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New York (Abril 5, 2017) – Beteranong boxing manager Stan Hoffman is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), sponsor na sa pamamagitan Ring 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Linggo hapon (12:30-5:30 p.m. AT), Abril 30, sa Russo ang 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). AtHasim Rahman is like my kid. Mula sa Iran Barkley sa 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 Kos), Yonkers’ world heavyweight title challenger Renaldo “Ginoo.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 Kos), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 Kos), at “Ang Bronx bombero,” 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 Tigre (60-19-3, 27 Kos), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Jose “Chegui” Si 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 bawat taong dapat na maglingkod sa hukbo ay makakatanggap ng isang custom-designed belt signifying kanyang pagtatalaga sa tungkulin sa NYSBHOF.
Ang 2017 inductees ay pinili sa pamamagitan ng mga miyembro ng nominating komite NYSBHOF: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, JR., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero at neil Terens.
Lahat ng boxers na kailangan upang maging aktibo para sa hindi bababa sa tatlong taon upang maging karapat-dapat para NYSBHOF induction, at ang lahat ng inductees dapat tumira sa New York State para sa isang makabuluhang bahagi ng kanilang boxing karera o sa panahon ng kalakasan ng kani-kanilang 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, masyado. 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, ngayon (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.”
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Klase ng 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, Maputi Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon at Tom O'Rourke.
Klase ng 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giambra, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Paul Berlenbach, Billy Graham, Frankie Genaro, Bob Miller, Tommy Ryan, Kariton para sa karbon Slattery, Bob Duffy, Mike Katz, Tommy Gallagher, Bruce Silverglade, Charley Goldman, Jimmy Johnston, Cedric Kushner, Harry Markson, Damon Runyon at Al Weill.
Klase ng 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, takutin “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 at Jimmy Jacobs.
Mga Ticket ay naka-presyo sa $150.00 bawat matanda at $70.00 para sa mga bata (sa ilalim 16), at isama ang isang kumpletong brunch at cocktail hour sa entry, na nagsisimula sa 12:30 PM/AT, pati na rin ang hapunan (prime rib, isda manok o) and open bar throughout the evening. Mga Ticket ay magagamit upang bumili sa pamamagitan ng pagtawag NYSBHOF / Ring 8 president Bob Duffy sa 516.313.2304. Mga Ad para sa programa NYSBHOF ay magagamit, mula sa $80.00 sa $250.00, sa pamamagitan ng pagkontak Duffy. Pumunta sa linya sa www.Ring8ny.com para sa karagdagang impormasyon tungkol sa New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. |
