Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 20th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM

Here’s Sadam Ali in his recent win over Miguel Cotto

Our guest speakers will be Sadam Ali, his trainer Andre Rozier, and Physical conditioning guru Scooter Honig who works with Ali and other world class fighters. Scooter also conditions LL Cool J.

On Sunday, April 29th, 2018, the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame will hold its 7^th Annual Induction Ceremonies at the beautiful Russo’s on the Bay, located at 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach, New York starting at 12:30 PM.  Tickets are priced at $150 per person, $70 per child (under 16).

Living boxers heading into the NYSBHOF include (Spring Valley) IBF Cruiserweight World Champion Al “Ice” Cole (35-16-3, 16 KOs), (Long Island) WBA light heavyweight Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle (36-6-2, 22 KOs), (Central Islip) IBF Junior Welterweight World Champion Jake Rodriguez (28-8-2, 8 KOs), (Brooklyn) world lightweight title challenger Terrence Alli (52-15-2, 21 KOs), and (Buffalo) undefeated world-class heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi (36-0, 29 KOs).

Posthumous participants being inducted are NBA & NYSAC World Featherweight Champion (Manhattan) Kid “Cuban Bon Bon” Chocolate (136-10-6, 51 KOs), (New York City) 20th century heavyweight James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett (11-4-3, 5 KOs), (Williamsburg) World Lightweight Champion Jack “The Napoleon of The Prize Ring” McAuliffe, (Kingston) WBC Super Lightweight Champion Billy Costello (40-2, 23 KOs), (Beacon) NYSAC Light Heavyweight World Champion Melio Bettina (83-14-3, 36 KOs), (Brooklyn/Yonkers) world-class middleweight Ralph “Tiger” Jones (52-32-5, 13 KOs) and (Port Washington) heavyweight contender Charley “The Bayonne Bomber” Norkus (33-19, 19 KOs).

Living non-participants heading into the NYSBHOF are (Troy) Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Dave Anderson, (Brooklyn) trainer/advisor Pete Brodsky, (Rockaway) boxing historian/editor Herb Goldman, (Bronx) matchmaker Bobby Goodman, (Ardsley) NYSAC chairperson/judge Melvina Lathan, and (Brooklyn) NYSAC Chairperson/matchmaker/promoter Ron Scott Stevens.

Posthumous non-participant inductees are (Brooklyn) ring announcer Johnnie Addie, (Brooklyn) matchmaker Johnny Bos, (Bronx) boxing publicist Murray Goodman, (New York City) boxing writer/historian Bert Randolph Sugar and (Lower East Side) radio & television announcer/journalist Sam Taub.

Each attending inductee (or direct descendant of) will receive a custom-designed belt signifying his or her induction into the NYSBHOF.

The 2017 inductees were selected by the NYSBHOF nominating committee members: Jack Hirsch, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., Randy Gordon, Henry Hascup, Don Majeski, Ron McNair, 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.

President Jack Hirsch opened the meeting as Paulette Balog led as in our flag salute and John Holden gave the 10 count in memory of Al “Blue” Lewis, Gary Cowburn and Mrs. Laudicina, Pat’s mother!

Guest speakers were Randy Gordon & Cletus Seldin who talked about there careers in boxing, which was Outstanding!!!

(Pictures taken by Stan Janousek, professional fight name Stanley Yanachek)

Randy Gordon & Cletus Seldin will be the Ring 8 guest speakers at its next monthly meeting on Thursday night, February 1st (7 p.m. ET start), at Plattdeutsch Park Restaurant (1132 Hempstead Turnpike) in Franklin Square, New York.

On Sunday, April 29th, 2018, the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame will hold its 7^th Annual Induction Ceremonies at the beautiful Russo’s on the Bay, located at 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd. in Howard Beach, New York starting at 12:30 PM.  Tickets are priced at $150 per person, $70 per child (under 16).

For additional information Bob Duffy, 164 Lindbergh Street, Massapequa Park, NY 11762 – (516) 313-2304
Or E-Mail – Depcomish@aol.com

On a sad note, I was informed by Paulette Balog that Longtime member Pasquale (Pat) Laudicina, pictured here with Renaldo Snipes just lost his mother who was well into her 90’s! Our thoughts and Prayers go out to Pat and all his loved ones!

