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, New York. 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 11, 2007, the Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2008. Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, junior welterweight champion Eddie Perkins, promoter Mogens Palle, promoter Frank Warren, journalist Dave Anderson, and journalist Joe Koizumi are the living inductees.

The Hall of Fame's current roster includes:

Modern era

*Muhammad Ali (1990) *Sammy Angott (1998) *Fred Apostoli (2003) *Alexis Arguello (1992) *Henry Armstrong(1990) *Carmen Basilio(1990) *Wilfredo Benitez (1994) *Nino Benvenuti (1996) *Jackie Kid Berg (1992) *Jimmy Bivins (1999) *Joe Brown (1996) *Ken Buchanan (2000) *Charley Burley (1992) *Miguel Canto (1998) *Michael Carbajal (2006) *Jimmy Carter (2000) *Marcel Cerdan (1991) *Antonio Cervantes (1998) *Bobby Chacon (2005) *Jeff Chandler (2000) *Ezzard Charles(1990) *Curtis Cokes (2003) *Billy Conn (1990) *Pipino Cuevas (2002) *Roberto Duran (2007) *Flash Elorde (1993) *Jeff Fenech (2002) *George Foreman (2003) *Bob Foster (1990) *Joe Frazier (1990) *Gene Fullmer (1991) *Khaosai Galaxy (1999) *Victor Galindez (2002) *Kid Gavilan (1990)	*Joey Giardello (1993) *Wilfredo Gómez (1995) *Humberto Gonzalez (2006) *Billy Graham (1992) *Rocky Graziano (1991) *Emile Griffith (1990) *Marvin Hagler (1993) *Fighting Harada (1995) *Larry Holmes (2008) *Beau Jack (1991) *Lew Jenkins (1999) *Eder Jofre (1992) *Ingemar Johansson (2002) *Harold Johnson (1993) *Ismael Laguna (2001) *Jake LaMotta (1990) *Sugar Ray Leonard (1997) *Sonny Liston (1991) *Nicolino Locche (2003) *Duilio Loi (2005) *Ricardo Lopez (2007) *Joe Louis (1990) *Rocky Marciano (1990) *Joey Maxim (1994) *Mike McCallum (2003) *Barry McGuigan (2005) *Bob Montgomery (1995) *Carlos Monzon (1990) *Archie Moore (1990) *Jose Napoles (1990) *Azumah Nelson (2004) *Terry Norris (2005) *Ken Norton (1992) *Ruben 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) *Matthew Saad Muhammad (1998) *Sandy Saddler (1990) *Vicente Saldivar (1999) *Salvador Sanchez (1991) *Max Schmeling (1992) *Michael Spinks (1994) *Dick Tiger (1991) *Jose Torres (1997) *Randy Turpin (2001) *Jersey Joe Walcott (1990) *Pernell Whitaker (2007) *Holman Williams (2008) *Ike Williams (1990) *Chalky Wright (1997) *Tony Zale (1991) *Daniel Zaragoza (2004) *Carlos Zarate (1994) *Fritzie Zivic (1993)

Old timers

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

*Jackie Fields (2004) *Bob Fitzsimmons *Tiger Flowers *Joe Gans *Frankie Genaro (1998) *Mike Gibbons *George Godfrey (2007) *Harry Greb *Young Griffo *Harry Harris (2002) *Len Harvey (2008) *Pete Herman (1997) *Peter Jackson *Joe Jeanette (1997) *James J. Jeffries *Jack Johnson (1990) *Louis "Kid" Kaplan (2003) *Stanley Ketchel *Dixie Kid (2002) *Johnny Kilbane *Frank Klaus (2008) *Fidel LaBarba *Sam Langford *George "Kid" Lavigne (1998) *Benny Leonard (1990) *Battling Levinsky *Harry Lewis (2008) *John Henry Lewis *Ted "Kid" Lewis *Tommy Loughran *Benny Lynch (1998) *Joe Lynch (2005)

