BOXERS LARRY HOLMES AND EDDIE
PERKINS
ELECTED TO INT'L BOXING HALL OF FAME
Promoters
Mogens Palle and Frank Warren
and journalists Dave Anderson and Joe Koizumi also enter
Hall of Fame
CANASTOTA, NY - DECEMBER 11, 2007 - The
International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced
today the newest class of inductees to enter the Hall.
Living inductees include heavyweight champion
Larry Holmes
(USA), junior welterweight champion
Eddie Perkins
(USA), promoter
Mogens Palle (Denmark),
promoter
Frank Warren
(UK), Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Dave Anderson
(USA) and journalist
Joe Koizumi
(Japan).
“We're extremely excited
about the Class of 2008 and very much looking forward to
honoring the nineteenth class of inductees,” said
Executive Director Edward Brophy. “All living inductees
are anticipated to attend and participate in 2008 Hall of
Fame Weekend festivities.”
The 19th Annual Hall of Fame
Weekend is scheduled for June 5-8th in Canastota, NY. Over
20 events, including a golf tournament, banquet, parade
and autograph card show, are planned. A celebrity lineup
of over 50 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 8th to welcome the newest members.
The Hall of Fame also
released names of posthumous honorees: Middleweight
Holman Williams
in the Modern Category; light heavyweight
Len Harvey,
middleweight
Frank Klaus,
and welterweight
Harry Lewis
in the Old-Timer Category; trainer
Bill Gore
in the Non-Participant Category; and
Dan Donnelly
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 2008 International Boxing Hall of
Fame Weekend, please call the Hall of Fame at (315)
697-7095.
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