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New York State Boxing Hall Of Fame
Class Of 2021 Stacked
The New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) stacked
Class of 2121 will be honored Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30
p.m. ET), May 1, at the 10th NYSBHOF induction dinner,
sponsored by Ring 8, at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach,
New York.
Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include Brooklyn WBO
Heavyweight World Champions Jamaica’s Michael Bentt (11-2, 6
KOs), also a 4-time New York Golden Gloves gold medalist,
and Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs (60-6-1, 53 KOs); Albany’s
3-time World light middleweight titlist Verno Phillips
(42-11-1, 2 KOs), WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Donny
“Golden Boy” Lalonde (42-11-1, 21 KOs), Staten Island’s WBC
World Light Heavyweight Champion Johnny “The Heat” Verderosa
(41-5-1, 33 KOs), Mount Vernon’s 2-time World title
challenger and No. 1 ranked welterweight contender Larry “No
Fear” Barnes (44-3-1, 17 KOs), and Brooklyn’s welterweight
Johnny Turner (42-6-2, 32 KOs)
Posthumous participants being inducted World Lightweight
Champion Bronx’ Al Singer (62-9-2, 26 KOs), World’s Colored
Light Heavyweight Champion Kid Norfolk (88-25-7, 49 KOs),
Brooklyn’s lightweight Pasquale Patsy Giovanelli (44-7-1, 14
KOs), Brooklyn’s World Bantamweight Champion Cannonball
Eddie Martin (81-12-4, 29 KOs), New York City’s World Light
Heavyweight title challenger Battling Siki (60-24-4, 31
KOs), Brooklyn’s Novice New York Golden Gloves and Intercity
Golden Gloves champion Solly Krieger (82-25-6 , 54 KOs), New
York City’s No. 1 world ranked middleweight contender Herbie
Kronowitz (55-23-5, 10 KOs), Buffalo’s World featherweight
champion Tommy Paul (80-28-10, 26 KOs), and Brooklyn’s World
Bantamweight Champion and US Olympian Lou Salica (67-17-12,
13 KOs).
Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are judge
Queens New York Golden Gloves finalist, inspector and
licensed judge Ron McNair, promoter/manager/matchmaker Don
Elbaum, New York City journalists Ed Schuyler of New York
City and Bill Verigan, New York City author/journalist Tom
Hauser, Queens author/journalist/ Mike Silver, and
Brooklyn’s Jill Diamond, Secretary of the World Boxing
Council and International Chair or WBC Cares.
Posthumous non-participant inductees are Brooklyn’s trainer
and Stillman’s gym owner Lou Stillman, New York City’s
promoter/manager Bill Cayton, NYC Mayor James Walker who
legalized boxing in NY, publicists John Condon, of Queens,
and New York City’s Irving Rudd, Brooklyn’s journalist
Richard K. Fox, and trainer Victor Valle.
Each attending inductee (or direct descendant of) will
receive a custom-designed belt signifying his or her
induction into the NYSBHOF.
The 2021 inductees were selected by the NYSBHOF nominating
committee members: Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski,
Jim Monteverde and Neil Terens.
All boxers needed to be inactive for at least three years to
be eligible for NYSBHOF induction, and all inductees must
have resided in New York State for a significant portion of
their boxing careers or during the prime of their respective
career.
NYSBHOF
CLASS of 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 and Arthur Mercante, Sr.
CLASS of 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 and Don Dunphy.
CLASS OF 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, Cus D’Amato,
William Muldoon and Tom O’Rourke.
CLASS OF 2015: Saoul 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, and Al Weill.
CLASS OF 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, and Jimmy
Jacobs.
CLASS OF 2017: Gaspar Ortega, Renaldo “Mr.” Snipes, Doug
Dewitt, “The Bronx Bomber” Alex Ramos, Dick Tiger, Jose
Torres, “Nonpareil” Jack Dempsey, Don Majeski, Ron Katz,
Stan Hoffman, Bobby Bartels, Hank Kaplan, Al Gavin, Arthur
Donovan, and Dan Parker.
CLASS OF 2018: Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle, Jake Rodriguez,
Terrence Alli, “Baby” Joe Mesi, Kid Chocolate, James J.
“Gentleman Jim” Corbett, Jack McAuliffe, Billy Costello,
Melio Bettina Ralph “Tiger” Jones, Charley Norkus, Dave
Anderson, Pete Brodsky, Herb Goldman, Bobby Goodman, Melvina
Lathan, Ron Scott Stevens, Johnnie Addie, Johnny Bos, Murray
Goodman, Bert Randolph Sugar, and Sam Taub.
No class of 2019 due to COVID-19 restrictions
CLASS OF 2020: Jorge Ahumada, Alfredo Escalera, Freddie
Liberatore, Dennis Milton; Lou Savarese and Merqui Sosa,
Soldier Bartfield, Steve Belloise, Jimmy Goodrich, Tami
Mauriello, Davey Moore, Freddie “The Welsh Wizard” Welch,
Don Ackerman, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Rick Glaser, Jack Hirsch,
Max Kellerman, Dr. William Lathan, Julie Lederman, Ron
Lipton, Kevin Rooney, Dan Daniel, Bobby Gleason, Flash
Gordan, A.J. Liebling, Tony Mazzarella, and manager Dan
Morgan.
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