*Sammy Mandell (1998) *Jack McAuliffe (1995) *Charles "Kid" McCoy *Packey McFarland *Terry McGovern *Jimmy McLarnin *Sam McVey (1999) *Freddie Miller (1997) *Charley Mitchell *Pedro Montanez (2007) *Owen Moran (2002) *Kid Norfolk (2007) *Battling Nelson *Philadelphia Jack O'Brien *Billy Papke (2001) *Billy Petrolle *Willie Ritchie (2004) *Maxie Rosenbloom *Barney Ross *Tommy Ryan *Jack Sharkey *Jimmy Slattery (2006) *Tom Sharkey (2003) *Freddie Steele *Young Stribling *Charles "Bud" Taylor (2005) *Lew Tendler (1999) *Marcel Thil (2005) *Gene Tunney (1990) *Pancho Villa *Barbados Joe Walcott

*Mickey Walker *Freddie Welsh (1997) *Jimmy Wilde *Jess Willard (2003) *Kid Williams *Harry Wills *Ad Wolgast *Midget Wolgast (2001) *Teddy Yarosz (2006)

Pioneers

*Barney Aaron *Caleb Baldwin *Jem Belcher *Benjamin Brain *Jack Broughton *James Burke *Jem Carney *Arthur Chambers *Tom Cribb *Dick Curtis *Dan Donnelly *Professor Mike Donovan *Paddy Duffy *Billy Edwards	*James Figg *Joe Goss *John C. Heenan *John Jackson *Tom Johnson *Tom King *Nat Langham *Jem Mace *Daniel Mendoza *Tom Molineaux *John Morrissey *Henry Pearce	*Jack Randall *Bill Richmond *Dutch Sam *Young Dutch Sam *Tom Sayers *Tom Spring *John L. Sullivan *Bendigo Thompson *Jem Ward

Non-participants

*Thomas S. Andrews *Ray Arcel *Bob Arum *Jarvis Astaire *Giuseppe Ballarati *George Benton *Whitey Bimstein *Jack Blackburn *William A. Brady *Umberto Branchini *Teddy Brenner *Amilcar Brusa *Bill Cayton *John Graham Chambers *Don Chargin *Stanley Christodoulou *Gil Clancy *Irving Cohen *James W. Coffroth *Cuco Conde *Cus D'Amato *Jeff Dickson *Arthur Donovan *Mickey Duff

*Angelo Dundee *Chris Dundee *Don Dunphy *Dan Duva *Lou Duva *Aileen Eaton *Pierce Egan *Nat Fleischer *Richard Kyle Fox *Dewey Fragetta *Don Fraser *Eddie Futch *Charley Goldman *Ruby Goldstein *Murray Goodman *Bill Gore *Joe Humphreys *Sam Ichinose *Jimmy Jacobs *Mike Jacobs *Jimmy Johnston *Jack Kearns

*Don King *"Tito" Lectoure *A.J. Liebling *Lord Lonsdale *Harry Markson *Marquess of Queensberry *Arthur Mercante *Dan Morgan *William Muldoon *Gilbert Odd *Tom O'Rourke *Mogens Palle *Dan Parker *George Parnassus *J Russell Peltz *Tex Rickard *Irving Rudd *Rodolfo Sabbatini *Lope Sarreal *George Siler *Sam Silverman *Jack Solomons *Emanuel Steward

*Jose Sulaiman *Sam Taub *Herman Taylor *Lou Viscusi *Jimmy Walker *Frank Warren *Al Weill

Observers

*Dave Anderson *Lester Bromberg *Jimmy Cannon *Ralph Citro *Ralph Citro *Tad Dorgan *Jack Fiske

*Bill Gallo *Reg Gutteridge *W.C. Heinz *Jersey Jones *Hank Kaplan *Joe Koizumi *Harry Mullan

*Barney Nagler *LeRoy Neiman *Damon Runyon *Budd Schulberg *Bert Sugar *Stanley Weston

External links

* [http://www.ibhof.com/ IBHOF]