By Robert Brizel

Over five hundred people attended the rescheduled Ring 8 annual benefit luncheon for injured and retired boxers held at Russo’s on the Bay catering hall in Howard Beach, New York. The event was originally scheduled for December but got snowed out.

Former middleweight champion Giovanni ‘Nino’ Benvenuti, former lightweight champion Ray ‘Boom-Boom’ Mancini, and former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, who flew in for the original event, were forced to fly home in disappointment. However the rescheduled event on January 10, 2010 featured appearances by such notables as former heavyweight champion Larry ‘The Easton Assassin’ Holmes and his rival, gentleman Gerry ‘The Great White Hope’ Cooney; sportswriters Bert Sugar and Bill Gallo; former middleweight champions Vito Antuofermo and Emile Griffith; former world champions Junior Jones and VIEW FULL STORY…