(L-R) –
Bob and Murray Goodman
NEW YORK (Marzu 26, 2018) –
Boxing lifers Bob Goodman u missieru, l-aħħar
Murray Goodman,
are among 23
members of the Class of 2018
being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) fuq
Il-Ħadd wara nofsinhar (12:30-5:30 p.m. U), April 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) servizz. 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, Zokkor 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, forsi, 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, l-ċirku, 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 (safejn id-dritt)
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, Zokkor Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Wilfredo Gonez, Ricardo Lopez, Bernard Hopkins and so many more.
boxers Ħajja intestatura fil-NYSBHOF jinkludu (rebbiegħa Valley) IBF Cruiserweight Dinja Champion al “silġ” Cole (35-16-3, 16 Kos), (Long Island) WBA heavyweight dawl Lou “għasel Boy” Valley (36-6-2, 22 Kos), (Islip ċentrali) IBF Junior welterweight Champion tad-Dinja Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Kos), (Brooklyn) dinja titolu ħfief isfidant Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 Kos), u (Buffalo) heavyweight ilu ma jitlef klassi dinjija “Baby” joe Mesi (36-0, 29 Kos).
parteċipanti postumi qed inducted huma NBA & NYSAC Dinja featherweight Champion (Manhattan) Kid “Kuban Bon Bon” ċikkulata (136-10-6, 51 Kos), (New York City) 20thheavyweight seklu James J. “gentleman Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Kos), (Williamsburg) Dinja Lightweight Champion Jack “Il Napuljun ta 'L-Ring Premju” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC super irqiq Champion billy Costello (40-2, 23 Kos), (Beacon) NYSAC Dawl Heavyweight Champion tad-Dinja Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 Kos), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) middleweight ta 'klassi dinjija Ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Kos) u (port Washington) konkorrent heavyweight Charley “Il Bomber Bayonne” Norkus (33-19, 19 Kos).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer Premju-rebbieħa sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) għalliem / konsulent Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) istoriku boxing / editur herb Goldman, (Ardsley) NYSAC president / imħallef Melvina Lathan, u (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/promotur Ron Scott Stevens.
inductees mhux parteċipant postumi huma (Brooklyn) ċirku announcer Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) kittieb boxing / istoriku Bert Randolph Zokkor u (Lower East Side) radju & announcer televiżjoni / ġurnalist sam Taub.
Kull inductee jattendu (jew dixxendent dirett ta ') se jirċievu ċinturin mfassla apposta li tfisser induzzjoni tiegħu jew tagħha fil-NYSBHOF.
Il 2017 inductees ġew magħżula mill-membri tal-kumitat li jinnomina NYSBHOF: Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, u Neil Terens.
boxers kollha meħtieġa biex jkunu inattivi għal mill-inqas tliet snin biex ikunu eliġibbli għall-induzzjoni NYSBHOF, u inductees kollha jridu jkunu residenti fl-Istat ta 'New York għal parti sinifikanti tal-karrieri boxing tagħhom jew waqt il-prim tal-karriera rispettiva tagħhom.
NYSBHOF
KLASSI ta 2012: Carmen Basilio, Mike McCallum, Mike Tyson, Jake LaMotta, Riddick Bowe, Carlos Ortiz, Vito Antuofermo, Emile Griffith, “Zokkor” Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Benny Leonard, Tony Canzoneri, Harold Lederman, Steve Acunto, Jimmy Glenn, Gil Clancy, Ray ARCEL, Nat Fleischer, Bill Gallo u Arthur Mercante, Sr.
KLASSI ta 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 Arum, Shelly Finkel, Tony Graziano, Larry Merchant, Teddy Brenner, Mike Jacobs, Tex Rickard u Don Dunphy.
KLASSI TA 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, Ħarset D'Amato, William Muldoon u Tom O'Rourke.
KLASSI TA 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 u Al Weill.
KLASSI TA 2016: Aaron Davis, Charles Murray, Vilomar Fernandez, Edwin Viruet, Hector “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 u Jimmy Jacobs.
KLASSI TA 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mr” Snipes, Doug Dewitt, “Il Bomber Bronx” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, jose Torres, “nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz, Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur Donovan u Dan Parker.
Biljetti huma pprezzati għal $150.00 kull adult u $70.00 għat-tfal (taħt 16),u jinkludu brunch kompleta u siegħa cocktail mad-dħul, jibda
12:30 p.m. U, kif ukoll pranzu (kustilja prime, ħut jew tjur) u bar miftuħ matul il-ġurnata. Biljetti huma disponibbli għax-xiri billi tikkuntattja NYSBHOF / Ring 8 president Bob Duffy fi 516.313.2304 jew
depcomish@aol.com. Reklami għall-programm NYSBHOF huma disponibbli, li jvarjaw minn $80.00 biex $200.00, billi tikkuntattja Duffy. Mur fuq il-linja lejn
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