International Boxing Hall of Fame

Some of the exhibits at the International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta. The IBHOF is one of two recognized international boxing halls of fame, with the other being the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

The first Boxing Hall of Fame was sponsored by Ring magazine and located for decades at the offices of the Madison Square Garden in New York City. However, in 1990, as a consequence of an initiative by Ed Brophy to honor Canastota's world boxing champions, Carmen Basilio and Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus, the village of Canastota inaugurated the new museum, which showcases boxing's rich history. Multi-award winning artist Richard T. Slone was named their official artist of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997 and remains so to this day.

There are ceremonies conducted every year to honor the inductees and the ceremonies are attended by many former world boxing champions, boxing celebrities and Hollywood celebrities each year.

Professional boxers have to wait five years after retirement to be eligible for election into the Hall of Fame.

On December 7, 2010, the Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2011. Living inductees include heavyweight champion "Iron" Mike Tyson (USA), three-division champion Julio César Chávez (Mexico), light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu (Russia/Australia), trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain (Mexico), and referee Joe Cortez (Puerto Rico). Posthumous honorees are: bantamweight contender Memphis Pal Moore (USA), light heavyweight champion Jack Root (USA), and welterweight and middleweight contender Dave Shade (USA) in the Old-Timer Category; broadcaster Harry Carpenter (UK) in the Observer Category; John Gully (UK) in the Pioneer Category; and promoter A.F. Bettinson in the Non Participant Category.

Inductees

* Year of induction in brackets

Modern era

Muhammad Ali (1990) Sammy Angott (1998) Fred Apostoli (2003) Alexis Argüello (1992) Henry Armstrong (1990) Carmen Basilio (1990) Wilfred Benítez (1994) Nino Benvenuti (1996) Jackie Kid Berg (1992) Jimmy Bivins (1999) Joe Brown (1996) Ken Buchanan (2000) Charley Burley (1992) Miguel Canto (1998) Orlando Canizales (2009) Michael Carbajal (2006) Jimmy Carter (2000) Marcel Cerdan (1991) Antonio Cervantes (1998) Julio César Chávez (2011) Bobby Chacon (2005) Jeff Chandler (2000) Jung-Koo Chang (2010) Ezzard Charles (1990) Curtis Cokes (2003) Billy Conn (1990) Pipino Cuevas (2002) Roberto Durán (2007) Flash Elorde (1993) Jeff Fenech (2002) George Foreman (2003) Bob Foster (1990) Joe Frazier (1990) Gene Fullmer (1991) Khaosai Galaxy (1999)

Víctor Galíndez (2002) Kid Gavilán (1990) Joey Giardello (1993) Wilfredo Gómez (1995) Humberto González (2006) Billy Graham (1992) Rocky Graziano (1991) Emile Griffith (1990) Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1993) Fighting Harada (1995) Thomas Hearns (2012) Larry Holmes (2008) Beau Jack (1991) Lew Jenkins (1999) Eder Jofre (1992) Ingemar Johansson (2002) Harold Johnson (1993) Mark Johnson (2012) Cocoa Kid (2012) Ismael Laguna (2001) Jake LaMotta (1990) Sugar Ray Leonard (1997) Lennox Lewis (2009) Sonny Liston (1991) Nicolino Locche (2003) Duilio Loi (2005) Danny Lopez (2010) Ricardo Lopez (2007) Joe Louis (1990) Rocky Marciano (1990) Lloyd Marshall (2010) Joey Maxim (1994) Mike McCallum (2003) Barry McGuigan (2005) Brian Mitchell (2009)

Bob Montgomery (1995) Carlos Monzón (1990) Archie Moore (1990) Matthew Saad Muhammad (1998) José Nápoles (1990) Azumah Nelson (2004) Terry Norris (2005) Ken Norton (1992) Rubén Olivares (1991) Bobo Olson (2000) Carlos Ortiz (1991) Manuel Ortiz (1996) Carlos Palomino (2004) László Papp (2001) Willie Pastrano (2001) Floyd Patterson (1991) Eusebio Pedroza (1999) Willie Pep (1990) Pascual Pérez (1995) Eddie Perkins (2008) Aaron Pryor (1996) Dwight Muhammad Qawi (2004) Sugar Ramos (2001) Luis Rodriguez (1997) Sugar Ray Robinson (1990) Edwin Rosario (2006) Sandy Saddler (1990) Vicente Saldivar (1999) Salvador Sánchez (1991) Max Schmeling (1992) Michael Spinks (1994) Dick Tiger (1991) José Torres (1997) Kostya Tszyu (2011) Randy Turpin (2001)

