(L-R) –
Bob and Murray Goodman
NEW YORK (Mas 26, 2018) –
Boxing lifers Bob Goodman ak papa l ', an reta nan
Murray Goodman,
are among 23
members of the Class of 2018
being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) sou
Dimanch apremidi (12:30-5:30 p.m. AK), Avril 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 ( ) 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) sèvis. 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, petèt, 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, bag an, 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 (byen lwen dwa)
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, Evandè Olifil, Lennox Lewis, Bob Foster, Salvador Sanchez, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Wilfredo Gonez, Ricardo Lopez, Bernard Hopkins and so many more.
K ap viv bokseur tit nan NYSBHOF an gen ladan (Spring Valley) IBF cruiserweight Mondyal Champion Al “glas” Cole (35-16-3, 16 Ko), (Long Island) WBA limyè pwa loud Lou “siwo myèl ti gason” Valley (36-6-2, 22 Ko), (santral Islip) IBF Junior wèltèr Mondyal Champion Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Ko), (Brooklyn) mond ki lejè tit pwovokatè Terrence ali (52-15-2, 21 Ko), ak (Buffalo) undefeated mond-klas pwa loud “Ti bebe” Joe Mesi (36-0, 29 Ko).
patisipan posthumes te au yo NBA & NYSAC Mondyal Plum chanpyon ( ) Kid “Kiben Bon Bon” Chokola (136-10-6, 51 Ko), (New York City) 20thsyèk pwa loud James J. “Mesye Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Ko), (Williamsburg) Mondyal lejè chanpyon Jack “Napoleon an nan bag la Prize” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super lejè chanpyon Billy Costello (40-2, 23 Ko), (Beacon) NYSAC Limyè lour Mondyal Champion Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 Ko), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) mond-klas middleweight Ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Ko) ak (Port Washington) pwa loud contender Charley “Commando nan Bayonne” Norkus (33-19, 19 Ko).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer Prize-genyen sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) antrenè / konseye Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) boksè istoryen / editè Herb Goldman, (ARDSLEY) NYSAC prezidan / jij Melvina Lathan, ak (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/pwomotè Ron Scott Stevens.
Posthumes entronize ki pa patisipan yo (Brooklyn) bag Announcer Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) promoteur Johnny Bos, ( ) boksè ekriven / istoryen Bert Randolph Sugar ak (Lower East Side) radyo & Announcer televizyon / jounalis Sam Taub.
Chak inductee ale nan (oswa pitit dirèk nan) ap resevwa yon senti koutim ki fèt tapral endiksyon li oswa li nan NYSBHOF nan.
Nan 2017 entronize te chwazi pa NYSBHOF manm yo komite nominasyon: Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, 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.
NYSBHOF
Klas nan 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray Arcel, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo ak Arthur Mercante, Sr.
Klas nan 2013: Jack Dempsey, Johnny Dundee, Sandy Saddler, Maxie Rosenbloom, Joey Archer, Iran Barkley, Mark Breland, Bobby Cassidy, Doug Jones, Junior Jones, James “Buddy” McGirt, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Bob arom, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard ak Don Dunphy.
Klas nan 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 prosperous, Whitey Bimstein, Koutum D'Amato, William Muldoon ak Tom O'Rourke.
Klas nan 2015: Sayil Mamby, Joey Giamba, Johnny Persol, Harold Weston, Lonnie Bradley, Pòl 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 ak Al Weill.
Klas nan 2016: Arawon Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “matchist” 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 ak Jimmy Jacobs.
Klas nan 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mesye.” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “Commando nan Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose Torres, “nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan lavil Dann Parker.
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
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