(L-R) –
Bob and Murray Goodman
NEW YORK (Březen 26, 2018) –
Boxing lifers Bob Goodman a jeho otec, pozdě
Murray Goodman,
are among 23
members of the Class of 2018
being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) na
Neděle odpoledne (12:30-5:30 p.m. A), Duben 29.
The seventh annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held once again at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.
A legendary boxing publicist, Murray Goodman (Bronx) brought his son into the sweet science when Bob was only eight years old. The rest was historic for the Goodmans, who are both inductees in several Halls of Fame, including the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
“This is a great honor for me and my father,” Bob said. “I wish he were alive today to be there. I’m a boxing lifer. I was eight years old going to all the training camps with my father, who was a boxing writer and sports editor for the INS (Hearst News Service) služba. The joke is I was conceived at Grossinger’s (Catskill Resort Hotel training camp). Boxing just came into my life. My dad and I had some businesses in promotions and public relations, all different kinds of sports-related businesses, but there was always boxing.
“I’m the luckiest guy in the world. I was brought up doing the very things I loved. How many people can say that? I met and became friends with Joe Louis, Marcel Cerdan, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Marciano and so many others. I’d stay in camps for weeks. I’d get up to run with the boxers and got a chance to be around my heroes. I also got to know trainers and others in boxing and later fans. I got to know everybody. I was brought up in boxing, my whole life was boxing, 65 years in the business.”
Bob is, možná, best known as Vice President and Matchmaker for Madison Square Garden (1985-1994), as well as a quarter-century serving as Vice President of Boxing Operations, Matchmaker and Director of Public Relations for Don King Productions. He also promoted many world champions as President of his own company, Garden State Boxing.
“I remember going away to training camps for weeks at a time,” the 78-year-old Goodman fondly remembered. “I’d take pictures, write stories every day and use my telecopier to send them to AP and UPI. I did so much being brought up un the business, even loading trucks up with chairs, prsten, speakers and more. My father was the Publicity Director for the International Boxing Club at Madison Square Garden. I worked there when I was a teenager.
“I’m honored to be inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame with my father and so many boxing guys. They’re different from people in any other sports. One of the awards I’ve won that I’m most proud of is the James J. Walker Memorial Award for Long and Meritorious Service to Boxing (BWAA in 1960).
“I’m fortunate to have transcended various eras in boxing. It was a different world back then, we had 20-30 writers stay for weeks at training camps. I got to know old-time boxers and trainers.”
Bob Goodman (L) checking Muhammad Ali’s weight and on right with Rocky Marciano
Goodman, who served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1958-62, stays active today working with veterans’ groups. He is President of the Weymouth Township Veteran’s Advisory Board, and also active with the American Legion and part of the Honor Guard with the Korean War Veterans Association.
Bob Goodman (krajní pravice)
was inducted into the IBHOF in 2009,
his father Murray in 1999
Among the world champions Bob has worked with are Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton, Felix Trinidad, Roberto Duran, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Bob Foster, Salvador Sanchez, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Wilfredo Gonez, Ricardo Lopez, Bernard Hopkins and so many more.
Žijící boxeři míří do NYSBHOF zahrnují (Spring Valley) IBF Cruiserweight mistr světa Al “Led” Cole (35-16-3, 16 KO), (Long Island) WBA světlo heavyweight Lou “Honey Boy” Dolina (36-6-2, 22 KO), (Central Islip) IBF Junior Welterweight mistr světa Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 KO), (Brooklyn) world lehký titul challenger Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 KO), a (Buvol) neporažený world-class heavyweight “Dítě” Joe Mesi (36-0, 29 KO).
Posmrtná účastníci jsou uvedeni jsou NBA & NYSAC World Champion muší (Manhattan) Dítě “Kubánská Bon Bon” Čokoláda (136-10-6, 51 KO), (New York City) 20thstoletí v těžké váze James J. “gentleman Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 KO), (Williamsburg) Svět Lehká Champion Zvedák “Napoleon výhry Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super Lightweight Champion Billy Costello (40-2, 23 KO), (Maják) NYSAC Light přeborníka v těžké váze World Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 KO), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) world-class middleweight Ralph “Tygr” Jones (52-32-5, 13 KO) a (Port Washington) heavyweight uchazeč Charley “Bayonne Bomber” Norkus (33-19, 19 KO).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer Prize-vyhrávat sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) trenér / poradce Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) box historik / editor Herb Goldman, (Ardsley) NYSAC předseda / soudce Melvina Lathan, a (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/podporovatel Ron Scott Stevens.
Posmrtná non-účastník inductees jsou (Brooklyn) ring hlasatel Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) dohazovač Johnny Bos, (Bronx) box spisovatel / historik Bert Randolph Sugar a (Lower East Side) rádio & televizní hlasatel / novinář Sam Taub.
Každá ošetřující inductee (nebo přímý potomek) obdrží zakázku navržený pás označující svou uvedení do NYSBHOF.
The 2017 inductees byly vybrány členy jmenují výboru pro NYSBHOF: Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, a neil Terens.
Všechny boxeři potřebovaly být neaktivní po dobu nejméně tří let, aby byly způsobilé pro NYSBHOF indukci, a všechny inductees musí mít bydliště v New Yorku státu na podstatnou část své boxerské kariéry nebo při rozkvětu svých kariéry.
NYSBHOF
Třída 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Cukr” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo a Arthur Mercante, Sr.
Třída 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Sedlář, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Írán Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Kámoš” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard a Don Dunphy.
TŘÍDA 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, Whitey Bimstein, Cus D'Amato, William Muldoon a Tom O'Rourke.
TŘÍDA 2015: Saul Mamby, Joey Giamba, 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 a Al Weill.
TŘÍDA 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Sekýrovat “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 a Jimmy Jacobs.
TŘÍDA 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Pan.” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “Bronx Bomber” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan a Dan Parker.
Vstupenky jsou ceny v $150.00 za dospělou osobu a $70.00 pro děti (pod 16),obsahovat kompletní pozdní snídaně a večerní hodinu při vstupu, začíná na
12:30 p.m. A, jakož i večeře (prime rib, ryby nebo drůbež) a otevřený bar po celý den. Vstupenky jsou k dispozici ke koupi kontaktovat NYSBHOF / Ring 8 prezident Bob Duffy na 516.313.2304 nebo
depcomish@aol.com. Reklamy na programu NYSBHOF jsou k dispozici, od $80.00 na $200.00, kontaktováním Duffy. Go on-line na
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