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International Boxing Hall of Fame, Canastota, New York The iconic boxing ring, used at Madison Square Garden (1925–2007), rests inside the pavilion on the grounds of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), located in Canastota, New York, right next to exit 34 of the New York State Thruway, honors ...
National Boxing Hall of Fame (NBHOF) was founded in 2014 by Bill and Linda Dempsey Young. NBHOF is headquartered in West Hills, California. [1] In October 2018, the NBHOF hosted the final California Boxing Hall of Fame event in honor of Don Fraser. [2] [3]
José Luis Ramírez (born December 3, 1958) is a Mexican former professional boxer who was a two-time World Lightweight Champion. His most notable fights include two fights each with Edwin Rosario and Pernell Whitaker as well as fights against Ruben Olivares, Alexis Arguello, Ray Mancini, Hector Camacho, Julio Cesar Chavez and Juan Martin Coggi.
Sánchez died on August 12, 1982, in a car accident while driving from Querétaro to San Luis Potosí. [2] He is also the uncle of Salvador Sánchez II. [3] In 1991, Sánchez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The Ring magazine named both him, and Sugar Ray Leonard, as Fighter of the Year in 1981.
Ballots for the International Boxing Hall of Fame have been circulated to voters for the Class of 2024, and in the popular men’s modern category it may prove to be the most difficult election in ...
Johnson was an inaugural 1954 inductee to The Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame (disbanded in 1987), and was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2005, the United States National Film Preservation Board deemed the film of the 1910 Johnson-Jeffries fight "historically significant" and put it in the National Film Registry .
Shaw, 79, was appointed Inspector to the state athletic commission by Jersey Joe Walcott in 1979, and he stayed with it until 1999.
On 10 June 2012, Herbert Lewis Hardwick a.k.a. "Cocoa Kid" was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. [30] On 4 June 2014, Félix "Tito" Trinidad was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. [31] In 2016, Hector Camacho, a.k.a. Hector "Macho" Camacho, was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.