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MODERN
BOXERS
ARTURO
GATTI, VIRGIL HILL AND MYUNG-WOO YUH
ELECTED
TO INT’L BOXING HALL OF FAME
Mills
Lane, Jimmy Lennon, Jr. and Colin Hart
also
enter Hall of Fame
CANASTOTA,
NY - DECEMBER 10, 2012
- The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced today the
newest class of inductees to enter the Hall. Modern category inductees
include two-division champion Arturo “Thunder” Gatti (posthumous),
five-time world champion Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill,
two-time light flyweight champion Myung-Woo Yuh,
“Let’s Get It On” referee Mills Lane, ring
announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr., and journalist Colin
Hart.
“We’re
extremely excited about the Class of 2013 and very much looking forward to
honoring the 24th class of inductees,” said Executive Director Edward
Brophy.
The
24th Annual Hall of Fame Weekend is scheduled for June 6-9th
in Canastota, NY. Over 20 events, including a golf tournament, banquet,
parade and autograph card show, are planned. An impressive celebrity
lineup of boxing greats of yesterday and today will attend this year’s
Induction Weekend. The highlight of the weekend will be the Official
Enshrinement Ceremony on the Hall of Fame Museum Grounds in Canastota, New
York on Sunday, June 9th to welcome the newest members.
The
Class of 2013 also includes lightweight Wesley Ramey and
middleweight Jeff Smith in the Old-Timer Category
(posthumous); manager Arturo “Cuyo” Hernandez in the
Non Participant Category (posthumous); cartoonist Ted Carroll
in the Observer Category (posthumous); and Joe Coburn in
the Pioneer Category (posthumous). Inductees were voted in by members of
the Boxing Writers Association and a panel of international boxing
historians.
For
more information on the events planned for the 2013 International Boxing
Hall of Fame 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
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