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NEW YORK (April 5, 2017) – Veteran Box-Manager Stan Hoffman is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), von Ring gesponserte 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Sonntag Nachmittag (12:30-5:30 p.m. UND), April 30, bei Russo On The Bay in 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, in 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 Olympiade (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). UndHasim Rahman is like my kid. Von Iran Barkley bis James Toney, I have stories about all of them.”
Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include Manhattan welterweightGaspar “Injun” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 KOs), Yonkers’ World Heavyweight Titel Herausforderer Renaldo “Herr.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 KOs), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 KOs), und “The 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 Majeskich, 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 und Parker.
Jeder Rekrut eine maßgeschneiderte Gürtel erhalten bedeutet seiner Aufnahme in die NYSBHOF.
Die 2017 Rekruten wurden von den NYSBHOF Mitglieder des Nominierungsausschusses gewählt: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero und neil Terens.
Alle Boxer für mindestens drei Jahre lang inaktiv sein, die für NYSBHOF Induktion geeignet zu sein, und alle Rekruten müssen haben im Staat New York für einen erheblichen Teil ihrer Boxen Karrieren oder während der Blüte ihrer jeweiligen Karriere residierte.
“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, zu. 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, jetzt (er scherzte), a lot more than if I’d been dead going in. Ich fühle mich geehrt. 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 von 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Zucker” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo und Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS von 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, Jakob “Kumpel” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard und Don Dunphy.
KLASSE 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, Angelo Prospero, Weisser Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon und Tom O'Rourke.
KLASSE 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, 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 und Al Weill.
KLASSE 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Tyrannisieren “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 und Jimmy Jacobs.
Karten gibt es bei Preis $150.00 für Erwachsene und $70.00 für kinder (unter 16), und umfassen ein komplettes Brunch und Cocktail-Stunde bei Eintritt, ab 12:30 PM/UND, sowie Abendessen (Prime Rib, Fisch oder Geflügel) and open bar throughout the evening. Tickets sind telefonisch NYSBHOF / Ring zur Verfügung zu erwerben 8 Präsident Bob Duffy an 516.313.2304. Werbung für die NYSBHOF Programm zur Verfügung, von $80.00 bis $250.00, von Duffy kontaktieren. Gehen Sie online unter www.Ring8ny.com Für zusätzliche Informationen über den Staat New York Boxing Hall of Fame. |
