NBA, spending 13 of those years with the Nets, five with the Golden State Warriors and one with the New Orleans Hornets. Albert has also done play-by-play for the New York Mets, Jets, Islanders and Rangers, as well as the New Jersey Devils.

The recognition by the International Boxing Hall of Fame is the result of a career’s worth of hard work and accomplishments for Gray and Albert.