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Conn.
Boxing HOF Announces 2015 Award Winners:
Luis Rosa Jr. Repeat Conn. Boxer Of The Year
Rising star Luis "The KO King" Rosa, Jr. has been named by
the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) as the Conn.
Professional Boxer of the Year for the second year in a row.
The 2015 CBHOF award winners and its Class of 2015 will be
honored Friday night, November 13 at the 11TH annual CBHOF
Gala Induction Dinner in the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun.
The other 2015 CBHOF award winners are U.S. Olympic Team
hopeful Chordale Booker, Amateur Boxer of the Year; boxing
judge Glenn Feldman, Official of the Year; trainer Brian
Clark, Contribution to Boxing.
CBHOFR Class of 2015 inductees include promoter Lou DiBella,
manager/promoter Shelly Finkel former boxing commissioner
Peter Timothy and, posthumously, boxer Carey Mace, and
trainer/boxer George Russo, boxing writer/manager Mort
Sharnik and boxing advocate Arnie Bayer.
The 24-year-old Rosa (21-0, 10 KOs), fighting out New Haven,
won all four of his 2015 fights against Giovani Caro (DEC6),
Jonathan Perez (TKO5) at the Connecticut Convention Center,
Ernesto Guerrero (TKO2) at Mohegan Sun, and Noel Echevarria
(KO1). Rosa is the No. 15 rated super bantamweight in the
world by the International Boxing Federation (IBF).
Rosa, native of Puerto Rico, had an outstanding 95-10
amateur record. He turned pro in 2010 and his most notable
win to date as a pro was an impressive 10-round decision of
Luis Orlando Del Valle (18-1). Rosa trains at his family's
Boxing In Faith Gym in New Haven, where he has grown up.
Booker, who is from Stamford, has already locked a berth in
the 165-pound middleweight division U.S. Olympic Boxing
Trials, which will determine spots on the 2016 U.S. Men's
Olympic Boxing Team.
Feldman, of Avon, is internationally recognized as one of
the best boxing judges in the industry. His selection to
judge this year's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao
mega-fight is testimony to his status in contemporary
boxing. Feldman has already judged more than 70 fights this
year, all around the world in places like Macau and Germany.
He has worked more than 135 world title fights during his
25-year judging career, including seven thus far in 2015.
One of the founders of the CBHOF, Feldman was the first
CBHOF president, serving in that position through last year,
and he was inducted into the CBHOF ion 2011.
Clark is the owner of Ring One Boxing gym in New Haven. As a
trainer he is credited with the development of former world
light heavyweight champion "Bad" Chad Dawson and amateur
star Tramaine "Midget" Williams.
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