Mike Tyson (2011) Jersey Joe Walcott (1990) Pernell Whitaker (2007) Holman Williams (2008) Ike Williams (1990) Chalky Wright (1997) Tony Zale (1991) Daniel Zaragoza (2004) Carlos Zárate (1994) Fritzie Zivic (1993)

Old Timers

Lou Ambers (1992) Baby Arizmendi (2004) Abe Attell (1990) Max Baer (1995) Jimmy Barry (2000) Benny Bass (2002) Battling Battalino (2003) Paul Berlenbach (2001) James J. Braddock (2001) Jack Britton (1990) Lou Brouillard (2006) Panama Al Brown (1992) Newsboy Brown (2012) Tommy Burns (1996) Tony Canzoneri (1990) Georges Carpentier (1991) Kid Chocolate (1994) Joe Choynski (1998) James J. Corbett (1990) Young Corbett II (2010) Young Corbett III (2004) Johnny Coulon (1999) Eugene Criqui (2005) Les Darcy (1993) Jack Delaney (1996) Jack Dempsey (1990) Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (1992) Jim Driscoll (1990) Jack Dillon (1995) George Dixon (1990) Johnny Dundee (1991) Sixto Escobar (2002)

Jackie Fields (2004) Bob Fitzsimmons (1990) Tiger Flowers (1993) Joe Gans (1990) Frankie Genaro (1998) Mike Gibbons (1992) Tommy Gibbons (1993) George Godfrey (2007) Harry Greb (1990) Young Griffo (1991) Harry Harris (2002) Len Harvey (2008) Pete Herman (1997) Leo Houck (2012) Peter Jackson (1990) Joe Jeanette (1997) James J. Jeffries (1990) Jack Johnson (1990) Gorilla Jones (2009) Rocky Kansas (2010) Louis "Kid" Kaplan (2003) Stanley Ketchel (1990) Dixie Kid (2002) Johnny Kilbane (1995) Jake Kilrain (2012) Frank Klaus (2008) Fidel LaBarba (1996) Sam Langford (1990) George "Kid" Lavigne (1998) Benny Leonard (1990) Battling Levinsky (2000) Harry Lewis (2008)

John Henry Lewis (1994) Ted "Kid" Lewis (1992) Tommy Loughran (1991) Benny Lynch (1998) Joe Lynch (2005) Sammy Mandell (1998) Jack McAuliffe (1995) Charles "Kid" McCoy (1991) Packey McFarland (1992) Terry McGovern (1990) Jimmy McLarnin (1991) Sam McVey (1999) Freddie Miller (1997) Billy Miske (2010) Charley Mitchell (2002) Pedro Montañez (2007) Memphis Pal Moore (2011) Owen Moran (2002) Kid Norfolk (2007) Battling Nelson (1992) Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1994) Billy Papke (2001) Billy Petrolle (2000) Willie Ritchie (2004) Maxie Rosenbloom (1993) Jack Root (2011) Barney Ross (1990) Tommy Ryan (1991) Dave Shade (2011) Jack Sharkey (1994) Jimmy Slattery (2006) Tom Sharkey (2003)

Mysterious Billy Smith (2009) Billy Soose (2009) Freddie Steele (1999) Young Stribling (1996) Charles "Bud" Taylor (2005) Lew Tendler (1999) Marcel Thil (2005) Gene Tunney (1990) Pancho Villa (1994) Barbados Joe Walcott (1991) Mickey Walker (1990) Freddie Welsh (1997) Jimmy Wilde (1990) Jess Willard (2003) Kid Williams (1996) Harry Wills (1992) Ad Wolgast (2000) Midget Wolgast (2001) Teddy Yarosz (2006)

Pioneers

Barney Aaron (2001) Young Barney Aaron (2007) Caleb Baldwin (2003) Jem Belcher (1992) Benjamin Brain (1994) Jack Broughton (1990) James Burke (1992) Jem Carney (2006) Arthur Chambers (2000) Tom Cribb (1991)

