(L-R) – Bob and Murray Goodman

NEW YORK (March 26, 2018) – Boxing lifers Bob Goodman le ntate oa hae, bofelong ba Murray Goodman, are among 23 members of the Class of 2018 being inducted into the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) ka Sontaha thapama (12:30-5:30 p.m. LE), 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) tšebeletso. 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, mohlomong u ka, 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, ka tsa bophahamo ba, 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 (ka ho le letona) was inducted into the IBHOF in 2009, his father Murray in 1999

Among the world champions Bob has worked with are Muhammad Ali, George foromane, 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.

Phelang boraditebele sehlooho ka NYSBHOF kenyeletsa (selemo Valley) IBF Cruiserweight World Champion Al “leqhoa” Cole (35-16-3, 16 Kos), (Long Island) WBA khanya heavyweight Lou “mahe a linotši Boy” Valley (36-6-2, 22 Kos), (Central Islip) IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 Kos), (Brooklyn) lefatše bobebe sehlooho challenger Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 Kos), le (Buffalo) Krrish lefatše-sehlopha sa heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi (36-0, 29 Kos).

barupeluoa ba Posthumous ntse ba tsenngwa ke NBA & NYSAC World Featherweight Champion (Manhattan) Kid “Cuba Bon Bon” Chocolate (136-10-6, 51 Kos), (New York City) 20^{go th}lekholong la lilemo la heavyweight James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 Kos), (Williamsburg) World bobebe Champion Jack “The Napoleon ea ho Ring Moputso” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super bobebe Champion Billy Costello (40-2, 23 Kos), (Beacon) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World Champion Melio Lena (83-14-3, 36 Kos), (Brooklyn / Yonkers) lefatše-sehlopha sa middleweight Polo ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 Kos) le (Port Washington) heavyweight contender Charley “The bomber mata Bayonne” Norkus (33-19, 19 Kos).

Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer Moputso-ho hapa sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) mokoetlisi / mogakolodi wa Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) Rahistori oa papali ea litebele / mohlophisi Herb Goldman, (Ardsley) NYSAC modulasetulo / seo moahloli Melvina Lathan, le (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/a ntsetsa pele Ron Scott Stevens.

Posthumous bao e seng morupeluoa inductees di (Brooklyn) lesale seboholi Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) papali ea litebele mongoli oa buka / rahistori Bert Randolph Sugar le (Lower East Side) seea-le- & a thelevishene Seboholi / moqolotsi Sam Taub.

E mong le e inductee teng (kapa ka ho toba setloholo sa) o tla fumana e le moetlo-etselitsoeng lebanta bontšang induction hae ka NYSBHOF.

The 2017 inductees ba ne ba a khetha ke NYSBHOF nominating litho tsa komiti: Bobby Cassidy, Refresh., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, le Neil Terens.

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