{"id":52760,"date":"2015-05-21T12:21:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T17:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=52760"},"modified":"2015-05-21T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T17:21:21","slug":"day-in-the-sun-for-international-boxing-hall-of-fame-class-of-2015-official-induction-ceremony-set-for-sunday-june-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=52760","title":{"rendered":"Day in the Sun for International Boxing Hall of Fame CLASS OF 2015 – Official Induction Ceremony Set For Sunday June 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jpeg\"<\/a>For boxers Riddick \u201cBig Daddy\u201d Bowe, \u201cPrince\u201d Naseem Hamed, Ray \u201cBoom Boom\u201d Mancini and Yoko \u201cFierce Eagle\u201d Gushiken; manager Rafael Mendoza, referee Steve Smoger, journalist Nigel Collinsand broadcaster Jim Lampley, their day in the sun is rapidly approaching. On Sunday, June 14th they will join boxing’s immortals when they are officially inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.
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\u201cWe are eagerly anticipating paying tribute to the incredible accomplishments of the members of the Class of 2015,\u201d said Hall of Fame Executive Director Edward Brophy. \u201cWe look forward to welcoming them to Canastota to take their place in the Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is so exciting to think that in three weeks the new honorees will be making the trek to Canastota to receive boxing\u2019s highest honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s Bowe was a two-time heavyweight champion, England\u2019s Hamed was featherweight champion, Youngstown, OH\u2019s Mancini was lightweight champion, Japan\u2019s Gushiken was light flyweight champion, Mexico\u2019s Mendoza is one of boxing\u2019s most respected advisors, Smoger was referee in nearly 200 title bouts, journalist Collins was a longtime editor of The Ring and broadcaster Lampley has been the voice of HBO boxing for nearly 30 years. Each living inductee will receive a Hall of Fame Induction Certificate and gold Hall of Fame Ring.<\/p>\n

The Class of 2015 also includes posthumous inductees Masao Ohba (flyweight champion) and Ken Overlin (middleweight champion) in the Old-Timer Category; and John F.X. Condon (publicist) in the Non Participant Category. Inductees were voted in by members of the Boxing Writers Association and a panel of international boxing historians.<\/p>\n

A plaque with each inductee\u2019s biography and photo will be on permanent display on the Hall of Fame Wall. The Official Enshrinement Ceremony will be held on the Hall of Fame Museum Grounds in Canastota, New York on Sunday, June 14th at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

An impressive list of over 40 boxing stars from the United States and abroad, including \u201cThe Raging Bull\u201d Jake LaMotta, Nino Benvenuti, Michael Spinks, \u201cIrish\u201d Micky Ward, William Joppy, Ray Mercer, George Chuvalo, Peter Manfredo Jr., Pipino Cuevas, Ruben Olivares, Buddy McGirt, Aaron \u201cThe Hawk\u201d Pryor, Winky Wright, Sergio Martinez, Fernando Vargas and Terry Norris, are scheduled to participate in the weekend.<\/p>\n

Grand marshal of the Parade of Champions, scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 14th, is Jon Seda, star of the hit NBC drama Chicago P.D.<\/p>\n

For more information on the 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, please call the Hall of Fame at (315) 697-7095, visit online at www.ibhof.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com\/InternationalBoxingHallofFame and on Twitter at www.twitter.com\/BoxingHall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For boxers Riddick \u201cBig Daddy\u201d Bowe, \u201cPrince\u201d Naseem Hamed, Ray \u201cBoom Boom\u201d Mancini and Yoko \u201cFierce Eagle\u201d Gushiken; manager Rafael Mendoza, referee Steve Smoger, journalist Nigel Collinsand broadcaster Jim Lampley, their day in the sun is rapidly approaching. On Sunday, June 14th they will join boxing’s immortals when they are officially inducted into the International […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12834],"class_list":["post-52760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-day-in-the-sun-for-international-boxing-hall-of-fame-class-of-2015-official-induction-ceremony-set-for-sunday-june-14th"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52760"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}