NEW YORK (Avril 5, 2017) – Veteran manadjè boksè Stan Hoffman is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), patwone pa Ring 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Dimanch apremidi (12:30-5:30 p.m. AK), Avril 30, nan Russo nan Bay sou la nan 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, nan 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 arom 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). EpiHasim Rahman is like my kid. Soti nan Iran Barkley to James Toney, I have stories about all of them.”

Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include Manhattan welterweightGaspar “El Indio” Ortega (131-39-6, 69 Ko), Yonkers’ world heavyweight title challenger Renaldo “Mesye.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 Ko), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 Ko), ak “Commando nan Bronx,” world middleweight title challenger Alex Ramos (39-10-2, 24 Ko)

Posthumous participants being inducted are Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Dick Tiger (60-19-3, 27 Ko), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Jose “Chegui” Torres(41-3-1, 29 Ko), and Williamsburg’s middleweight world champion, “The Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey (51-4-11, 23 Ko).

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.

Chak inductee pral resevwa yon senti koutim ki fèt tapral endiksyon l 'la nan NYSBHOF la.

Nan 2017 entronize te chwazi pa NYSBHOF manm yo komite nominasyon: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo prosperous ak Neil Terens.

Tout bokseur bezwen yo dwe inaktif pou omwen twa ane pou yo kalifye pou NYSBHOF endiksyon, ak tout entronize dwe te abite nan Eta New York pou yon pòsyon enpòtan nan karyè boksè yo oswa pandan pwemye a nan karyè respektif yo.

“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, twò. 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, kounye a (he joked), a lot more than if I’d been dead going in. I’m honored. 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.”

Biyè yo pwi a $150.00 pou chak granmoun ak $70.00 pou timoun (anba 16), epi yo genyen ladan yon kolasyon ki konplè epi ki bwason lè sou antre, kòmanse nan 12:30 PM/AK, osi byen ke dine (pwemye kòt, pwason oswa bèt volay) and open bar throughout the evening. Biyè yo disponib nan achte lè w rele NYSBHOF / Ring 8 prezidan Bob Duffy nan 516.313.2304. Ajoute pou pwogram nan NYSBHOF ki disponib, sòti nan $80.00 to $250.00, lè w kontakte Duffy. Ale sou Entènèt nanwww.Ring8ny.com pou plis enfòmasyon sou Eta New York boksè Hall nan rnome.