We had some Great guest speakers to open up the New Year. Former heavyweight contender Monte Barrett, Jimmy “Monte” Monteverde (Editor of Tru- Fan Boxing website), and journalist Sean Nam (who showed a DOCUMENTARY on a young Jose Torres).

Our next monthly meeting will be Thursday night, February 1st (7 p.m. ET start), at Plattdeutsch Park Restaurant (1132 Hempstead Turnpike) in Franklin Square, New York. Our guest speakers will be former Heavyweoght contender Gerry Cooney and current Super Lightweight Cletus Seldin.

(All Pictures taken by Stan Janousek, professional fight name Stanley Yanachek)

Former World Heavyweight Contender Monte Barrett

Jimmy “Monte” Monteverde (Editor of Tru- Fan Boxing website)

Journalist Sean Nam (who showed a DOCUMENTARY on a young Jose Torres).

A young Jose Torres fighting at Sunnyside Garden in 1959.

On behalf of President Jack Hirsch and the entire Board of Directors, we wish you all a Very Happy New Year! 2017 ended on a very high note and we want to continue that into our new year! Why not come out next week and be a part of it!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 16th at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM

Our guest speakers will be former heavyweight contender Monte Barrett, Jimmy Monteverde (Editor of Tru- Fan Boxing website), and journalist Sean Nam (He will show a DOCUMENTARY on a young Jose Torres).

Boxing writer Sean Nam (UCNLive.com, TheSweetScience.com) presents a rarely-screened documentary that captures a week in the life of young Jose Torres as he gears up for a fight at Sunnyside Garden in Queens, in 1959. In 2017, Nam was the curator of two boxing film programs that played at the historic Anthology Film  Archives.

We had our largest crowd in years as Evander Holyfield and Luis Collazo were the guest speakers!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 21st at O’Neill’s Restaurant located at 64-21 53rd Drive in Maspeth, New York starting at 7 PM., with Evander Holyfield and Luis Collazo as the guest speakers!

This meeting is for members only. Those not members can join that evening for ONLY $30, which is good through 2018.

Born October 19, 1962 in Atmore, GA. Holyfield capped his 160-14 (75 KOs) amateur career with a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympic Games and turned pro that year at Madison Square Garden.

In only his 12th fight, he defeated Dwight Qawi (W 15) for the WBA cruiserweight title and became the unified champion with wins over IBF champion Rickey Parkey (TKO 3) and WBC champion Carlos DeLeon (TKO 8). Holyfield set his sights on the heavyweight title and wins over James Tillis (TKO 5), Pinklon Thomas (TKO 7), Michael Dokes (TKO 10) and Alex Stewart (TKO 8) set up a 1990 WBC / WBA/ IBF championship fight with “Buster” Douglas, which he won via 3rd round knockout. Successful defenses over George Foreman (W 12), Bert Cooper (TKO 7) and Larry Holmes (W 12) followed. He lost the titles to Riddick Bowe in 1992 but regained the WBA / IBF belts in the infamous “Fan Man” 1993 rematch. He dropped the titles to Michael Moorer (L 12) in 1994 and met Bowe in a 1995 rubber match (TKO by 8). In 1996 he upset Mike Tyson (TKO 11) for the WBA title and won the rematch (DQ 3) the next year. He added the IBF strap with a rematch win over Moorer (TKO 8) in 1997. After unification bouts (D 12, L 12) with Lennox Lewis in 1999, he boxed a trilogy with John Ruiz that saw him win, lose and draw in 12-round WBA title bouts in 2000 and 2001.

“The Real Deal” continued to box until 2011, compiling a record of 44-10-2 (29 KOs).

Luis Collazo (born April 22, 1981 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American boxer of Puerto Rican descent. His boxing record is 39-5 (16 KOs). He is a former WBA welterweight champion. He won the WBC Welterweight Title when he beat Jose Antonio Rivera and defended it successfully by beating Miguel Angel Gonzalez before losing it to Ricky Hatton. He also fought Shane Mosley, Andre Berto, Amir Khan and Keith Thurman, just to name a few.