NEW YORK (April 5, 2017) – Veteran boksing sjef Stan Hoffman is honored to be selected for induction in the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF), sponset av Ring 8, as a member of 15-member Class of 2017. The sixth annual NYSBHOF induction dinner will be held Søndag ettermiddag (12:30-5:30 pm. OG), April 30, på Russo On The Bay i 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, i 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 OL (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). OgHasim Rahman is like my kid. Fra Iran Barkley til 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 “MR.” Snipes (39-8-1, 22 KOs), Yonkers middleweightDoug “Cobra’ Dewitt (33-8-5, 19 KOs), og “The Bronx Bomber,” 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 Tiger (60-19-3, 27 KOs), Brooklyn/Manhattan light heavyweight world champion Jose “Chegui” 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.

Hver inductee vil motta en spesialdesignet belte betegner hans induksjon inn i NYSBHOF.

Den 2017 inductees ble valgt av NYSBHOF nominasjonskomiteens medlemmer: Jack Hirsch, Steve Farhood, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Ron McNair, Angelo Prospero og neil Terens.

Alle boksere som trengs for å være inaktiv i minst tre år for å være kvalifisert for NYSBHOF induksjon, og alle inductees må ha bodd i New York State for en betydelig del av sin boksing karriere eller under prime av deres respektive karriere.

“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, også. 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, nå (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.”

Billetter er priset til $150.00 per voksen og $70.00 for barn (henhold 16), og inkluderer en komplett brunsj og cocktail time ved innreise, starter på 12:30 PM/OG, samt middag (prime rib, fisk eller fjærkre) and open bar throughout the evening. Billetter kan kjøpes ved å ringe NYSBHOF / Ring 8 president Bob Duffy på 516.313.2304. Annonser for NYSBHOF programmet er tilgjengelig, som strekker seg fra $80.00 til $250.00, ved å kontakte Duffy. Gå på line påwww.Ring8ny.com for mer informasjon om New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.