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New York State Boxing Hall of Fame tillkännager klass av 2019

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Söndag, April 28, induktions~~POS=TRUNC Dinner

Don King, Jimmy Cannon, Jimmy Carter & Wilfredo Benitez
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NY YORK (Januari 30, 2019) – New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) har tillkännagav sin klass av 24 medlemmar 2019. Den åttonde årliga NYSBHOF-induktionen middag kommer att hållassöndag eftermiddag (12:30-5:30 p.m. OCH), April 28, vid Russos On The Bay i Howard Beach, New York.

“Vi är glada över att fortsätta hedra New Yorkers som hjälpte boxning i hela Empire State,” NYSBHOF sade president Bob Duffy. “Årets induktörer hjälpte så mycket till boxning i New York, oavsett om de var kämpar eller icke-deltagare. Vårt mål är att fortsätta hedra New Yorkers i boxning i många år till.”

Levande boxare på väg in i NYSBHOF inkluderar (Bronxfödda) tre gånger, tvådelning världsmästareWilfredo Benitez (53-8-1, 31 Kos), Canastota welterviktDick DiVeronica (44-13-1, 13 Kos), (Hampstead) WBO super fjädervikt världsmästare Rogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 Kos), (Bronx) 1968 US. OlympianDavey Vasquez (19-15, 6 Kos), WBO supermedvikt världsutmanareMichael Olajide (27-5, 19 Kos), av Manhattan, och Queens’ världens tungviktiga titelutmanareMonte Barrett (35-11-2, 20 Kos).

Postum deltagare som införs är (Bronx) tre gånger lätt världsmästare Jimmy Carter (84-31-9, 34 Kos), Brooklyn welterviktal “Bummy” Davis (65-10-4, 46 Kos), (Schenectady) värld weltervikt mästareMarty Servo (47-4-2, 14 Kos), (Bronx) världens tungviktiga titelutmanareRoland LaStarza (57-9, 27 Kos), Brooklyn världsmästare i lätt viktPaddy DeMarco (75-26-3, 8 Kos) och Manhattans lättvikter i Lower East SidesID Lands (94-13-5, 12 Kos) ochLäckage “Den kämpande tandläkaren” Korsa (35-10-4, 22 Kos).

Levande icke-deltagare som går in i NYSBHOF är New York City-baserade initiativtagareDon Kung, Spolande domareJohn McKaie, Brooklyn sportscasterSteve Albert, domareArthur Mercante, Jr., och Bronx tränareGuppa Jackson.

Postum icke-deltagare är Utica matchmakerDewey Fragetta, Crown, Queens domareJohnny LoBianco, Garden City-domareWayne Kelly, Spolande idrottsmanHarry Hill, prisbelönt journalistJimmy Kanon, på Manhattans Upper East Side, och NYSAC-tjänsteman / tidigare NABF presidentJoe Dwyer, av Brooklyn.

Varje deltar i indukten (eller direkt ättling) får ett specialdesignat bälte som indikerar hans eller hennes introduktion i NYSBHOF.

Den 2019 värnpliktiga valdes ut av de nomineringskommittémedlemmarna NYSBHOF: Kåt Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, ochneil Terens.

Allt boxare behövde vara inaktiva i minst tre år för att vara berättigade till NYSBHOF-induktion, och alla inducerade måste ha bott i staten New York under en betydande del av deras boxningskarriär eller under deras bästa respektive karriär.

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

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

KLASS AV 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, Ängel Välmående, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon och Tom O'Rourke.

KLASS AV 2015: Full 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 och Al Weill.

KLASS AV 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “macho” Camacho, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Kansas, Joe Lynch, Joe Miceli, Ed Brophy, Joe DeGuardia, Kåta Gordon, Dennis Rappaport, Howie Albert, Freddie Brun, Howard Cosell, Ruby Goldstein och Jimmy Jacobs.

KLASS AV 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Herr.” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “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 och Dan Parker.

KLASS AV 2018: Lou “Honey Boy” Valley, Jake Rodriguez, Terrence Alli, “Bebis” Joe Mesi, Kid Choklad, 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 och Sam Taub.

Biljetter är prissatta till $125.00 per vuxen och $60.00 för barn (enligt 16) och inkluderar en komplett brunch- och cocktailtid vid inträde, börjar vid 12:30 p.m. OCH, som samt middag (främsta rib, fisk eller fågel) och öppen bar hela dagen. Biljetter finns att köpa genom att kontakta NYSBHOFs president Bob Duffy på 516.313.2304 ellerdepcomish@aol.com. Annonser för NYSBHOF-programmet finns tillgängliga, som sträcker sig från $80.00 till $200.00, genom att kontakta Duffy. Gå på nätet påwww.Ring8ny.com för ytterligare information om New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.

HANDLA OM RINGA 8: Formad i 1954 av en ex-proffsboxare, Jack Grebelsky, Ring 8 blev den åttonde dotterbolag till vad som då kallades National Veteran Boxers Förening – följaktligen, RING8 – och idag organisationens motto kvarstår: Boxare hjälpa boxare.

RING 8 är helt engagerad i att stödja mindre lyckliga människor i boxningen samhälle som kan behöva hjälp när det gäller att betala hyra, sjukvårdskostnader, eller vad försvar behov. Gå på linjen tillwww.Ring8ny.com för mer information om RING 8, den största gruppen i sitt slag i USA Stater med mer än 350 medlemmar. Årliga medlemsavgift är endast $30.00 och varje medlem har rätt till en buffémiddag på RING 8 månatliga möten, exklusive juli och augusti. Alla aktiva boxare, amatör och professionell, är rätt till en gratis RING 8 årlig medlemskap. Gäster på Ringen 8 medlemmar är välkomna till en kostnad av endast $7.00 per person. 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® Eftersom 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.” Dessutom, the American Sportscasters Association has voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” i 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, Inklusive 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.

 

 

 

Utanför ringen, 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, författare, 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, författare, 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 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., Exekutiv producent, Showtime Sports. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® serien. 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, och har förtjänat 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.” Dessutom, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” i 1998 och 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, World Series, OS, 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 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. I 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.