Upcoming Event - 2016 New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame 47th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremony

On Thursday evening, November 3, 2016, the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame will hold it’s 47th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremonies at the beautiful Venetian, located at 546 River Drive, Garfield, New Jersey starting at 7:00p.m.  Tickets are priced at ONLY $85.00 per person. Fourteen (14) of Boxing’s finest will be inducted in the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, and they are as follows:

Debra Barnes (Holmdel) – Professional Boxing Judge since 1990. She has judged many Championship and top-flight bouts during her career including George Foreman/Gerry Cooney, Roberto Duran/Vinny Pazienza & Sugar Ray Leonard/Hector Camacho.

Scott DePompe (Kinnelon) – former International Boxing Organization Inter-Continental super lightweight title holder. He beat Michael Corleone capture the IBO Title, and was rated just outside the top 10 in the World at the height of his career. He is now an Amateur coach.

Pat English (Lincoln Park) – An Attorney who represented boxers, managers and promoters for over 34 years. He has been involved in various capacities in well over 200 major bouts (World Championship and/or Bouts appearing on HBO, Showtime, etc.). He has represented World Champions, including Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Michael Moorer, Pernell Whitaker, Tomasz Adamek & Nicolai Valuev He also represented several managers including Lou Duva, Emanuel Steward and Vincent Scolpino. He is the current Attorney for Main Events.

Nelson Fernandez (Bloomfield) – Boxing Broadcaster, HBO Latino/Manager. Play by Play boxing commenter for HBO LatinoWorld Championship Boxing. He has managed and/or trained 11 World Champions and 39 Regional/Continental Champions.

Derrick Graham (Newark) – Former New Jersey Amateur Champion. Fought Winky Wright, Dave Hilton and Mean Joe Greene as a Pro. His reputation for being a hard-nose, scrappy fighter garnered invitations to spar with boxing greats such as Bernard Hopkins and Oscar DeLaHoya. He is now an Amateur coach.

Cosmo Liaci (Kearney) – Former AAU Champion, Amateur and Professional trainer and former President of the Veteran Boxers Association Ring 20 and Ring 25. As a trainer he trained Conrad Tucker and John Sullivan in the pro ranks and he also trained several young boxers to Amateur titles.

Pat Lynch (Middletown) – 1997 BWAA Manager of the Year, who is best known for managing Arturo Gatti to two World Titles. He also managed John Molnar & Freddie Cadena. He is the current manager of Julian Rodriguez, Glen Tapia and Clarence Booth.

Leon Muhammad (Newark) – Boxing Manager and Advisor to 8 former World Champions, including Tim Witherspoon, Johnny Bumphus, Eddie Mustfa Muhammad and Michael Spinks. He has also worked as a matchmaker for several top promoters including Lou Duva, Don King, Butch Lewis, Top Rank and Murad Muhammad and still works in the business after 40 years.

Rodney Price (Elizabeth) – Former professional fighter who was a National Golden Glove Finalist, 10 time State Champion in the Junior Olympics, Golden Gloves and Diamond Gloves. He now serves as an inspector for the N.J. Athletic Control Board while serving as an Amateur referee and judge.

Ray Ryan (Wall Township) Served over 25 years as an Inspector and timekeeper for the N.J. Athletic Control Board. Currently the most senior timekeeper with the Board and has worked well over 50 World Title fights.

Posthumously:

Jimmy Anest (Hackensack) – He was a deaf mute who fought throughout the 1940’s. He fought some of the best welterweights of his era including Billy Graham, Johnny Bratton and Johnny Cesario.

Phil Berman (Paterson) – NJ Golden Glove and Diamond Glove Champion, who had some of the quickest KO’s both as an Amateur, two under 20 seconds and Pro, including a 28 second KO at Madison Square Garden, which is one of the fastest KO’s ever at the Garden in it’s long history. His career was cut short by an injury he received during World War II, where he received a Purple Heart.

Gerald Hayes (Newark) – N.J. State Super Featherweight Champion who holds a win over Juan Laporte, who was the World Featherweight Champion at the time. He also fought Lupe Pintor, Bobby Chacon, Rocky Lockridge, Alexis Arguello, Bernard Taylor (twice) and Eusebio Pedroza.

Herschel Jacobs (New York) – Gave Rubin “Hurricane” Carter his 1st professional loss. He ended the career of former Light Heavyweight Champion Harold Johnson by stopping him on cuts. He also beat Henry Hank, fought a draw against Jimmy “The Cat” Dupree and went the distance with Ken Norton while being out weighed by almost 30 pounds.

