BOXERS "LITTLE RED" LOPEZ AND CHANG
ELECTED TO INT'L BOXING HALL OF FAME
Shelly Finkel, Larry Hazzard, Wilfried Sauerland, Bruce
Trampler and Ed Schuyler also enter Hall of Fame
“We’re extremely excited about the Class of 2010 and very
much looking forward to honoring the 21st class of
inductees,” said Executive Director Edward Brophy. “All
living inductees are anticipated to attend and participate
in 2010 Hall of Fame Weekend festivities.”
The 21st Annual Hall of Fame Weekend is scheduled for June
10-13th 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 13th to welcome the
newest members.
The Hall of Fame also released names of posthumous
honorees: light heavyweight
Lloyd Marshall in the Modern Category;
featherweight champion
Young Corbett II, lightweight champion
Rocky Kansas and light heavyweight and
heavyweight contender
Billy Miske in the Old-Timer Category;
broadcaster
Howard Cosell in the Observer Category; and
Paddington Tom Jones in the Pioneer Category.
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 2010
International Boxing Hall of Fame Weekend, please call the
Hall of Fame at (315) 697-7095.
