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NEW YORK (Abril 5, 2017) – Veteran boxing manager Stan Hoffman is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), gipaluyohan sa Ring 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Sa Domingo hapon (12:30-5:30 sa gabii. UG), Abril 30, sa Russo ni On Ang Bay sa Howard Beach, New York.
Hoffman, 86, has managed, advised or promoted 38 world champions during nearly 50 years working in the boxing industry. A product of Brooklyn and Bronx, Hoffman still advises some boxes and attends fights, but he enjoys spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.
“I’m told that I’ve had 38 world champions and I have a story for each one of them,” Hoffman said. “Almost from the beginning, sa 1980, I had success in boxing. Joe Manley is special because he was the first fighter I signed and also my first world champion. Team USA didn’t send a team to the 1980 Olympics (because of a boycott) and Joe was lost. Nobody expected him to on to win the world junior welterweight title like he did. The pinnacle of my career was my first heavyweight champion, Michael Benntt. Bob Arum called asking if I wanted to make some money using Bentt in a tune-up fight for Tommy Morrison, who had a big money fight lined up with Lennox Lewis. Michael knocked him out in the first round (for Morrison’s WBO heavyweight title). UgHasim Rahman | is like my kid. Gikan sa Iran Barkley sa Santiago Toney, I have stories about all of them.”
Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include Manhattan welterweightGaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 KOs), Yonkers’ world heavyweight title challenger Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 KOs), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 KOs), ug “Ang Bronx Bomber,” world middleweight title challenger Alex Ramos (39-10-2, 24 KOs)
Posthumous participants being inducted are Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Dick Tiger (60-19-3, 27 KOs), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Jose “Chegui” Torres(41-3-1, 29 KOs), and Williamsburg’s middleweight world champion, “The Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey (51-4-11, 23 KOs).
Non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF along with Hoffman are Queens’ International agent Don Majeski, Long Island matchmaker Ron Katz, and past Ring 8 president/NYSAC judge Bobby Bartels.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn boxing historian Hank Kaplan, Long Island cut-man Al Gavin, Bronx referee Arthur Donovan and New York City columnist Dan Parker.
Ang matag inductee makadawat sa usa ka batasan-nga gidisenyo bakus pagpasabut sa iyang induction sa NYSBHOF.
Ang 2017 inductees gipili sa NYSBHOF nominating mga membro sa komite: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero ug Neil Terens.
Ang tanan nga mga boksidor nga gikinahanglan aron mahimong dili aktibo alang sa labing menos tulo ka tuig aron mahimong kwalipikado alang sa NYSBHOF induction, ug ang tanan nga inductees gayod nagpuyo sa New York State alang sa usa ka mahinungdanon nga bahin sa ilang boxing karera o sa panahon sa prime sa ilang tagsa-tagsa karera.
“After spending so many years of my life in boxing,” Hoffman concluded, “I was fortunate to have so many world champions. It was a lot of hard work but I had a lot of luck, usab. I’ve met so many good people in boxing. I’ll tell you, I’m going to enjoy being inducted into the New York State Hall of Fame, karon (he joked), a lot more than if I’d been dead going in. Gipasidunggan ko. It’s also special for me to be inducted in the same class as Ron Katz, who was my matchmaker, Doug DeWitt – I worked with him as a manager and he won the world title – and my good friend, Reynaldo Snipes. The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame induction dinner is a great time and I’m really looking forward to it.”
CLASS sa 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 Gallo ug Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS sa 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy montura sa, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, Santiago “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard ug Don Dunphy.
CLASS SA 2014: Floyd Patterson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Billy Backus, Kevin Kelley, Juan LaPorte, Gerry Tabang, Mustafa Hamsho, Howard Davis, Jr., Lou Ambers, Jack Britton, Terry McGovern, Teddy Atlas, Lou DiBella, Steve Farhood, Gene Moore, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Damasco D'Amato, William Muldoon ug Tom O'Rourke.
CLASS SA 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Si Pablo 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 ug Al Weill.
CLASS SA 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 ug Jimmy Jacobs.
Ang mga tiket nagkantidad $150.00 matag hamtong ug $70.00 alang sa mga bata (ubos sa 16), ug naglakip sa usa ka bug-os nga brunch ug cocktail takna diha sa pagsulod, sugod sa 12:30 PM/UG, ingon man usab sa panihapon (prime gusok, isda o manok) and open bar throughout the evening. Ang mga tiket anaa sa pagpalit pinaagi sa pagtawag NYSBHOF / Ring 8 presidente Bob Duffy sa 516.313.2304. Ads alang sa NYSBHOF programa anaa, gikan sa $80.00 sa $250.00, pinaagi sa pagkontak Duffy. Lakaw sa linya sa www.Ring8ny.com alang sa dugang nga impormasyon mahitungod sa New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. |
