НЬЮ-ЙОРК (Апрел 5, 2017) – Мудири бокс собиқадори Stan Хоффман is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), сарпарастӣ аз тарафи Ринг 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Якшанбе Нимаи (12:30-5:30 Земле. ВА), Апрел 30, Дар бораи The Bay зењни дар Ховард Бич, Нью-Йорк.
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, дар 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 Олимпиадаи (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. Боб Арум 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 Лалгандж Люис. Michael knocked him out in the first round (for Morrison’s WBO heavyweight title). ВаHasim Rahman is like my kid. Аз Эрон Barkley ба Яъқуб 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 “Ҷаноб.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 KOs), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 KOs), ва “Дар интиҳорӣ Bronx,” world middleweight title challenger Alex Рамос (39-10-2, 24 KOs)
Posthumous participants being inducted are Queens’ former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion Дик паланг (60-19-3, 27 KOs), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Хосе “Chegui” Torres(41-3-1, 29 KOs), and Williamsburg’s middleweight world champion, “The Nonpareil” Jack Демпси (51-4-11, 23 KOs).
Non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF along with Hoffman are Queens’ International agent Don Majeski, Long Island matchmaker Рон Katz, and past Ring 8 president/NYSAC judge Боби Bartels.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn boxing historian Hank Каплан, Long Island cut-man Ал Gavin, Bronx referee Arthur Donovan and New York City columnist Dan Parker.
Ҳар як inductee хоҳад камарбанде-одати тарҳрезӣ қабул ишорат усули худ ба NYSBHOF.
The 2017 inductees аз тарафи аъзои кумитањои NYSBHOF интихоб карда шуданд: Jack Hirsch, Стив Farhood, Бобби Касайди, Jr., Ранди Гордон, Хенри Hascup, Рон McNair, Angelo Prospero ва Нил Terens.
Ҳамаи боксчиёни лозим бошад, ғайрифаъол дар давоми на камтар аз се сол мешавад, ҳуқуқи induction NYSBHOF, ва ҳамаи inductees бояд дар Ню-Йорк барои қисмати зиёди мансаб бокс худ ё дар давоми сарвазири касб дахлдори худ зиндагӣ кардаанд.
“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, аз ҳад зиёд. 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, ҳозир (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.”
Синфи 2012: Кармен Базилио, Майк McCallum, Майк Тайсон, Jake LaMotta, Риддика Bowe, Карлос Ортис, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Гриффит, “Шакар” Рэй Робинсон, Ген Tunney, Бени Леонард, Тони Canzoneri, Харолд Lederman, Стив Acunto, Jimmy Глен, Гиль Клэнси, Рэй Arcel, Милии Fleischer, Билл Gallo ва Артур Mercante, Sr.
Синфи 2013: Jack Демпси, Банда Данди, Сэнди Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Констанс тирро, Эрон Barkley, Mark Breland, Бобби Касайди, Doug Jones, Джуниор Jones, James “Бади” McGirt, Эдди Мустафа Muhammad, Боб Арум, Shelly Финкель, Тони Гратсиану, Тоҷирест Larry, Teddy Бренер, Майк Jacobs, Текс Rickard ва Дон Dunphy.
Синфи 2014: Душкино Паттерсон, Трейси Харис Паттерсон, Билли Backus, Кевин Kelley, Хуан LaPorte, Галле Cooney, Мустафо Hamsho, Ховард Дэвис, Джр, Lou Ambers, Jack Бриттон, Терри Макговерн, Teddy Атлас, Lou DiBella, Стив Farhood, Ген Мур, Angelo Prospero, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Амато, William Muldoon ва Том O'Rourke.
Синфи 2015: Шоул Mamby, Констанс Giambra, Ҷоннӣ Persol, Харолд Уэстон, Lonnie Брэдли, Павлус Berlenbach, Профессор Билли Грем, Фрэнки Genaro, Боб Миллер, Томи Райан, Jimmy Slattery, Боб Duffy, Майк Кац, Томи Gallagher, Брюс Silverglade, Charley Голдман, Jimmy Ҷонстон, Cedric Kushner, Гарри Markson, Damon Runyon ва Ал Вейл.
Синфи 2016: Аарон Давис, Чарлз Мюррей, Vilomar Фернандез, Эдвин Viruet, Хектор “Macho” Camacho, Rocky Ҷозе, Rocky Канзас, Ҷо Lynch, Joe Miceli, Эд Brophy, Джо DeGuardia, Ранди Гордон, Денис Rappaport, Howie Алберт, Фредди Браун, Ховард Cosell, Руби Галдштейн ва Jimmy Jacobs.
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