Also, the NEW JERSEY BOXING HALL OF FAME will be honoring their Senior Amateur, Junior Olympic Amateur & Professional Boxer of the Year, as well as the Amateur Official & Coach of the Year, Plus our “2016 Man of the Year”.

http://www.njboxinghof.org/class-of-2016/

Recap - 2015 New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame 46th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremony

The 46th Annual New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony was an outstanding event! The energy in the crowd was great, and it was exciting to see so many familiar faces from New Jersey boxing history on the stage and in the audience. Henry Hascup, the president and historian of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, served as the MC/announcer for the event. Henry was also the main man behind the scenes who made this event possible. Thank you Henry!

For more information on the 2015 New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame awardees and inductees, please visit:

http://www.njboxinghof.org/

https://www.facebook.com/New-Jersey-Boxing-Hall-of-Fame-101629663238690/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf

http://www.mwhistoryexperience.com/2015/11/the-matt-ward-history-experience.html

http://www.mwhistoryexperience.com/2015/09/2015-new-jersey-boxing-hall-of-fame.html

Below are a few of my favorite photos from the event. As you can see, Oscar De La Hoya and Micky Ward were both engaging with guests and actively involved in the ceremony:

MW

The Matt Ward History Experience Podcast - Episode #2

Check out the second edition of The Matt Ward History Experience Podcast!

SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/matt-ward-427598454/the-matt-ward-history-experience-podcast-episode-2

iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/matt-ward-history-experience/id1178237076

The following segments and topics are covered in Episode #2:

1. Let's Talk History - Interview with New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame president and historian Henry Hascup
2. Upcoming Events  

The New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Lodi, New Jersey. Below is a link the official New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Official website:

http://www.njboxinghof.org/

First and foremost I would like to thank Henry Hascup for sitting down at the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame to talk history with me. On Thursday evening, November 12, 2015, the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame will hold its 46th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremonies at the beautiful Venetian, located at 546 River Drive, Garfield, New Jersey starting at 7:00p.m. Tickets are priced at ONLY $85.00 per person. This year's induction class consists of fourteen of Boxing’s finest to include Micky Ward, Donald Trump, Curtis Parker, John Brown and George Hill.

This episode would not have been possible if it had not been for the technical support of my good friend Peter Lloyd of One Stone Recording. Pete mixed and cleaned up the original recordings into the great episode that you can stream above.

Last but certainly not least, I would like to thank all of my readers and listeners - Especially those who submitted questions for this month's segment of Let's Talk History.

This episode is brought to you by my friends in the band Dystrophy. Check out Dystrophy's new album "Wretched Host". "Wretched Host" is available for purchase at the following link:

http://dystrophyband.com/

Episode Notes:  In our interview, Henry stated that Adrian Bailey founded the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame with the assistance of Scoop Gallello. Henry emailed me after our interview to let me know that Babe Orlando was the individual who helped Adrian Bailey in starting up the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.

MW



Upcoming Event - 2015 New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame 46th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremony

On Thursday evening, November 12, 2015, the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame will hold it’s 46th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremonies at the beautiful Venetian, located at 546 River Drive, Garfield, New Jersey starting at 7:00p.m. Tickets are priced at ONLY $85.00 per person. Fourteen (14) of Boxing’s finest will be inducted in the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, and they are as follows:

John Brown, USBA super featherweight title & NABF super featherweight title, fought World Title fights against Shane Mosley, Diego Corrales & Steve Forbes twice. He also fought Miguel Cotto, Lamont Peterson, Angel Manfredy, Jesus Chavez and stopped Gabriel Ruelas.

Valentin Contreras, former New Jersey & Regional Amateur Champion. Current International Boxing Commissioner for all Dominican fighters outside Dominican Republic, trainer, etc.

George Hill, Boxing judge since the 1980’s, who judged Gatti/Ward 2 & 3, Plus many World title holders such as Pernell Whitaker, Livingstone Bramble, Terry Norris, Tracy Harris Patterson, Sven Ottke, Charles Brewer, Bernard Hopkins, Ronald Wright, David Tua, Hasim Rahman, Michael Weaver, Jesse James Leija, Wladimir Klitschko vs. Samuel Peter, Arthur Abraham, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito vs. Kermit Cintron, Joshua Clottey vs. Zab Judah, Lucian Bute vs. Edison Miranda, Mikey Garcia, Bryant Jennings, Lamont Peterson vs. Amir Khan

Bill Johnson, Boxing Trainer who he has worked with everyone from former world champions such as his son Leavander, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Bruce Seldon and Carl “The Truth” Williams.

Andre Kut, Boxing Promoter, he started off as an Amateur Boxing, then trainer, manager and then promoter. Kut’s company, KEA Boxing, was first formed in 1992 to train and manage boxers, then he changed direction in 2004 to concentrate on promoting boxing events. He has kept boxing a live in New Jersey by running many club shows throughout the state.