Dick Curtis (2007) Dan Donnelly (2008) Professor Mike Donovan (1998) Paddy Duffy (1994) Billy Edwards (2004) James Figg (1992) Joe Goss (2003) John Gully (2011) John C. Heenan (2002) Tom Hyer (2009)

John Jackson (1992) Paddington Tom Jones (2010) Tom King (1992) Nat Langham (1992) Jem Mace (1990) Daniel Mendoza (1990) Tom Molineaux (1997) John Morrissey (1996) Henry Pearce (1993) Jack Randall (2005)

Bill Richmond (1999) Dutch Sam (1997) Young Dutch Sam (2002) Tom Sayers (1990) Tom Spring (1992) John L. Sullivan (1990) Bendigo Thompson (1991) Jem Ward (1995) James Wharton (2012)

Non-participants

Thomas S. Andrews (1992) Ray Arcel (1991) Bob Arum (1999) Jarvis Astaire (2006) Giuseppe Ballarati (1999) George Benton (2001) Ignacio Beristain (2011) Al Bernstein (2012) A.F. Bettinson (2011) Whitey Bimstein (2006) Jack Blackburn (1992) William A. Brady (1998) Umberto Branchini (2004) Teddy Brenner (1993) Amilcar Brusa (2007) Michael Buffer (2012) Bill Cayton (2005) John Graham Chambers (1990) Don Chargin (2001) Stanley Christodoulou (2004) Leonardo e Souza Carvalho (2002) Gil Clancy (1993) Irving Cohen (2002) James W. Coffroth (1991) Cuco Conde (2007) Joe Cortez (2011)

Cus D'Amato (1995) Jeff Dickson (2000) Arthur Donovan (1993) Mickey Duff (1999) Angelo Dundee (1994) Chris Dundee (1994) Don Dunphy (1993) Dan Duva (2003) Lou Duva (1998) Aileen Eaton (2002) Pierce Egan (1991) Shelly Finkel (2010) Nat Fleischer (1990) Richard Kyle Fox (1997) Dewey Fragetta (2003) Don Fraser (2005) Eddie Futch (1994) Billy Gibson (2009) Charley Goldman (1992) Ruby Goldstein (1994) Bob Goodman (2009) Murray Goodman (1999) Bill Gore (2008) Abe J. Greene (2009) Larry Hazzard (2010) Akihiko Honda (2009)

Joe Humphreys (1997) Sam Ichinose (2001) Jimmy Jacobs (1993) Mike Jacobs (1990) Jimmy Johnston (1999) Jack Kearns (1990) Don King (1997) Tito Lectoure (1997) A.J. Liebling (1992) Hugh, Earl of Lonsdale (1996) Harry Markson (1992) John, Marquess of Queensberry (1990) Arthur Mercante (1995) Dan Morgan (2000) William Muldoon (1996) Gilbert Odd (1995) Tom O'Rourke (1999) Mogens Palle (2008) Dan Parker (1996) George Parnassus (1991) J Russell Peltz (2004) Tex Rickard (1990) Freddie Roach (2012) Irving Rudd (1999) Rodolfo Sabbatini (2006) Lope Sarreal (2005)

Wilfried Sauerland (2010) George Siler (1995) Sam Silverman (2002) Jack Solomons (1995) Emanuel Steward (1997) José Sulaimán (2007) Sam Taub (1995) Herman Taylor (1998) Bruce Trampler (2010) Lou Viscusi (2004) Jimmy Walker (1992) Frank Warren (2008) Al Weill (2003)

Observers

Dave Anderson (2008) Lester Bromberg (2001) Jimmy Cannon (2002) Harry Carpenter (2011) Ralph Citro (2001) Howard Cosell (2010) Tad Dorgan (2007)

Jack Fiske (2003) Paul Gallico (2009) Bill Gallo (2001) Reg Gutteridge (2002) W.C. Heinz (2004) Jersey Jones (2005) Hank Kaplan (2006)

Michael Katz (2012) Joe Koizumi (2008) Hugh McIlvanney (2009) Larry Merchant (2009) Harry Mullan (2005) Barney Nagler (2004) LeRoy Neiman (2007)

Damon Runyon (2002) Budd Schulberg (2003) Ed Schuyler (2010) Sylvester Stallone (2011) Bert Sugar (2005) Stanley Weston (2006)

External links

• IBHOF official website