Longtime President of both Ring 8 and the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame, Bob Duffy passed away at 4 PM on Thursday, January 11th. Our hearts go out to his entire family.

Bob was the former Athletic Assistant for the New York State Athletic Commission . . . served on the Commission for 13 years . . .Has been an Inspector, Chief Inspector and Deputy Commissioner . . . Bob was also a promoter and started Ring promotions with Tony Mazzarella . . . The duo made history by becoming the first former commission members to form their own promotion company.
Bob is the outgoing President of Ring 8 and was also the President of the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame since it was founded back in 2011.