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New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2019

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Неділя, Квітня 28, індукційна вечерю

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NEW YORK (Січень 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 heldНеділя після обіду (12:30-5:30 p.m. І), Квітня 28, на Руссо On The Bay в Howard Beach, 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 КО), Canastota welterweightDick DiVeronica (44-13-1, 13 КО), (Hempstead) WBO super featherweight world champion Rogelio Tuur (46-4-1, 30 КО), (Бронкс) 1968 U.S. ОлімпієцьDavey Vasquez (19-15, 6 КО), WBO super middleweight world title challengerMichael Olajide (27-5, 19 КО), of Manhattan, і королеви’ world heavyweight title challengerMonte Barrett (35-11-2, 20 КО).

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

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

Posthumous non-participant inductees are Utica matchmakerDewey Fragetta, Корона, 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, Брукліна.

Each attending inductee (або прямий нащадок) will receive a custom-designed belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.

The 2019 призовників були відібрані членами Комітету з призначень NYSBHOF: Randy Gordon, Генрі Hascup, Дон Majeski, Ron McNair, іNeil Теренс.

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 Базіліо, Майк Мак-Каллум, Майк Тайсон, Джейк LaMotta, Ріддік Боу, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Еміль Гріффіт, “Цукор” Рей Робінсон, Gene Tunney, Бенні Леонард, Тоні Канзонрі, Гарольд Ледерман, Стів Аканто, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Кленсі, Ray Arcel, Nat Фляйшер, Білл Галло і Артур Mercante, Sr.

CLASS of 2013: Jack Dempsey, Джонні Данді, Сенді Садлер, Максі Розенблюм, Джоуї Арчер, Iran Barkley, Відзначити Breland, Боббі Кессіді, Даг Джонс, Молодший Джонс, Джеймс “Приятель” Макгіртом, Едді Мустафа Мухаммад, Боб Арум, Шеллі Фінкель, Tony Graziano, Ларрі Мерчант, Тедді Бреннер, Майк Джейкобс, Tex Rickard and Don Dunphy.

CLASS OF 2014: Floyd Patterson, Трейсі Харріс Паттерсон, Біллі Бекуса, Кевін Келлі, Хуан LaPorte, Джеррі Куні, Мустафа Hamsho, Говард Девіс, Молодший, Лу Ambers, Джек Бріттон, Террі Макговерн, Тедді Атлас, Лу Дібелла, Стів Farhood, Джин Мур, Angelo Prospero, Уайти Бімстейн, Кас Д'Амато, Вільям Малдун і Том О'Рурк.

CLASS OF 2015: Saoul Mamby, Joey Giamba, Джонні Persol, Гарольд Вестон, Лонні Бредлі, Paul Berlenbach, Біллі Грем, Френкі Хенаро, Боб Міллер, Томас Райан, Jimmy Slattery, Боб Даффі, Майк Кац, Томмі Галлахер, Брюс Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Джиммі Джонстон, Седрік Кушнер, Гаррі Марксон, Damon Runyon and Al Weill.

CLASS OF 2016: Аарон Девіс, Чарльз Мюррей, Vilomar Fernandez, Едвін Viruet, Хуліганити “Мачо” Камачо, Роккі Граціано, Роккі Канзас, Джо Лінч, Джо Miceli, Ед Брофи, Джо DeGuardia, Ренді Гордон, Денніс Раппапорт, Howie Альберт, Freddie Brown, Говард Cosell, Рубін Goldstein і Джиммі Джейкобс.

CLASS OF 2017: Гаспар Ортега, Renaldo “Містер.” Снайпс, дуг Девітт, “The Bronx Bomber” Алекс Рамос, Дік Тайгер, Хосе Торрес, “незрівнянний” Jack Dempsey, Дон Majeski, Рон Кац, Стен Хоффман, Боббі Bartels, Хенк Каплан, Al Gavin, Артур Донован і Ден Паркер.

CLASS OF 2018: Лу “Лапочка” Долина, Джейк Родрігес, Терренс Аллі, “Дитина” Джо Міси, Kid Шоколад, Джеймс Дж. “джентльмен Джим” Corbett, Джек МакОліффі, Біллі Костелло, Melio Bettina Ralph “Тигр” Джонс, Чарлі Норкус, Дейв Андерсон, Піт Бродський, Трава Голдман, Боббі Goodman, Мелвіна Латан, Рон Скотт Стівенс, Johnnie Адді, Джонні Bos, Мюррей Гудман, Bert Randolph Sugar and Sam Taub.

Tickets are priced at $125.00 за дорослого і $60.00 для дітей (під 16) and include a complete brunch and cocktail hour upon entry, починаючи з 12:30 p.m. І, as well as dinner (головне ребро, риби або птиці) і відкритий бар протягом дня. Квитки можна придбати, звернувшись до президента NYSBHOF Боба Даффі 516.313.2304 абоdepcomish@aol.com. Ads for the NYSBHOF program are available, від $80.00 для $200.00, зв'язавшись з Даффі. 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® З 2012 To Be Presented With Boxing’s Highest Honor

НЬЮ-ЙОРК (Червень 11, 2018) – SHOWTIME Sports® veteran reporter Джим Грей 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 Кінг, Deontay Уайлдер, 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.” Додатково, the American Sportscasters Association has voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” в 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, у тому числі 20 of his fellow Hall of Famers, such as Muhammad Ali, Джо Фрейзер, 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, письменники, 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 Джим Грей 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, письменники, 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 Червень 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 спорту. “Both were instrumental in building the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® франшиза. 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, і заробив 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.” Додатково, the American Sportscasters Association voted Gray “Sportscaster of the Year” в 1998 і 1999.

Throughout his four-decade career as a reporter, Gray has covered numerous Super Bowls, World Series, Олімпійські ігри, 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, 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. В 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.