{"id":135277,"date":"2026-04-24T11:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=135277"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:35:01","slug":"international-boxing-hall-of-fame-flies-flag-at-half-staff-for-boxing-publicist-bill-caplan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=135277","title":{"rendered":"International Boxing Hall Of Fame Flies Flag At Half-Staff for Boxing Publicist Bill Caplan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=135277\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=135277\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-135278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mail-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mail-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mail-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced its flags will fly at half-staff in memory of Hall of Fame publicist <strong>Bill Caplan<\/strong>\u00a0who passed away on April 23 at the age of 90.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill Caplan was one of boxing\u2019s best publicists who knew how to drum up interest in a fight like few others,\u201d said Executive Director Edward Brophy. \u201cThe Hall of Fame extends our condolences to his family and joins the boxing world in mourning his passing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caplan began his career in boxing in 1962. With attention to detail, tenacity, enthusiasm and ability to sell fights to the media, Caplan was one of boxing\u2019s most in demand publicists, working with major promoters Don King, Bob Arum, Aileen Eaton, George Parnassus, Dan Goossen, Don and Lorraine Chargin and Oscar De La Hoya. He was also George Foreman\u2019s publicist from his amateur days to his storybook comeback in the 1990s. 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