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New York State Boxing Hall of Fame kondigt Class of 2019

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Zondag, April 28, inductie Diner

Don King, Jimmy Cannon, Jimmy Carter & Wilfredo Benitez
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NIEUW YORK (Januari 30, 2019) – De New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) heeft kondigde zijn 24-koppige Klasse van aan 2019. De achtste jaarlijkse NYSBHOF-inductie diner zal worden gehoudenzondagmiddag (12:30-5:30 p.m. EN), April 28, bij Russo's On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.

“We zijn verheugd om New Yorkers te blijven eren die hebben geholpen met boksen in het hele Empire State,” NYSBHOF zei president Bob Duffy. “De inductees van dit jaar hebben zo veel gedaan om het boksen in New York te helpen, of ze nu vechters waren of niet-deelnemers. Ons doel is om New Yorkers nog vele jaren te eren in het boksen.”

Wonen boksers op weg naar de NYSBHOF omvatten (Bronx geboren) drie keer, tweedeling wereldkampioenWilfredo Benitez (53-8-1, 31 KO), Canastota weltergewichtDick DiVeronica (44-13-1, 13 KO), (Hennepstead) WBO super vedergewicht wereldkampioen Rogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 KO), (Bronx) 1968 U.S. OlympiërDavey Vasquez (19-15, 6 KO), WBO super middengewicht wereldtitel uitdagerMichael Olajide (27-5, 19 KO), van Manhattan, en Queens’ wereldtitel zwaargewichtMonte Barrett (35-11-2, 20 KO).

Postuum deelnemers die worden ingewijd zijn (Bronx) drievoudig lichtgewicht wereldkampioen Jimmy Voerman (84-31-9, 34 KO), Brooklyn weltergewichtAl “Bummie” Davis (65-10-4, 46 KO), (Schenectady) wereld- kampioen weltergewichtMarty Servo (47-4-2, 14 KO), (Bronx) wereldtitel zwaargewichtRoland Lastarza (57-9, 27 KO), Brooklyn wereldkampioen lichtgewichtPaddy DeMarco (75-26-3, 8 KO) en Manhattan's Lower East Side lichtgewichtenSid Lands (94-13-5, 12 KO) enUitloging “De vechtende tandarts” Kruis (35-10-4, 22 KO).

Wonen niet-deelnemers die naar de NYSBHOF gaan, zijn de in New York City gevestigde promotorDon koning, Rechter doorspoelenJohn McKaie, Brooklyn sportverslaggeverSteve Albert, scheidsrechterArthur Mercante, Jr., en Bronx trainerBob Jackson.

Postuum niet-deelnemer inductees zijn Utica matchmakerDewey Fragetta, Kroon, Queens scheidsrechterJohnny LoBianco, Garden City scheidsrechterWayne Kelly, Vlissingen sportmanHarry Hill, bekroonde journalistJimmy Kanon, van Manhattan's Upper East Side, en NYSAC officiële / voormalige NABF presidentJoe Dwyer, van Brooklyn.

Elk het bijwonen van inductee (of directe afstammeling van) ontvangt een op maat ontworpen riem die zijn of haar introductie in de NYSBHOF betekent.

De 2019 inductees werden geselecteerd door de NYSBHOF leden benoemingscommissie: Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, enneil Terens.

Alle boksers moesten minstens drie jaar inactief zijn om voor in aanmerking te komen NYSBHOF-inductie, en alle inductees moeten in de staat New York hebben gewoond voor een een aanzienlijk deel van hun bokscarrière of tijdens de bloei van hun respectievelijke carrière.

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KLASSE van 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Charles Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Suiker” Ray Robinson, Gen Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo en Arthur Mercante, Sr.

KLASSE van 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Makker” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Mohammed, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard en Don Dunphy.

KLASSE VAN 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, Engel Welvarend, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon en Tom O'Rourke.

KLASSE VAN 2015: Dronken Mamby, Joey 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 en Al Weill.

KLASSE VAN 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 Bruin, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein en Jimmy Jacobs.

KLASSE VAN 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Dhr.” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “De Bronx Bommenwerper” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “pareldrukletter” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan en Dan Parker.

KLASSE VAN 2018: Lou “Honey Boy” Vallei, Jake Rodriguez, Terrence Alli, “Baby” Joe Mesi, Kid Chocolate, James J. “gentleman Jim” Corbett, Jack McAuliffe, Billy Costello, Melio Bettina Ralph “Tijger” 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 en Sam Taub.

Kaartjes zijn geprijsd op $125.00 per volwassene en $60.00 voor kinderen (onder 16) en omvatten een compleet brunch- en cocktailuurtje bij binnenkomst, vanaf 12:30 p.m. EN, zoals goed als diner (prime rib, vis of gevogelte) en open bar gedurende de dag. Tickets kunnen worden gekocht door contact op te nemen met NYSBHOF-president Bob Duffy op 516.313.2304 ofdepcomish@aol.com. Advertenties voor het NYSBHOF-programma zijn beschikbaar, variërend van $80.00 naar $200.00, door contact Duffy. Online gaan Bijwww.Ring8ny.com voor aanvullende informatie over de New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.

OVER RING 8: Gevormd in 1954 door een ex-bokser, Jack Grebelsky, Ring 8 werd de achtste dochteronderneming van wat toen bekend stond als de National Veteran Boxers Vereniging – vandaar, RING8 – en vandaag de het motto van de organisatie blijft: Boxers Helpen Boxers.

RING 8 zet zich volledig in om minder bedeelde mensen in het boksen te ondersteunen gemeenschap die mogelijk hulp nodig heeft bij het betalen van huur, medische kosten, of wat dan ook te rechtvaardigen behoefte. Ga op de lijn naarwww.Ring8ny.com voor meer informatie over RING 8, de grootste groep in zijn soort in de Verenigde Staten Staten met meer dan 350 leden. De jaarlijkse contributie is slechts $30.00 en elk lid heeft recht op een dinerbuffet bij RING 8 maandelijkse vergaderingen, met uitzondering van juli en augustus. Alle actieve boksers, amateur en professional, zijn recht op een gratis RING 8 Jaarlijks lidmaatschap. Gasten van de Ring 8 leden zijn welkom tegen een vergoeding van slechts $7.00 per persoon. r

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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® Sinds 2012 To Be Presented With Boxing’s Highest Honor

NEW YORK (Juni 11, 2018) – SHOWTIME Sports® veteran reporter Jim Gray 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, Don King, 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.” Daarnaast, the American Sportscasters Association has voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” in 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, inclusief 20 of his fellow Hall of Famers, such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and future Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and many others ringside.

 

 

 

Buiten de 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, schrijvers, 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 Jim Gray 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, schrijvers, 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 inductieles. The newly elected class will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend Juni 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., Executive Producer, Showtime Sport. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® stemrecht. 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, en heeft verdiend 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.” Daarnaast, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” in 1998 en 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, World Series, Olympische Spelen, NBA Finals and NCAA Final Fours, and has interviewed many of the most lauded sports figures of this era including Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, 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 titelgevechten, including Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Greg Haugen in front of 130,000 fans at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, and Tyson-Holyfield I & IK IK. In 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.