Curtis Parker, USBA middleweight title, rated as high as #6 in the World back in the early 1980’s. Holds wins over Willie Monroe, Elisha Obed, Mike Colbert, Frank Fletcher & Ricky Stackhouse. He also lost 2 close decisions against Mustafa Hamsho. He also fought John Mugabi, Wilford Scypion, Alex Ramos, Michael Olajide, Frank Tate & Michael Nunn.

Daryl Peoples, the President of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) since May of 2010. Daryl has appeared on the Boxing Digest 50 most influential people in boxing list and has appeared on the boxing power index for the past 2 years.

Mark Taffet, an influential part of HBO fight game – Pay-per-view Marksman. HBO’s senior vice president of sports operations and pay-per-view. The title means Taffet is the primary man responsible for distributing and marketing matches that typically cost fight fans between an additional $40 and $50 to watch. The Rutgers graduate gets his hands much dirtier than that, however, and has thus long been one of the sport’s most anonymous-yet-influential power brokers.

Donald Trump, during the 1980’s Atlantic City was the capital of the Boxing World and Donald Trump had a lot to do with it, including many of Mike Tyson fights.

Micky Ward, all you have to say is Arturo Gatti. Their 3 fights were among the top trilogies in boxing history.  The Ring Magazine named three of Ward’s bouts Fight of the Year:
 Micky Ward vs. Emanuel Augustus (2001)
 Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti I (2002)
 Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti III (2003)

Dave Weinberg, produced a number of award-winning features and investigative pieces such as a story about mismatches in boxing. As far as awards are concerned, Dave been honored eight times in the last 13 years by the Boxing Writer’s Association of America in their national writing contest now known as the Bernies. He is also a voter for the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

POSTHUMOUSLY

Bouie Fisher, Boxing Trainer who trained Bernard Hopkins. He also trained Ivan Robinson and was a part of his two epic fights with Arturo Gatti. He also briefly trained Hasim Rohman along with other countless fighters in the Philadelphia area.

Kevin Smith, Up and coming Light Heavyweight who fought a draw against Mike Quarry only to have his life cut short just 2 months later.

Harry Wiley, Boxing Trainer who trained Sugar Ray Robinson throughout most of his career. He also helped train Henry Armstrong and was the trainer for Muhammad Ali when he fought Jimmy Ellis.

Also, the NEW JERSEY BOXING HALL OF FAME will be honoring their Senior Amateur, Junior Olympic Amateur & Professional Boxers of the Year as well as the Amateur Official & Coach of the Year Plus our “2015 Man of the Year”.

http://www.njboxinghof.org/

Upcoming Event - Henry Hascup (New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame) Interview

The Matt Ward History Experience will interview Henry Hascup of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 29, 2015. This interview will be part of the second episode of the blog's monthly podcast. Henry is the president and historian of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. The interview will focus on boxing history and the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. If you have any questions that you would like answered by Henry, please post them in the comments of this blog entry, send them to me via Twitter @RevWarBuff23 or via Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mwhistoryexperience

The New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame will hold its 46th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremonies at the beautiful Venetian, located at 546 River Drive, Garfield, New Jersey starting at 7:00 PM on November 12, 2015. Tickets are priced at ONLY $85.00 per person.

New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Official Website:
http://www.njboxinghof.org/

MW

New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame 45th Annual Induction & Award Ceremonies

On Thursday evening, November 13, 2014, the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame will hold it’s 45th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremonies at the beautiful Venetian, located at 546 River Drive, Garfield, New Jersey starting at 7:00p.m. Tickets are priced at ONLY $85.00 per person. Fifteen (15) of Boxing’s finest will be inducted in the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, and they are as follows:

HONOREES
Larry Barnes – Earl Brown – Bert Cooper – Mario Costa – Hilliard Edmond Sr. – David Fields – Adam Garland – Herman Ingram – Ron Lipton – Jack O’Halloran – Alex Rinaldi – John Rinaldi – Ricardo Salazar – Bruce Seldon

POSTHUMOUSLY
Isidro “Gino” Perez

SPECIAL GUEST IRON MIKE TYSON

Also, the NEW JERSEY BOXING HALL OF FAME will be honoring our Senior Amateurs, (Leroy Davila & Shakur Stevenson) Junior Olympic Amateur (Vito Mielnicki) & Professional Boxer of the Year (Michael Perez) as well as the Amateur Official (Jimmy Kinney) & Coach of the Year (Jackie Atkins) Plus our “2014 Man of the Year,” (Charlie Norkus Jr.).
Please let us know how many tickets you will need. The Venetian provides an excellent menu, which includes Prime Rib, Fish or Chicken Dinners. Also, wine, beer, soda, and coffee will be served all evening. However, there will be a CASH bar. For favorable seating, please remit early.

(http://www.njboxinghof.org/new-jersey-boxing-hall-of-fame-45th-annual-induction-award-ceremonies/)

MW