NEW YORK (Aprile 5, 2017) – Boxing Manager Veteran Stan Hoffman is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), sponsorizzato da Ring 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Domenica pomeriggio (12:30-5:30 p.m. E), Aprile 30, a Russo On The Bay di 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 Olimpiadi (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). EHasim Rahman is like my kid. Da Iran Barkley a 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’ sfidante del titolo dei pesi massimi mondiali Renaldo “Sig.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 KO), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 KO), e “Il Bomber 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 Majeskio, 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 e Parker.

Ogni inductee riceverà una cintura custom-designed a significare la sua induzione nella NYSBHOF.

Il 2017 reclute sono stati selezionati dai membri della commissione di nomina NYSBHOF: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero e neil Terens.

Tutti i pugili necessari per essere inattivi per almeno tre anni per poter beneficiare di NYSBHOF induzione, e tutte le reclute devono aver risieduto in Stato di New York per una parte significativa della loro carriera di pugilato o durante il primo della loro rispettiva carriera.

“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, troppo. 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, ora (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.”

I biglietti costano $150.00 per gli adulti e $70.00 per i bambini (sotto 16), e comprendono un brunch completo e ora del cocktail con l'entrata, a partire da 12:30 PM/E, e cena (costolette, pesce o pollame) and open bar throughout the evening. I biglietti sono disponibili per l'acquisto chiamando NYSBHOF / Anello 8 presidente Bob Duffy a 516.313.2304. Annunci per il programma NYSBHOF sono disponibili, vanno dal $80.00 a $250.00, contattando Duffy. Go on line all'indirizzowww.Ring8ny.com per ulteriori informazioni sul New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.